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130 degrees: California's Death Valley may soon break world heat record
If forecasters are correct, and the summer's heat wave continues, Eastern California's Death Valley may soon tie or break a world record. The temperature in Death Valley National Park could skyrocket to 130 degrees next week, the National Weather Service is reporting. If it does, it will set the record...
Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are all on the ballot in California this November
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are among the 10 statewide ballot measures that California voters are set to consider in November. The California secretary of state assigned proposition numbers to the measures on Wednesday after the Legislature added two more bond proposals to the ballot.
2 killed and 3 injured in July Fourth attack in California beach city
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack during a neighborhood Fourth of July gathering in a Southern California beach city, police said Friday. The county coroner removed two bodies Friday morning from the crime scene, which encompassed a grassy median...
Community Foundation Update (07/06/2024)
The Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) has announced the creation of the Fordyce Survivors Fund in response to the mass shooting on June 21 in Fordyce, Arkansas. 100 percent of donations to the fund will provide financial support for survivors of the shooting. ARCF will partner with Victim’s First, a volunteer-led nonprofit helping with immediate needs, along with the Mass Violence Survivor’s Fund—national entities with experience serving communities following more than 50 mass shootings nationwide.
Get ready for triple digit temperatures across Southern California
Sky-high temperatures and poor air quality are expected to rock Southern California this weekend. According to the National Weather Service, everywhere inland of the immediate coast will see extreme heat on Friday and Saturday. “We’re all looking at excessive heat, dangerously hot conditions,” said KTLA’s Kirk Hawkins. “Please be safe.” Forecasted temperatures across Southern California […]
California’s Junk Fee Ban No Longer Clashes With Restaurant Fees
Earlier this year, two trends gaining momentum neared a collision in California’s restaurants and bars. One was a statewide ban on junk fees — here defined as anything over and above the items purchased on a particular visit to a shop, hotel or other establishment. The other? The fact that a growing number of restaurants are charging fees in order to pay their staff a living wage or provide them with healthcare. The metaphorical collision in this situation is that California’s government seemed ready to treat restaurant fees as junk fees — which is to say, not allowing bars and restaurants to charge them.
Weekly News Wrap with Cassie MacDuff 7/5/2024
Longtime Inland Empire journalist and KVCR news contributor Cassie MacDuff and KVCR's Rick Dulock review some of the big Inland Empire news stories from the past week. 1. A half-ton of illegal fireworks were seized from a Riverside home, including mortars, M-80 style explosives and homemade destructive devices. 2. A...
San Diego Heat Wave Hits Peak, Inland Empire and Deserts Swelter as Coastal Areas Find Mild Relief
San Diegans brace for sweltering temperatures as the National Weather Service forecasts a scorching weekend. According to NWS San Diego, today's weather marks the peak of a heat wave, with inland valleys hitting the upper 90s to 103 degrees and the Inland Empire soaring up to 110 degrees, while coastal areas maintain slightly milder mid to upper 70s. The heat is expected to intensify in the deserts, where temperatures could climb to a blistering 115 to 121 degrees.
Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves California amid brutal heat wave and wildfires
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom is visiting other states, campaigning for President Joe Biden. This comes on the heels of the presidential debate, which left Americans wondering about Joe Biden's stamina for another term. Many Californians are frustrated with the governor for leaving the state during a brutal heat wave and devastating fires. He's off campaigning for President Biden's re-election, being very vocal about his support. Something Republicans say he's using as a guise to campaign for himself should Biden step aside. "Gov. Newsom has been running a shadow presidential campaign for quite some time," said the chairwoman of the...
Hoping to reduce Colorado River dependency, Southern California bets big on wastewater recycling
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Can wastewater be made potable again on a mass scale? Water-district managers in California think so. At a wastewater treatment plant in Carson in the Los Angeles area, scientists and engineers have been fine-tuning their purification process since 2019. The facility — known as the...
Broadway Barbara to Perform at Coachella Valley Repertory
Leah Sprecher as Broadway Barbara. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY LEAH SPRECHER. With more than 500,000 followers on social media, Leah Sprecher, aka Broadway Barbara, has become an entertainer for all generations. The 30-something actress created her 50-something stage persona as a comic sketch in her theater training program and then started posting videos in character that went viral. She brings her live show to the Summer Cabaret Series at Coachella Valley Repertory (CVRep) on July 11, joining a seasonlong lineup that also includes Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Cats star Ken Page, Guys and Dolls actress Faith Prince, and others.
$10 billion green bond measure to appear on November ballots
A $10 billion statewide bond measure that would fund a range of environmental resilience and other projects will appear on the November ballot after the passage this week of a bill to place it before voters.Major projects funded by the bond revenue would include drinking water infrastructure and wildfire prevention.Passed as Senate Bill 867 on Wednesday, it was numbered by the end of the day by Secretary of State Shirley Weber as Proposition 4. It was one of 10 propositions numbered for the statewide ballot in November, including a separate bond measure for K-12 school infrastructure. Prop. 4, formally titled the...
Southern California juice chain Sip Fresh lays out growth plan for Arizona
Sip Fresh, a juice chain based out of Southern California, has targeted Arizona for its next expansion market. The chain, which already has one location in the Valley in the Macerich-owned Arrowhead Towne Center mall in Glendale, is sizing up Arizona’s malls and shopping centers as possible landing sports for Sip Fresh locations and the company is looking for franchisees to expand in Arizona.
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