Just about every thunderstorm has a similar origin story. It all comes down to air density – hot air rises and cold air sinks. For various reasons, a parcel of air near the surface may become warmer than its surroundings. This causes the warm air to rise, creating what meteorologists call an updraft. The parcel
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The First Alert Weather Team has tracked a significant improvement in the air quality outside today as compared to yesterday! We measure impacts to air quality using a tool called the Air Quality Index or AQI. A higher AQI value represents a higher level of that pollutant in the air. Some of the pollutants that
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Former President Donald Trump will make a rare visit to Democrat-dominated California next month, speaking at the state Republican Party convention in Anaheim. Trump will speak at a luncheon event on Sept. 29, the opening day of the convention at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, according to the California Republican Party. “We are thrilled to welcome
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MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve this weekend as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds. The York Fire was mapped at roughly 120 square miles (284 square kilometers) on Monday with no containment. The blaze erupted Friday near the
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An ex-con whom authorities allege is associated with a racially motivated violent extremist group was charged today with federal drug and ammunition charges stemming from a search warrant that was served at his Reseda home. Ryan Scott Bradford, 34, is accused of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of ammunition,
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Federal and local law enforcement agencies carried out a series of raids today targeting a San Gabriel Valley gang as part of an investigation that began when a member of the gang killed a pair of El Monte police officers in 2022. Officers Joseph Santana and Michael Paredes responded to a report of a
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Wind chill, heat index, feel-like temperature, and apparent temperature… four names that essentially describe the same thing – how the temperature feels on your skin. The temperature you feel on your skin is often different from the actual air temperature. This difference can be attributed to how your body tries to cool off in various
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy.
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly crash of a Marine V-22 Osprey in California last year was caused by mechanical failure, according to an investigation that ruled out pilot and maintenance errors. The more than 400-page report released on Friday concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations when
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A 37-year-old man who shot at an off-duty police officer during an act of road rage on the Ortega (74) Highway near Lake Elsinore pleaded guilty today to felony charges. Keith Frederick Prante of Mission Viejo admitted shooting at an occupied vehicle and unlawfully carrying a firearm under a plea agreement with the Riverside County
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On July 14th, deputies from the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team arrested a 31-year-old resident from Coachella in connection to a series of mail thefts in the La Quinta community. Prior to the arrest, deputies served a theft search warrant at the 53000 block of Avenida Villa. While conducting the search warrant, they found several
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There are various ways to measure the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The amount of moisture a given parcel of air can hold is dependent on the ambient temperature. Higher temperatures mean that the atmosphere can hold more water vapor. One of the most common, and most practical, ways to measure atmospheric moisture
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A fatal crash involving a Tesla in California has drawn the attention of federal investigators, who sent a team to the site of the collision in South Lake Tahoe. A Tesla Model 3 and Subaru Impreza collided head on during the evening of July 5, according to state police, and the driver of the Subaru
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A 1-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by her 3-year-old sibling in Fallbrook today. According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to the 1100 block of South Stagecoach Lane near Hidden Walk Lane at around 7:30 a.m. about a report regarding an accidental shooting. A preliminary investigation led deputies to
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The city of Coachella was awarded a $2 million grant through the state-funded Regional Early Action Planning from the Southern California Association of Governments. The grant money would be used to fund a study that focuses on the multimodal transit-supportive rail station district in the City, including a land use-focused development strategy, investments into the
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We all know the feeling of getting into a hot car and glancing over at the temperature on the dash and thinking “that can’t be right”. Often times, the temperature recorded and displayed by cars can be several degrees hotter or cooler than reality. This is a result of how vehicles measure temperature. Credit: Haley
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During heatwaves, you’ll often hear meteorologists mention that a ridge of high pressure is responsible for the high temperatures. You also may have heard of a heat dome. What do all these terms mean and how does higher pressure lead to higher temperatures? Credit: NOAA Just about all of the earth’s weather takes place in
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BY ADAM BEAMPublished 11:18 AM PDT, July 13, 2023 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Republicans had a rare chance to celebrate Thursday after Democrats in the state Legislature capitulated on one of the GOP’s top priorities: A bill to increase penalties for child traffickers. If’s not often that Republicans get to set the agenda in Sacramento,
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BY SOPHIE AUSTIN Published 2:24 PM PDT, July 13, 2023 SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — California voters will decide in 2024 whether to enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the state constitution, a chance for them to permanently remove an inactive ban on same-sex marriage that they approved in 2008. The California Senate overwhelmingly passed the proposed
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Gov. Gavin Newsom today vowed that the state will deliver new social studies textbooks to students in the Temecula Valley Unified School District, and make the school board foot the bill, after a majority of its members rejected the books over questionable content. Newsom and other state officials renewed their calls for the TVUSD
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