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Why Unhoused Seniors Are a Growing Group

Many late baby boomers never achieved financial stability, putting them closer to the streets in middle age

(Newser) - If you think of Los Angeles County's homeless population as people struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues, you're not entirely wrong, but that picture fails to tell the full story. Seniors represent the fastest-growing group among the unhoused, per Cal Matters , but it's not just...

Musk Shuts Down X Headquarters in San Francisco

Owner of social media company says he has 'no choice' but to relocate X's HQ to Texas

(Newser) - From the start, Elon Musk's relationship with San Francisco was tinged with tension , and now, it looks like he's severing ties for good. The New York Times has seen a memo from Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter that's owned...

Officials Demand Answers in Shooting of National Park Elk

NPS seeking tips after 4 elk were killed with lead shot on federal land in California

(Newser) - Hunting of any kind is forbidden within California's Redwood National Park. That's why officials are eager to learn the identies of suspected poachers who shot and killed four elk in the park this month. The elk were discovered July 21 near the Williams Ridge area along Bald Hills...

Father-Daughter Dream Hike Turns Deadly in Yosemite
Father-Daughter Dream Hike
Turns Deadly in Yosemite
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Jul 28, 2024 3:15 PM CDT

Father-Daughter Dream Hike Turns Deadly in Yosemite

Grace Rohloff fell to her death on Half Dome trail during a July 13 rainstorm

(Newser) - It was a dream fulfilled, followed by a nightmare. Jonathan Rohloff and his daughter Grace had hiked thousands of miles together, and after securing a permit to hike Yosemite National Park's Half Dome trail, made it to the top on the afternoon of July 13. Storms had been forecast,...

California's Biggest Wildfire Just Got Even Bigger

Firefighters are struggling to contain Park Fire, threatening thousands of homes in 4 counties

(Newser) - California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger. The Park Fire's intensity and dramatic spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Fire, which burned...

California Just Made a Big Move on Homelessness
California Just Made a Big
Move on Homelessness
the rundown
Jul 25, 2024 12:54 PM CDT

California Just Made a Big Move on Homelessness

Gov. Newsom orders state agencies to start dismantling encampments

(Newser) - Emboldened by a major Supreme Court decision in June, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has just taken a big step toward removing many of the state's homeless encampments:
  • New order: Newsom issued an executive order telling state agencies to take down encampments within their jurisdictions, reports the Los Angeles Times
...

California Phasing In Historic Water Restrictions

Municipal suppliers must start cutting back or face big fines

(Newser) - California has imposed temporary water restrictions on cities and towns over the years as it battled prolonged droughts. Now, for the first time in its history, the state is imposing permanent restrictions in some areas, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . Water regulators have approved a plan to order municipal water...

Motorcyclist Dies as Temps in Death Valley Break Record

Temperature hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit over the weekend

(Newser) - A group of six motorcyclists riding through a portion of Death Valley National Park experienced a lethal emergency Saturday amid record-breaking heat. One member of the group died from heat exposure and another was transported to Las Vegas and hospitalized with "severe heat illness," while the others were...

'Vast Majority' of California Evacuees Allowed Home

Crews are continuing to battle Thompson Fire near Oroville

(Newser) - Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said. Containment of the Thompson Fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County also increased to 29% from 7%, the AP reports. The "...

DA: Man Laid in Wait Before Pushing Stranger Into Train

Transient charged with murder in BART attack on woman, 74

(Newser) - A homeless man in San Francisco has been charged with murder after allegedly pushing a stranger into a moving train. Police say Trevor Belmont, 49, approached 74-year-old Corazon Dandan as a train was arriving at the Powell Street Bay Area Rapid Transit station around 11pm on Monday. Dandan was then...

Entire Hells Angels Chapter Arrested in California
Entire Hells Angels Chapter
Arrested in California
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Jun 30, 2024 9:31 AM CDT

Entire Hells Angels Chapter Arrested in California

7 men arrested, charged with multiple crimes in Bakersfield

(Newser) - An early-morning raid by federal agents ended with an entire Hells Angels chapter arrested in California Tuesday. Six men were arrested in Bakersfield, including the biker gang chapter's president and vice president, and a seventh suspect was already in custody on other charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. More...

She's Shipping Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Books Across the US

Becka Robbins of San Francisco's Fabulosa Books is pushing back against nationwide book bans

(Newser) - In an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best—books. Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San Francisco's Castro District, one of the oldest gay neighborhoods in the United States, Robbins uses donations from customers to ship boxes of books...

Cops Tried to Pull Him Over for DUI. He Hit the Gas

Car crash in Upland, California, leaves 4 dead, 2 injured

(Newser) - An early morning police chase in Southern California after an attempted DUI traffic stop ended violently on Friday, after the suspect crashed into another car, killing himself and three other people in his car and injuring two in another vehicle, reports the Los Angeles Times . A rep from the San...

Suit: LA Using Illegal Means to Save Marilyn Monroe House
Marilyn Monroe Home
Saved From Destruction
UPDATED
Jun 27, 2024 1:01 AM CDT

Marilyn Monroe Home Saved From Destruction

It's now designated as a historic cultural monument

(Newser) - Marilyn Monroe's Los Angeles home, where the glamour icon spent her final moments in 1962 before dying of a drug overdose, has been saved from demolition. The city council voted unanimously Wednesday to designate it as a historic cultural monument, CBS News reports. "We have an opportunity to...

Cops: They Flashed Fake Badges, Then Robbed Victims

Vasile Alexandru, 19, and Laurentiu Baceanu, 20, faked being ICE agents in California's OC, cops say

(Newser) - On Thursday, two back-to-back robberies in Orange County, California, captured law enforcement's attention for their similar MO: Two men in a blue SUV going up to their victims, claiming they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, then robbing them. Now, police in Anaheim say they've detained two men...

Man Survives 10 Days Lost in the Forest Without Even a Shirt

Lukas McClish survived by drinking creek water, eating wild berries

(Newser) - When Lukas McClish went into California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park on June 11 to look for a granite outcropping a friend had told him about, he wasn't even wearing a shirt. "I didn't bring anything because I thought I was doing a three-hour hike,"...

Searchers Find 4-Year-Old, Safe, After 22 Hours in Forest

California boy spent night under a tree in T-shirt and shorts

(Newser) - About 50 members of a search-and-rescue team combed through the Sierra National Forest looking for a 4-year-old California boy who had wandered away from his family's campsite, shouting his name. On Friday, roughly 22 hours after he went missing, Christian Ramirez answered them, per CNN . Tulare County sheriff's...

A Big First for 'World's Most Important Beverage'

Coffee is focus at UC Davis Coffee Center, said to be first coffee research hub on US college campus

(Newser) - A college in Northern California is now home to a center devoted to educating students and closely studying one of the most consumed beverages in the world known for powering people through their day—coffee. UC Davis launched its Coffee Center in May with research focused on providing support for...

Woman Who Skipped Thesis in 1941 Gets Master's

'It's nice to be recognized,' says Virginia Hislop, whose education was disrupted by WWII

(Newser) - A 20-something Virginia Hislop was on the verge of completing a master's degree in education in 1941 when World War II threw a wrench in her plans. She'd completed all degree requirements but a final thesis when her fiance was called to serve. Hislop abandoned her studies to...

Newsom Calls for Banning Smartphones in Schools

California governor is looking for the move to be made over the summer

(Newser) - If Gavin Newsom has his way, smartphones will soon be banned from public schools in his state. The California governor on Tuesday called for such a ban to be instituted by the end of the current legislative session in August, Politico reports. "As the Surgeon General affirmed , social media...

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