It’s National Park Week — a unique time to appreciate the beauty and splendor of the great American outdoors. While the U.S. park scene offers plenty of notable historic sites and landscapes, there are also many features and facts about our national parks that are far lesser known. “National parks are powerful places that have many meanings and connections to …
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The LA Times reported on Wednesday that 51% of the renters in Los Angeles are worried about their economic futures in the city as the cost of housing and inflation are causing a major strain for them. Additionally, only 61% of homeowners are optimistic about their economic future there. The report cited the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs’ 2024 …
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A Bay Area commuter harshly criticized the recent anti-Israel protest that blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge for hours, calling it “such an inconvenience and very devastating” for people trying to get into San Francisco to work and make ends meet. Ronald Davis, who commutes daily from Novato, California, to San Francisco, described to the frustration he felt while …
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California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium, a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.” The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal, known as chromium-6, and is expected to reduce the number of cancer and kidney disease cases from long-term ingestion, state officials say. …
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A California woman fell 140 feet off a cliff to her death Monday morning while hiking with her husband and 1-year-old child on a mountain in Arizona, authorities said. Zaynab Joseph, 40, was found seriously injured on Bear Mountain in Sedona after a group of hikers heard yelling and stopped to investigate, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. The group …
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New Jersey researchers recently announced that a U.S. Marine’s partial remains had been sitting in a child’s rock collection for an unknown number of years. According to officials, the story begins with the death of Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager in July 1951. He was flying over Riverside County, California, when an accident occurred during a military training exercise. …
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A man linked to a homicide investigation in California’s capital was fatally shot Wednesday by police 80 miles away in Oakland after he allegedly emerged from a home with a firearm, authorities said Thursday. Sacramento police officers notified the Oakland Police Department that they were in Oakland investigating a homicide and requested assistance in arresting a suspect, the Oakland Police …
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California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would create a genealogy office to determine who is eligible for reparations handouts. The bill, SB 1403, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee last week in a 8-1 vote, The California Globe reported. If it becomes law, it would establish the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency, which would carry out recommendations from the state’s …
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A California man was arrested during a traffic stop after allegedly impersonating a police officer, according to officials. The driver was pulled over near South De Anza Boulevard and Rodrigues Avenue in Cupertino, California, after a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy noticed an SUV with an expired registration, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post on Sunday. The vehicle …
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The state of California is being sued over its “branding” of an initiative that seeks to put a parental notification policy on the November ballot, according to a new report. Some Californians are petitioning for a ballot measure that would mandate school staff to notify parents of their child’s gender transition. The ballot measure containing the parental notification policy in …
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