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Trump Administration Backtracks on Firing Nuclear Arsenal Workers
The Guardian - Sun Feb 16, 2025
Cuts to nuclear security workforce were made on Thursday – but agency can’t find workers to offer them their jobs back. More»

State Department Plans $400 Million Order for Armored Trucks From Musk’s Tesla
Seattle Times - Thu Feb 13, 2025
Tesla, whose CEO, Elon Musk, has been advising President Donald Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents. More»

Newsom Orders Removal of Homeless Encampments Following Supreme Court Ruling
The Hill - Thu Jul 25, 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) ordered the removal of homeless encampments in the state following the recent Supreme Court ruling that empowers cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public. More»

California Firefighters Battle Wind-Driven Wildfire Near San Francisco
The Guardian - Sun Jun 2, 2024
TRACY, California - California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire that began Saturday and continued burning early Sunday morning in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California, authorities said. More»

San Diego Bans Yoga on the Beach
KUSI-TV - Mon May 20, 2024
SAN DIEGO, California — Local yoga instructors are now considering legal action against the City of San Diego as the city cracks down on free classes along the coast. More»

San Francisco Created an Agency to Fight Sexual Crimes. It’s Never Met with Police
The San Francisco Standard - Sat May 11, 2024
Anyone in San Francisco who was worried that Thursday’s sexual violence hearing at City Hall would turn overtly political can rest easy. More»

San Jose uses AI to scan streets for homeless people's cars
San Francisco Gate - Sun Mar 31, 2024
In southern neighborhoods of San Jose, cameras attached to a city-owned car have been recording footage of streets and sidewalks. More»

Flights Briefly Grounded at Sacramento, San Francisco and Other Western Airports on Monday
KCRA-TV - Tue Jan 11, 2022
SACRAMENTO, California — Flights were briefly grounded at Sacramento International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and others in the western United States on Monday. More»

California Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Pouring Scalding Water on Mentally Ill Inmate
The Guardian - Tue Dec 14, 2021
LOS ANGELES, California - A sheriff’s deputy in Orange county, California, is accused of throwing scalding water on a mentally ill inmate who didn’t receive medical treatment for his burns for more than six hours. More»

Omicron! Officials Confirm 5 Cases in NYC Metro Area
CNBC - Thu Dec 2, 2021
NEW YORK, New York - New York officials have confirmed five cases of the omicron Covid-19 variant in the New York City metropolitan area, Governor Kathy Hochul announced late Thursday, hours after cases were detected in Minnesota and Colorado. More»

Ex-college professor charged with setting California fires
Associated Press - Thu Nov 18, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, California — A former college professor was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly starting four wildfires in Northern California earlier this year that threatened to trap firefighters as they battled a massive fire nearby, federal prosecutors said. More»

Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack in LA
NPR - Fri Nov 12, 2021
LOS ANGELES, California - Olympic gymnast and Hmong American Sunisa Lee, who rose to fame this summer in Tokyo when she won gold in the individual women's all-around competition, said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist incident that occurred recently in Los Angeles. More»

Explosion Sends Potentially Radioactive Dust Into Air Above LA
NBC News - Fri Nov 12, 2021
The US Department of Energy demolished a building using explosives last month at the highly contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket test site in the hills above LA. More»

Facebook Rebrands As Meta Amid Intense Scrutiny
Associated Press - Thu Oct 28, 2021
OAKLAND, California - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future. More»

The supply chain crisis has hit the Bay Area - partly because of epic cargo backlogs in Southern California
San Francisco Chronicle - Sun Oct 10, 2021
Nathan Rundel ordered a new refrigerator for his Orinda home remodel in April. More»

Unvaccinated US school teacher spread COVID to 26 people
AFP - Fri Aug 27, 2021
An unvaccinated teacher at an elementary school in California spread the Delta variant of the coronavirus to at least 26 other people, including 12 students in their classroom, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. More»

A Wildfire Is Heading For Lake Tahoe, Sending Ash Raining Down On Tourists
NPR - Wed Aug 25, 2021
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California — A California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nation's worst air. More»

Forest Service is Running Out of Firefighters Amid West Coast Wildfire Chaos
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Firefighters in the West are being stretched to the limit by the blazes ravaging the state, the US Forest Service said on Friday - adding that it is operating in crisis mode. More»

'Completely white': Ash, smoke fall on Tahoe Basin
San Francisco Gate - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Winds pushed smoke from Northern California's Dixie Fire to the south Friday, choking the Lake Tahoe Basin with toxic air. More»

Joey Jordison dies at 46: Former drummer for Slipknot passes away
Daily Mail - Tue Jul 27, 2021
Joey Jordison, who was a founding member of the band Slipknot and shot to fame as their drummer, has died. More»

Six Earthquakes Rattle Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Reno in a Day
New York Times - Fri May 28, 2021
At least six earthquakes, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, shook the Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson City area early on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. More»

Employee shoots eight dead at rail yard in San Jose before killing himself: Cops find explosive devices throughout building
Daily Mail - Wed May 26, 2021
At least nine people are dead and others injured following a mass shooting at a California light rail yard, the county's sheriff's office said Wednesday. More»

Arson Suspected In Pacific Palisades Brush Fire That Continues To Burn; Mandatory Evacuations Ordered
KCAL-TV - Sun May 16, 2021
PACIFIC PALISADES, California – Los Angeles Police Department Officials now suspect arson to be the cause of the ongoing Pacific Palisades brush fire, which has burned more than 750-acres and prompted evacuation orders. More»

Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific
Associated Press - Tue Apr 27, 2021
SAN DIEGO, California - Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected. More»

Flashing 'Tic-Tac shaped' UFOs chased four US Navy destroyers and hovered above them at night for WEEKS
Daily Mail - Wed Mar 24, 2021
US Navy warships stationed off the coast of Los Angeles encountered swarms of mysterious drones, which pursued them at high speed in low visibility - prompting a high level investigation and some head scratching among top military brass. More»

Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site shut down after protesters gather
Los Angeles Times - Sat Jan 30, 2021
Dodger Stadium's mass COVID-19 vaccination site was shut down Saturday afternoon as dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours. More»

Man Arrested for Pipe Bombs Discussed Attacking Twitter and Facebook
NBC New York - Thu Jan 28, 2021
A California man charged with possessing five pipe bombs talked about targeting Democrats, along with the social media giants Twitter and Facebook, as part of a discussion about going "to war" to ensure former President Donald Trump remained in the White House. More»

California air quality agency suspends limits on cremations in LA county where COVID is killing one person every eight minutes
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 18, 2021
LOS ANGELES, California - Los Angeles officials have asked the regulator to lift the usual limitations on the number of cremations as deaths from COVID-19 cause bodies to pile up across the county. More»

FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed before Inauguration Day
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 11, 2021
The FBI is warning of possible armed protests at capitols in all 50 states in the days leading to Inauguration Day as cities around the country brace for violence in the wake of last week's deadly riots at the US Capitol. More»

Trump mob surrounds Texas, California, Michigan, Georgia, Oregon AND Kansas state capitols
Daily Mail - Wed Jan 6, 2021
A mob of angered Trump supporters has occupied the front lawn of Washington's Democratic Governor Jay Inslee's mansion as they also surrounded state capitols in Texas, California, Georgia, Michigan, Kansas and Oklahoma. More»

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