Wastewater indicates COVID cases are rising nationally

COVID cases and hospitalization rates are rising, as fall quickly approaches. CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for Public Health at KFF, Dr. Celine Gounder, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Maui residents search for loved ones, seek answers about government’s wildfire response

It’s been nearly a week since deadly wildfires started in Maui. As the death toll rises, residents are searching for missing loved ones and seeking answers about the government’s actions before, during and after the disaster. CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti reports from Hawaii. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

New details emerge in lethal mushroom mystery gripping Australia

The woman who prepared the meal with the mushrooms linked to three deaths told police says she bought them at a local grocery store. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

5 things to watch for at LAUSD this school year

On Monday morning, some 500,000 students in Los Angeles will brush their teeth, zip up their backpacks and don their snazziest outfit as America’s second largest school district kicks off the fall semester. For many students, the painful memories of COVID and remote learning are starting to fade into the past, but issues including chronic…

4 suspects arrested in killing of homeless man in Long Beach

Police arrested two 18-year-old men and two boys Friday, Aug. 11 in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old homeless man in Long Beach. Special Investigations Division detectives Friday arrested two teenage Long Beach residents near the 800 block of Maine Avenue. Both juveniles were booked for assault with a deadly weapon and robbery,…

Victims’ groups hope billboards on LA County cold case murders lead to tips, awareness

Salvador “Chavita” Esparza III and his mother visited her boyfriend in Altadena on July 5, 2016. An armed suspect walked up to the house in the 300 block of West Figueroa Drive that night and fired at least 13 times, hitting 4-year-old Chavita in the head and wounding a 27-year-old family friend. The Monrovia boy…

How to watch today’s Kansas City Chiefs vs. New Orleans Saints NFL game

Here’s how to watch the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams play their first game of the NFL preseason. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Maui wildfires death toll rises to 93

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Saturday that operations would focus on “the loss of life.” Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

8/12: CBS Weekend News

Lahaina residents return home to survey devastation; Inside the Ukrainian unit tasked with recovering Russia’s war dead. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Alaska reminds us how location is key to success in real estate

Another state got notched into our travel belt this week as we concluded a cruise to Alaska. In a word – amazing! Ketchikan, Sitka and Juneau were on our agenda. Photos do not do justice to the rugged wilderness of the 49th addition to our union. Hopefully, my words can. As we traversed the Endicott…

Column: A lost baseball glove, Fernando Valenzuela and a new love for what he means for LA

Fernando Valenzuela’s No. 34 was retired on Friday, Aug. 11, and my beloved and beaten up Rawlings baseball mitt — once marked indelibly by the iconic L.A. Dodger — is nowhere, absolutely nowhere, to be found. Gone. Lost in the background noise of growing up. Sorry, Fernando. All I have now is a fading memory,…

‘We leave now’: Irvine man recounts harrowing escape from Maui wildfire

Adam Probolsky and his wife and kids jumped into a rental car packed with luggage cinched by bungee cords as towering flames grew closer to their picturesque Maui resort. It was Wednesday morning, Aug. 9. They had one goal —  to get off the island. The day before, high winds knocked out power at the…

How to watch today’s Philadelphia Eagles vs. Baltimore Ravens NFL game

Here’s how to watch the Carolina Panthers play their first game of the preseason against the New York Jets. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Doctors struggle with how to help patients struggling after COVID-19

COVID-19 has taken a toll on the nation’s heart health, but how profound is only starting to emerge. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

How to watch today’s New York Jets vs. Carolina Panthers NFL game

Here’s how to watch the Carolina Panthers play their first game of the preseason against the New York Jets. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

California Attorney General Rob Bonta apologizes for his office’s past role in Japanese American internment during WWII

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a formal apology Thursday, Aug. 10 on behalf of the state Department of Justice, acknowledging his office’s role in historically depriving Japanese Americans’ civil rights and liberties during World War II, calling them “heinous violations.” Aug. 10 marked the 35th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 becoming…

Murrieta Valley school board OKs policy to tell parents if children are transgender

In a marathon meeting, the Murrieta Valley school board approved a policy Thursday night, Aug. 10, to notify parents if their children identify as a gender that doesn’t match their sex assigned at birth. The vote was 3-2, with board members Paul Diffley, Nick Pardue and Julie Vandegrift voting yes. Nancy Young and Linda Lunn…

CPUC, SoCalGas reach $71 million settlement over Aliso Canyon gas leak

Compounding the financial fallout from the largest gas leak in U.S. history, the California Public Utilities Commission announced today it has agreed to a $71 million settlement with Southern California Gas Co. over the 2015 Aliso Canyon leak near Porter Ranch that forced thousands of residents from their homes. The settlement will become effective in…

Maui wildfires death toll at 55 as warning sirens’ silence questioned

The toll is expected to keep climbing. Maui residents are asking why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them about the oncoming flames. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

At least 55 confirmed dead after Hawaii wildfires, death toll expected to rise

Hawaii Governor Josh Green says the wildfire that swept through Maui is “likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history,” with at least 55 people dead and more than 1,000 homes and structures damaged or destroyed. “We know the death toll will rise,” Green said. CBS News’ Jessica Kartalija has the latest. Top Featured…

8/10: Prime Time with John Dickerson

Jeff Glor reports on deadly wildfires in Maui, ProPublica’s report on gifts to Clarence Thomas Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Pinch of Salt: Trash service needs hiring boost to pick up the pace

Was your trash picked up on time last week? Mine neither. For the last several months, the pickup has been a day late about half the time. This was quite the surprise from a refuse department that has been extra reliable for all of my 31+ years in Long Beach and works every holiday except…

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