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Earth Day Section - CONSERVE TO PRESERVE
Our global community has been shocked by the largest global crisis in a generation. COVID-19 has shown us the necessity of thinking ahead, but the next crises are already on their way. Climate...
Small Business Get Ready for Corporate Transparency Act
Starting January 1, 2024, under the Corporate Transparency Act, all small businesses operating as business entities will be subject to new federal self-reporting requirements. The ostensible purpose...
ASSESSING AUDIENCE TRUST AT CAPCON 2023
How does an ideologically fractured nation that distrusts everything, especially the news media, learn to give reporters and their news organizations another chance? A procession of speakers on Wednesday at the CNPA Capital Conference agreed on a...
Palmdale native will support Super Bowl flyover
During the 2023 Super Bowl National Anthem performance three Navy tactical squadrons will conduct a unified flyover. Lt. Lyndsay Evans, a native of Palmdale, California, is one of those supporting...
Busiest Airports in USA
Get ready for a hectic holiday travel season – especially for California residents flying out of LAX. InsureMyTrip researchers compiled a list of the busiest airports in the U.S. based on passenger nu...
Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Blocked
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked President Biden's student loan forgiveness program, halting the administration's ability to dole out up to $20,000 in relief to student borrowers. The...
Social Security Announces 8.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2023
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more...
'The Youth Governor' Film Tells Inspiring Stories Of Youth In Politics
Youth and Government program runs in 47 states across the US and simulates real government, giving teens the chance to make connections and serve as delegates ready to make a change. It's obvious in the documentary that the candidates are passionate...
Easter Egg Roll at the White House
By KidScoop Media Correspondent, Ada Desai, 8 years old My Mom picked me up from school and she said she had some news for me and before she ever told me I was excited. Then she said, "We are going...
Ritz the Cat Returns After 16 Years
(USA TODAY) Sixteen years ago, Jason McKenry's 2-year-old gray tabby escaped from his Delaware apartment. And McKenry thought he would never see Ritz again. Then this week, he got a text. Ritz had...
Baby Formula Shortage
Associated Press 5.27.22 The baby formula shortage took a dramatic turn for the worse last week, according to data on 130,000 stores across the US. Out-of-stock rates spiked to 70% nationally for the...
Florida Panther Mom and Kitten Reunited
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Reunited, and it feels so good. A 4-month-old Florida panther kitten was reunited with its mother in southwest Florida after a search that took nearly three months, local TV...
LA Gas Prices Skyrocket Past $5 A Gallon
Jittery oil markets caused a one-day gas price spike across the country today that pushed the average Los Angeles gas price up eight cents to over $5 a gallon, and many other local areas are close to...
Orange Cat Found in Beige Chair
Montequilla's humans had brought the chair to the thrift store to benefit others in need. What they didn't realize is that their beloved cat had taken refuge inside the chair, most likely to avoid...
Time Change Looms
Daylight savings time ends in California this Sunday at 2am.When you go to bed Saturday night remember to turn your clocks back one hour. Daylight savings time returns on March 13 next...
Bears Steal Pumpkins
A New Jersey woman captured video of her Halloween decorations being raided by an unusual thief -- a pumpkin-loving bear. Kelly Stephens said she initially screamed when she saw the bear approaching...
Celebrate National Immigrants Day with Save Ellis Island
October 28th is National Immigrants Day. We celebrate America's legacy as the only nation founded and built entirely by immigrants. It is a day to honor freedom and opportunity, reflect on our long...
NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
This is a colored image of Perseverance's first cored-rock sample inside this titanium sample collection tube. Perseverance's First Cored Mars Rock in Sample Tube: Perseverance's first cored-rock...
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES AWARDS $3.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT PANDEMIC RECOVERY INITIATIVES AT LOCAL JEWISH NONPROFITS AND SYNAGOGUES
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2021)—The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) today announced that it has awarded $3.7 million in grants to 45 local organizations, including 22 Jewish nonprofits and 23 synagogues, as they recover f...
9/11 20th Anniversary In New York City
At gatherings around the five boroughs on Saturday, New Yorkers will mark a solemn occasion: the 20th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 that took nearly 3,000 lives. a large body of water...
Bears Take Over South Lake Tahoe
By David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer Who’s smarter than the average bear? South Lake Tahoe, a city of 22,000 people, has been evacuated due to the Caldor Fire. Caldor has burned 208,000 acres to th...
Black Bear Becomes Porch Pirate
Home-security footage was the bearer of bad news for a Connecticut woman expecting an Amazon package. Kristin Levine of Bristol shared video Monday on Facebook of a black bear lumbering down her...
State Hate Crime Bill Moves Forward
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer Legislation to address the growing epidemic of hate crimes has just passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, AB 1126, authored by Assembly member Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), would establish the first...
Local Briefs
11 Outage Santa Monica’s 911 system failed due to a software glitch. For 24 hours, some residents were not able to call Police, fire department or ambulances through 911. They were instead directed to call the non emergency number for the SMPD. R...
Owner of Match.com, Tinder, OkCupid Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit
The parent company of many online dating sites — including Tinder, Match.com, PlentyofFish and OkCupid — will pay $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging customers were charged for automatic renewal without their consent, the Los Angeles Cou...
