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California system back online 4 months after cyberattack
Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Medical Group has restored its digital systems after a cyberattack hit the provider in May, according to an Aug. 19 report from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Four months later, the system's access to electronic medical records, electronic prescriptions and refills, credit card payment, processing electronic lab and...
People are now blurring their homes on Google Maps to deter potential burglars
With burglaries, break-ins and home invasion robberies on the rise in Southern California, experts say there is yet another tool at homeowners' disposal to protect property.Some residents are now "blurring" out their homes in the street-view function on Google Maps."I've never even heard of that, and I think it's a great idea," said Ofc. Ryan Railsback with the Riverside Police Department. "Criminals are coming up with new and innovative ways to do their job, so we need to be up on how to do ours.""That is a very good way for people to protect their homes," he added.How does the...
Toddler trapped in locked car rescued by Southern California firefighters
A toddler trapped inside his family’s locked vehicle amid the warm weather was rescued by firefighters Monday in Studio City. It’s unclear exactly what time crews with LAFD’s Engine 86 were called to the scene, but in a post to the department’s Instagram account, officials said a prompt 911 call allowed crews to unlock […]
Siblings, ages 2 and 4, sought in Southern California Amber Alert
An Amber Alert was issued Monday afternoon for a 2-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy who were reported missing last week in Los Angeles' Vermont Knolls area. The children were allegedly taken by their parents at about 3 p.m. Wednesday from the area of Vermont Avenue and West 83rd Street in Los Angeles during a supervised visit, according to investigators.
Powerball $44 million jackpot ticket sold in California
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Feeling lucky? Someone in California may be $44 million richer. According to California Lottery's website late Monday night, Powerball's jackpot-winning ticket was sold at a Ralphs grocery store located along the Golden Lantern in Dana Point. The news comes as Powerball held a drawing on August...
‘A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire of trees and […]
California car insurance rates could jump 50% this year: study
A combination of multiple factors, including climate-driven natural disasters, inflation and the soaring prices of new cars is projected to send premiums rocketing in 2024, according to a study by online insurance marketplace Insurify.
Shasta's top planner leaving after 6 years to take job in another California county
Shasta County’s top planner is leaving to take a similar position with another county in California. Paul Hellman became Shasta’s resource management director in August 2018, about a month after the catastrophic Carr Fire started, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the county’s history. ...
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