Equality Law & Courts Police reform: Nurturing female recruits long before they apply | View caption Hide caption Police reforms aim to bring equity and new perspective to the male-dominated profession. One California police department starts mentoring potential female recruits even before they imagine themselves as officers. The presence of that female officer, and the…
Burning Man’s estimated 70,000-plus attendees were isolated at the venue known as Black Rock City as rain returned Sunday and closed roads, muddy campgrounds, and one reported death darkened the day. But the CEO of Burning Man Project, Marian Goodell, told NBC News interview Sunday, “There is no cause for panic.” “We’re very pleased and…
The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: If you want to see everything wrong with the U.S. housing market, just head to Southern California, said Alena Botros in Fortune. It’s no secret that housing in Los Angeles is expensive; the average value of a single-family home there is…
It’s been more than fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act into law, lauding the “technological miracles in our transportation” with “one great exception.” In spite of “airplanes which fly three times faster than sound,” America remained stuck with “the same tired and inadequate mass transportation” of decades past. Five…
1 Hilary weakens to Category 1 hurricane as it nears landfall Hurricane Hilary was downgraded to a Category 1 storm on Sunday, but is still expected to bring significant damage to the Baja California peninsula as it nears landfall. The storm, the first of its kind in southern California in 84 years, will bring heavy…
This week’s question: A Colorado driving school employee accidentally slammed his car into the school’s front window, leaving the wreckage lodged under a sign that says, “Learn to Drive.” In seven or fewer words, come up with a caption for a photo of this accident scene. Click here to see the results of last week’s contest:…
Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. Napa’s Be Bubbly is a sparkling surprise When Erin Riley saw there wasn’t a dedicated champagne bar in wine-centric Napa, California, she set out to change this. That was three years ago, and today, her Be Bubbly lounge is a destination for locals and…
Perseverance Education Pre-K for all: What does it take to get every child an education? | View caption Hide caption Getting all children schooling before kindergarten is generally accepted as a boon to both students’ learning and parents’ livelihood. But what’s the best way to do it? State rollouts are showing that making it work…
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Ojai, California, area on Sunday afternoon, as Tropical Storm Hilary was making its way up into Southern California. “We are in the middle of the first tropical storm since 1939, and we just had an earthquake,” Ventura County Fire Director of Communications Scott Thomsen told the Los Angeles Times. There…
Mount Shasta, California Sentinel Retreat stands on 55 acres of oak, dogwood and pine near Lake Siskiyou and Shasta Trinity National Forest. The four-bedroom, red cedar-log home features a great room with a 20-foot tree-and-bear sculpture, rock fireplace and picture windows framing Mount Shasta; a chef’s kitchen; and two main suites with patios. Outside are…