To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy released Wednesday is...
July 4th Quiz: ‘Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor’
We all know the Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress, and signed by heroes like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock. But how much do you know about the other 52 men who pledged “our lives, our fortunes,...
Trump Widens Lead After Biden’s Debate Debacle, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Donald Trump’s lead in the 2024 presidential race has widened after President Joe Biden’s fumbling debate performance last week, as concerns that Biden is too old to govern effectively rose to new heights among Democrats and independent voters, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College showed....
Nearly All Democratic Governors Plan to Attend Biden Meeting
Nearly all of the country’s 23 Democratic state governors have confirmed through their offices that they plan to attend a meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday night, either virtually or in person, amid the ongoing political fallout from his performance at last Thursday’s debate. Among those expected to be...
New Zealand Tourist Killed in Southern California Mall Robbery Attempt
LOS ANGELES — A 68-year-old tourist from New Zealand was struck and killed by a car during a botched robbery at an upscale mall in a popular Southern California beach city south of Los Angeles, police said. Violence broke out Tuesday afternoon at Newport Beach's Fashion Island mall when two...
Is an Enormous Home Insurance Rate Jump Coming? State’s Biggest Insurer Says It Needs It.
California's home insurance crisis continues as the state's biggest home insurer says it needs to increase rates by as much as 52%. In December, the California Insurance Commissioner approved a 20% increase for State Farm's homeowners' and condominium owners' policies, according to CNN. But the insurer filed a request Thursday...
California Now Has Mandatory Water Conservation in Urban Areas: How Will the New Rules Affect Your Supplier?
Despite California’s perpetual struggles with water shortages, state regulators today adopted mandatory conservation measures that are substantially weaker and save less water than they originally planned. The rules, years in the making, were mandated by a package of laws that tasked state agencies with making “water conservation a California way...
Some Californians Found Dream Homes Inland. But It Sure Is Hot There.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Calif. — When Farwa Ali and her family wanted to buy a bigger home, Mountain House, California, seemed to check all of their boxes. Fast-Growing Mountain House Community The fast-growing community, just 40 miles inland from where they were living in the San Francisco Bay Area, offered good...
Daughtry and Blink-182 Bring the Fireworks This Fourth of July Weekend
There's going to be plenty of fireworks taking place this Fourth of July weekend. The Fireworks Extravaganza at Chukchansi Park and the celebration at The Pines Resort at Bass Lake are ones you won't want to miss. The events that are going to make the biggest explosions will be Daughtry...
Visalia Man Gets Life Sentence for DUI Crash That Killed Pregnant Mother and Her Baby
A 30-year-old Visalia man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a DUI crash that resulted in two deaths, the Tulare County District Attorney's office said. On June 15, 2018, California Highway Patrol officers responded to a head-on collision on State Highway 63, south of Avenue 392 near Cutler....