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GameStop announces plans to open Retro GameStop locations in Salinas
SALINAS, Calif. — A national video game retailer is looking to make a big splash with nostalgia-focused gamers. GameStop announced the opening of new Retro GameStop stores on Tuesday, with a cryptic social media post showing off a host of video game console logos from decades past. In a...
Jaime Fontes, former Seaside city manager, files a claim against the city.
Former Seaside city manager Jaime Fontes, who City Council terminated for no cause (“loss of confidence”) effective June 6 of this year, is not done with Seaside yet. On July 22, Fontes filed a claim with the city for an amount that exceeds $10,000 regarding his termination. The claim, which the Weekly obtained via the California Public Records Act, puts in writing a broad set of claims against the city regarding personnel investigations that Fontes says he did not authorize, and that, as city manager, he was solely vested with the power to authorize them.
In blue P.G. where conservatives dominate the conversation, progressives find their voice.
One of Pacific Grove’s latest entertainment hot spots, Pop and Hiss, was abuzz on Thursday, Aug. 22, with upwards of 70 people noshing on charcuterie and sipping drinks from the bar. They weren’t there to hear a popular DJ or musician, they were there in part to watch the Democratic National Convention on a large screen. The other part: To formally launch a new political group, Pacific Grove Progressives.
See Hundreds of Sea Lions Take Over a Popular California Beach
California sea lions have taken over a popular beach, prompting local authorities to close the area indefinitely. Hundreds of the marine mammals are congregating on San Carlos Beach, a public park managed by the city of Monterey on California’s central coast. Monterey is roughly 120 miles south of San Francisco and approximately 320 miles north of Los Angeles.
Notre Dame linebacker makes Freshman of the Year Award watch list
Notre Dame won a massive recruiting battle in the 2024 cycle when California linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa signed with the Irish. The 6-foot, 3-inch and 240-pound star was ranked as the country’s No. 41 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. KVA had offers from every major college football power, but the Irish won the heated recruiting battle.
$20 Minimum Wage Prompts Shake Shack Closures in California
Shake Shack has announced its plans to close six of its California locations nearly five months after the state’s new $20 minimum wage law took effect. Shake Shack Closures in California As detailed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Shake Shack is set to close nine locations, attributing the decision […] Read the original article here: $20 Minimum Wage Prompts Shake Shack Closures in California
Students kick off fall semester with protests that adhere to UC/CSU zero-tolerance bans
Student protesters at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State stayed in line with regulations being enforced at California's public universities this school year, but made it clear they intend to keep their concerns about the war in Gaza front and center.
Man sentenced for stealing nearly $700,000 from Walmart stores nationwide
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A California man was sentenced in federal court to over five years in prison for a series of Walmart thefts. Jabaree Mabrey, 27, was sentenced Thursday for fraudulent use of unauthorized access device. There is no parole in the federal system. After Mabrey’s release, he will begin a three-year term of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $690,484 in restitution.
CHP to launch statewide DUI enforcement over Labor Day weekend
The California Highway Patrol is set to initiate a Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) throughout the state looking to stop impaired drivers during Labor Day Weekend"We're putting as many officers on the road as we can. DUI is our number one most preventable crime. There is no reason to be driving under the influence with rideshares like Uber and Lyft. But people continue to do it," said Officer Kylie Musselman. Labor Day Weekend is notoriously deadly on the roads for impaired drivers. 38 people were killed in crashes throughout California during last year's holiday weekend, according to the CHP. During the...
Idle oil well legislation authored by Assemblymember Hart clears legislature and awaits Governor’s signature to become law
A bill requiring more aggressive targets for companies to plug idle wells across the state authored by Assemblymember Gregg Hart has cleared the state's legislature and awaits the Governor's signature to become law. The post Idle oil well legislation authored by Assemblymember Hart clears legislature and awaits Governor’s signature to become law appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
CA Budget & Policy Center hosts launch event for 2024 CA Women’s Well-Being Index Sept. 4th
SACRAMENTO, CA — On Wednesday, September 4, the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center) and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls will host a launch event for the latest iteration of the California Women’s Well-Being Index (WWBI) at the Secretary of State Auditorium in Sacramento.
Meteorologist Heather Waldman explains how the marine layer impacts the delta breeze
On hot summer days, people in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys look to the delta breeze to provide cooling relief. The delta breeze is a colloquial nickname for a wind pattern that moves cooler air from the California coast through the Sacramento River delta and into parts of the Valley.
Attorney General, local law enforcement officials arrest 22 in statewide pot shop burglaries
California Attorney General Rob Bonta was in Santa Cruz County on Thursday to announce the arrest of 22 people who are facing a total of 32 felony charges stemming from multiple burglaries of marijuana dispensaries throughout the Bay Area. Dubbed “Operation Sticky Fingers,” the arrests came thanks to the Oakland...
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