Friday, October 16

Economy

Damage from a week’s worth of high surf and El Niño-related storms brought many warnings from officials. Beaches were closed. Homes were evacuated and red-tagged. But one alert was targeted to a specific audience: owners of electric vehicles that were submerged by the flooding. “If you notice smoke, hissing, popping or unusual heat, move away…

Southern California’s specter of ruinous wildfire is back. The first Santa Ana winds of the season are expected to bring 20- to 40-mph winds, and gusts potentially exceeding 60 mph to valleys and coastal mountain ranges through Friday afternoon. Scientists have projected that by 2100, human greenhouse gas pollution will cut back the number of…

California sued the Trump administration for the 100th time in under two years Thursday, challenging the practice of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting people for alleged civil immigration violations at or near state courthouses. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said such arrests have long been barred because they are unconstitutional and deeply disruptive…

What you need to know: After activating California’s State Operations Center, Governor Newsom convened the state’s top emergency response officials to coordinate an all-hands state response to dangerous fire weather across multiple counties. The Governor also proclaimed a state of emergency in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties following Tropical Storm Rachel and…

An ICE officer is facing a slew of felony charges after allegedly assaulting a 72-year-old homeowner and the man’s daughter after they found him sleeping on their front lawn. The Fresno County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that David Gonzalez III was being charged with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder…

Two former police officers and their daughter were killed Sunday in their home in an affluent Northern California neighborhood in what authorities believed to be a double murder-suicide. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday for a shooting inside a home on Strawberry Circle, in the waterfront…

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What a week. Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little converted the biggest kick Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has seen in years. Los Angeles Rams kicker Harrison Mevis got fired on his day off. And nobody in Washington got fired … but do you know how poorly you had to mess up to get a negative reaction from…

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