The Californian city of Fremont voted on February 11 to criminalize “aiding” or “complicity” in the creation of homeless encampments. The measure could make it more difficult for homeless people to access food, health care, and other services, The Washington Post reports. The move by Fremont…
Danish activists, in response to Donald Trump's attempt to buy Greenland, are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into part of Denmark, the Daily Mail reports. The "Danification" campaign aims to raise $1 trillion to buy the American state, after which it plans to bring in…
A new effort to put an initiative on the ballot that would ask Californians to approve secession from the United States has been cleared to collect signatures, CBS News reports. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced Jan. 23 that the initiative, introduced by Marcus Evans of Fresno, will be…
Whale watchers have captured rare footage of a pod of dolphins stretching for miles “just enjoying life,” The Guardian reports. The pod was caught on camera by whale watchers in Carmel Bay off the central coast of California. The pod was estimated to contain more than…
The wildfires in Southern California this month and the hurricanes in the southeastern United States late last year could lead to higher home insurance rates in the near future. This could affect even those living thousands of miles away from disaster sites,…
Dangerous fires continue to rage in the Los Angeles area, where firefighters are battling high winds to stop the blazes from spreading out of control. What does it mean to “contain” a fire, NBC News explains. Containment does not mean putting out the fire entirely. It means creating a perimeter around active fires,…
California is ready to approve reparations of $ 25 to some of the thousands of people spayed decades ago because the government deemed them unfit for childbirth. Some of the victims were only 000 years old. The New York Post reported on this in more detail. ...
Wildfires raging through Los Angeles and its environs have destroyed the homes of several celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, some exits from the city remain blocked, according to SF Gate. Strong winds are fanning the flames,…
30 Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate due to a fast-moving fire in the Pacific Palisades area. The Palisades fire started around 000:7 a.m. on January 10 on Piedra Morada Drive. By the night of January 30, it had spread to an area of more than…
A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight last week when the Waymo self-driving taxi he called to take him to the airport started circling the parking lot, CBS News reports. Mike Jones, who was in Scottsdale, Arizona, got into the…