An unusually strong cold front was moving through Northern California on Friday, bringing a rare chance of snow in August for the Sierra Nevada mountains. A low-pressure system from the Pacific Ocean is causing a sudden change in weather, dropping temperatures and creating conditions for showers and thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday. However, the weather … Read more
An unusually strong cold front moved into Northern California on Friday, bringing a rare chance of snow in August to the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. A low-pressure system from the Pacific Ocean is causing a few days of unusual weather, with temperatures dropping sharply and creating conditions for showers and thunderstorms on Friday and … Read more
An Orange County man, Christopher John Badsey, 63, was sentenced to over seven years in federal prison on Friday for scamming three companies out of $3 million. He promised to deliver protective gloves during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic but never provided them. Badsey, from Lake Forest, was also ordered to pay $1.94 … Read more
The summer celebration was supposed to be a joyful occasion. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch had invited his closest lawyers and friends to the Italian port of Porticello, near Palermo, to celebrate the end of a long 13-year legal battle. Twelve guests flew in from the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Ireland to … Read more
SpaceX is preparing for a historic spacewalk during the Polaris Dawn mission, where astronauts who are not part of the government will walk in space for the first time. This mission will also test SpaceX’s new, slimmer spacesuits and a Crew Dragon spacecraft that has been modified to open its hatch door in space, without … Read more
There are 73 days left until Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, but most Americans will vote before then, just like they did in the last two elections. Early voting starts on Sept. 6 for some people, with seven key states sending out ballots in the same month. This means the next few months are … Read more
A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court accused the court’s liberal majority on Thursday of going too far in an election case, saying they were acting more like lawyers for the Democratic Party than neutral judges. The case was brought by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). They want to block Green Party candidate Jill … Read more
Kamala Harris is backtracking again, this time on her plan to ban “price gouging.” Sources close to Harris told The New York Times this week that the plan would now be “narrowly focused on the food and grocery industries” and would “likely only apply in emergency situations, like after a natural disaster or during a … Read more
When popular Southern California artist Darren Pearson, also known as “Dariustwin,” saw the videos and memes about Australian breakdancer Raygun at the Paris Olympics, he knew he had to do something special. In a video shared on his social media platforms, where he has over a million followers, Pearson created an animation of Raygun, whose … Read more
Four suburbs in the Chicago area have been ranked among the top 30 safest and wealthiest cities in the United States. A new report by GOBankingRates has ranked Western Springs in DuPage County as the No. 1 safest and wealthiest city, followed by Kenilworth, Illinois in Cook County, which took the No. 2 spot. Western … Read more
Democratic Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina urged key states to support Vice President Kamala Harris during his speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. “Are we going to stand up? Are we going to fight? Are we going to vote? Are we going to win?” Cooper asked the enthusiastic crowd at … Read more
Yahya Sinwar, the newly appointed leader of Hamas, has complicated the ongoing cease-fire negotiations in Gaza with a rumored demand for a clause in any deal with Israel that would guarantee his personal safety. Despite his history of boasting that it would be an honor to die fighting against Israel, and his previous opposition to … Read more
A 21-year-old man from Chile, Daniel Aravena Oliva, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Wednesday after authorities say he developed an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl he met online through the game Roblox. The Glendora Police Department reported that Oliva had been “manipulating and grooming” the young girl for several months … Read more
