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OC Board of Education member failed to report millions in income and assets, court finds

Mari Barke, photographed at the California Policy Center in Irvine in 2024. A judge has ordered Barke, who serves on Orange County's Board of Education, to pay steep penalties over omissions in her annual economic disclosure filings. An Orange County Superior Court judge this wee...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026

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How does California’s $3,500 EV rebate work?

An electric vehicle charges at a charging station in Milbrae.(Martin do Nascimento / CalMatters)Thinking about buying or leasing an electric car in the near future? California will soon be making that cheaper.On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that sets aside millio...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026

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13-foot alligator attacked, killed Florida woman, DNA test confirms: FWC

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said laboratory testing has confirmed that DNA from 31-year-old Brittany Clark matched a 13-foot alligator captured after the deadly attack on the Econlockhatchee River last month....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 17, 2026

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No, that LA28 refund email isn't a scam. Here's what you need to know

The LA28 refund is for people who purchased tickets at Intuit Dome.(Courtesy NBA)Some fans with tickets to the 2028 Olympics were a tad suspicious this week when an email offering them a refund landed in their inboxes.The email offered cash back for an accidentally included tax t...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026

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OC authorities demand $4M from GKN Aerospace after Garden Grove chemical tank crisis

Orange County is demanding $4 million from the owner of a Garden Grove plastic manufacturing plant where a chemical leak forced thousands of people from their homes earlier this year, officials said Friday. County Counsel Leon Page sent a letter to GKN Aerospace Transparency S...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 17, 2026

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California restricts utility shutoffs as dangerous heat ripples across state

The sun sets behind a row of transmission towers as temperatures rise to a scorching 114 degrees in Fresno County on Sept. 6, 2022.(Larry Valenzuela / CalMatters/CatchLight Local)California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026