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Does the Future of ADUs Involve Solar Power?
As the nation navigates the best way to deal with a housing crisis, multiple local governments have embraced an easy-to-implement measure: making it easier for homeowners to build more homes on their land. Cities and states across the nation have legalized the building of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs — a measure that allows for second homes to be built to house additional family members, renters and more.
Southern California teens to compete in solar-powered car race in Texas
Three teams of high school students from Southern California prepared Friday to head to Texas to compete in an annual solar-powered car race with cars they designed and built. For the Solar Car Challenge, a 4-days race taking place at Texas Motor Speedway, students at Temple City High School were testing their solar-powered vehicles that they built from scratch.
Dehydrated coyote pup dies after it was rescued by California firefighters
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A dehydrated coyote pup died Thursday after being rescued by California firefighters. The coyote was about 6 weeks old, said Colleen Crowley, spokesperson for the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. Photos of the July 4 rescue on social media show a big-eared pup bundled up...
4 injured in three-vehicle crash in Pomona
POMONA – A three-car crash in Pomona left four people injured and hospitalized, authorities said Saturday. The crash occurred around 9 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Garey and Orange Grove avenues, according to Pomona police. The four people were transported to a hospital with injuries ranging from minor...
Resigned Ventura fair CEO faces litany of audit allegations from job in Bishop
A state audit makes allegations of improperly acquired grants, undocumented credit card purchases, nearly $71,000 in unpaid rent and a litany of other broken rules and transgressions by a Bishop fairgrounds CEO who until last week also led the Ventura County Fairgrounds. Jen McGuire, a Fillmore native, resigned on successive...
Will Smith slams 3 homers against Brewers to become 4th Dodgers catcher to do so in 1 game
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers homered three times against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. He’s just the fourth Dodgers catcher to hit three in one game, joining Yasmani Grandal (2016), Mike Piazza (1996) and Hall of Famer Roy Campanella (1950). It...
Mauro Café accused of refusing to serve Jewish customer
Already mired in controversy, Mauro Café in the Melrose District is now facing greater public backlash after a man wearing a yarmulke allegedly was denied service because he is Jewish. Advocates of Israel led in-person and online protests of the chic coffee spot on the outskirts of WeHo after...
Lucerne Valley wildfire explodes to 800 acres
Flames ignited in Lucerne Valley Saturday and steadily grew to blacken 800 acres of brush by Sunday morning, officials said. The blaze, dubbed the Lucerne Fire, was first reported at 3:05 p.m. in the area of Highway 18 and High Road, according to San Bernardino County Fire Protection District logs and radio traffic. It...
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...
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...
'Legacy fight': Sean Garcia returns to the ring against the son of a boxing legend
Sean Garcia’s fight against the son of a boxing legend has been seven years in the making. Garcia’s biggest fight of his career is set for Saturday as the Victorville native takes on Amado Vargas as part of an undercard bout on a marquee fight card. Both Garcia and Vargas — one of three...
Man Airlifted After a Shooting in the Area of Amargosa Road and Mojave Drive in Victorville
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) — At approximately 7:21 pm, on Friday, July 5, 2024, deputies from the Victorville Police Department responded to Amargosa Road and Mojave Drive following a report of a shooting. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Gloria Huerta stated that upon arrival, deputies found a male individual with a gunshot wound....
Downtown Indio Attracts Recording Studio
Grand opening of “World Famous” Repairland and Sunny Sounds Recording Studio Opening in Indio. Attendees can look forward to a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the launch of a first-of-its-kind signature line of guitar tools and cleaning products in collaboration with the international brand, Music Nomad, exciting giveaways from 10 different businesses, and a live recording session.
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