Saturday, October 17

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…

Tara Fouch-Moore, of Mariposa, has been appointed to the Native American Heritage Commission. Fouch-Moore has been Director of Landscape Stewardship at the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation since 2022, where she was Outreach Coordinator from 2020 to 2022. Fouch-Moore was Conference Services and Catering Sales Manager at AC Hotel by Marriott from 2018 to 2020. She…

A federal judge sentenced a Manhattan Beach therapist to nearly 17 years in prison Tuesday for installing a hidden camera in the women’s bathroom at his workplace, allowing him to capture footage of minors who visited the office for services. Joseph Toews, 31, previously pleaded guilty in June to one count of production of child…

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who admitted to violating the civil rights of multiple victims through intimidation, illegal search warrants and other abuses of power, was sentenced Monday to nearly two years in prison. Eric Saavedra, 42, pleaded guilty in February 2025 to one count of conspiracy against rights and one count of…

A 2-year-old boy was accidentally shot by a person in his Central Valley home over the weekend, authorities said. The toddler was hit in the leg by a bullet as an adult was cleaning their gun in the Tulare County residence, the county Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, sheriff’s…

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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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