[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times In an unprecedented move, Sacramento is on the verge of approving a plan that would make the city the first in California, and one of the first in the country, to end zoning that permits only one single-family home on a property. Under the proposal, up...
A Man Refused to Mask Up at a HS Basketball Game. He Killed an Officer Who Intervened, Police Say.
[aggregation-styles] Washington Post The George Washington Carver High School basketball team had built a huge early lead in its playoff game in New Orleans on Saturday when John Shallerhorn tried to walk into the gym. But Shallerhorn, 35, wasn’t wearing a mask, so a staffer blocked his way, police said....
Florida Golfer Found Drowned After Searching for Lost Ball
[aggregation-styles] The Tampa Bay Times Subscription A law enforcement dive team recovered the body of a 74-year-old golfer at an Oldsmar subdivision Sunday morning, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Hermilo Jazmines, of Lutz, was last seen at 7:37 a.m. on a golf course in East Lake Woodlands. He...
Youth Suicide is Growing Concern for Tulare County Educators, Health Leaders
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta While school districts face challenges to reopen for all grade levels, parents and other groups fear the effects of COVID-19 on youth could have a lasting impact, such as learning loss, depression and death by suicide. These concerns made national headlines after 19 students took their...
Monarch Butterfly Complicates High-Speed Rail Work in Bakersfield
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield Californian The monarch butterfly and the mountain lion are complicating the already complex Bakersfield-to-Palmdale portion of California’s High-Speed Rail project. The High-Speed Rail Authority was recently forced to revise environmental impact documents after both creatures became candidates for endangered species lists. The revisions must take place to satisfy...
Homeless Booted from Highway 99 Encampment After Roadway Crossing Death in Tulare.
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta A large homeless encampment along Highway 99 in the heart of Tulare is being cleared weeks after an unsheltered person died while crossing the busy thoroughfare on foot. Cal Trans, California Highway Patrol, Tulare Police Department, homeless service providers and local leaders were all involved in...
Illegal Street Racing Believed Factor in Fatal Bakersfield Hit and Run
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield Californian Bakersfield police are looking for a suspect in an alleged fatal hit-and-run that occurred Thursday night that a witness said was connected to illegal street racing. Officers responded to the scene of the incident just before 8:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Bakersfield Police...
Witness Video Shows Robbers Shooting Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker, Snatching Pets.
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times Video of a violent robbery in which two men shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stole two of her purebred French bulldogs in Hollywood on Wednesday night shows a swift attack in which the animals were clearly the target of the robbers — corroborating an eyewitness...
U.S. Diplomat Openly Rails Against Jews, Warns Whites Face ‘Elimination’
[aggregation-styles] Politico A State Department official for several years has been publicly calling for the establishment of Christian nation-states, warning that white people face “elimination” and railing against Jews as well as Black Lives Matter and other social movements. Fritz Berggren, a mid-ranking Foreign Service officer, openly uses his name...
COVID Baby Boom: Valley Hospital Says Records Being Broken Every Month
[aggregation-styles] KGET We are more than 9 months out from the start of the pandemic. Rumors of a suspected baby boom were all the rage at the beginning of quarantine but did we actually get to see one? Bakersfield's Memorial Hospital says the baby boom is here and records are...