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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.
Yuba City, Sutter County ranked among fastest growing places in California
YUBA CITY — A report released by the California Department of Finance has named Sutter County and Yuba City among the fastest-growing places in California.The report recognized Yuba City as one of its top ten (No. 10) fastest-growing cities. Sutter County ranked first for fastest-growing counties. Yuba City is the county seat of Sutter County."Both areas are growing and both areas have really made a concerted effort to work closer together over the past few years," Sutter County's Economic Development Director Scott Powell said.Yuba City officials said its average for new home permits over the last few years has hovered...
Celebrating its 10th year, Digital NEST doubles size of internship program
Watsonville-based nonprofit Digital NEST is welcoming its largest cohort of interns this year – doubling in size compared to last year, and showing a rebound from the pandemic’s impacts on youth participation. Founder Jacob Martinez tells Lookout that the 18-to-24-year-old interns start on the job with training this...
California bill would require child influencers to be paid
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill intended to protect against financial exploitation of child influencers on social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Padilla, D-San Diego, requires California creators who feature minors in at least 30% of their content set aside a portion...
Canyon Country Couple Accused of Facilitating Crime Tourism Group
The United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California has announced that law enforcement arrested six defendants on Wednesday, Aug. 28, that a federal grand jury charged in a 46-count indictment alleging a Canyon Country couple facilitated a crime tourism group, then laundered millions of dollars in illicit proceeds.
California bill to give people serving life sentences a second chance at freedom stalls in the legislature
SACRAMENTO, Calif — A bill that would have granted people serving life sentences in California prisons a second chance at freedom will not be moving forward this year. Senate Bill 94, by State Senator Dave Cortese, would have allowed certain people serving life without parole (LWOP) an opportunity to petition to have their sentences changed.
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