Mudflows, floods and fires: the storm brought casualties and destruction to Los Angeles
On February 5, a storm of historic proportions dumped record amounts of rain on parts of Los Angeles, California. Landslides carried mud and boulders down hillsides, destroying residents' homes, AP reports. The storm was caused by an atmospheric river - a relatively narrow plume of moisture that forms over...
An atmospheric storm hits California: roads are flooded, a million people are left without electricity
On February 4, an intense and long-lasting atmospheric river began moving into California. And on February 5, a winter storm hit the state, causing widespread flooding and depriving nearly a million people of power supply, Yahoo reports. An atmospheric river is a layer of moisture in the atmosphere that...
A woman was left overnight on a ski lift in California and lost her voice while screaming for help.
A woman got stuck on a ski lift on the night of January 25 at the Lake Tahoe, California ski resort. She screamed for help so loudly all night that she lost her voice, CNN reports. Monica Laso, who planned a ski trip with her friends, did not expect to spend the night...
A California woman was given a suspended sentence for the brutal murder of her boyfriend: she stabbed him 108 times.
A California woman was convicted of murdering her boyfriend. She stabbed him 108 times during a “cannabis-induced psychosis.” According to many, on January 23 she was given too lenient a sentence, reports NewYorkPost. Brynn Speicher, 33, was sentenced to two years probation and...
A Russian was arrested in California: he illegally sent military technology from the United States to Russia
Ilya Kan, 66 years old, a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia, a resident of Brooklyn (New York) and Los Angeles (California), was arrested on January 17 in Los Angeles on suspicion of illegally exporting semiconductors and other controlled technologies to Russia. Kang allegedly used a network of businesses in China...
A child in California died under the wheels of a school bus after he crawled under it to get a ball.
Elias Amir Marshall-Rodriguez, 9, of Orange County, who was in remission from leukemia, was killed by a school bus, ABC reports. A 9-year-old boy got off the bus on January 16 afternoon. He dropped his soccer ball. The ball rolled under the wheels of the bus. Elias...
California provides free health insurance to all illegal immigrants
California became the first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants. Since January 1, about 700 adults aged 000 to 26 have become eligible, ABC reports. Starting January 49st, all...
Damaged homes and beaches: Massive waves have been hitting California's coastal areas for days
Residents of California are preparing for the third day of monster surf, which has already damaged numerous oceanfront homes. During the first surf on Dec. 28, about 20 beachgoers were swept away by a particularly powerful wave that crashed into a beach barrier in Ventura County. Read more…
Police in California are prohibited from asking a typical question during a car stop.
Potentially millions of California drivers have heard an officer ask the same simple question after being pulled over: “Do you know why I pulled you over?” But now everything will change. The Hill told us more. From January 2024, officers will not be able to start doing this...
Weapons, minimum wage, sick leave: what laws will come into force in California in 2024
The New Year will bring new laws. Hundreds of laws have been passed by California Governor Gavin Newsom - they will take effect on January 1, 2024, ABC10 reports. These new laws will impact the wages of minimum wage workers and especially fast food workers. Other…