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Newsom vetoes bipartisan bill requiring state to evaluate homelessness spending
(The Center Square) – Despite broad support, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state didn't need increased oversight on how tax dollars are spent on homelessness. Newsom vetoed an unopposed bill that would have required the state to evaluate the money it gives to cities and counties for homelessness programs, saying it would create “unnecessary ongoing workload” and that other actions already to increase oversight render the bill “redundant.” Earlier this year, a state audit found the state was not adequately tracking the outcomes for...
Teoscar Hernández Not Bothered By Dodgers Leaving Home Run Derby Early
Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Teoscar Hernández won the 2024 Home Run Derby in dramatic fashion, with the night coming down to a final swing by Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., whose final attempt fell short. Being the first-ever Dodgers player to win the Home Run Derby, Hernández...
Ontario announces yard sale dates for August
The next citywide yard, or garage, sale weekend in Ontario is Aug. 2-4, the city announced earlier this month. In 2010, the city adopted an ordinance that gave residents the opportunity to hold more sales each year on fixed dates and eliminated yard sale permits and fees, officials said. Yard...
DUI suspected after car crashes through wall of Tarzana home, bursts into flames
A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after his car crashed through the front wall of a home in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles overnight and burst into flames. The incident was reported around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday when the motorist apparently lost control of his vehicle while trying to make a right turn near Reseda Boulevard and Rosita Street.
Santa Ana karate instructor offers inclusive environment to those with disabilities
For some people with disabilities, learning self-defense is crucial. But it can be hard to find the right place to go. One man in Santa Ana is creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can learn martial arts.Kenneth Kellogg's main job is a real estate broker. But the 73-year-old will also soon to be an eighth-degree black belt in American Kenpo karate and has been inducted into the martial arts masters' hall of fame. He's running a martial arts school where students pay what they can - even if that's nothing at all."It's really hard to make money at...
Road rehabilitation happening near Ione in Amador County
AMADOR COUNTY, Calif. — Caltrans is fixing the road in Amador County near Ione along State Routes 104 and 124. Skip Allum with Caltrans District 10 says crews will make repairs to damaged pavement. “These particular locations, they haven't seen a serious pavement rehabilitation job come through there since...
Newsom signs bill to end parental notification policies at schools; opponents say fight is not over
A trailblazing state law prohibiting California school boards from passing resolutions that require teachers and school staff to notify parents if they believe a child is transgender isn’t likely to put an end to this polarizing issue.
CA Water Regulations and Fewer Responding to NASS Surveys
**The California Water Resources Control Board has approved a regulation seeking to promote more efficient water use to address an anticipated 10% water supply shortfall by 2040. The regulation applies to the state’s largest urban retail water suppliers, which serve 95% of California. The goal is to produce about...
Extreme Heat Is a Death Sentence in California Prisons
In 2015, Adrienne Boulware was sentenced to 15 years to life in California state prison in connection to the 2011 death of a man in Sacramento. But over the weekend, as temperatures hit 110 in the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, where Boulware was imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility, prisoner advocates and her family say she died due to the heat nine years into her sentence.
California has problems. AI can help solve them.
Since the University of California’s earliest days, its researchers have propelled the state’s leading industries and helped solve some of its biggest challenges. Our faculty bring curiosity, ingenuity and years of accumulated expertise to their research. But even the nimblest human brain can only crunch so many numbers in a day.
How Latinos struggle to find affordable healthcare
Marisol is a 60-year-old undocumented immigrant who lives alone in Los Angeles and works full-time. She was very excited to learn she would qualify for Medi-Cal, but her celebration was short-lived when she was told she makes "too much" money – about $36,000 annually – and was denied the state's coverage.
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