Sunday, December 7, 2025
Holiday Travel (StatePoint) Holiday season travelers are a key target for scammers and criminals looking to cash in on distracted victims. Visa has observed an uptick in 2025 of sophisticated, travel-related scams where well-known travel providers are convincingly impersonated, and, according to a McAfee Travel Report, one in five Americans has fallen victim to a travel scam. Artificial intelligence […]
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Entertainment Business The Netflix and Warner Bros Megal-Deal still has folks talking and yes, worrying. Warner Bros. had several suitors, but on Thursday, December 5, Netflix announced that the historic studio had accepted its offer. The cash-and-stock deal is valued at $82.7 billion ($72 billion in equity) and includes Warner Bros. film and television studios, HBO Max, and HBO. […]
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Southland Shorts — Two dozen Los Angeles County employees are facing felony grand theft for fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits while allegedly working full-time between 2020 and 2023. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says the fraud occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and amounts to $741,518. “My office will continue relentlessly rooting out fraud and prosecuting government employees […]
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Polls and Politics Bay Area Democrat and President Trump critic Eric Swalwell is making serious waves in the California governor’s race less than a month after officially starting his campaign. The U.S. Representative for the 14th Congressional District announced his run for governor back on November 20. The declaration included an appearance on the late-night talk show ‘Jimmy […]
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Health Alert​ December 5, 2025 NR25-023 State advises public not to forage for wild mushrooms during this high-risk season What You Need to Know: An outbreak of serious illness associated with eating foraged wild mushrooms has been reported. CDPH is urging individuals to avoid foraging for and eating wild mushrooms while risk of amatoxin poisoning is high. SACRAMENTO – The […]
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Lottery No one won last night’s Mega Millions jackpot, but one Southland ticketholder is probably feeling pretty lucky today. That person is holding a ticket with five of the winning numbers from Friday’s draw, missing only the Mega number. The ticket is worth $5.1 million, according to the California Lottery. Also, the hot ticket got a money boost from […]
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Labor and Government Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Farmworker advocates are speaking out against wage cuts for agricultural workers, both foreign-born workers in the H-2A visa program and U.S. citizens who work alongside them. This week, the United Farm Workers, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and others condemned the changes. Diego […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
A memorial service to honor Burbank police dog Spike is set for tomorrow, December 3. A memorial at the headquarters of Burbank Police and Fire on North Third Street in Downtown Burbank has attracted crowds since the 4-year-old canine was fatally wounded in the line of duty late last month. An armed suspect fatally shot K-9 Spike during a search […]
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Two SuperLotto Plus ticketholders got really lucky this holiday weekend. In last night’s draw, one ticket hit the jackpot, and another came up short by only one number. Up in Sacramento, a ticket purchased at King Wine & Liquor 2 at 2346 Fruitridge Road had all six winning numbers and scored $12 million! Here in the Southland, another ticket bought […]
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. The federal government just announced 2026 Medicare cost increases. Medicare Part B premiums are going up almost 9.7%, or about $18 a month, which will eat up part of next year’s annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. In addition, the deductible for a hospital admission under Medicare Part […]
