Mercury NewsĬalifornia officials want to slash payments for rooftop solar power while adding incentives for homes and businesses to install batteries, saying the changes will help the state achieve 100% clean energy in a way that keeps the lights on, prevents electricity rates from spiraling out of control and also encourages people to drive electric cars. The robbery marks the third incident involving news organizations in the city in the last two and a half weeks. None of the crew members was holding the camera at the time and there were no injuries. The crew was on assignment in the Jack London Square area Saturday morning when three armed individuals took a camera from inside the crew’s vehicle. Los Angeles Times CRIME AND COURTSĪn NBC sports crew was robbed at gunpoint in Oakland, police said. And he is expected to face tough questions from Republicans about his relationship with Hunter Biden, the president’s son. The mayor is likely to be asked about his tenure leading the nation’s second largest city, which has been battered by rising rates of violent crime and a homelessness crisis. Garcetti will appear with two other nominees for diplomatic posts. The Senate will hold a hearing today weighing Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India. But those who want to preserve the building are concerned by the fact that a developer recently requested - and was denied - permission to demolish the building. “That’s how working-class people built back then - with whatever they could find,” said Karana Hattersley-Drayton, Fresno’s historic preservation project manager. They deem it a valuable piece of San Joaquin Valley history dating to the 1920s.
But historians note two rooms in the structure: one built from adobe bricks with mud mortar and one made from chunks of hardpan. To untrained eyes, the Garcia Adobe isn’t much to look at. One of Fresno’s most unique and architecturally significant buildings stands forlornly in the middle of a construction site. Nevertheless, the nominees were announced, including a best actress in a motion picture nom for Lady Gaga (yay). 9 in a yet-to-be-determined ceremony, it is unclear at this point whether anyone will actually be on hand to accept them. Though the HFPA is set to hand out its awards Jan. The embattled group of international journalists that hands out the Globes has been struggling to get back in Hollywood’s good graces since a Times investigation revealed the association had no Black members and detailed allegations of financial and ethical lapses within the group. unveiled its nominations for the year’s achievements in film and television, even though its customary star-studded telecast presenting the awards has been scrapped for 2022. With the Golden Globes still under a cloud after months of controversy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. The move comes as coronavirus case rates have risen by 50% in the last 2½ weeks. Los Angeles County and most of the San Francisco Bay Area have their own indoor mask mandates that were implemented in the summer and have no end dates.
The statewide indoor mask mandate order will last a month and will expire on Jan. The order will affect roughly half the state’s population, including San Diego and Orange counties, the Inland Empire, the Central Valley and rural Northern California.
Note: Some of the sites we link to may limit the number of stories you can access without subscribing.įaced with rising coronavirus cases, California is ordering a statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces to go into effect on Wednesday. Showers will continue Thursday but should clear out by Friday.Īnd now, here’s what’s happening across California: Temperatures in Fresno may fall into the mid-30s overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.Ī third system will move through late Wednesday afternoon after a brief break in the morning, ABC 30 reported. Yosemite Valley was expected to see 1 to 3 inches of snow between Monday and Tuesday, meteorologist Jim Bagnall told the Bee. “Winds can blow around unsecured objects, cause tree limbs to blow down, and cause possible power outages,” NWS Hanford warned. Sustained winds are expected to blow from 15 to 25 mph in areas of Fresno, Merced, Kings, Kern, Madera and Tulare counties, according to the Bee. High winds have also caused the agency to issue wind advisories for the stretch of the San Joaquin Valley from Merced to Bakersfield and for the westside mountains along Interstate 5, according to the Fresno Bee. Widespread rain is expected to continue Tuesday in the area, according to the NWS.