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State regulators push for electrification could raise PG&E bills even higher
photo credit: Sanika Mahajan/Bay City NewsActivists with the Party for Socialism and Liberation demanded PG&E be nationalized and protested rate hikes. The California Public Utilities Commission opened the door on Thursday to potential PG&E rate increases as soon as next year, adopting a new rate making process that will let the utility recoup its costs for completing energization projects. Energization projects help connect new customers to the electricity grid, increase capacity for existing customers, and increase transmission capacity to deliver greater loads in the future as the state moves to stop selling gas-powered vehicles by 2035 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Prior...
Weather Bulletin: Red Flag Warning for Thunderstorms and Gusty Winds
Forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Reno have issued a Red Flag Warning for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in effect from 5:00a.m. Saturday until 8:00p.m. Sunday. Along with the Honey Lake Valley the warning extends to the eastern Sierra, northeast California including. the Surprise Valley...
As Rainbow Family Camp Departs, Hippies Say It's Not Cool How California Treated Them This Year
A confluence of factors, including heightened fears and risks of wildfires in a national forest that has seen several devastating ones in recent years, led to an outsized response from local and federal authorities to the arrival of the Rainbow Family campout this year. The hippies just want to be...
California Governor’s Office Awards $27M To Five Containerized Ports
The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced the award of $27 million to support data system development and interoperability across California’s five containerized ports, the first-ever state-level funding in the country focused on improving data functionality across a statewide network of ports. The state’s...
Clues sought after young mother’s body found burning on Southern California freeway
A suspect remains at large in the unsolved murder of a young mother whose body was found engulfed in flames on a Southern California freeway. On Dec. 17, 2022, the body of Karla Terron, 27, was found on the Hosking Avenue off-ramp of the southbound 99 Freeway in Bakersfield at around 5 a.m. The night […]
July marks the Dog Days of Summer, cool dips, evening flicks
The fireworks of the Fourth of July might be over, but North San Diego County has plenty of events this month to add some pop to your summer, from Dog Days in Cardiff and music by the sea to evenings at the movies and family pool time. Click the links...
$280K Mega Millions ticket sold in Southern California
While no one snagged the $181 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, one lucky lottery enthusiast bought a ticket in San Bernardino County that paid out more than $250,000. The winning ticket hit five of the six numbers, which were 21, 26, 54, 60, 64 and 3, in last night’s drawing and ended up […]
Postal Service's deadline for plan to reopen rural California post offices expires Friday
The U.S. Postal Service has until Friday to come up with a plan to reopen two rural California post offices, both of which have been closed for more than a year. Those closures have cut off daily access to the mail for hundreds of residents in Niland in the Imperial Valley and Bolinas in Northern California, forcing some people to travel long distances to obtain critical medications and important documents.
CA Film Maker Introduces ‘Faces Of Death’ To World 46 Yrs Ago
In 1978 a film was released to select theaters in the United States that shocked viewers to such extremes it ultimately became banned in several countries. Those who grew up in the seventies and eighties might have owned a copy of the film on VHS and watched it with great anxiety among friends.
Gov. Newsom ramps up CHP presence in Oakland to combat 'unacceptable' lawlessness
OAKLAND, Calif. - Using a tow lot in Oakland as his backdrop and with the city's police chief and other law enforcement officers by his side, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced he’s again expanding the deployment of California Highway Patrol officers in the city, which has continued to face rampant incidents of car thefts, sideshows, and other crimes.
At least 28 dead due to extreme heat in past week in US, mostly in Calif
Nearly 30 people in the U.S. have already died of extreme heat as a heat wave settles across parts of the country, said a report published Wednesday. Heat wave conditions persisted in Southern California the following day.
Big Lots to ‘close 35 to 40 stores’ citing pullback in consumer spending
Discount retailer Big Lots plans to close between 35 and 40 locations this year citing financial constraints and falling sales. The Ohio-based company announced the decision, along with plans to open three stores, in its regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first quarter ending May 4.
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