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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...
California Man Saves Ranch From Wildfire With Homemade Sprinkler System
As the Park Fire devastates hundreds of thousands of acres across Northern California, a Cohasset resident has gotten creative to protect his family’s 100-year-old ranch house. Using a nearby pond as a water source, Ron Ward set up a homemade sprinkler defense system to hydrate and cool the forest surrounding his ranch, which was settled by his wife’s great-grandfather in 1905.
Division among council members, ice cream parlor question, and other takeaways from California's fast food meeting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's fast food council faces a handful of hurdles as it dives into its work of setting wages and working conditions for the state's fast food industry. The nine-member council held its second meeting since its creation earlier this year. The group spent four hours meeting...
Some SF landlords used AI to set rents higher
As if renting in the Bay Area wasn't costly enough for a lot of people, some San Francisco landlords were using artificial intelligence software to set rates even higher. San Francisco supervisors took swift action banning some AI rental software the first time they discussed it Tuesday. The software in...
Looking at solar leases for your home? How new rules can add to the cost
As energy costs rise, more people are looking at solar panels as a way to save money, but will getting a solar lease for your home actually be better for your wallet?A viewer reached out to Eyewitness News, saying the state has changed rules for solar leases. We did some digging and learned there are some hidden costs.It's not working out in my favor right nowSeven years ago, Phillip Maxwell decided the cost of electricity was too high in Rancho Cucamonga and installed 28 solar panels. He said everything was great but in 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission...
Undocumented immigrants should soon be able to get state cell service subsidy
The California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision last week that the California Universal LifeLine Telephone Service Program, which offers discounted cell service, will be offered to Californians without a Social Security number.
Therapy dogs used to uplift firefighters battling massive blaze in Northern California
First-responder therapy dogs have been brought in to help uplift firefighters battling the Park Fire in Northern California. “Ember, Ember, and Hudson reporting for duty at the #ParkFire!” Cal Fire posted on X, formerly Twitter. “We are here to help the humans with their mental health while assigned to the incident and away from their […]
American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter Honors Volunteers
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. — The American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter honored local residents and community partners at the annual Chapter Awards and Recognition Event, “Honoring All Stars”, held at Wilder Art and Garden Center in Orinda, CA. This year’s theme was a tribute to the tremendous...
World’s largest dam removal project nears completion
The dam removal project began in 2020 along the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. The watershed supports one of the largest salmon runs in the country; however, dam construction since 1918 has hindered the fish population.
Boosted battery fleet on California's energy grid withstands summer heat so far
SACRAMENTO – The month of July has been the hottest one on record for the city of Sacramento, but California's power grid has been holding up just fine thanks to bolstering up its battery supply.CEO and President of California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) Elliot Maincer said even though it has been scorching hot in Sacramento, it has not been hot everywhere across the state all at once, which may have been helping the energy grid's performance. Cal-ISO brought on 11,600 megawatts of new clean resources since the system seemed to waver in 2022. In 2022, Cal-ISO issued 11 flex alerts....
Park Fire jeopardizing 1 of California's most iconic fish: 'This species could blink out'
California's fifth largest wildfire is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, with potentially devastating consequences for a species already on the brink.The explosive Park Fire has spread into the Mill and Deer Creek watersheds in Tehama County, which are two of the three remaining creeks where wild, independent populations of spring-run Chinook, a threatened species, still spawn in the Central Valley.If the Park Fire climbs to higher altitudes, federal and state officials said it could strike the final deathblow to the region's spring-run salmon, which are already at risk of extinction."It's really concerning. It's really sad....
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