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Air Quality advisory for Bay Area extended into Thursday due to smoke from Pedro Fire
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is extending an air quality advisory for the region into Thursday due to wildfire smoke, particularly from the Pedro Fire in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties."Smoke from the Pedro Fire and other California wildfires is expected to continue to impact air quality throughout the Bay Area tomorrow," the agency said Wednesday.In its statement, the air district said hazy skies may be visible and the smell of smoke is possible at higher elevations. Air quality is expected to be in the moderate category.Officials warned that wildfire smoke contains fine particulate matter and other harmful pollutants...
Local Officials Don’t Anticipate Substantial Change with State Executive Order on Homelessness
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order calling for a swifter approach to clearing encampments of unhoused people and resolving homelessness, enacted on Thursday, July 25, has already received cheers from numerous local government officials. “People dying on our streets do not have another year and a half to wait for...
California gas prices fell from last week: See how much here
State gas prices fell for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $4.37 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $4.43 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average fuel price in state has fallen about 16 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the last year have been as low as $4.22 on Jan. 2, 2023, and as...
Findings from California gas price watchdog after first year on job, industry responds
SACRAMENTO — As we dig into California's crippling gas prices, we finally have a better picture of what causes those outrageous price spikes at the pump.The California Energy Commission (CEC) found that during past spikes, oil industry profits went up over 200%.The state hired Tai Milder as the nation's first gas price watchdog, who now wrapped up his first year as the director of the CEC's Petroleum Market Oversight division. I sat down with the so-called "oil czar" to get answers on your gas prices.Findings from California's oil czar"I was even looking on AAA and we're at least a dollar...
DGDG auto dealerships fined $290K for alleged improper disposal of waste, documents
A judge ordered Bay Area car dealer DGDG Automotive to pay $290,000 in an environmental protection case alleging the company unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste. The civil complaint was filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office was joined by four other district attorneys' offices in Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano, and Monterey counties. Prosecutors alleged DGDG Automotive LLC, also known as Del Grande Dealer Group, didn't properly manage hazardous waste, such as brake parts cleaner, automotive fluids, and parts containing circuit boards.The settlement also resolves allegations DGDG failed to redact or shred paperwork containing customer information before throwing it...
Desi Comedy Fest Comes to San Jose Improv
In 2008, militant Pakistani Islamists killed 175 people in a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Feeling helpless, comedian Samson Koletkar got together a group of Indian and Pakistani comedians in the Bay Area in an effort to promote peace and unity through laughter. They performed two events in Hayward and Palo Alto.
Fast food workers ask state for further wage increases
photo credit: Cole Reynolds/Bay City NewsSan Jose members of the California Fast Food Workers Union.The California Fast Food Workers Union is urging the state to again raise the minimum wage for fast-food employees.According to a letter sent to the statewide Fast Food Council last month, the union is asking for a $20.70 wage starting in 2025 and a $21.40 wage in 2026. The proposed yearly 3.5% increase is a response to rising inflation, the letter said.The council was formed to establish wages and regulations for the fast-food industry through legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September 2023. That legislation also...
Cal Fire chief discusses prescribed burns and why California's fire season is so active
PLACER COUNTY -- The Park Fire in Butte County and Tehama counties continues to burn out of control fueled by high temperatures, wind and dry brush."Honestly, with all the fuel vegetation in this area, it's been dry and primed to go," one Cal Fire crew member on the front line told CBS News,Despite the same number of fires as the state's five-year average, the acreage burned this year is more than four times higher.This year more than 763,000 acres have burned, whereas the five-year average for this time of year is only 166,000 acres.Cal Fire attributes this fire season to...
California school properties could be converted into housing for educators
(FOX40.COM) - The California Department of Education has announced an initiative to turn land owned by local education agencies into housing for education workers. The department says local education agencies own roughly 75,000 acres of “developable land” that could be used to create over 2 million housing units across the state. "We know that families […]
UC admits 'largest, most diverse class' in history for fall 2024
The University of California system is celebrating a major milestone. They announced on Wednesday that the university has admitted its "largest and most diverse class" in its history.The University says this is driven by significant increases in the number of California residents, underrepresented students and community college transfer students offered fall admission."It's part of our mission of the University of California is to really be a change agent for the state and to represent the broad diversity of the state," said Han Mi Yoon-Wu, the associate vice provost and executive director of Undergraduate Admissions for the University of California.The UC...
Powerball ticket worth just under $1 million sold in California
LOS ANGELES - Feeling lucky? As the nation awaits the $171 million Powerball lottery winner, someone in California may be $987,000 richer. According to California Lottery's website late Wednesday night, a ticket worth $987,439 was sold at the Buddies Market in San Francisco. The news comes as Powerball held a...
VIDEO: Brentwood Police Arrest 18-Year-Old Suspected of $80K Organized Retail Theft in Bay Area
On Sunday, the Brentwood Police Department reported the arrest of Taylor Martin, an 18-year-old resident identified as a prolific organized retail thief. Martin was apprehended while sitting in a vehicle near Raley's at 2400 Sand Creek Road, with a Brentwood officer recognizing her from prior theft incidents. The arrest occurred, notably without incident, in the Brentwood area.
School year already underway at some California districts as start dates keep creeping earlier
Children wearing colorful new backpacks, parents in tow, hugged and high-fived Principal Gina Lopez and other school staff as they streamed under an arch of multicolored balloons, accompanied by pulsating music, on the first day of school at George Washington Elementary School in Lodi on Tuesday. Lodi Unified in San...
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