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Tuesday, July 5th, 2022

It was a pretty hot weekend and in the next couple of day, we will warm up again. Back into the 90s by Thursday.

If you have had a hard time over the last couple of years getting a contractor to discuss doing a job for you, it may be loosening. The backlogs are being taken care of and the supply chain is beginning to flow a bit more. The one thing you can count on is the fact that it will probably cost more than two years ago.

Evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted in a Northern California county after a wildfire threatened about 500 homes and other buildings. The Nevada County sheriff's office said the warnings related to the Rices Fire were lifted early yesterday. Residents were urged to be careful when returning to the area because of potential damage.

Three men are missing and presumed dead in California after a child was caught in a river current and they swam out in an attempt to rescue him, authorities said. It was reported Sunday that the boy was swept away at a popular boating and swimming destination called Three Mile Slough. The delta area of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers is about 40 miles south of Sacramento.

A recent analysis by MoneyGeek aimed to determine which “desirable” parts of the U.S. are still affordable to would-be homebuyers. According to their criteria, no counties in California make the cut. To qualify as “affordable,” the estimated monthly home ownership cost in a county – including mortgage, property taxes, insurance, etc. – had to be under 50% of the area’s monthly median income. That means the average county resident buying the average-priced house would be spending anywhere from 34% to 49% of their income on housing costs.

U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons annually from one supplier. The Forest Service said tests started last summer are continuing this summer with a magnesium-chloride-based retardant. They contend the new retardants are an effective and better for the environment

What would a 4th of July weekend be without announcing the results of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. For the 15th time, Joey Chestnut was the men's winner downing 63 hot dogs. The women's winner won again this year, Miki Sudo logged her eight victory. She skipped last year because she was pregnant. She chomped down 40 franks and buns.

Friday, July 1st, 2022

Temperatures are going to drop this 4th of July weekend. You can expect daytime highs in the mid 80's with a clear sky.

The California Department of Justice on Wednesday acknowledged the agency wrongly made public the personal information of perhaps hundreds of thousands of gun owners in up to six state-operated databases, a broader exposure than the agency initially disclosed a day earlier.

Fireworks galore will be launched from Engineer Point Saturday for the annual 4th of July show. Due to the quickly rising cost of this event, it is a probability that this may be the last one for the Kern River Valley.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a nearly $308 billion spending plan that includes money to cover abortions for women who can't afford them and the health care costs for low-income adults living in the country illegally while sending cash payments to most taxpayers to help offset record-high gas prices. When it will come has not been firmly stated.

An alarming report from the California Attorney General shows skyrocketing numbers of reported hate crimes targeting Black and Asian. Attorney General Rob Bonta says hate crimes reported shot up nearly 33% last year, the highest since after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Calling the numbers in the 2021 Hate Crimes in California report an “epidemic of hate.”

As we prepare to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend, the California Highway Patrol is preparing to keep our roadways safe. Beginning at 6:01 p.m. this evening until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, CHP will deploy extra patrol officers as part of a maximum enforcement period.

Valley Fever, it’s a disease that you may not know about but it is endemic in Kern County and is most common when we have windy and dusty days. It is most common this time of year. You become infected by a fungus that grows in the dirt in this part of the country. On windy, dust flying days, try to stay indoors or wear face coverings.

First, it was PGA players going for the big bucks of Saudi Arabia. Now, The Big Ten could become a coast-to-coast league in the latest potential shakeup to college athletics. USC and UCLA are both in negotiations to join the Big Ten, which would give the league 16 members, according to a report from Sports Illustrated.

Thursday, June 30th, 2022

Helping the unincorporated areas of Kern County was at the forefront of yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting as the board took up a measure that would help bring more funding to help provide more resources to the community. But, it comes at a price. Yesterday the board of supervisors approved the measure helping the unincorporated areas of Kern by allowing residents to vote on a one percent sales tax that will now be added to the ballot.

A Sierra Nevada wildfire destroyed four structures and was a threat to more than 500 homes and other buildings, California authorities said yesterday. The Rices Fire grew to 900 acres (364 hectares) along the Yuba River in Nevada County.

On the central coast, the 325-acre Camino Fire in San Luis Obispo County was 30% contained and no structures were threatened, Cal Fire said. Investigators determined it was ignited by a vehicle’s catalytic converter.

Gas prices in California are starting to go down but still remain the highest in the nation and state lawmakers plan to find out why. State Senator Ben Allen is teaming up with a group called Consumer Watchdog to investigate the oil industry’s business practices and its record profits by pushing legislation that would require refining companies to disclose profit margins monthly.

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed more people to carry concealed weapons, California lawmakers on yesterday moved to limit where firearms may be carried and who can have them, while struggling to stay within the high court’s ruling.

The fireworks are certainly in full blast mode in Washington D.C. with the committee hearings, and they will launch here in the Kern River Valley this Saturday over Isabella Lake. The Kern River Valley Chamber has promised the biggest and best show ever, but this may be the last one due to the rapidly rising costs each year. Future fireworks shows are very questionable.

A cache of illegal fireworks seized in a Los Angeles suburb this week was four times larger than initially reported, authorities said. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday that 14,000 pounds of fireworks were seized from a home in Azusa and a storage unit. Spread the word. "NO FIREWORKS ANYWHERE NEAR THE KERN RIVER VALLEY"

Great white shark researchers on Cape Cod are reminding visitors that warmer weather signals not just the start of the busy tourist season but also the arrival of the region's famous predators.

Wednesday, June 29th, 2022

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake was reported yesterday morning near Cobb, north of the Bay Area and south of Clearlake. The temblor happened shortly before 4 a.m.

The fireworks show is happening, possibly for the last time, this Saturday over the lake. The Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce has promised the biggest show ever, but cost are rising at an incredible rate putting into question the feasibility of continuing. Casey Schaubschlager was in the Marine Corps from 2002 to 2006, going on 13 years now with the Wounded Heroes Fund. June is PTSD Awareness Month but Casey said that awareness is necessary the entire year.

Temperatures topped 100 degrees in some California areas and one man died in a Sonoma County brushfire as the state sweltered Monday under a ridge of high pressure. The National Weather Service said it hit 108 degrees on Monday at the Paso Robles airport and there were many other triple-digit highs elsewhere.

It seems officials are cracking down on something suspected to have gone on for some time. A California prison guard was charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to smuggle contraband, including a jeweled dental “grill" for an inmate, federal prosecutors said yesterday.

Authorities are investigating a bomb threat at Bakersfield College Monday. Bakersfield College issued the following update: "After a full campus search, conducted by the Bakersfield Police Department working alongside Bakersfield College’s College Safety, the threat has been found unsubstantiated. An evacuation took place just in case.

Containment is at 100 percent on the Thunder Fire that broke out last Wednesday southeast of Interstate 5 and Edmonston Pumping Plant Road. according to Kern County Fire Department. A total of 2,500 acres was burned in the brush fire caused by lightning.

Another example of why some people should not have guns. Police say a man who complained there was too much mayonnaise on his sandwich opened fire at a Subway sandwich shop in Atlanta, killing one employee and injuring another.

Gun violence is something that should be researched, but in 1996, an NRA backed law called the Dickey Amendment was passed disallowing government funds to be used to advocate or promote gun control. That took an annual budget of 2.6 million dollars down to 100 thousand dollars.

Two recently signed California laws that affect school schedules and gun regulation will take effect July 1. The new laws are part of the 770 bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in October of last year. Beginning Friday, middle schools – including those operated as charter schools – cannot start before 8 a.m. Similarly, most high school campuses can start no earlier than 8:30 am. Evidently, they feel that young people aren't getting enough sleep. (go to bed earlier?)

The Kern County Coroner's Office identified the man killed in a head-on crash on Highway 178 last week. 64 year old Mario Lewis Carrete, of Bakersfield was identified as that rider killed last Thursday.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

We have a heat advisory in effect in the KRV. Close to 10 degrees today with minor cooling by the end of the week.

The annual fireworks show will be this Saturday over the lake. This will probably be the last one as the cost has risen dramatically, making it difficult to fund.

Most California taxpayers would get hundreds of dollars in cash to help offset the high price of fuel and other goods under a tentative budget compromise being discussed by legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom. The plan would return a portion of California's record-setting $97 billion budget surplus to taxpayers — but the money would only go to people who made below a certain income level. That level is single people who make less than $75,000 per year and couples who make less than $150,000 per year. That is $350.00 per taxpayer.

Gas prices continue to slowly go down but are still much higher than a year ago. Triple-A reports the national average for a gallon of unleaded gas is $4.90.

Between 2004 and 2015, gun violence research received only 0.7% of the same funding as sepsis research. Why? In 1996, Congress passed what is known as the Dickey Amendment as part of a larger omnibus bill. The amendment prohibited using federal funds to “advocate or promote gun control.” The passage of the NRA-backed Dickey Amendment took $2.6 million in annual Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for firearm research and turned it into $100,000 per year.

Tulare County authorities say deputies arrested two men and seized thousands of suspected fentanyl pills worth hundreds of thousands of dollars last week. In a release, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said deputies in its drug trafficking unit were called to Highway 99 and Tulare Avenue after CHP officers pulled over a vehicle about 3 days ago. According to Tulare County officials, investigators found 150 bags each filled with 1,000 suspected fentanyl pills. The 150,000 pills have an estimated street value of $750,000, officials said.

The body of a 9-year-old boy was recovered Sunday afternoon in Lake Elsinore hours after the young swimmer's disappearance prompted an extensive search. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department says the boy was swimming with his family at the lake. Family members say at one point the boy started to struggle to stay afloat, and then they lost sight of him.

If you, or someone you know has had cancellation issues with airlines, they are playing the "blame game." Airlines under scrutiny for widespread flight disruptions are renewing their criticism of the government agency that manages the nation’s airspace, saying that understaffing at the Federal Aviation Administration is “crippling” traffic along the East Coast.

This coming weekend will be another Star Party at the Kern River Valley Airport. The Star Parties are put on by the Kern River Valley Astronomy Club. It's free for ALL ages, and gets underway this Saturday at dusk.

The Kern County Public Health Services Department reported 3 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,433 cases Friday. We have had 2,460 deaths in Kern County.

Monday, June 27th, 2022

We have a heat advisory in effect in the KRV. Close to 100 degrees today and tomorrow with minor cooling by the end of the week.

The man who was caught on video attacking an Asian American family at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Southern California has been charged with a hate crime, officials announced this week. Nicholas Weber, 31, of Sylmar, California, faces one felony count of battery with serious bodily injury and one misdemeanor count of battery, along with a hate crime allegation, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

This weekend will be another Star Party at the Kern River Valley Airport. The Star Parties are put on by the Kern River Valley Astronomy Club. It's free for ALL ages, and gets underway this Saturday at dusk.

The Kern County Public Health Services Department reported 3 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,433 cases Friday. We have had 2,460 deaths in Kern County.

The 'World's Ugliest Dog Contest' returned to California Friday, after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The crowned winner is a rescue pup named "Mr. Happy Face." The rescue shelter where he was first adopted says he looks a little bit more like an alien than a dog. This was his first time competing at this event and the crowd absolutely adored.

Friday, June 24th, 2022

Andrew Freeborn, the Kern County Fire Department’s Public Information Officer, confirmed that the fire’s acreage and containment grew overnight. The fire has so far burned 2,300 acres, but it is now at 20 percent containment. There is a possibility the smoke from the fire will impact road conditions on the Grapevine.

Authorities found nearly $100,000 in cash, roughly 95 pounds of methamphetamine and about 2.2 pounds of cocaine in an apartment following a fire last week, according to a court filing. The discovery was made June 16 as firefighters were extinguishing a blaze in a second-story apartment in the 2400 block of McCray Street, according to a warrant filed in Superior Court.

We heard of a lightning death in Southern California during the storm that blew through. According to the National Weather Service, lightning strikes hit the United States more than 25 million times a year, and while the risk of a person being struck by lightning is incredibly unlikely, it’s not impossible. On average, about 20 people die by lightning strikes each year. In 2021, eleven people lost their lives from lightning strikes, including one person in California.

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering Juul Labs Inc. to stop selling and distributing products in the U.S. The FDA said Juul has not provided "sufficient evidence regarding the toxicological profile of the products to demonstrate that marketing of the products would be appropriate for the protection of the public health."

Rental prices hit another high last month but there may be an end in sight. According to a new report from Realtor.com, the rise in prices is finally slowing down. But they're still 25% higher than before the pandemic. The median rent for the month of May was around $1,850.

Authorities are searching for a coyote that attacked a 2-year-old child at a Southern California park this week, police said yesterday. The attack happened Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. at Mile Square Park in the city of Fountain Valley southeast of Los Angeles, police said in a statement. Officials didn't say whether the child was injured.

Here's a sports name from the past. Former San Francisco 49ers halfback Hugh McElhenny died at the age of 93 of natural causes on Friday, June 17, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced in a news release Wednesday. McElhenny was born and raised in Los Angeles before playing football at the University of Washington. He was drafted during the first round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the 49ers.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2022

A man is in the hospital after getting struck by lightning Wednesday morning in Ridgecrest, according to the Ridgecrest Police Department. Officials said a man in his 30s was walking his dog and pushing his child on a stroller on South Norma Street near West Bowman Road when a lightning bolt hit the top of his head, traveled through his body and exited through his foot at approximately 7:35 a.m. Police said the man’s dog and child were unharmed.

A woman and her two dogs were struck and killed by lightning Wednesday morning while walking along a Los Angeles-area riverbed, officials said. Around 8:50 a.m., deputies responded to a call regarding a woman possibly struck by lightning along the San Gabriel River.

As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, Kern County firefighters were on the scene of two brush fires–one southeast of Interstate 5 and the other at Edmonston Pumping Plant Road–according to a tweet by the Kern County Fire Department. KCFD said the fires may have been started by lightning. Together, the fires have grown to burn more than 35 acres. As of 12 p.m. the fire has grown to at least 150 acres, according to a tweet by the Kern County Fire Department. Wednesday’s weather created nearly 50 separate incidents from lightning.

Kern County Supervisors heard a presentation about residents' priorities for how the county spends money. The goal is to better understand the needs of the community. The surveys were held in July of last year and May this year. Residents shared how they felt county funds should be used. One of ht big takeaways primarily from both of these surveys, is that maintaining public safety, retaining and attracting local businesses and jobs, helping to address mental health and addiction challenges and repairing roads are considered among the most important measures.

State officials are investigating after a Southern California sheriff's deputy shot and killed an unarmed person following a traffic stop early Tuesday, authorities said. The motorist ran from the scene after being pulled over around 2:40 a.m. in Adelanto, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. The unidentified deputy shot the motorist, according to a statement from the California Department of Justice.

A swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack on the central California coast on Wednesday, police said. The attack occurred at midmorning at Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove, the Pacific Grove Police Department said in a statement. Firefighters deployed a drone to search for the shark but there were no immediate sightings.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

The Kern County Public Health Services Department reported 1 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,227 cases yesterday.

It's going to be a warm week in the KRV. Highs will remain well into the 90s for the rest of the week, and there is a 40% chance of showers today.

La Niña is favored to stick around through the end of the year, according to the latest outlook from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center. La Niña typically brings drier conditions to the southern half of the country and wetter conditions to the northern half, but where that dividing line falls varies from year to year.

We want to alert you to road work happening on 155 near Wofford Heights, and at the crossroads area of Lake Isabella Boulevard. Give yourself a bit more time, follow directions from workers, and take it slow.

Bakersfield and Kern County have been in drought mode since the end of last year with restrictions and cutbacks in place to try and save as much water as possible as we head into the hot summer months. But water officials and growers are concerned as the flow from the Upper Kern into Lake Isabella now reduces to a trickle in the coming weeks and months. This year Mark Mulkay, Kern County Water Master, says the output from the lake is severely cutback on weekends and recharge basins have been built trying to capture more water during wet years.

A Kern County sheriff’s detentions deputy accused of bringing methamphetamine to jail has been charged with three misdemeanors. Elizabeth Fernandez, a 21-year veteran, was formally arraigned Monday on charges of being under the influence of drugs and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to Superior Court records. Her next hearing is Aug. 12.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s most outspoken liberal, accused the court’s six-member conservative majority of eroding the barrier between church and state on Tuesday by striking down a Maine policy that barred religious schools from receiving taxpayer-funded tuition aid.

Despite historically high gas prices, AAA expects the Fourth of July travel weekend to be among the busiest in history. The agency expects 47.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles for the upcoming holiday, up nearly 2 million from the year before. AAA said this year’s marker will be just shy of the 49 million Americans who traveled in 2019.

Tuesday, June 21st, 2022

It's going to be a warm week in the KRV. Highs will remain well into the 90s for the rest of the week, and there is a 40% chance of showers tomorrow.

Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks — much faster than originally expected after record floods pounded the region last week and knocked out major roads, federal officials said. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s most outspoken liberal, accused the court’s six-member conservative majority of eroding the barrier between church and state on Tuesday by striking down a Maine policy that barred religious schools from receiving taxpayer-funded tuition aid.

Friday, June 17th, 2022

We'll be cooling for the Father's Day weekend with daytime highs near 80 tomorrow, and mid 70s Saturday and Sunday.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.1 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California just before 11:00 a.m. yesterday morning. The earthquake hit about 7 miles from Lamont and about 12 miles from Bakersfield. It registered at a depth of about 7.7 miles.

Kern High School District Police found two students in possession of guns at South High School on Tuesday, according to a Kern High School District press release. Officials said the SHS administration got a tip that one student had a gun in their backpack. During the investigation, campus police discovered another student was also in possession of a gun. Both students were arrested.

Kern County deputies are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Wednesday night in Lamont. Emergency crews were called to Santa Rosa Avenue near Wharton Avenue just before 9 p.m. for a report of a shooting victim. A man was found in an alley with at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene, a KCSO spokesperson said.

The days are numbered for the rental assistance program through the Housing Authority of Kern. Wednesday the department announced they will stop taking applications in the coming months. Through COVID relief funds, the city of Bakersfield and Kern County were given a one-time $80 million grant to help people in the community pay their rent and help landlords recoup their losses.

The effort to officially celebrate Juneteenth as a paid holiday has faced skepticism inside legislatures that have largely chosen symbolic gestures to recognize the holiday while curtailing certain conversations on race and racism. Juneteenth honors when enslaved Black people in Texas were freed, representing the end of slavery in the U.S. This Monday, Federal offices, courts, and post offices we be closed.

Dr. Simone Gold, once contracted at Adventist Health in Downtown Bakersfield, was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to trespassing during the U.S. Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper also sentenced Gold to a year of supervised release at yesterday’s hearing in Washington, D.C.

A Southern California man was found dead in Death Valley National Park after apparently running out of gas and getting out to walk in the scorching heat, authorities said yesterday. Park visitors found the body of 67 year old David Kelleher of Huntington Beach.

According to statistics released Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators, automakers reported nearly 400 crashes over 10 months involving vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 with Teslas.

Thursday, June 16th, 2022

A warming trend is expected to continue and high temperatures this afternoon will be several degrees above seasonal averages. Mid 90s in the KRV today. Down near 79 degrees tomorrow and through the weekend.

You may have witnessed, or smelled the new surface on Lake Isabella Boulevard. Not finished yet, but hopefully soon. I've been informed that it is not to be referred to as "black top". The PC correct term is Asphalt-American.

The California City Police Department was searching for 13-year-old Jontae James Jr. yesterday. Jontae has been found, according to the California City Police Department.

Governor Newsom signed a tribal-state gaming compact with the Tejon Indian Tribe on Monday which approves of the gambling at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Kern County, according to a press release by the Tejon Indian Tribe. With this compact, 320 acres of the land will be taken to benefit the tribe, 52 of the acres will be used for a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and nearly 5,000 new jobs in Kern County, according to the release.

If you’ve driven Highway 99 recently you probably noticed traffic is flowing a bit more freely. That’s because after years of ongoing construction the Bakersfield 99 rehab project is finally nearing completion. Almost 50, 12 to 14-year-old boys from around Kern County are headed to the Sequoia National Forest as part of the RM Pyles Boys Camp aiming to help at-risk youth. The program has been shut down for nearly three years due to the pandemic and the Castle Fire, but yesterday dozens of staff members and campers will head to the hills in the first of four sessions running thru August 2nd.

Judiciary committees in the California Assembly and Senate advanced two of Governor Gavin Newsom's sponsored gun safety bills Tuesday. The committees passed legislation creating a private right of action to limit the spread of illegal assault weapons and ghost guns, and a bill restricting the advertising of firearms to minors.

A jury ruled in a Columbus police officer’s favor in a racial discrimination lawsuit. The verdict form obtained Tuesday showed that the jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio determined the evidence showed the City of Columbus both racially discriminated against and retaliated against Lt. Melissa McFadden. Her award in damages, however, was $2.

Officials on yesterday identified the two police officers were killed in a shootout the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. The suspect also died at the scene. The city of El Monte identified the officers as Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana in an Instagram post.

Automaker Ford is recalling more than 2.9 million vehicles due to their potential to roll away while in park. The vehicles involved in the recall include 2013 to 2019 Escape, 2013 to 2018 C-Max, 2013 to 2016 Fusion, 2013 to 2021 Transit Connect, and 2015 to 2018 Edge vehicles.

California officials have agreed to pay $51 million to settle lawsuits against the state stemming from a shooting at a home for veterans in Northern California where a former patient fatally shot three mental health workers and himself. On March 9, 2018, Albert Wong took hostage three staffers with The Pathway Home.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022

We will begin the week much cooler than this past weekend, however we will getting warmer as the week progresses. Near 80 today but heading toward the upper 90s by Thursday.

A man was killed in a shooting Friday evening in Edwards, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and emergency crews were called to the 18100 block of Avenue B north of Edwards Air Force Base at around 7:40 p.m. Deputies found a man lying in the road with an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Inmates at North Kern State Prison recently raised more than $8,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to fund a young boy’s wish to go to Disneyland. The inmates raised the money through food sales. Prison Warden Kelly Santoro says providing an opportunity for inmates to do something positive for the community encourages empathy, compassion and good behavior.

The driver of Ford F-150 told Los Angeles police that he was driving on Wilshire Boulevard when he saw what he believed was a man pointing a gun at him. The man said he swerved to avoid the supposed gunman and lost control of his vehicle, which jumped a curb onto a sidewalk and hit multiple street vendors and pedestrians. In total, nine people were struck by the careening vehicle, including two 8-year-old children, police said. Six of the people hit were hospitalized, including one adult with serious injuries, but all are expected to survive.

Kern County leaders announced a joint effort to put the brakes on illegal street racing and sideshows. A "sideshow" is an "informal" demonstration of car stunts often held in vacant lots, parking lots and even public intersections. They first became popular in Oakland, California in the 80s. They say fatal crashes caused by street racing increased in the summer and that it's ultimately gotten out of control which is why the group is working together to increase enforcement and consequences.

We all know the frustration with current gas prices. You are urged to take it out on the messenger. We cannot blame local vendors on the price. A Minnesota-based gas station seems to be just as fed up with high gas prices as the rest of America, posting on its sign “we hate our gas prices, too.” Chuck Graff, owner of Murphy’s Service Center in St. Anthony, Minn said “It’s just kind of our way of letting the customer know that we feel their pain.”

It has been presented that rifles caused 454 deaths in the United States in 2020, while COVID-19 vaccines caused 20,622 deaths in the United States in 2021. No, COVID vaccines do not kill more people than rifles. THE FACTS: The claim that 20,000 people have died from COVID-19 vaccines misrepresents data maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. To date, a total of nine deaths in the U.S. have been linked to the shots.

Steph Curry also made baskets. Plenty of them. In a demonstrative and dominating performance that was one of the best of his postseason career, Curry scored 43 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night, sending the series back to San Francisco knotted at two games apiece.

The Warriors will host Game 5 tonight, with Game

Monday, June 13th, 2022

We will begin the week much cooler than this past weekend, however we will getting warmer as the week progresses. Near 80 today but heading toward the upper 90s by Thursday.

We all know the frustration with current gas prices. You are urged to take it out on the messenger. We cannot blame local vendors on the price. A Minnesota-based gas station seems to be just as fed up with high gas prices as the rest of America, posting on its sign “we hate our gas prices, too.” Chuck Graff, owner of Murphy’s Service Center in St. Anthony, Minnesota said “It’s just kind of our way of letting the customer know that we feel their pain.”