Jamestown
LATEST NEWS
Protest Banner Continues to Spark Controversy on Third Street Promenade
A protest banner that has stirred controversy on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica has been revised yet again—this time in a parody of Mt. Rushmore. In 2022, John Alle hung a sign in front of his shuttered property that proclaimed, “Santa Monica is not Safe: Crime, Depravity, Outdoor Mental Asylum.” A year later, he changed the sign to the following statement, later adding a rainbow background: “Santa Methica is not Safe: SM City Manager supports Free Needle & Meth Pipe Distribution Program in our Parks and Public Spaces.”
Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division successfully conducted the first shore test of the TRAM
Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division successfully conducted the first shore test of the Transferrable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM), which will enable U.S. Navy surface combatants to reload missile canisters into their Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) at sea using time-proven underway replenishment (UNREP). Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro...
Jim Harbaugh didn’t even need full day of camp to return to exceptionally weird form
Meet Jim Harbaugh. He is a 60-year-old man who moved to Southern California earlier this year. Harbaugh currently resides in a RV at a waterfront RV park in Huntington Beach. It's a nice RV, but you can tell from the way he says "this is my Quantum Thor Motor Coach" that he doesn't know anything about it. In April, Harbaugh was binge watching "The Rockford Files" and hanging out with his friend, Greg Roman, who also lives in the same RV park.
Player stomped on Elk Grove teen's head during basketball game, family says
ELK GROVE – An Elk Grove family wants justice after their teen was stomped on the head in a youth basketball game in Alameda.Video from the game between Tumakbo United, a youth organization of Filipinos, and a non-profit Bay Area basketball team Payton's Place, shows the moments leading up to and during the head stomping. In the video, you can see the two teens from different teams scuffling for an inbound ball, ending with a player from Payton's Place appearing to stomp on 13-year-old Seth Guingab's head.Seth's father, Roderick Guingab, shared a photo of his son, Seth, with CBS 13...
'It's directly animal exploitation': Over a dozen former SeaQuest Folsom employees come forward after ABC10 investigation
FOLSOM, Calif. — “That is a molded parakeet body,” Elle explained as she clicked through her photos on a laptop. “She wasn’t eating,” Elle recalled when a picture of a sickly-looking sloth came up. “They still had guests see her like this.”. “This was...
How is the $27.6 billion state budget shortfall affecting local school district budgets?
After the state revealed a $27.6 billion budget shortfall and a projected deficit of $28.4 billion next year, school districts across the state — and the Coachella Valley — are tightening its belts. These new challenges come as school districts are already grappling with several fiscal challenges such as inflation, the expiration...
After high court ruling, Newsom orders state officials to dismantle homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state officials to dismantle thousands of homeless encampments across California. The move comes on the heels of a recent Supreme Court decision that gave local and state governments more latitude to remove people experiencing homelessness from their streets. ...
California Recommends AT&T, Frontier, Six Others for $143M in Broadband Grants
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has recommended a total of $143.3 million in grants to go toward broadband deployments to locations in the state that currently lack high-speed broadband service. AT&T was recommended for two grants totaling $18.1 million and Frontier was recommended for three grants totaling $22.9 million....
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.
California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8M
A jury last week awarded nearly $2 million to a former California prison psychiatrist who claimed the state retaliated against him when officials began raising questions about how he earned high incomes from two government agencies. A decade ago, Anthony Coppola held a senior position at a former state prison in Tracy and a part-time assignment as a psychiatrist at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail. ...
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments. It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency: our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. We strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation. Join us in shaping the news narrative together.