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Santa Barbara Is in the Middle of a Summer COVID Comeback
COVID-19 is back in Santa Barbara by all accounts. The poop data is up, and urgent care centers are seeing a lot of cases. “We’ve had a pretty busy summer so far,” said Dr. Alex Leasure, the medical director at Sansum Clinic Urgent Care. “People traveling, coming back, and feeling sick is a really common story I get,” he said. That’s to be expected when people travel away from the circle of their life at home and encounter hundreds of new people, and new viruses, often in confined spaces, Leasure explained.
CIELO Fund scholarships buoy region's dedicated students
The Cultivating Inland Empire Latino Opportunity Fund (CIELO Fund) is on track to award $107,000 in scholarships to 64 students throughout the Inland Empire as part of the 2024 CIELO Fund Scholars Program. This second round of funding increases the fund's total investments for Latino scholarships to $230,000. Some 148 students have benefited...
Bank of America awards $435,000 to Inland Empire nonprofits
On July 11, Bank of America announced the recipients of its first round of grants for the year. The organization awarded $435,000 to 22 local nonprofits across the Inland Empire, providing workforce development, health resources and other basic needs to individuals and families. Coachella Valley recipients included the College of the Desert Foundation,...
Northern California wildfire sparked by burning car triples in size. A 42-year-old man is arrested
A wildfire that has tripled in size in one day, becoming California’s largest of the year even as other blazes scorched the Pacific Northwest, was started by a burning car, authorities said. They arrested a man who was seen pushing the blazing car into a gully. The man was...
Gina Carano’s Elon Musk-Backed Lawsuit Against Disney (And Cancel Culture) Scores Major Win
Gina Carano’s wrongful termination lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm, which is being funded by Elon Musk, scored a major win against the entertainment giant this week. According to reports out of California, the court presiding over the case denied Disney’s request to toss the lawsuit filed by Gina Carano, meaning it will go to trial […] The post Gina Carano’s Elon Musk-Backed Lawsuit Against Disney (And Cancel Culture) Scores Major Win appeared first on BroBible.
California is worst state for road rage, confrontational drivers, data show
Many California drivers could tell horror stories about aggressive or even violent encounters with other motorists on the freeways and local roads.But now a new study confirms that the Golden State is indeed the absolute worst when it comes to road rage.Data analyzed by Forbes Advisor ranked California at the top of its list of states with the "most confrontational drivers," earning a 100 out of 100 in its rating system.That means relatively high percentages of drivers who say other motorists have cut them off on purpose, yelled or cursed at them, tailgated, or even got out of their cars...
Cal-SOAP’s annual Summer Algebra Institute enhances college readiness
The California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) hosted the fourth annual Summer Algebra Institute (SAI), a four-week educational program designed to help students in the seventh-11th grade improve their algebra skills. Funded by the California State University Chancellor’s Office, the program aims to prepare students for higher-level math courses and college by focusing on enhancing their mathematics and quantitative reasoning skills.
CSUSB empowers future cybersecurity leaders at annual summer camp
The Center for Cyber & Artificial Intelligence at Cal State San Bernardino successfully hosted its 10th annual youth cyber summer camp, “CyberGuardians: Navigating the AI-Enhanced Future,” from July 7-12. This immersive camp brought together 60 high school students from across the Inland Empire region, offering them a comprehensive introduction to the world of AI and cybersecurity.
Newsom set an ambitious goal to launch 500,000 Californians into new careers. Many are firefighters
In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.
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