The Texas state power grid is anticipating higher demand due to rising temperatures, with the state predicted to see “dangerous heat” this weekend. “ERCOT has issued a Weather Watch June 15-21 due to forecasted higher temperatures and anticipated higher electrical demand,” the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power grid operator, said in…
Texas Power Grid Warning: Demand Will Rise Considerably Amid Soaring Temperatures
Cumulative Impacts From California Exodus Costs State Nearly $500 Billion, Will Get Worse: Economist
Recent Internal Revenue Service data showing a net loss of more than 425,000 people between 2021 and 2022 indicates California is losing residents to states with lower or no income tax, according to a Chapman University professor. “We are losing more of the high-income earners than the low-income earners, and it’s an increasing proportion of…
8 People Wounded in Shooting Outside Carson Party
CARSON, Calif.—Eight people were wounded in a shooting outside a house party in Carson early June 17, two of them critically. The shooting was reported at 12:05 a.m. in the 1500 block of Abila Street, just north of the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). Arriving deputies found…
At Least 8 People Shot at Pool Party in Carson
CARSON, Calif.—At least eight people were shot at a house party in Carson June 17, according to Los Angeles Times. The shooting took place around midnight in the 1500 block of Abila Street, just north of the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). “Several” gunshot victims ranging in…
Road Rage Shooter Gets 410 to Life for Thanksgiving Killing in Costa Mesa
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 42-year-old man was sentenced June 16 to 410 years to life in prison for opening fire on a pickup full of six men in a road-rage dispute in Costa Mesa on Thanksgiving Day that killed one and wounded four. Lee Queuon Walker was convicted May 9 of first-degree murder and five counts…
16 Injured as Baltimore Bus Crashes Into 2 Cars, Apartment Building
BALTIMORE—Sixteen people were injured Saturday when a mass transit bus crashed with two cars before hitting a building in Baltimore, authorities said. Baltimore police said officers in the city’s central district responded to a Maryland Transit Administration bus crash at about 10:20 a.m. A preliminary investigation showed that the bus crashed with a Lexus and…
15 Injured as Baltimore Bus Crashes Into 2 Cars, Building
BALTIMORE — Fifteen people were injured Saturday when a mass transit bus crashed with two cars before hitting a building in Baltimore, police said. Baltimore police said officers in the city’s central district responded to a Maryland Transit Administration bus crash at about 10:20 a.m. A preliminary investigation showed that the bus crashed with a…
At Least 15 Injured as Baltimore Bus Crashes Into 2 Cars, Building
BALTIMORE—At least 15 people were injured Saturday when a mass transit bus crashed with two cars before hitting a building in Baltimore, authorities said. Baltimore police said officers in the city’s central district responded to a Maryland Transit Administration bus crash at about 10:20 a.m. A preliminary investigation showed that the bus crashed with a…
Wearing Shirt Saying ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ Not Protected Speech, Judge Says
School administrators were not infringing on a student’s constitutional rights when they ordered him to remove a shirt that said “there are only two genders,” a district judge ruled on June 17. A Massachusetts middle-schooler said the order violated his First Amendment rights to free speech and his Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, but…
McCarthy Threatens to Block Funding of Visa Waivers for Chile Over Linked Burglaries
SANTA ANA, Calif.—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy threatened to use the congressional spending bill to block funding of a visa waiver program for Chile that has been blamed for a sharp rise in organized crime including home burglaries and robberies in the United States. The rise in residential and business crimes is linked to a Chilean…
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