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Mom Influencer Shares Scary Story. Now She's the One Being Investigated

Authorities say the evidence is on the side of the couple she wrongly accused

(Newser) - Controversy is swirling around a "mom influencer" on social media after she accused a couple of plotting to abduct her children at a California shopping center. Police are now investigating whether the Sonoma County woman made a false kidnap report, NBC News reports. She has not been identified by...

New Senator Is a California First
New Senator
Is a California First
Dec 22, 2020 1:31 PM CST

New Senator Is a California First

Governor picks Alex Padilla to complete the term of Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants who has ascended through all levels of California politics, will assume the US Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports, giving the state its first Latino senator in its...

After 'Most Extreme Anti-Mask Incident' in Anaheim, 3 Arrests

2 men face life in prison after allegedly shooting up strip club after being asked to wear face coverings

(Newser) - Authorities tell the Washington Post a late October shooting at a strip club in Anaheim, Calif., was "the most extreme anti-mask incident" in the city to date. Now, three suspects have been arrested, and two of them face life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say that on Halloween night,...

Overwhelmed Calif. Hospitals Discuss Rationing Care

'The worst is yet to come'

(Newser) - California's overwhelmed hospitals are setting up makeshift extra beds for coronavirus patients, and a handful of facilities in hard-hit Los Angeles County are drawing up emergency plans in case they have to limit how many people receive life-saving care. The number of people hospitalized across California with confirmed COVID-19...

&#39;Santa&#39; Gets Stuck in Power Lines
'Santa' Gets Stuck
in Power Lines
Dec 21, 2020 4:39 PM CST

'Santa' Gets Stuck in Power Lines

Firefighters say he was rescued 'full of good cheer'

(Newser) - Santa found himself a little more tied up than usual this time of year. A northern California man impersonating Santa Claus and flying on a powered parachute was rescued Sunday after he became entangled in power lines, authorities said. The incident happened shortly after the man took off near a...

Apple Shutters All Its Stores In California

The Golden State is in the midst of a deadly COVID surge

(Newser) - With COVID cases spiking along with death tolls in California, Apple has shuttered all 53 of its stores in the state. Per the Verge , the tech giant announced the precaution late Saturday as ICU capacity fell to 0% in some parts of the state and with the emergency alert system...

Doctors Protest Vaccine Plan: 'First in the Room! Back of the Line!'

Stanford medical residents miffed after finding out front-line workers weren't prioritized for COVID shots

(Newser) - Stanford Health Care has issued an apology after word on how it would distribute its coronavirus vaccine backfired. According to Stanford's vaccine dissemination plan published earlier this week, priority for the shots was to be given to "those who provide direct care and service to patients, those who...

ICU Capacity in Southern California Has Hit 0%

Hospitals are now entering surge mode

(Newser) - In the most populous part of America's most populous state, the availability of intensive care unit beds now stands at 0%—and the situation is on course to get much worse. Hospitals in Southern California are now set to go into surge mode, which will up their capacity by...

Woman Allegedly Used Senator's Name in Aid Scam

California claim was submitted in name of Sen. Dianne Feinstein

(Newser) - A former unemployment agency employee in California is accused of using her inside knowledge to scam the system using multiple names—including that of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Federal prosecutors say former Employment Development Department employee Andrea Gervais filed scores of claims using stolen information and received around $216,000 from...

SF Supervisors Want to Rename Zuckerberg Hospital

They accuse Facebook of 'endangering public health' with COVID misinformation

(Newser) - A $75 million donation to a hospital wasn't enough to earn Mark Zuckerberg a like from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The board voted 10-1 this week to condemn the naming of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital after the Facebook founder, Business Insider reports. The hospital's full...

Inside California's Nightmarish COVID Surge

State's hospital system could be overwhelmed with coronavirus cases

(Newser) - Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus patients, the AP reports. Meanwhile California is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles...

Kirk Cameron Holds Christmas Carol Protests

Hundreds of maskless attendees throng together, singing

(Newser) - Outspoken conservative evangelical Kirk Cameron is staging Christmas caroling protests in Southern California. As TMZ reports, the first one, held Dec. 6, had more than 500 attendees. The second, held Sunday in a mall parking lot in Thousand Oaks, aimed to have more than that and may have accomplished that...

Next-Door Neighbors in Bizarre Feud, Billionaire-Style
Billionaire Offers to End 'Petty'
$1M Fight. Foe Says Nope
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Dec 12, 2020 12:10 PM CST

Billionaire Offers to End 'Petty' $1M Fight. Foe Says Nope

It's all over an expensive lawn sculpture Pimco co-founder erected in his yard in Laguna Beach

(Newser) - "I do not willingly back down from a fight," says billionaire Bill Gross, who's engaged in a legal battle with his Laguna Beach neighbor over a $1 million lawn sculpture. But even the Pimco co-founder says he's had enough of this "petty" disagreement amid a...

'Unchecked Groping' Alleged at Calif. Homeless Shelters

ACLU sues cities, operators of 3 Orange County shelters

(Newser) - In March 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report that suggested it was better to spend time in jail than in dirty, overcrowded Orange County homeless shelters. Residents at Anaheim's Bridges at Kraemer Place and Santa Ana's Courtyard Transitional Center and SAFEPlace shelters described feces covering...

Calif. Didn't Worry Elon Would Leave, Probably Should Have

Tesla founder says he has moved to Texas

(Newser) - The second-richest person in the world has left California for a state that will let him keep a little more of that wealth. Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed that he has moved to Texas, a state that levies no income tax and doesn't tax capital gains for individuals. Compare...

158 Arrested at Los Angeles 'Superspreader' Party

Sheriff says his department will be cracking down on such events

(Newser) - They certainly weren't abiding by California's stay-home order: The Los Angeles sheriff's department arrested 158 people over the weekend who were attending an underground house party Saturday night into the wee hours of Sunday. Of those 158, 35 were underage, and few were wearing masks, the Guardian...

'Sneaker' Wave Sweeps 4-Year-Old Off Beach

Luckily, an anonymous rescuer dove into the waters near Calif.'s Clam Beach to save little Aeris

(Newser) - In the shock of having witnessed the near-death of her daughter, Sincee George forgot to ask the name of the man who saved her. Now she's reaching out with thanks courtesy of the Lost Coast Outpost , which reports the Nov. 25 rescue came at the scariest moment of George'...

Surfers&#39; Warning: Don&#39;t Use a Lock Box
Surfers' Warning: 
Don't Use a Lock Box
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Dec 6, 2020 10:35 AM CST

Surfers' Warning: Don't Use a Lock Box

Thieves can bust into them, as California surfers have learned

(Newser) - California surfers say they're "under attack" by car thieves—and warn that anyone else using a lock box is vulnerable. Surfers often use lock boxes to hide their car keys while surfing at beaches in San Francisco. The problem, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports, is that lock...

Man Attacks Bear With Dog in Its Mouth

Buddy the pit bull is recovering

(Newser) - What do you do when you see a black bear trying to make a meal of your beloved dog? Kaleb Bentham of Grass Valley, Calif., had a chance to find out how he would react to such a scenario when a 350-pound bear clamped its jaws on the head of...

3-Year-Old Skins Knee, Ends Up Losing Both Legs

'He wasn't supposed to make it'

(Newser) - Kids skin their knees all the time, only to be fixed by a Band-Aid and a hug. Unfortunately, that did not suffice in a devastating case out of California. After skinning his knee in October, 3-year-old Beauden Baumkirchner underwent at least 18 surgeries over two months spent in an intensive...

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