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NEW ORLEANS, LA—The Los Angeles Lakers were unable to extend their win streak, losing to the New Orleans Pelicans 105-88 on Tuesday, November 29. Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with a game-high 41 points and 16 rebounds in their seventh win of the season. Davis has emerged as the league’s leading scorer, averaging 31.8 points per game. “I put in so...

CALIFORNIA—On Monday May 25, the state of California released new guidelines for in-person worship services following the Trump Administration’s approval of letting places of worship re-open. Last week, President Donald Trump declared churches and other places of worship as “essential”, and instructed governors across the country to allow them to reopen.  According to the Government of California, some of the new...

SAN FRANCISCO—On February 6, an NBC Bay Area TV news crew in San Francisco’s SOMA District were robbed of their cameras by two individuals who drove off in a dark colored Lexus. The two suspects claimed to have been armed during the robbery and threatened the news crew to hand over the cameras. According to the victims, they drove...

CALIFORNIA—On August 20, in response to the SCU Lightning Complex fire raging across Northern California, park districts and watershed managers shut down Mount Diablo State Park, the Los Vaqueros Watershed, and 66 other East Bay Parks. These parks join Lake Berrysessa, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, and 20 other state parks closed earlier this week due to nearby fire...

HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Documents unsealed in federal court on Tuesday, March 12 detailed a $25 million nationwide college-acceptance fraud scandal, implicating 50 people including two SAT/ACT administrators, one exam proctor, nine coaches at elite schools, one college administrator and 33 parents in what authorities dubbed "Operation Varsity Blues."" Dozens of parents, coaches and facilitators, including "Desperate Housewives" and "Fuller House" actresses Felicity...

OAKLAND—Brokeass Cooks, a backyard pop-up restaurant, was founded by three out-of-work chefs, Bilal Ali, Hoang Le, and Keone Koki, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brokeass Cooks sells family-style jerk chicken in the West Oakland backyard they share. They offer a whole chicken ($50), a half jerk chicken ($25), and organic soy milk ($4). According to their ordering site,  “To order a...

CALIFORNIA—As of Tuesday, August 18, at 9:20 p.m., the LNU Lightning Complex fires have been burning in the Bay Area and Northern California. LNU Lightning Complex is routed from a lightning-caused fire, which started in Napa County and Sonoma County and moved into Solano County, Lake County, and Yolo County on Wednesday. According to CAL FIRE, five separate fires are...

CALIFORNIA—CBS Bay Area KPIX and The Weather channel reported on the afternoon news of August 21 of lightning-sparked wildfires in the North Bay in what is known as the LNU Lightning Complex in the east of Santa Rosa, killing five. NBC Bay Area reported that afternoon of 219,000 acres of land scorched by the wildfires, and 480 buildings having...

SAN FRANCISCO—New Zealand native, Kimberley Chambers, 38, made history as she became the first woman to successfully swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, August 8. Chambers swam the 30-mile stretch in 17 hours and 12 minutes. Prior to her feat, only four men had successfully completed the swim. Chambers had been training every morning in...

CALIFORNIA—The state of California will lose a congressional seat, the United States Census Bureau said in a press release on Monday, April 26. According to The Hill, this is the first time that the state will lose a seat in its history. The last time California gained a seat was in 2000, where it gained one seat. Years where California did...