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 […]
Saturday, November 30, 2024
A SuperLotto Plus player in the Media City has something extra special to be thankful for this week. The player bought a SuperLotto Plus ticket for the Wednesday, November 27, draw. It turned out to be one of two tickets that had all the winning numbers except for the Mega Ball. The Burbank ticket was purchased at La Paz Liquor, […]
Monday, November 25, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Glitches last winter with federal student aid forms, known as the FAFSA, led the feds to temporarily relax document verification standards – creating fertile ground for bad actors seeking to defraud California colleges. State data first reported by EdSource show that fraudsters have stolen more than $7.5 million […]
Monday, November 25, 2024
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is climbing into the really big money zone. No one picked all the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. Here are those winning digits: 13, 20, 26, 32, 65, and the Mega Ball 2. So, the jackpot rolled over. It now stands at an estimated $489 million! Earlier this month, someone in the Golden State […]
Monday, November 18, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. A new rebate program could save California families up to $8,000 on an electric heat pump for home heating and cooling. The Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program is funded by the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. Deana Carrillo, director of the Reliability, Renewable Energy and Decarbonization Incentives […]
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. This weekend, a new coalition called “We Are California” is holding meetings up and down the state, preparing to resist what it sees as anticipated attacks from the incoming Trump administration. Hundreds of nonprofits have joined the coalition, which promotes inclusion, community, and democratic norms. Angelica […]
Friday, November 15, 2024
Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. As President-elect Donald Trump announces immigration hard-liners as his deputy chief of staff and border czar this week, groups supporting undocumented college students in California are vowing to stand up for people’s rights. Golden State colleges serve 83,000 undocumented students, according to the Higher Ed Immigration Portal. […]
