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Just hours before the 5 p.m. deadline for submitting a ballot measure to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, the Westminster City Council met Friday, Aug. 7  for a redo of its peculiar meeting earlier in the week. Mayor Tri Ta and Councilman Tai Do, known for butting heads, again joined forces to kill the…

After years of bureaucratic hurdles and increasing regulatory requirements, Poseidon Water was dealt yet another delay Friday, Aug. 7, in its pursuit of a controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach. The Regional Water Quality Control Board concluded three days of hearings on the project’s next permit by telling Poseidon it must return with a more…

Los Angeles’ cavalcade of dockless scooters and bikes will avoid stricter requirements, including new fees and a requirement for locks, at least until the end of the year while the Los Angeles Department of Transportation irons out several key regulations for the fledgling industry. The Los Angeles City Council’s transportation committee technically approved a series…

Los Angeles County surpassed 200,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, Aug. 6, prompting public health officials to re-sound the alarm on the pandemic’s toll on low-income communities. Technical glitches, meanwhile, continue to hamper the effort to asses the pandemic’s full scope in the region, which lost another 48 lives to the disease. Countywide,  3,290 new cases…

With a self-imposed deadline on Congress looming this week to agree on a new federal stimulus bill, it was unclear Thursday just how close lawmakers might be from closing the oceans of difference between their opposing proposals. Negotiations were continuing into the night as local leaders followed the developments closely. There is much at stake…

MODESTO (CBS13) – The race is on for everyone to get their ducks in a row with a looming start day for distance learning. Students and teachers are set to start August 10th in the Hart-Ransom Union School District, but many parents and teachers say they’re not ready. Superintendent Matthew Shipley called a special board…

LODI (CBS13) — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, new data from our region’s hardest-hit county is shedding new light on people bearing the brunt of coronavirus. San Joaquin County has had more than 2,000 coronavirus cases in the past two weeks, leaving Francisco Miranda with one thing on his mind. “Quarantine and staying in…

ARDEN-ARCADE (CBS13) — Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an attack on customers at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru. Dashcam video shows customers in a vehicle at the Sacramento In-N-Out on Alta Arden Expy attacked in a terrifying encounter and trapped with no way out. The dashcam video shows the concern started at the drive-thru window.…

California had 8,142 new cases of the coronavirus and 169 additional related deaths reported as of Thursday. The state’s total number of cases is at least 538,517 and 9,990 people have died, according to unofficial counts from county websites. There were 276 fewer hospitalizations (7,485) as of Thursday. Hospitalizations in California are down roughly 25%…

Amid reports of large parties that flout coronavirus-spurred public safety orders, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday, Aug. 5, that he will begin authorizing shutting off water and power services at the properties of repeat offenders. “The consequences of these large parties ripple far beyond just those parties,” Garcetti said in a series of…

A U.S. Navy diving and salvage ship is on its way to the northwest end of San Clemente Island to begin recovering eight servicemen and a seafaring vehicle found after several days searching the seafloor. The Navy ship should arrive in the next few days, a Marine Corps official said. “Everyone is working as fast…

California had 4,770 new cases of the coronavirus and 135 additional related deaths reported as of Wednesday. The state’s total number of cases is at least 530,375 and 9,821 people have died, according to unofficial counts from county websites. Hospitalizations in the state increased by 131 bringing the total to 7,761, as of Wednesday. Sonoma…

OAKDALE (CBS13) — A man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a crash in Oakdale Tuesday night. Oakdale Police say Brant Savage, 26, was driving four passengers, including three children. The passengers were taken to an area hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police say they responded to the overturned…

FOLSOM (CBS13) —  A woman is warning people to stay away from the American River after two trips to the emergency room, following a day of fun on the water. She is blaming E. coli in the river for a painful rash on her stomach. “I can feel the blisters tearing. When I turn, when…

DAVIS (CBS13) — Feeling the impact of a closed campus and budget cuts, the city of Davis is furloughing workers. The city had to cut $1 million in employee salaries to deal with revenue losses from the virus. Starting next Friday, City Hall will shut down once a month on scheduled business days for the…

SANTA ANA — Two Orange County men were sentenced Wednesday to five and 12 years in prison for their roles in a Santa Ana-based home loan modification scheme during the Great Recession in 2008. Aminullah “David” Sarpas and Samuel Paul Bain started Santa Ana-based U.S. Homeowners Relief in late 2008 during the collapse of the…

SANTA ANA — An accused gang member was behind bars Wednesday for allegedly robbing and fatally shooting a man who was targeted for his bicycle last month in Santa Ana. Jose Luis Salgado of Santa Ana, who turned 20 Wednesday, is charged with murder, with a special circumstances allegation of murder committed for the benefit…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug. 5, blocked a lower court order that the Orange County jail system practice social distancing, distribute hand sanitizer and keep the facilities clean to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Justices voted 5-4 to stay the earlier order issued by U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal against Orange County…

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has paid out roughly $55 million in settlements in cases in which sheriff’s deputies were alleged to belong to a secret society, records obtained by the Los Angeles Times show, illuminating the entrenched nature of a subculture that has plagued the Sheriff’s Department for years. The figure comes from…