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KGO (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A California man accused of blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers allegedly had large amounts of explosive materials and an inactive methamphetamine lab in his home, authorities said. Peter Karasev, 36, of San Jose, was arrested on Wednesday and faces multiple charges, including two counts of exploding a destructive […]
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in more than a dozen counties as the typically warm state digs out from rare snowstorms. Wednesday’s emergency proclamation in the counties of Amador, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, […]
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The California Lottery is maintaining it verified the rightful winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, after a man claimed he had the winning ticket before it was stolen from him. In a lawsuit filed on Feb. 22 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Jose Rivera claimed he purchased […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twenty-three states from California to Connecticut are on alert for blizzard, heavy snow, flooding, strong winds and bitter wind chill as two massive winter storms pound the U.S. In California, over 100,000 customers are without power Friday morning as the West Coast storm pounds […]
KABC (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — A California pipeline, that delivers the majority of fuel to the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding areas, is expected to resume operations Saturday afternoon, the pipeline operator announced. The Kinder Morgan gas pipeline, which supplies about 90% of needed gas, diesel, jet fuel and other refined petroleum products to the […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee plans to formally announce she’s running for Senate by the end of the month, ABC News confirmed Friday. A source with knowledge of her plans said Lee plans to officially launch her campaign to coincide with Black History Month. The Washington Post […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kamilah Moore, the chair of California’s Reparations Task Force, is a direct descendant of enslaved people in the United States. Now, she’s one of several leaders behind the nation’s groundbreaking reparations effort to examine the impact slavery and systemic racism has had on Black Americans and how to reverse […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DANA POINT, Calif.) — A California cyclist died on Thursday after being struck by a car and then stabbed to death by the driver, authorities said. The alleged attack occurred at around 3 p.m. PT near the intersection of the Pacific Coast Highway and Crown Valley Parkway in Dana Point, a cliffside […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The State Bar of California on Thursday filed a notice of disciplinary charges against former Donald Trump attorney John Eastman over what bar officials said were Eastman’s alleged efforts to aid Trump in his bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The complaint levels 11 different disciplinary — not criminal […]
LEREXIS/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Following four California mass shootings in the span of eight days that left 25 people dead and 17 injured, some gun violence researchers said they’re concerned that a phenomenon known as “mass shooting contagion” is occurring across the state. The cluster of deadly incidents is not surprising, gun violence researchers […]