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California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023
So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 wildfires across the state through early July, causing about 207,000 acres of land to burn. Around this time last year, about 10,000 acres had burned. The five-year average of acres burned through mid-July is about 39,000, Cal Fire said last week.
Local law enforcement helping with security at RNC, delegates react to Trump's VP pick
Former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his pick for vice president on Monday.The announcement came as delegates from California and around the nation formally chose Trump as the Republican presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention.Valley alternate Delegate Guillermo Moreno reacting to the long-awaited running mate pick."I think J.D. Vance is a fantastic candidate. He's more of the Trumpian Vice Presidential pick. So he's going to continue the movement," said Guillermo Moreno.After Saturday's assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Moreno says Vance is vital in essentially being the heir for the party."The Vice Presidential candidate...
Dangerous Crime! Gavin Newsom Backed by Big-Spending Prison Union: Dominant Force or Under Threat?
WFCN – The president of one of the biggest and most influential unions in California declared in a newsletter one year after assuming the position that he aspired to be “the 800 pound gorilla” in Sacramento politics. Since then, in a manner it had never done before,...
California awards $2 million to cannabis restoration projects
(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently announced an award of over $2M to be divided between three cannabis restoration projects. • Video Above: How much money do states make on marijuana sales? The awards come amid fish and wildlife within the state being “severely impacted by illicit cannabis cultivation practices including […]
PG&E Rate Increase Hits Bay Area Households Already Struggling to Make Ends Meet
Rising electricity bills and, by extension, the expense of living for low-income Californians, will be felt by millions of customers shortly as a result of PG&E’s rate hikes in response to a recent court decision. In November, the power company’s request for $13.5 billion to improve and underground the...
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