Voters are deciding whether to tax mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in a state capital city prized for its desert-mountain vistas, vibrant arts scene and stucco architecture rooted in Native American and Spanish-colonial tradition. The tax on homes sold for more than $1 million is being pitched as …
Read More »Shootings, possible stabbing leave 1 dead, 4 injured in Los Angeles
Los Angeles police were looking for at least one suspect in a series of attacks that left one person dead and four others injured in a normally quiet neighborhood west of downtown Thursday. The Los Angeles Times reported that the attacks happened within a span of around 10 minutes shortly …
Read More »Students respond hilariously to teacher question about what to gift 30-somethings
A middle school teacher in Southern California asked his students what to buy someone in their 30s for the holidays, and their responses, scrawled on sticky notes, have gone viral. “Measuring cups,” one 7th grader wrote in the video posted to TikTok. “Signs that say ‘bless this home.’” another answered. …
Read More »Melodee Buzzard disappearance: New surveillance photos show missing California girl, 9, in possible disguise
California authorities released new surveillance images Friday of a missing 9-year-old child who the FBI said may have been with her mother on a road trip “as far as the state of Nebraska” before vanishing. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard …
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