Monday, January 6, 2025
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Two new laws designed to protect California consumers take effect this year. They crack down on hard-to-cancel subscriptions and certain types of bank fees. New subscription services law Assembly bill 2863 – which takes effect July 1 – will require subscription services to be as easy […]
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away last Sunday at 100 years of age, had a huge effect on the Golden State far beyond his presidency, according to California nonprofit leaders. Carter and his wife Rosalynn volunteered for four decades with Habitat for Humanity, helping to […]
Saturday, December 28, 2024
A California ticketholder is rolling in the dough this weekend after winning Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot. Lottery officials say the jackpot is worth an estimated $1.269 billion, or $571.9 million, as a one-time cash payout. The lucky ticket was bought in Cottonwood, a small town about 600 miles north of San Francisco. (Circle K) Sunshine Food and Gas at 3505 […]
Friday, December 27, 2024
The Mega Millions jackpot is huge!!! This week, that lottery game money pot jumped to a billion dollars and is still climbing. Today, it stands at $1.22 billion, but it will most likely be even more by draw time tonight. In the most recent draw, Tuesday, December 24, one lucky California winner got five of the winning numbers. That ticket […]
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. The Internal Revenue Service will be in the crosshairs in the second Trump administration. That’s because the president-elect’s choice to run the agency has called for it to be abolished. Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long, Trump’s recently announced pick for IRS Commissioner, cosponsored a bill to get […]
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. This holiday season, a nonprofit campaign is asking Americans to write holiday cards to welcome newly arrived refugee families. The 10th annual “Hope for the Holidays” campaign is spearheaded by Global Refuge, a charity founded in 1939, previously named Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, […]
Saturday, December 14, 2024
One Southland lottery player is enjoying a weekend as a multi-millionaire! That person bought a SuperLotto Plus ticket for last Wednesday’s December 11 draw in southeast Los Angeles County. They purchased it at Fresh Catch Seafood Market, 11618 South Street in Artesia. Wow, what a bargain that one-dollar ticket turned out to be. It won the $47 million jackpot! Here […]
Friday, December 13, 2024
If you’re feeling really lucky today, Friday the 13th, you might want to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket. Today’s jackpot is an estimated $695 million and could get even larger by the draw. Meanwhile, a couple of players in California got a windfall in the Mega Millions draw last Tuesday. Those players had all the winning numbers except […]
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Groups fighting to improve access to health care are asking the U.S. Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy is an environmental lawyer who ran for president, then threw his support to Donald Trump in August. Objections to […]
