Michael Anastasi is as California as a Californian can be. One side of his family descends from Francisco Salvador Lugo, a Spanish soldier who helped found the pueblo of Los Angeles in 1781 and whose son’s adobe is the oldest standing house in Los Angeles County. Another branch consisted of Italian fishermen who settled in …
The nation’s first high-speed rail project is now environmentally cleared between San Francisco and North Los Angeles County SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Board of Directors of the California High Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today approved the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIR/EIS) and approved the approximately 43-mile project for the San Francisco …
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Two planes collided in mid-air in northern California, killing several people, officials said Thursday. The incident happened near the Watsonville Municipal Airport in Watsonville, about 90 miles south of San Francisco. A The city of Watsonville said two planes collided mid-air while trying to land around …
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SACRAMENTO, California – The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors today approved 52.4-mile advance design contracts that will extend the project to Merced and Bakersfield. Contracts bring the project closer to building the final Central Valley packages that will complete the 171-mile electrified section of the high-speed rail and eventually merge with the Bay …
A former congressman from California has been indicted on multiple counts of fraud, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Terrence John “TJ” Cox, 59, is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of defrauding a financial institution and one count of campaign contribution fraud, according to the Justice Department. …
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A new report shows that climate change has increased the threat of hurricanes for a month. As a subscriber, you have 10 free articles to give away every month. Anyone can read what you share. Droughts and wildfires are the disasters that dominate the headlines this time of year. But California is also facing the …
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Firefighters in California’s northern forests continued to contain the massive and deadly McKinney fire in Siskiyou County Sunday, but as temperatures soared, another large fire was burning nearby. The Six Rivers fire, burning more than 16,900 acres in Trinity and Humboldt counties, was only 15% contained Sunday, according to fire officials. Meanwhile, another blaze in …
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BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico. (KGTV) — The Tijuana United States Consulate has instructed U.S. government employees to shelter in place after violence broke out in Baja California on Friday. According to the consulate, authorities received reports of vehicle fires, roadblocks, and heavy police activity. Violence is happening in Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, Ensenada, and Tecate. The consulate …
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“Megadrought” may be the main climate concern in the West right now amid the constant threat of wildfires and earthquakes. But a new study warns of another disaster looming in California: “Megafloods.” Climate change is increasing the risk of future floods that could inundate large cities and displace millions of people in California, according to …
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With California’s ongoing historic drought exacerbated 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 saline groundwater. The governor’s new water supply strategy, detailed in a 16-page document, lays out a …
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