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California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8 million
A California prison doctor accumulated more than 1,000 hours of personal time off and used some of it to work a second job. He claimed he faced retaliation when officials began scrutinizing his time and then clawed back much of his leave bank
Wildfires Threaten Communities in the West as Oregon Fire Closes Interstate, Creates Its Own Weather
Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington. A stretch of Interstate 84 connecting Oregon and Idaho in the area of one of the fires was closed indefinitely Tuesday. New lightning-sparked wildfires in the Sierra near the California-Nevada border forced the evacuation of a recreation area, closed a state highway and were threatening structures Tuesday.
Magan Pagnini crowned as 2024 Miss California Mid-State Fair Queen
PASO ROBLES — The California Mid-State Fair (CMSF) kicked off its 78th year on Wednesday, July 17, with a switch-up on its normal opening ceremony. This year, instead of a ribbon cutting, fair-goers were let into the fair starting at 3:45 p.m. Then, promptly at 4 p.m., a rope was dropped, letting everyone loose in the fairgrounds to enjoy “Wide Open Spaces,” this year’s theme.
Two horses die during 2024 Tevis Cup in Northern California
(FOX40.COM) — On Saturday hundreds of horse and rider pairings from across the country made their way to Northern California for the Tevis Cup, but two horses lost their lives in the 100 mile race. The one-day 100-mile ride traverses the Western States Trail between Robbie Point in the Sierra Nevada to the Auburn Fairgrounds. […]
Three face felony charges in area high-performance vehicle thefts case
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced charges against three people allegedly involved in 13 different vehicle thefts or attempted vehicle thefts throughout California. Between July 2023 and March 2024, the suspects participated in a large-scale conspiracy to steal expensive high performance vehicles from the counties of El Dorado, Kings,...
Lake Tahoe sees second-highest surface temp in 25 years
LAKE TAHOE — One of the United States' most iconic lakes almost saw record-breaking surface level temperatures as another heat wave hits Northern California.When is warm too warm for Lake Tahoe?"Too warm, certainly in the case of Lake Tahoe, is when the temperature starts to accelerate the things we don't want in the lake," said Geoff Schladow, UC Davis professor and former director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center.Schladow said Lake Tahoe had its second-highest surface temperature recorded from the middle of the lake in the last 25 years on July 22. It was 75.7 degrees.The highest surface temperature in...
Big Lots Closing All North Bay Locations, Several in Sac Region
Discount retailer Big Lots will be closing all of its locations in the North Bay. The company says it will be shuttering its Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Fairfield, Ukiah and Vacaville locations later this year. Big Lots will also be closing several of its locations in the Sacramento region. That...
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