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Power restored at overcrowded California prison after outage amid heat wave
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Power was restored Tuesday at an overcrowded California men’s prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days following a major electrical outage amid a heat wave. The problem was fixed shortly after 2 p.m. at California State Prison, Solano, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The electricity had been out since Sunday at the facility in Vacaville, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Sacramento. Temperatures in the city topped 96 degrees (35.5 Celsius) on Sunday and the weather remained hot into the week. Running water, ice and cooling fans were made available “to help manage heat-related concerns,” the corrections department said in a statement Monday.
Statement released managing invasive barred owls to protect at-risk spotted owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing its final environmental impact statement analyzing proposed barred owl management alternatives to protect northern and California spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California from invasive barred owls. The Service’s preferred alternative is the implementation of a proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy, which would result in the annual removal of less than one-half of 1% of the current North American barred owl population. Northern spotted owl populations are rapidly declining due to competition with invasive barred owls and...
Harpist-singer Thym to perform railroad songs
The Placer-Sierra Railroad Heritage Society meeting on Tuesday, July 23, will feature Nancy Thym, world-famous harpist and singer presenting a program of songs about railroads and those who ride the trains. She will accompany herself on a 100-year-old antique harp. Thym was born and raised in Auburn and studied archaeology...
California rapper Tan DaGod passes away during a meet-and-greet with her fans
California rapper Tan DaGod was shot dead while hosting a grand opening at Glamor Beauty Supply in Oakland. She had heavily promoted her appearance online and shared a video of herself meeting fans at the event on Saturday. She was shot around 5 p.m. on Saturday, prompting fans who had...
Grasshopper devastate Latrobe property; problem growing in state
The problem started in early June. A swarm of Melanoplus devastator arrived on Janet Haynes' Settlers Trail property in Latrobe — living up to their name. The grasshoppers destroyed the garden and plants, snuck through screen doors and covered any surface that suited them.
Logging trucks overturn in Georgetown
The Georgetown Fire Department, with assistance from Garden Valley Fire Protection and California Highway Patrol, responded on two consecutive days to overturned logging truck trailers. On July 8 at 1 p.m. crews responded to Wentworth Springs Road east of Chipmunk Trail. The spilled logs left a lot of debris in...
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...
California Billionaire Farmers Stewart and Lynda Resnick, Plan Major Industrial Expansion
The wealthiest farming family in California, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, are planning to significantly expand an industrial warehouse complex to transform the small town of Shafter into an international trading hub. The Resnicks, who own The Wonderful Company, already possess a large distribution center in Shafter, northwest of Bakersfield. The...
California needs a million EV charging stations — but that’s ‘unlikely’ and ‘unrealistic’
Public chargers must be built at an unprecedented pace to meet the target in less than 7 years, and then doubled to 2 million in 2035. The high cost — $120,000 or more for one fast charger— is just one obstacle.
California judge: first grader too young for free speech rights, family appeals
(The Center Square) - The mother of a first grader punished for handing an “innocent” drawing with the phrases “black lives matter” and “any life” to a classmate of color is appealing to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a lower court ruling declared first-grade students are too young to be protected by the First Amendment. After a first grade lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. and Black Lives Matter, a student who felt bad for her classmate of color drew a picture for...
Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The long-unidentified remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 were returned home to California on Tuesday. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside,...
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