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Man removed from home in Oildale by law enforcement
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — There were several Kern County Sheriff's deputies and CHP officers at a home in the Oildale area Friday evening for a possible standoff. Several law enforcement officers were called outside a home Norris Road and Oildale Drive for an unknown reason. Our crew on scene...
Texas man dies after crashing into tree in Lost Hills
A Texas man crashed into a tree on Highway 33 near Twisselman Road in Lost Hills and died around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Kern County coroner’s office. Marcos Rosas Hernandez, 52, of Dallas died at the scene, according to the coroner.
Couple found dead in Marriott hotel in Southern California
Originally from Toronto, Natalie DiScala is a writer, editor and content creator who now calls Los Angeles home. She graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s journalism program and is now the Executive Editor of JohnnyJet.com. She and her husband, Johnny Jet, have traveled to 75 countries together and now travel with their two children.
Winning Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in California and New Jersey
LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $498 million. One ticket was sold in Newport Coast and is worth $1,016,356. Another ticket was sold matching...
Long Beach hotter than July as containers soar to monthly record
The Port of Long Beach in Southern California set a monthly record in July as retailers got a substantial head start moving inventory heading into the peak shipping season. Total volume was 882,376 twenty-foot equivalent units, an increase of 52.6% from the same month a year ago and 12.4% ahead of the previous record set in July 2022. Imports rocketed 60.5% to 435,081 TEUs while exports grew 16.3% to 104,834 TEUs. Empty containers surged 57.8% to 342,462 TEUs.
Newsom Targets Retail Theft, Signs Bills with New Penalties, Enforcement Tools
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a package of bills intended to crack down on organized retail theft. Newsom, at a signing ceremony in a San Jose Home Depot, called the 10 bills “the most significant legislation to address property crime in modern California history.”. One of the bills,...
Brace for impact, California drivers! Car insurance rates set to skyrocket. Here's why
Auto insurance has been skyrocketing across the country, and California drivers need to brace for an even bigger jump by the end of the year, according to an online insurance broker.Insurify, which offers auto, home and other insurance products online, has released a study that finds the average automobile insurance rate nationwide has increased 15% in the first half of the year and predicts rates will continue to climb, reaching 22% by the end of this year.It only gets worse for California drivers. Insurify's study expects rates in the Golden State to jump by 54%, more than double the national...
Tenants fight back: community land trusts offer rent relief
Happy Friday, Inequality Insights readers, thanks for reading. In case you missed it, California Divide’s Felicia Mello wrote earlier this month about California community land trusts. These organizations buy land and then sell or rent the buildings on it to low-income residents. According to the California Community Land Trust Network, their numbers have tripled in […]
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