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Unseasonably high temperatures to blanket Southern California this week 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

After a cool, clear weekend, an offshore flow is set to bring higher than average temperatures to SoCal this week, weather officials said. According to the National Weather Service, the high temperatures will be “the most talked about weather phenomena for the next two days.” “The higher-than-normal heights and offshore flow will combine to bring four to eight degrees of warming [on Monday] and three to six degrees on Tuesday,” NWS said. “On Tuesday, most max temperatures across the coasts and valleys will be ten to fifteen degrees above normal.”  2 dead after ammunition-fueled fire rips through Sylmar home The high pressure system will function as a buffer to a Pacific storm churning off the coast of Western Canada, KTLA 5 meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said. A secondary low pressure system hovering over Baja California will “cloud us up” towards midweek and bring the chance of light rain, Henry added, but the high-pressure system will minimize the chance of precipitation...

Sunrise creates stunning backdrop for downtown Los Angeles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

A colorful sunrise made for a picturesque scene over downtown Los Angeles Monday.KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo urged viewers to go to their TV screens and take in the sunrise because “this one delivers.”A beautiful sunrise is captured over downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2023. (KTLA)“The (sun's) rays are shooting up into the atmosphere, so they’re going through the prisms of the cloud coverage,” Henry explained.  He pointed out “one of the rarest colors that you’re gonna see” was visible on the right-hand side of the screen.A beautiful sunrise is captured over downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2023. (KTLA)“Notice there is almost a greenish-hue … We don’t see that very often. Drink it in,” Henry said. Henry still had a weather forecast to deliver, which included a big warmup later in the week, but the sunrise was the big story of the moment. “I feel like my work here is done,” Henry said.

Faculty at several CSU campuses holding daylong strikes in protest of low wages 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

The faculty union of the California State University system is planning to hold one-day strikes at four campuses statewide this week, with workers citing better pay as the main reason for the walkout. Faculty at Cal Poly-Pomona will walk off the job on Monday, followed by faculty at San Francisco State, Cal State-Los Angeles and Sacramento State on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.  Oxford names ‘rizz’ word of the year Employees are looking for a 12 percent raise to keep up with inflation, and union officials say that even though the strikes fall during a very important time of the school year, students are on their side. “The timing is also significant as the one-day strikes fall about a week before the final exam period when students are cramming in a high state of anxiety over their grades,” union officials said in a release. “The union maintains that it has the support of many students.” In addition to the wage increase, the union also wants the Cal Stat...

BottleRock announces big lineup for inaugural Festival La Onda in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

Maná, Fuerza Regida, Alejandro Fernández and Junior H are set to headline the inaugural Festival La Onda by BottleRock in Napa.Other acts on the recently announced bill include Farruko, Eslabon Armado, Café Tacvba, Los Ángeles Azules, Mon Laferte, Gabito Ballesteros, Danna Paola, Yahritzia y Su Esencia, Maldita Vecindad, La Arrolladora, Edén Muñoz, Gera MX, Ximena Sariñana and Siddhartha.The full bill for this Latin music festival, spanning regional Mexican, Latin pop, Spanish rock, reggaetón, banda, mariachi, rap, norteño, cumbia, bolero and other genres, is listed below. The festival takes place June 1-2 at the Napa Valley Expo.Related ArticlesMusic | BottleRock announces massive new Latin music Festival La Onda in Napa Weekend passes and single day festival tickets, ranging in price from $169 for general admission to $3,299 for top-tier VIP, go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 8, LaOndaFest.com.Here is the lineup:ManáFuerza RegidaAlejandro FernándezJunior HFarrukoEslabon A...

Construction to begin on $16 million project to restore historic Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, a towering 19th century white brick structure that is one of the most venerable historic landmarks on Northern California’s coastline, has been closed to the public for more than 20 years because of safety concerns. Now it is finally about to receive a major renovation.The 115-foot structure, which looms over the scenic coastline between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, is the tallest operating lighthouse on the West Coast.State parks officials have signed a $16 million contract with Sustainable Group — a Moraga contractor run by a former Coast Guard commander — to replace failing bricks and masonry, conduct interior repairs, and to rebuild the black, cast-iron bracings around the top of the lighthouse that are so corroded an engineering report in 2009 described the tower’s upper levels as “in critical condition” and at risk of “catastrophic failure.”A drone view of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse at Pigeon Point Light Station State Hi...

Warriors coach Steve Kerr is staying with his guys, come hell or high water

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

When someone says they’re “standing on business,” it means that their walk is aligned with their talk and they are getting things done. It also means that they’re sticking to their beliefs and principles and will never waver or fold on them.When it comes to his belief that the dynastic core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green is still good enough to lead his Golden State Warriors to a fifth championship in seven years, coach Steve Kerr is standing on business.It doesn’t matter that the team is 9-11 after blowing leads of 24 and 22 points in two losses last week. It doesn’t matter that other teams are younger and more athletic and that the league has caught up with the Warriors’ style of play. The rippling noise about benching veterans, or trading them, to make room for younger players is irrelevant. Kerr is rolling with his core, no matter what.“We won a championship a year and a half ago. The guys who are going to drive us to win a title or not, we know who they are...

California investors shed rental houses. It’s a national trend, too

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

Have hordes of investors – from mom and pops to Wall Street giants – gobbled up single-family residences across the state to make them rentals?Well, my trusty spreadsheet looked at state-by-state Census Bureau stats detailing who lives in single-family residences, detached and attached, and whether the occupants were owners or renters. Figures from 2022 and 2017 were compared.These figures showed the fears of potential homeowners being squeezed out by investors are perhaps overblown. Renter-occupied single-family housing is largely on the decline. Let me explain.Who rents?Yes, California has the most single-family rentals in the nation at 2.1 million units, or 15% of the US total. Remember, the vast majority of this housing is owned by small investors.Next in scope for this renter’s option is Texas with 1.3 million units, then Florida’s 897,078, Pennsylvania’s 602,495 and Ohio’s 584,589.But between 2017 and 2022, the number of California’s single-family rentals dropped by 81,548 uni...

California plastic surgeon ‘Dr. Laguna’ faces dozens of claims, from botched procedures to medical negligence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

An Orange County plastic surgeon who dubbed himself “Dr. Laguna” is under fire from dozens of former patients and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office amid claims of horribly botched procedures, medical negligence and a brief suspension of his medical license following the death of a patient.The chief of the plastic surgery department at a south Orange County hospital calls Dr. Arian Mowlavi “a danger to the community.”At least three dozen former patients have accused Mowlavi of a host of allegations — including the use of unlicensed technicians to help perform surgeries, the degrading treatment of disrobed women and the hard-selling of unnecessary procedures — in civil lawsuits filed in Orange County Superior Court.A lawsuit filed by prosecutors at the OC DA’s office earlier this year echoed many of the allegations, while also accusing Mowlavi of unlawful business practices.“This is life-altering,” one of the former patients told NBC News about the impact of an allegedly bo...

Taylor Swift makes chart history again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

By Lisa Respers France | CNNTaylor Swift knows all to well what it’s like to top the charts and she’s done it again.Swift “is the first living act to have five albums concurrently in the top 10 since the Billboard 200 was combined from its previously separate mono and stereo album charts into one all-encompassing list in August of 1963, ” according to Billboard Swift got there with her most recent album “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” along with “Midnights,” “Folklore,” “Lover” and “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).”Related ArticlesMusic | Taylor Swift’s fierce response to Joe Alwyn marriage rumor sparks questions about her future with Travis Kelce Music | Travis Kelce says he’ll be having a Thanksgiving dinner of KFC without Taylor Swift Music | The holidays push Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to new relationship milestone Music | Everything you need to know about the Taylor Swift themed Cruise Music | ‘Be...

Oakland police investigating found explosive device

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:47 GMT

(KRON) -- A found explosive device was reported to the Oakland Police Department at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, the department confirmed to KRON4. The device was located in the 2800 block of Coolidge Avenue in the Patten neighborhood.The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad assisted Oakland police officers responding to the scene, OPD said. The device was safely removed. SF Bay Area sneaker waves warning starts Monday The investigation into the device is ongoing, according to OPD. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD Criminal Investigations Division at (510)-238-3728.