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Crews battle 2 separate wildfires in the Inland Empire
Firefighters in Riverside County are working overtime to extinguish two separate wildfires that broke out on Sunday. The first fire -dubbed the Hawarden Fire– started at 1:37 p.m. near Hawarden Drive in Riverside’s Alessandro Heights neighborhood. As of 6 a.m. Monday, the blaze had spread to about 500 acres and was not contained. According to fire […]
Shooting at street takeover in Compton leaves 2 injured
Authorities responded to at least two street takeovers in the Los Angeles area, one of which left two people injured when a shooting broke out.2 people shot in Compton street takeoverAccording to the sheriff's department, gunfire erupted around 8:30 p.m. Sunday at a street takeover near Greenleaf Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue. The two victims heard gunshots and immediately started running.They quickly realized they had been struck and drove themselves to the hospital for treatment.One of the victims was grazed by a bullet in the back of the head while the other was shot in the thigh. Both are expected to be ok.No other injuries were reported and information regarding a suspect or suspects hasn't been released.South LA takeoverAnother street takeover was reported near Century Boulevard and Western Avenue. In video obtained by Eyewitness News, water was seen spewing from a fire hydrant.Police broke up a street takeover in the area but it appears no one was arrested or cited.Both incidents remain under investigation.
Newport Beach’s waters are glowing with fireworms and bioluminescent waves
Social media videos last week showed fireworms trailing aqua green lights and bright blue waves crashing in the waters off Newport Beach. The tiny, half-inch long glowing fireworm, known scientifically as Odontosyllis phosphorea, lives on the seafloor. They’re usually found in the south Pacific Ocean or in the Caribbean. Dimitri Deheyn, a research scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said they come to the surface to release eggs depending on the moon cycle, with the fertilization process usually happening during tides just after the quarter moon. They tend to rise to the surface around 45 minutes after sunset.
Democrats run the California Capitol. When the party backs a bill, lawmakers pay attention
The California Democratic Party’s primary function is electing candidates. Lately, it’s become a lobbying powerhouse, taking positions on dozens of bills. The party usually gets its way. The post Democrats run the California Capitol. When the party backs a bill, lawmakers pay attention appeared first on Long Beach Post.
Google Wallet adds 26 new supported banks in the US
Google was never quite sure what to call its mobile payment service — whether that was Google Wallet, Android Pay, Google Pay, or Google Wallet again — but it certainly knows what it's doing with the service itself. In addition to all the major credit card companies and nationwide banks like Chase and Wells Fargo, Google Wallet now supports over 4,700 smaller banks and credit unions, and the list just keeps on growing.
California wildfires pull resources from PG&E water infrastructure project
(FOX40.COM) — Completion of a crucial Pacific Gas and Electric water infrastructure project in Nevada County has been delayed as aerial assets are needed to fight fires in California and nationwide. On Friday, the Nevada Irrigation District shared that heavy-lift helicopters that were needed to continue repairs along the South Yuba Pipe were reassigned to […]
California tomato crop threatened by beet leafhopper, state of emergency delcared
A tiny bug could skyrocket tomato prices and throw California's tomato farmers into crisis. The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors earlier in July declared a state of emergency as a virus brought on by the beet leafhopper threatens to ruin the summer’s tomato harvest and wipe out millions of dollars of crops. ...
Eyewitness Newsmakers: Up close encounters with SoCal wildlife
Within sight of the gleaming downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers, mountain lions, bears and other apex predators are roaming the foothills and mountains. That wildlife is also showing up more frequently in Southern California neighborhoods.We discussed the excitement and concerns about this during a recent episode of Eyewitness Newsmakers.Robert Martinez is a wildlife photographer who has trail cameras set up in the mountains and foothills along I-210 in the San Gabriel Valley. He places his motion-activated cameras far into the forest where they won't be vandalized and in locations animals frequent.The devices record during the day and at night, showing how...
Bay Area builders say city impact fees hinder new housing. A recent Supreme Court ruling may give developers more power to fight them.
Jonathon Yu is not a professional developer, but he is interested in building new housing. In 2023, the 29-year-old product manager submitted plans to Sunnyvale to raze the modest 1,000-square-foot bungalow he bought a year earlier and replace it with a three-story, five-unit multifamily building. He paid a few thousand...
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