[aggregation-styles] Fox News Two classified reports from the Pentagon's task force used to "detect, analyze and catalog" UFOs have been leaked, both of which include photos of unidentified objects. Defense news website TheDebrief.org has published the reports, including an Oct. 16, 2019, email exchange between former Vice Chief of Naval...
Can You Still Visit Yosemite, Other Parks When California Stay at Home Rules Start?
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times Campgrounds and lodgings at national and state parks in California will temporarily close when the governor’s stay-at-home order goes into effect late Sunday in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. Yosemite National Park will remain open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for day use, according...
California’s Miserable Year Ending in Drought, Fire and Lockdowns
[aggregation-styles] Bloomberg Most Californians, it’s safe to say, can’t wait for 2020 to end. But the year is getting in a few parting shots on its way out the door. December has brought the Golden State a grim encore of all the miseries that made 2020 so surreal. Wildfires are...
‘There Absolutely Will Be a Black Market’: How the Rich and Privileged Can Skip the Line for COVID-19 Vaccines
[aggregation-styles] Stat Bill Lang didn’t get much of a break over Thanksgiving. Almost every day last week, the medical director at a high-end concierge medical practice, WorldClinic, heard from clients asking when a Covid-19 vaccine would be available. Two patients even texted on Thanksgiving day. “Since then, I’ve had at...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Has Told Friends and Associates He Plans To Move To Texas
[aggregation-styles] CNBC Tesla CEO Elon Musk put his California houses on the market this year while he was sparring with state lawmakers over Covid-19 restrictions. He’s simultaneously been expanding operations in Texas and cozying up to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Now, several of his close friends and associates say that...
LA Looking at Layoffs for as Many as 1,900 Workers, Including 951 Police Officers
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times Subscription Faced with a growing financial crisis, Los Angeles city budget analysts recommended Friday that the city begin preparing for the elimination of nearly 1,900 filled positions, including 951 officers at the Police Department. City Administrative Officer Rich Llewellyn advised Mayor Eric Garcetti and members of...
NY Times Columnist Tells Story of Bakersfield Teen Trying to Escape from Sex Site Exploitation
[aggregation-styles] New York Times At 14, Serena K. Fleites was an A student in Bakersfield who had never made out with a boy. But in the eighth grade she developed a crush on a boy a year older, and he asked her to take a naked video of herself. She...
Mortuary Driver Accused of Stealing Ring Off Dead Woman’s Hand
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times A mortuary transport employee is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing a ring from the hand of a deceased woman, authorities said. The ring was reported missing by the woman’s family after her body was taken from a Riverside hospital, where she died in September, to...
Indicted Hospital Manager Brought Back in Chains to Tulare County After Flight from Philippines
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta The central figure in the biggest public corruption prosecution case in Tulare County's history was taken into custody after returning on a flight to the U.S. from the Philippines, according to the Tulare County District Attorney's Office. Dr. Yorai “Benny” Benzeevi is under indictment on a...
‘Black Panther’ Star Letitia Wright Tweets Controversial Vaccine Video, Says She’s Being Canceled
[aggregation-styles] USA Today Letitia Wright is in hot water after she posted a video that questions whether people should take a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. The "Black Panther" actress, 27, shared the video on her Twitter account Thursday along with a praying hands emoji. By Friday, the video...