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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Originally Published: 11 JUL 23 16:05 ET Updated: 11 JUL 23 18:49 ET By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — California has spent a stunning $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness over just four years. But, in the same time frame, from 2018 to 2022, the state’s homeless population actually grew. Half of all
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Originally Published: 11 JUL 23 17:10 ET Updated: 11 JUL 23 18:09 ET By Cheri Mossburg and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, a prison spokesperson told CNN. Van Houten was released to parole supervision, California Department
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Originally Published: 10 JUL 23 19:27 ET Updated: 10 JUL 23 19:37 ET By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Farmers Insurance has limited new homeowners insurance policies in California, joining other major national insurance providers. Farmers, the second-largest provider of homeowners insurance in the state, said it placed the cap on the number
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Originally Published: 09 JUL 23 15:48 ET Updated: 10 JUL 23 18:03 ET By Chris Boyette, Haley Britzky and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine has been released back to his military command after being questioned about a once-missing teen girl who was found last month in a Marine Corps barracks in California,
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A 21-year-old man is the first person in the state of California to be convicted of murder in a fentanyl death. The Placer County District Attorney says that Nathaniel Cabacungan was found guilty of second-degree murder for supplying a Roseville teen with the deadly drug. Cabacungan is set to be sentenced in august. This conviction
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Ozone is a chemical compound consisting of three Oxygen atoms (O3). The Oxygen we breathe is made of two atoms (O2). Ozone is primarily found in the Ozone Layer in the stratosphere, however, it can also form near the surface (in the troposphere) under certain conditions. Credit: NASA In the upper atmosphere, Ozone is incredibly
Continue Reading Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced today it will not challenge a state appellate court panel’s ruling that clears the way for the release of former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on parole. Van Houten, now 73, is serving a potential life prison sentence for taking part in the killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca
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Five transportation projects in Riverside County will receive a total $11.5 million in state funds for further development, it was announced today. The Southern California Association of Governments — SCAG — Regional Council awarded the money, which was made available under a $237 million California Department of Transportation Housing & Development award disbursed to agencies
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Three boys injured in a single-engine plane crash at French Valley Airport that killed their dad remained hospitalized today in stable condition, all of them expected to recover. The youths, publicly identified by family as Caleb, Connor and Elijah Newman, were seriously hurt when the Cessna 172 that their father, 39-year-old Jared Alan Newman of
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Assemblymember Greg Wallis (R- Bermuda Dunes) and Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) secured a $1 million appropriation for DAP Health in the 2023-24 state budget, their offices announced on Thursday. DAP Health serves more than 10,000 residents of the Coachella Valley. That number is sure to grow as DAP Health completes its acquisition of Borrego Health,
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