Tag Archives: California

The Associated Press reports: A former college professor was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly starting four wildfires in Northern California earlier this year that threatened to trap firefighters as they battled a massive fire nearby, federal prosecutors said. Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count …

Politico Playbook reports: Speaker Pelosi has hinted strongly this will be her last term in the House. And back in her district, buzz is building over her potential successor — and the possibility that her daughter, Christine Pelosi, could make a play for the seat. But the competition will be fierce for a seat that hasn’t been truly up since …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Staples Center is getting a new name for Christmas: Crypto.com Arena. The downtown Los Angeles venue — home of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks — will wear the new name for 20 years under a deal between the Singapore cryptocurrency exchange and AEG, the owner and operator of the arena, both parties announced Tuesday. …

San Francisco’s ABC News affiliate reports: U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier of San Mateo County says she will not be running for re-election to the U.S. House. Speier has served California’s 14th District of San Mateo County and the Peninsula since 2013 as well as the 12th District of San Francisco back in 2008 to 2013. But her career really starts …

Just in via press release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a first-of-its-kind stipulated judgment requiring Amazon to end harmful labor practices that concealed COVID-19 case numbers from workers and to provide key information on workplace protections in line with California’s “right-to-know” law, Assembly Bill 685 (AB 685) authored by Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes. Throughout the pandemic, …

Gizmodo reports: After years of fighting it out in court, Apple Store employees in California will finally get paid for the time the company spent checking their bags for possible stolen products while they were off the clock. The payout: roughly $30 million. The class action lawsuit covers the company’s 52 stores in California was filed in 2013 by two …

Yahoo News reports: A California police officer died of COVID-19 while he was on leave for not meeting San Francisco’s Nov. 1 vaccination deadline. San Francisco Police Department Officer Jack Nyce tested positive for the virus on Nov. 2 and died Saturday, Nov. 6. His symptoms were so severe on Nov. 6 that he was taken to a hospital in …

The Guardian reports: A northern California town has declared itself a “constitutional republic” in response to Covid-19 health restrictions imposed by the governor, in the latest sign of strife between the state’s government and its rural and conservative regions. The city council in Oroville, located at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills about 90 miles from the capital of …

The Times of San Diego reports: Comedian Jason Robo on Wednesday apparently lost his 5-year-old radio gig in Humboldt County a day after his crude rant against three county supervisors and racist attack on the county’s public health officer. Meanwhile, Robo is facing a possible defamation suit by the owner of Roma Mia restaurant in the Gaslamp District. Restaurateur Sergio …

The Daily Mail reports: A California middle school teacher was recorded telling students that Hunter Biden had sex with his niece and that hospitals are stealing babies from unvaccinated parents. In the seven-minute recording taken on October 18, the unidentified female history teacher at Anacapa Middle School in Ventura can be heard ranting at her eighth grade class on subjects …

San Francisco’s NBC News affiliate reports: Indoor dining will not be offered at In-N-Out restaurants in Contra Costa County due to the county’s vaccine mandate. On Thursday, the county confirmed that restaurants will only be doing takeout and drive-thru, which do not require vaccine verification. Pleasant Hill’s permit was the only one suspended by the health department, but In-N-Out told …

The Associated Press reports: Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline with crude. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the Panama-registered MSC DANIT …

The Associated Press reports: Bill Clinton was released Sunday from the Southern California hospital where he had been treated for an infection. The former president was released around 8 a.m. from the University of California Irvine Medical Center. Clinton, 75, was admitted Tuesday to the hospital southeast of Los Angeles with an infection unrelated to COVID-19, officials said. Clinton spokesman …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Former President Clinton, recovering at an Orange County hospital from an infection, will remain another night in the intensive care unit to continue intravenous antibiotic treatment, a spokesman said on Friday. “All health indicators are trending in the right direction, including his white blood count which has decreased significantly,” spokesman Angel Ureña said. “President Clinton …

The Associated Press reports: Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital with an infection but is “on the mend,” his spokesman said. Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening for a non-COVID-19-related infection, Angel Ureña said Thursday in a statement. “He is on the mend, in good spirits …

San Francisco’s ABC News affiliate reports: Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 742, which aims to defer anti-vaccine protesters from preventing people from getting a COVID-19 vaccine. SB 742, which was authored by Sen. Dr. Richard Pan of Sacramento, will protect the rights of people to safely receive vaccinations without concern for intimidation or physical obstruction from anti-vaccine protestors. …

Los Angeles’s NBC News affiliate reports: A man is suing a Palos Verdes Estates psychic for fraud, alleging the businesswoman falsely promised him she could help his marriage if he paid $5,100 to have her remove a curse put in place by the plaintiff’s ex-girlfriend. Mauro Restrepo’s Torrance Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants psychic Sophia Adams, and her business, …

San Francisco’s CBS News affiliate reports: Construction on a fix for San Francisco’s leaning Millennium Tower came to a stop in late August because the fix was actually making the tower sink even more. Now it appears some of that damage could have been avoided. “Millennium Partners wanted to get the thing wrapped up,” said Robert Pyke, a geotechnical engineer …

Vice News reports: A group of militant anti-vaccine activists protested children walking to school in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, with one notorious anti-vaxxer screaming, “They’re trying to rape our children with this poison.” The protester in question was Shiva Bagheri, a dog walker, dancer, and founder of the protest group Beverly Hills Freedom Rally, which has held numerous anti-mask and …

The New York Times reports: Los Angeles will require most people to provide proof of full coronavirus vaccination to enter a range of indoor businesses, including restaurants, gyms, museums, movie theaters and salons, in one of the nation’s strictest vaccine rules. The new law, which was approved by the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, will allow people with medical …