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Insurance rates climb from fires, COVID, inflation, worker shortage

Inflation, a labor shortage, effects from the lingering COVID pandemic and increasingly devastating fires are boosting the cost of insurance for homes, cars and businesses.

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Mum's chilling last Google search before she leapt off balcony holding son

Raquel Wilkins, 40, was killed alongside her two-year-old son Denzel Wilkins-Browning after she stepped off a high point of the Petco arena, a baseball stadium in downtown San Diego, California, in the US

Irish Mirror

Nuke or no nuke? California officials ponder nuclear future

The California Energy Commission is holding a three-hour workshop focused on the state’s power needs and what role the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant might have in maintaining reliable electricity in the climate change era

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Early days of ‘fake news’ fuel the politics of ‘Campaigns, Inc.’ at TimeLine Theatre

What “Campaigns, Inc.” could use is a tighter focus on its central characters’ mercenary motivations.

Chicago Sun-Times

LA County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officially moved out of the high COVID-19 community level Thursday as one top state health official expressed hope that California is at the end of the pandemic’s latest wave.

Los Angeles Times

Judge to decide if Scott Peterson victim of jury misconduct

A prosecutor says a California juror who convicted Scott Peterson in the murder of his pregnant wife may have provided incorrect answers on a jury questionnaire, but she did not commit misconduct

The Independent UK

Vice President Kamala Harris: ‘Health care crisis’ after Supreme Court strikes down Roe

Vice President Kamala Harris excoriated the Supreme Court’s recent decision peel back of five decades of federal abortion protections, calling its precedent-busting shift a “health care crisis” during a visit Thursday to her old San Francisco Bay Area stomping grounds.

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Newsom: California must boost water recycling, desalination

California's governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination to shore up its supply over the next two decades

The Independent UK

Rescuers Save Cock Fighting Roosters Then Kill Them

Authorities were forced to euthanize 143 roosters after breaking up a cockfight in a southern Californian home in an open investigation.

Zenger

With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action

LOS ANGELES — With California enduring historic drought amplified by global warming, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released a new plan to adapt to the state’s hotter, drier future by capturing and storing more water, recycling more wastewater and desalinating seawater and salty groundwater.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Did California give Boeing a pass on a major pollution cleanup?

Back in 2007, the state of California reached an agreement with Boeing Co. requiring the company to clean up the polluted site of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, outside Simi Valley, to an exacting environmental standard.

Los Angeles Times

Are San Francisco's NIMBYs Finally Getting Their Comeuppance?

State housing officials have launched a first-ever investigation of the city's housing policies and practices, setting the stage for far more sweeping interventions.

Reason

Fans compare 90s TV star Tiffani Thiessen to Baywatch babe as she poses in blue swimsuit

Saved By The Bell and Beverly Hills 90210 star Tiffani Thiessen posed in a navy blue swimsuit, clutching a straw hat, on the beautiful sun-kissed beach in California

Daily Mirror

One dead, three injured in shooting at California gym

Police are expected to release more information later on Thursday

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Firefighters battle huge ‘fire tornado’ during 150-acre blaze in California

Rare ‘fire devil’ captured on film during inferno in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles Times

Vanessa Bryant is ‘haunted’ by the sharing of Kobe crash photos, attorney says

LOS ANGELES —The photos were flashed from a sheriff’s deputy’s phone screen to a bartender in Norwalk, California. They were shown to firefighters at an awards gala at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City. They were shared from one deputy to another while the men played the video game “Call…

Daily Mirror

'Fire tornado' hits outskirts of Los Angeles as swirling flames are whipped up

A huge fire tornado swept across part of California on Wednesday, August 11. Firefighters managed to get it under control but the state has been affected by serious fires in recent weeks

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry could return to UK in new role without Meghan, says ex-protection officer

Prince Harry is currently living in California after quitting as a working royal with wife Meghan Markle, but his former protection officer Ken Wharfe believes there is a chance he could return to the UK in the future

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Reuters

A year of struggle as an Afghan family builds a new life in California

Najib Mohammadi had high hopes for his life in the United States when he, his pregnant wife Susan and two small children left Afghanistan in July 2021.

The Guardian - US

An anxious American west sizes up historic climate bill: ‘We need every tool’

While the legislation provides renewed hope, work remains to be done to ensure the funding is put to best possible use

Los Angeles Times

One last trip: Gabriella Walsh's decision to die — and celebrate life — on her own terms

Gabriella Walsh knew she wanted to die on a Saturday.

Tribune News Service

California Gov. Newsom pins political rise on abortion, guns, and health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gavin Newsom is fed up with Republicans for attacking abortion rights and blocking gun regulations — and with his own Democratic Party for failing to boldly and brashly take on the conservative right and push a progressive agenda.

The Denver Post

The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change

PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Monkeypox is disproportionately hitting Latino communities. Will California protect them?

On Aug. 4, the Biden administration declared monkeypox a national public health emergency, and cases continue to soar nationwide.

Los Angeles Times

Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom

LOS ANGELES — When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares of floods pouring through his South Los Angeles home.

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