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California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8 million
A California prison doctor accumulated more than 1,000 hours of personal time off and used some of it to work a second job. He claimed he faced retaliation when officials began scrutinizing his time and then clawed back much of his leave bank.
NEWSBITES: Tri-City News - Week of July 25, 2024
Caltrans Worker Killed in Automobile Incident Near Palizada Exit. The Orange County district of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced Tuesday morning, July 23, that a Caltrans worker had died in connection to an incident on Interstate 5 in San Clemente on Monday, July 22. Alexander Rodish, a roadway...
Sanders-Brown research shows clear connection between socialization, enrichment and brain health
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 25, 2024) — Researchers from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of California Irvine are some of the first to show socialization and enrichment are good for aging brains. The collaborative study was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience....
California man arrested for allegedly starting Park Fire by pushing burning car into ravine
Flames from the fire the suspect is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned more than 70 square miles (180 square kilometers) near the city of Chico
State celebrates five years and secure water for hundreds of thousands of Californians thanks to the SAFER drinking water program
State officials, advocates and residents gathered in Porterville on Monday, July 22, to celebrate the five-year mark of a state drinking water program born of the crippling 2012-2016 drought. That’s when the entire community of east Porterville went dry – for months. There was no government program available to help...
Drag racing legend John Force, injured in 300-mph crash, returns home to Southern California
Southern California drag racer John Force moved to outpatient care weeks after a frightening 300-mph crash that left the 16-time NHRA champ hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury, his family said this week. The 75-year-old Force, who was born in Bell Gardens and lives in Yorba Linda, was back home...
Rex Maurer Blasts a 4:13.17 to Win the 400 IM in Irvine; Rockets to #21 All-time US Performer
LCM (50 meters) US Open: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine. Rex Maurer, officially swimming unattached but sporting a Texas Longhorns cap, ripped a 4:13.17 in the 400 IM final at the 2024 Speedo Summer Nationals to become the 21st-fastest U.S. performer of all time. It was a huge...
New 3rd Street Promenade Banner Depicts City Officials as “Mount Drugsmore”
As With the Previous Placard, David White Is the Primary Subject of Ridicule. The longstanding “Santa Methica Is Not Safe” sign along the charter city’s signature shopping district has been replaced with a more creative, comedic one that upholds the same sentiment. Along the 1300 block of...
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