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A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… This July Was Death Valley’s Hottest Month in History Death Valley National Park experienced…
July, 2024 was the hottest month ever in Death Valley (Photo courtesy of NPS)
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Park Fire Grows into the Largest Wildfire in California This Year The Park Fire,…
Cal Fire photo of the Park Fire in Butte County, taken on July 25, 2024 (Photo by Cal Fire)
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Thompson Fire On July 3, Governor Gavin Newsom…
Photo of the Thompson Fire in Butte County, CA taken on July 2, 2024 (Photo by CALFIRE)
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Giant Panda Pair Heading from China to San Diego Zoo On Wednesday, June 26,…
Safety around water is important as people seek cool activities during hot weather, as demonstrated by these kayakers wearing life jackets at Kings Beach State Recreation Area (Photo courtesy of California State Parks, 2024.)
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Governor Newsom Plans to Restrict Smartphones in Schools Governor Newsom issued a statement on…
Shasta Dam in Northern California (Photo by Johannes Krupinski on Unsplash)
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… California’s Newest State Park Opens to the Public Dos Rios State Park, the first…
Dos Rios State Park opened in the San Joaquin Valley on June 12, 2024, as California's newest state park (Photo courtesy of California State Parks, 2024.)
Festival-goers feasted on an estimated 1.5 million strawberries during the 2024 California Strawberry Festival last weekend. It was the event’s 38th anniversary. The 2024 California…
(Photos by California News Press)
OPINION By Rachel Melikian Remembering the Past Why should we remember the past, the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 1915? Several elected officials, lawyers, and hostesses…
Melikian, K. S., photographer. (1922) Mount Ararat, Armenia,/ copied by K.S. Melikian Photographer, Melikian Portrait Studio, 421 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608. Turkey Mount Ararat, 1922. [, Printed Later] [Photograph] (Retrieved from the Library of Congress)
OPINION by Rachel Melikian President Calvin Coolidge and the World’s Biggest Hand-Woven Carpet We leave history behind as time passes. Motion pictures move us while…
The Ghazir Orphan Rug woven by Armenian orphans as a gift for President Coolidge in 1925 (public domain)
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Riverside Family Killed by Catfishing Cop Riverside Police Department outlined a series of disturbing…
The Lake Tahoe region experienced heavy snowfall this week, with more on the way