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Vallejo wastewater maintenance causing rotten odor miles away
VALLEJO – Recent maintenance work by the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District has caused an unpleasant smell wafting up from the waterfront sewage treatment plant into south and central Vallejo in recent months and led to a flurry of complaints to government officials. The district now expects that residents and visitors in Vallejo will have to endure the odors for months longer.
California Billionaire Farmers Stewart and Lynda Resnick, Plan Major Industrial Expansion
The wealthiest farming family in California, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, are planning to significantly expand an industrial warehouse complex to transform the small town of Shafter into an international trading hub. The Resnicks, who own The Wonderful Company, already possess a large distribution center in Shafter, northwest of Bakersfield. The...
Masimo files lawsuit against activist investor Politan
(Reuters) -Medical device maker Masimo Corp said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Politan Capital in a California federal court, seeking to force the activist investor to correct "material misstatements and omissions" in its proxy materials.
California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023
So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 wildfires across the state through early July, causing about 207,000 acres of land to burn. Around this time last year, about 10,000 acres had burned. The five-year average of acres burned through mid-July is about 39,000, Cal Fire said last week.
Man scams East Bay woman out of $350K after installing solar panels in her home
(KRON) — A man has been convicted of scamming an elderly woman with dementia out of more than $350,000, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said Monday. The man installed solar panels in the victim’s home before gaining her trust and control of her finances. An investigation by the DA’s office revealed that the victim […]
Extreme Heat Is a Death Sentence in California Prisons
(WIB) – In 2015, Adrienne Boulware was sentenced to 15 years to life in California state prison in connection to the 2011 death of a man in Sacramento. But over the weekend, as temperatures hit 110 in the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, where Boulware was imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility, prisoner advocates and her family say she died due the heat nine years into her sentence.
With an unexpected bundle of cash, father and son build a new music legacy
A manila envelope stuffed with $100 bills passed quietly in a Denny’s parking lot isn’t the usual way that new music commissions get funded. But Adam Tendler has never been particularly concerned with concert hall niceties. The Grammy-nominated pianist made his Bay Area debut at Oakland’s Piedmont Piano...
‘It’s a Joy’: Mentoring Maven Patricia Lucas ’79 Gives Back Through Alumni Guide Program
Patricia Lucas ’79 didn’t have any role models in her family or friend circles when she decided to try law school. In her family’s first generation to attend college, she’d worked as a file clerk in a law firm but didn’t really know what to expect.
3 South Bay business owners to be sentenced in separate workers' comp fraud cases
Three people will be sentenced after pleading guilty in two separate workers compensation fraud cases, the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office announced Monday. Both cases involve business owners failing to properly maintain mandatory workers compensation insurance, which covers business should employees suffer an on-the-job injury. Mark Anthony Ramos, the owner of two companies providing pediatric therapy in the Bay Area, will receive three years in federal prison, the DA's office said. However, his sentence will be suspended to six months in county jail upon paying restitution. Edgar Cabrales Sr. and Edgar Cabrales Jr. will be sentenced to a decade of...
Wenliang Xie Transfers to Cal Men’s Golf Team: Career Highlights & High Expectations
Wenliang Xie, a former All-Big East Golfer, has joined the California men's golf program as a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility for the 2024-25 season, bringing with him an impressive track record from his time at Seton Hall. Xie has a career stroke average of 72.82 and has...
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