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California Report – bluegrass harmonica virtuoso David Naiditch
Southern California virtuoso harmonica player, teacher, composer, and session player David Naiditch has been part of the Los Angeles music scene for many years. His website bio says he “was tutored on the diatonic harmonica by the legendary blues icon, Sonny Terry. In the mid-1960s, I taught harmonica at the Ash Grove, a club that was the focal point of the Los Angeles folk music revival. Years later, I taught and performed at other venues in the Los Angeles area, such as McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Boulevard Music, the Coffee Gallery Backstage, and Viva Cantina.” He has seven albums of mostly bluegrass, swing, and gypsy jazz instrumentals, and is the foremost bluegrass harmonica player in the California scene today. He has played on albums by bluegrassers David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Richard Smith, Sierra Hull, Rob Ickes, Ron Block, Dennis Caplinger, Pat Cloud, and more…
State Capitol: Target vs. Shoplifters — Villainized by Corporate Lobbying with the Newest California Bill
SACRAMENTO, CA — Assembly Bill 1990 was first introduced to the California state legislature here at the beginning of 2024 by Assemblywoman Wendy Carillo. Now, as of July 2024, the bill “swept across the legislature” to be voted as amended, according to Digital Democracy. If passed and...
Search intensifies for missing Southern California girl, 15
Family, friends and concerned strangers are ramping up their search for a 15-year-old Monterey Park girl who vanished while riding her bike to a relative’s home last week. Allison Chao was last seen on security video around 5:30 p.m. on July 16 when she left her father’s house in the 200 block of North Ynez […]
Kamala Harris’ backers say she understands Jews and Israel. Her critics fear her stance on Gaza.
(JTA) — WASHINGTON — Coming down the stairs in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City in 2017, Kamala Harris saw the Western Wall and knew what she had to do. Harris, then a California senator, reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue kippah and clips she had prepared for the occasion. She...
Heat rising in SoCal Inland with cooler coastal temperatures
Southern California temperatures will remain above average across interior areas this week, while staying cooler closer to the coast, where there will be a strong onshore breeze, the National Weather Service said Monday.
Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — At least a half-dozen homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a blistering heat wave. Six homes were ravaged and seven damaged when the fire sparked by fireworks erupted Sunday...
Search underway for 70-year-old California man who went missing after taking Jeep on off-road trail
A 70-year-old man has been missing since Friday after taking his Jeep on an off-road trail in California, authorities said. Warren Elliott was last seen on the Rubicon Trail in Placer County Friday afternoon, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. Searchers from multiple agencies and organizations are involved in the search, according to the sheriff's office. The search for Elliott continued on Monday, focusing on the Rubicon Springs area, the sheriff's office said.
Northern California Olympians: When they compete and how to watch
With the 2024 Summer Olympics just days away, many Northern Californians have punched their ticket to the City of Lights. Learn more about them and keep track of when and how to watch them here. All times are in Pacific Daylight Time. (In video player above: KCRA 3's Deidre Fitzpatrick...
RIFA Infestation Rings Alarm Bells in Western California
With California Ag Today, I’m Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network. If it’s not aggressive hornets it’s aggressive ants! The Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office is responding to an active infestation of Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta, in the Montecito area. They believe the infestation originated from the importation of RIFA-infected nursery stock shipped from Riverside County in September of last year.
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