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Another Bay Area city pushing for CHP assistance from Newsom
VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) — In the North Bay, a Vallejo city councilmember is pushing for the governor to deploy California Highway Patrol officers to her city’s streets, similar to how CHP officers are helping to crack down on crime in Oakland and San Francisco. “The neighborhoods and the people are crying for help,” explained Vallejo […]
More than 700,000 acres of wildfire ravage Oregon
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as new wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon was closed in both directions Tuesday between Ontario and...
California Prepares to Launch CalHeat Score, Nation’s First Extreme Heat Ranking System
In 2022, Assembly Bill No. 2238, legislation establishing a statewide extreme heat ranking system was signed into law. Currently this ranking system is being developed by California’s Environmental Protection Agency and is planned to be launched in 2025 as the nation’s first extreme heat wave ranking system. According...
Target offers to launch probe after shopper begs for self-checkout change – lines even stretched back to produce section
TARGET has said it will look into claims of clogging queues caused by a lack of available checkout kiosks at one of its stores. A shopper at the big box retailer fumed that lines were stretching back to the back of the shop - and demanded immediate action. "Target, please...
Dr. Vinson Eugene Allen and Dusk to Dawn Urgent Care Make a Historical Mark as the First African American Owned Chain of Urgent Care Facilities in the United States
LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE - Dr. Vinson Eugene Allen and Dusk to Dawn Urgent Care of California make a historical mark as the first African American owned chain of urgent cares in the United States. This milestone builds upon a previous achievement from September 4, 2020, when the medical pioneer was named the first African American to open a chain of urgent cares in Los Angeles; which led many to believe that Dusk to Dawn Urgent Care could be the nation’s first black-owned Chain. The California PR firm Executive 1 Media Group executed a nationwide urgent care project in February of 2024 with a team of researchers from Ohio, Nevada and California.
California tomato crop threatened by beet leafhopper, state of emergency delcared
A tiny bug could skyrocket tomato prices and throw California's tomato farmers into crisis. The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors earlier in July declared a state of emergency as a virus brought on by the beet leafhopper threatens to ruin the summer’s tomato harvest and wipe out millions of dollars of crops. ...
KamalaCare: Harris backed ‘Medicare for All’ and abolishing private insurance
Vice President Kamala Harris’s past support for “Medicare for All” places her well to the left of President Joe Biden and is likely to prove a liability for her as she seeks to win the 2024 presidential race. As senator from California, Harris supported Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) Medicare for All plan, which would have […]
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