[aggregation-styles] NBC News Two California men accused of opening fire with an AK-47 on a strip club they had been kicked out of for refusing to wear masks were charged Monday with attempted murder, authorities said. Edgar Nava-Ayala, 34, and Daniel Juvenal Ocamponava, 22, both of Anaheim, pled not guilty...
Inside This California Hospital, a ‘Constant Battle’ Against COVID-19 (Warning: Graphic Video)
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Coronavirus cases in California are surging to record highs and hospitals are overrun. At St. Mary Medical Center, a hospital in the desert town of Apple Valley, the ICU has burst its capacity. Patients undergo triage in a parking lot tent and the hospital’s lobbies...
Hot Cocoa Bombs Have Gone Viral Just In Time for Santa’s Visit
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription It takes certain qualities to fuel a viral food trend. There’s sheer novelty (cloud bread!), or maybe a gross-out factor. (Remember when people eating cereal from each other’s mouths was a thing for a minute?) And for many, sourdough baking was our pandemic kitchen therapy....
New Stimulus Check Could Hit Your Bank Account Next Week, Official Says
[aggregation-styles] CNBC Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Monday that Americans who qualify for direct payments in new COVID relief legislation could see that money hit their bank accounts in a matter of days. “The good news is this is a very, very fast way of getting money into...
Pet Spay and Neuter Demand Explodes at Bakersfield Agency During Pandemic
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield Californian It's another weekday morning at Bakersfield's Critters Without Litters, and by 7:30 a.m. pet owners with dogs on leashes and cats in carriers are lining up outside for their pet's appointment. It's time to get Fido fixed and Snowball spayed, and for a number of reasons, the...
Norcal Paraglider Dressed as Santa Gets Tangled in Power Lines While Delivering Candy Canes
[aggregation-styles] KTVU RIO LINDA, Calif. - A man dressed as Santa Claus got tangled up in some power lines over the weekend after crashing on his powered paraglider. Authorities say the man took off near a school in Sacramento County and that soon after his motor went out. The power...
Battle Lines Drawn in Legislature’s Focus on Fracking
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield On the first day of California's new legislative session lines were already being drawn in the next battle over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the lightly used but politically fraught oilfield technique more common in Kern than anywhere else in the state. Lawmakers unsatisfied with the results of California's...
Reclamation and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Finalize Plan to Increase Water Storage in San Luis Reservoir
[aggregation-styles] USBR SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, the Bureau of Reclamation and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority finalized the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project’s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report. This joint proposed project would create an additional 130,000 acre-feet of storage space in San Luis Reservoir,...
What We Know About the New COVID-19 Strain in England
[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal Scientists are hurrying to understand why a new strain of the coronavirus that emerged in England in September appears to be spreading far more rapidly than earlier variants. The early conclusion, according to British scientists, is that the virus has mutated to change the so-called...
Water Futures Set to Join Likes of Gold and Oil and Trade on Wall Street for First Time Ever
[aggregation-styles] Markets Insider The CME Group is set to launch futures contracts tied to the spot price of water for the first time ever this week. The contracts will allow investors and farmers alike to bet on the future price of water. The contracts are tied to the $1.1 billion...