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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...
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,...
All Booked | Knowledge is Power
The original version of this newsletter was sent out on Tuesday, June 18. Sign up for All Booked, our bi-monthly newsletter exclusively for book lovers. This week, Copy Editor Nathan Vived brings us a sci-fi classic as well as a promising new voice in the fantasy genre. I hope you find something to add to your reading list!
Eddie Rosenblatt, Longtime Geffen Records President, Dies at 89
Eddie Rosenblatt, who was president of Geffen Records from its inception in 1980 through its glory years of Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Don Henley and countless others, died Tuesday at a hospital in Santa Barbara, Variety has confirmed. His son Michael told Hits the cause of death was pneumonia; he was 89.'Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill' Review: The Definitive Documentary of an Unsung Singer-Songwriter and One of Rock's Saddest Stories Under Rosenblatt’s watch, Geffen became the gold-standard label of the music industry throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s, spawning not only dozens of hits by the above acts as well as...
Presidente Party Kicks Off Fiesta Each Year
[Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish Days Fiesta.]. La Recepción del Presidente is the official start to every Fiesta week in Santa Barbara. It’s an annual tradition to honor all Old Spanish Days Presidentes, past and present. It is an evening of history, and an evening of tradition.
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Displays ‘Coastal Moments’
It might be the vivid hues of sunlight cascading over the cliffs at Butterfly Beach. Or the shimmering lights that create constellations in the harbor at night. Or perhaps it’s the intricate, often-overlooked details of the sea debris washing up on Santa Barbara’s rugged shorelines. No matter what...
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