If you thought that the Fourth of July was extra hot this year, you might be onto something. Both Monday (7/3/23) and Tuesday (7/4/23) broke the unofficial record for the hottest days ever recorded on Earth. The Coachella Valley was one of many regions which saw temperatures over 100°F. While 111°F in Palm Springs isn’t exceptionally hot,
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A student pilot who was killed when the single-engine airplane he was flying crashed while departing French Valley Airport with three passengers on board was identified today. Jared Alan Newman of Temecula was fatally injured just before 2 p.m. Tuesday when the Cessna 172 went down in the 37300 block of Industry Way, less than
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By STEFANIE DAZIOAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says a bystander’s cellphone footage showing a deputy violently tackling a woman while she filmed her husband being handcuffed and then pepper-spraying her in the face is “ disturbing,” and community groups on Wednesday called for the department’s new sheriff to
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In the rush to cut California’s pollution and rid the state of fossil fuels, the most intriguing confrontation hasn’t involved business leaders or the oil industry. Instead, it’s simmering tensions between the state’s robust environmental advocacy wing and California’s progressive governor who considers himself one of
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Originally Published: 04 JUL 23 13:10 ET By DEVIN FEHELY Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — For nearly two decades, a South Bay construction crane company has carried on a flag-raising tradition during the most patriotic holidays, hoisting a massive American flag hundreds of feet above their business. “On
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To put it simply, June of 2023 was mild! This June only saw five days above the average temperature for that given day, one day at the average, and 24 days below average. That brings the overall average low for the month to 68.9° while the average high was 97.8°. To compare, the average low
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Originally Published: 30 JUN 23 22:44 ET Updated: 30 JUN 23 23:02 ET By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A union representing about 160,000 actors has put plans to go on strike against major studios and streaming services on hold. The contract between the actors and an alliance of studios had been due
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Originally Published: 30 JUN 23 18:20 ET By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A union representing 15,000 workers at 65 major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties are set to go on strike early Saturday in a push for significantly improved wages. The current labor contract expires at 12:01 am PDT Saturday.
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Originally Published: 29 JUN 23 17:28 ET By Nicole Chavez, Stephanie Elam and Anna-Maja-Rappard, CNN (CNN) — A task force examining reparations for Black residents in California released its final report Thursday with more than 115 recommendations for how the state should compensate those harmed by slavery and “historical atrocities.” Recommendations in the landmark report,
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Here in the Coachella Valley, we are no stranger to high heat. The highest average temperature for our airports is 109°F for Palm Springs and 107°F for Thermal and occurs in July. It’s not uncommon for us to see temperatures in the 110s and even the 120s during the summer months. This pegs the questions
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Originally Published: 28 JUN 23 17:16 ET By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man who has been on the run for almost four decades for a 1984 murder has been caught in California and extradited back to Florida, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Donald Santini was wanted for
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Human remains discovered over the weekend near Mount Baldy were confirmed today to be those of actor Julian Sands, who disappeared while hiking in the area in January. According to the San Bernardino County coroner, a cause of death for the 65-year-old North Hollywood resident is still pending the results of further tests. The remains
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By JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a section of federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration, ruling against a California man who offered adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to U.S. citizenship. The court by a 7-2 vote rejected arguments that the law is too broad and
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries — including Social Security numbers — was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of a popular file-transfer application. They said they were offering impacted members two years of free credit monitoring.
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Today is #ShowYourStripes Day! You may have seen a graphic like the one(s) below before. It looks almost like a red and blue barcode. Just as barcodes can contain certain information, so do these diagrams provided by Climate Central. Instead of information about a specific product, however, these graphics show us trends in temperatures for
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The reason the Earth has seasons is because of its tilt. Rather than being directly up and down, the Earth is tilted 23.5° away from 90°. As the planet orbits around the sun, different parts of Earth are exposed to more/less of the sun’s rays. During the summer solstice, the Earth’s axis is tilted towards
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A monsoon is a seasonal change in the wind pattern for a specific area. Monsoons bring heavy rains to many areas across the globe. They form when temperatures on land warm up much faster than over the ocean. This differential heating can have a large impact on normal atmospheric circulations, allowing for a monsoon to
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Thousands of protesters amassed outside Dodger Stadium today as the team hosted its much-debated LGBTQ+ Pride Night, an event that included an award presented to a group of self-described “queer and trans nuns.” The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who are not actually nuns but dress in religious-looking garb, received a Community Hero Award during the
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Members of the Los Angeles City Council were pursuing an investigation today into whether human trafficking and kidnapping were committed when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused migrants from his state to L.A. Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez introduced the motion alongside her colleagues Nithya Raman, Monica Rodriguez and Hugo Soto-Martinez to direct the City Attorney’s office to
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An investigation was continuing today into the deaths of an Orange County couple whose bodies were found inside their hotel room at a resort in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The Baja California Sur Attorney General’s Office confirmed to ABC News that the bodies of John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 28, were found around 9
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