World

Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2022

San Diego (California) – Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday, while an Idaho blaze was spreading. In California’s Klamath National

Entertainment

Court documents in Polanski criminal case ordered released

Editorial Bureau July 14, 2022

Los Angels(USA)-  An appeals court on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of some documents in the criminal case against renowned director Roman Polanski, who has been a fugitive since pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl decades ago, a California prosecutor announced. The court ordered the unsealing of the conditional deposition transcript of Roger […]

Entertainment

BET Awards return Sunday with Doja Cat as leading nominee

Editorial Bureau June 26, 2022

Los Angeles (California) – The BET Awards return Sunday with a live show that could see Doja Cat, Drake and Ari Lennox snag some trophies. Doja Cat enters the show as the leading nominee with six. The chart-topping performer is up for best female R&B-pop artist, best female hip-hop artist, album of the year for […]

USA World

Doctor, nurses stabbed at California hospital; man arrested

Editorial Bureau June 4, 2022

Los Angels(USA)- A man stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward on Friday and remained inside a room for hours before police arrested him, authorities said. The man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley shortly before 4 p.m., Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison […]

USA World

Parishioners detain gunman in fatal California church attack

Editorial Bureau May 16, 2022

Jerry Chen, A pastor who handled the situation, hit the gunman on the head with a chair. Laguna Woods, Calif. (US)- During a lunch reception at a Southern California church, a man opened fire, killing one person and injuring five senior citizens. A pastor who handled the situation hit the gunman on the head with […]

Finance

Inflation triggers California minimum wage increase in 2023

Editorial Bureau May 13, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers. The increase is required by a state law passed in 2016. But it comes at a good time for Democrats in the […]

USA

California prepares for energy shortfalls in hot, dry summer

Editorial Bureau May 7, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California likely will have an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when use is at its peak during the hot and dry summer months, state officials said Friday. Threats from drought, extreme heat and wildfires, plus supply chain and regulatory issues hampering the solar industry […]

USA

California’s population fell again amid pandemic’s 2nd year

Editorial Bureau May 3, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s population shrank for the second year in a row in 2021 as the nation’s most populous state was hit by declining birth rates, higher deaths from the pandemic and fewer people moving into the state from elsewhere in the U.S., officials said Monday. California lost 117,552 people in 2021, putting its […]

USA

California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires

Editorial Bureau April 12, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by aging Northern California power lines belonging to the nation’s largest utility, prosecutors announced Monday. PG&E does not admit wrongdoing in the two settlements reached with prosecutors for last year’s Dixie […]

USA

California groundbreaking set for largest wildlife crossing

Editorial Bureau March 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES — Groundbreaking is set for next month on what’s billed as the world’s largest wildlife crossing — a bridge over a major Southern California highway that will provide more room to roam for mountain lions and other animals hemmed in by urban sprawl. A ceremony marking the start of construction for the span […]