Weekly News Roundup for Friday, June 28th, 2024
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, a delegation of representatives from the United States, including leaders of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, joined dignitaries and conservation leaders at the China Conservation & Research Center for Giant […]
Weekly News Roundup for Friday, June 21st, 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 Tuesday in support of restricting smartphone use in California schools. The statement references U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy’s call earlier this week for labels on social media apps to […]
Weekly News Roundup for Friday, June 14th, 2024
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 new state park in California in 10 years, opened to the public on June 12. The 1,600-acre park is about 8 miles west of Modesto in the San Joaquin Valley. […]
Ventura County Celebrates Strawberries with Two-Day Festival
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 Strawberry Festival took place last weekend, Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The event celebrated its 38th anniversary along with paying homage to the […]
Echoes from Ancient Leaves
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 raised the question this year and delivered a trite response, although good, during a remembrance ceremony marking the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, […]
The King said… They Shall Not Perish
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 books educate us and documentaries inform us, and a picture is worth a thousand words, as the adage says. A 1930 photograph shows little orphaned children huddled together to create […]
Artsakh is Under Siege
Could everyone please help the people of Artsakh on the New Year? OPINION: By Rachel Melikian An entire Republic does not celebrate Christmas, New Year’s, or Santa Claus or give gifts to children this year, and the future of the nation is uncertain because it is surrounded, running out of food and water, and the […]
Weekly News Roundup for Friday, December 2nd, 2022
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 events starting with the online catfishing of a 15-year-old girl and leading to last Friday’s triple homicide of her mother and grandparents. The alleged killer has been identified as Austin […]
Weekly News Roundup for Friday, November 4th, 2022
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… California to Hold Public Hearing Over Oil Company Profits The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced today that it will hold a public hearing on November 29 with oil executives and experts to examine oil companies charging Californians record high prices for gasoline, even as […]
Here are the 11 New Inductees to the California Hall of Fame
Today, the governor and first partner announced the 15th class of Californians to be inducted to the California Hall of Fame. The 11 names represent “trailblazing Californians who embody the state’s spirit of innovation and have made history.” The inductees of the California Hall of Fame 15th Class are: • Actor and singer-songwriter Lynda Carter […]
Weekly News Roundup for Friday, October 28th, 2022
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Paul Pelosi Assaulted by Intruder in San Francisco Home Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was violently assaulted by an intruder at the couples’ San Francisco home this morning. Mr. Pelosi, 82, was admitted to a hospital and underwent surgery for a […]
Weekly News Roundup for Friday, October 21st, 2022
A roundup of the biggest news stories in California this week… Suspect Charged in Stockton Serial Killings Case Stockton police made an arrest last Saturday around 2 a.m. in the murders of six men and assault on one woman in a series of shootings this year. The suspect is Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton. At […]