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California heat: What to expect this weekend; when will the heat wave end
A searing heat wave will continue through much of next week and could bring more days of triple-digit temperatures and dangerous fire conditions, authorities said Saturday. The forecast calls for the above-normal temperatures to stick around through late next week, said Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson secures $5M for expansion of Basic Income Pilot Program for Seniors
As the Chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Human Services, Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson announced the allocation of $5 million to expand California’s Basic Income Pilot Program to cover seniors. Across the state, a number of guaranteed income pilot projects have been launched to give money directly to underserved...
UCSD Researchers: Molecule, Via Cancer Drug, Can Prevent COVID-Related Organ Damage
A molecule that helps cancer cells survive could be used to prevent irreversible organ damage from infectious diseases such as COVID-19, researchers said this week. Published in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers’ work showed the molecule “can be suppressed with a repurposed cancer drug,” according to a news release on Wednesday.
California’s Junk Fee Ban No Longer Clashes With Restaurant Fees
Earlier this year, two trends gaining momentum neared a collision in California’s restaurants and bars. One was a statewide ban on junk fees — here defined as anything over and above the items purchased on a particular visit to a shop, hotel or other establishment. The other? The fact that a growing number of restaurants are charging fees in order to pay their staff a living wage or provide them with healthcare. The metaphorical collision in this situation is that California’s government seemed ready to treat restaurant fees as junk fees — which is to say, not allowing bars and restaurants to charge them.
$10 billion green bond measure to appear on November ballots
A $10 billion statewide bond measure that would fund a range of environmental resilience and other projects will appear on the November ballot after the passage this week of a bill to place it before voters.Major projects funded by the bond revenue would include drinking water infrastructure and wildfire prevention.Passed as Senate Bill 867 on Wednesday, it was numbered by the end of the day by Secretary of State Shirley Weber as Proposition 4. It was one of 10 propositions numbered for the statewide ballot in November, including a separate bond measure for K-12 school infrastructure. Prop. 4, formally titled the...
California firefighters battle fire in Thousand Oaks
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Crews in southern California worked to contain a fire on Friday, July 5, as multiple fires burned in the region amid sweltering temperatures. Footage posted by Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) shows crews work to contain the Rancho fire in Thousand Oaks on Friday.
More Great Art San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusives
The folks over at More Great Art are living up to their names by bring more great art and more great artists to San Diego Comic Con for exclusive variant covers by three of the most acclaimed creators working today: Dave Dorman, Pablo Villalobos and Karre Andrews. You can find them at booths 4401 and 4500 in the exhibit hall where the artists will also be signing.
Free fishing day, record heat draw the angling-curious to California waterways
SAN FRANCISCO -- Saturday was the first of the two free fishing days of 2024 in California -- a great time to get out to the water to see if you could make the perfect cast."Fishing remains hugely popular in California. We have such diverse populations. We have the ocean, lakes and rivers," said Peter Tira, spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "We want to get people outside. We want people to be out in nature."Tira says these are the two days out of the year where you don't need a license to fish in the state."We...
More road, ramp, and lane closures coming to Northern California
(FOX40.COM) — About one week after Northern California drivers had to deal with various closures along Interstate 5 and Interstate 80, more closures are coming to the region. Various projects by Caltrans are expected to disrupt the daily commute of drivers in Placer, Nevada, Sierra, and Sacramento counties. Those projects include an effort to bring […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves California amid brutal heat wave and wildfires
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom is visiting other states, campaigning for President Joe Biden. This comes on the heels of the presidential debate, which left Americans wondering about Joe Biden's stamina for another term. Many Californians are frustrated with the governor for leaving the state during a brutal heat wave and devastating fires. He's off campaigning for President Biden's re-election, being very vocal about his support. Something Republicans say he's using as a guise to campaign for himself should Biden step aside. "Gov. Newsom has been running a shadow presidential campaign for quite some time," said the chairwoman of the...
New GUHSD assistant superintendent named
In June, the Grossmont Union High School Governing Board confirmed Dr. Paul Dautremont as its next assistant superintendent of Educational Services at its June 11 board meeting, succeeding Mike Fowler who was recently named GUHSD’s next superintendent,. “As a graduate of El Capitan High School, the father of two...
California Warehouse, Logistics Companies Fined Nearly $840K After Worker Pay Probe
Three recent U.S. Department of Labor investigations in San Diego, California recovered nearly $840,000 for 32 employees, some of whom one employer reportedly paid less than $3 per hour. The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Ruffo de Alba Forwarders LP, SAI Logistics Exports Inc. and Moving Technologies of...
McCain Fire in Southeastern San Diego County 95% Contained
The McCain Fire in the rural southeastern reaches of San Diego County was 95% contained Saturday after burning 1,595 acres, officials said. The fire’s size was upgraded from 1,362 acres to 1,595 acres early Thursday due to better mapping products, though the fire activity remained low, according to Cal Fire San Diego.
Volunteers Pick Up Nearly Two Tons of Trash from County Beaches After July Fourth Holiday
Warm weather makes local beaches an enticing place to spend Independence Day, but those celebrations come with an environmental cost. July 4th celebrations leave more trash on American beaches than any other holiday, says the Surfrider Foundation, one of several organizations that took part in a countywide beach cleanup Friday as part of the annual “Morning After Mess” event.
How An Oklahoma Pastor’s Ministry Thrives Amid Personal Challenges
ADA, Okla. — When Brad Graves began pastoring Cross Church San Diego in 2007, wildfires forced his evacuation before his moving truck arrived. Afterwards, Graves led the church in disaster relief as San Diego County recovered from a series of wildfires that burned 197,990 acres, destroyed 1,141 residences and killed two people.
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