As midterm election day approaches, political endorsements are ramping up. President Joe Biden will be making another trip to Southern California in support of a toss-up election. With everyone getting ready to cast their ballots, they’d also expect their vote to be properly counted. We hear from one former poll worker on how to ensure […]
LINCOLN, Neb.—Prairie fires pushed by tinder-dry conditions and winds topping 60 mph (96 kph) led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of Nebraska’s capital city of Lincoln, officials said. At least two grassland fires were first reported Sunday afternoon south of Lincoln and spread quickly […]
SEATTLE, Wash.—Wildfires in Oregon and Washington are blanketing much of America’s Pacific Northwest with smoke, choking residents in Seattle, Portland and other parts of the two states with the worst air in the United States, according to government data. In the Seattle area, home to some 4 million people, the sky was brown and the […]
Someone from the biggest teachers union in California was apparently conducting a political investigation on a parents group, according to emails made public from a public records request. Wildfires continue to burn in the state. We hear an update on how the fires are being controlled and a word from those who are fighting them. […]
Fires in Northern California continue to rage, and firefighters are battling on. In Southern California, a rare hurricane brought rain to slow one fire, but some other issues came with all that water. A scholarship bribery case for a California university may involve a candidate in Los Angeles’s mayoral race. The state’s Department of Education […]
When a wildfire began spreading out of control near her small ranch in Hemet, California, last Monday, Debby Taylor had one major concern: how to protect her donkeys. She wrote her phone number on their halters, in case she was forced to set them loose. By Tuesday, however, the animals were on their way to […]
We’re heading into autumn, but fires are still burning throughout the state. We have an update on three of them. Amid the heat wave and blackout concerns, Californians are asked to extend power conservation from 3–10 p.m. We speak to a college professor on the matter. California has seen an increase in crime throughout the […]
Officials have identified four people killed in the McKinney Fire in California as residents of the same community. Kathleen Shoopman, 73, Charles Kays, 79, Judith Kays, 82, and John Cogan, 76, were all residents of Klamath River, the Siskiyou County Sheriff said in a tweet on Friday. Officials used rapid DNA and dental analysis to […]
The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that would give them the power to remove other elected officials. Now it’s up to voters to approve or deny the measure on the November ballot. The large furniture rental company Rent-A-Center is set to pay millions back to California consumers. The state’s attorney general said […]
