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Two shot at quinceañera party at Laguna Hills Community Center

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

Two people rushed to the hospital after being hit by gunfire at a quinceañera party in Laguna Hills on Saturday night. Gunfire erupted behind the Laguna Hills Community Center, where the party was being held, around 10:30 p.m. Two people were hospitalized in unknown condition. Video shows bullet casings scattered across the ground as police investigate the scene. No suspects have been taken into custody and a motive has not been determined. 

Hemp Flower Meets Aloe Vera — Can CBD Take Aloe To Another Level?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

View the original article about CBD And Aloe Vera at Real Tested CBD.The gooey gel from the aloe vera plant is one of the oldest & most widely-used remedies for skin conditions. Pretty much every skincare product designed to soothe redness, itchiness, or cuts will likely have a significant trace of aloe vera in it. And it’s not just dermatologists that have used aloe vera in their practice. There’s emerging evidence that aloe vera may also benefit gut and gum health.Although aloe vera has a long reputation for healing the body, hemp-extracted CBD has quickly ascended the ranks in the skincare space. Indeed, many skincare manufacturers have now begun adding CBD to their aloe formulations. Although CBD topicals don’t have the long track record of aloe vera products, many customers claim CBD may bolster aloe’s effectiveness.How Could CBD Make Aloe Vera Better?Studies worldwide suggest CBD shares many of aloe vera’s positive traits. Most significantly, CBD seems to have anti-inflamm...

Campbell to help Keep America Beautiful on May 6

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

Keeping Campbell beautifulThe City of Campbell will host its annual Keep America Beautiful event on Saturday, May 6. Registration will start at 8:30 a.m., and the event will kick off at 9 a.m. and run until noon at John D. Morgan Park near the corner of Budd Ave and San Tomas Expressway.Cleanup efforts will focus on planting new shrubs, installing erosion control netting and adding water-saving mulch to the planter area.The cleanup will take place rain or shine. Volunteers will receive instructions on safety and debris removal. Gloves, vests and other tools will be available, but volunteers may bring their own gloves and hand tools if desired. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own water jugs and to dress appropriately for the event.Refreshments will be provided in the morning, and the event will conclude with lunch at noon.To register, visit https://www.campbellca.gov/FormCenter/Public-Works-Forms-12/City-of-Campbell-Keep-America-Beautiful–51 or contact the City of Camp...

Willow Glen opens its doors for Lifestyles Home Tour

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

The Willow Glen Lifestyles Home Tour is back for its 39th year on May 6-7.The tour is set for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on both days. As ever, proceeds benefit San Jose Day Nursery (SJDN), a nonprofit early learning center founded in 1916 in downtown San Jose. Funds raised from the tour will enhance SJDN programs and provide scholarships for children of low-income working parents.The five homes on this year’s tour include a new home with abundant windows bringing the outdoors inside; a Willow Glen charmer on a tree-lined street; a private residence with an elegant barn and Airstream trailer; a bungalow with unique décor; and a modern single-story home with a one-of-a-kind kitchen.At one designated “garden home,” attendees will be able to enjoy beverages and refreshments in a garden setting, mingle over complimentary wine tasting and purchase snacks and gift items from local vendors and artisans.Tour tickets are $50 at willowglenhometour.com. Home addresses will be revealed after purchase of a ...

Trail of bankruptcy and fraud charges adds twist to derailed Richmond housing development

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

The name of Richmond’s Miraflores development translates to “Behold the Flowers,” but it’s the turmoil around this market-rate and affordable housing complex that’s truly a sight to see.Roughly seven years after the project originally promised to build 190 units on 7.3 acres of city-owned land next to Interstate 80, it has completely unraveled, city staff quietly revealed during a community presentation this month.After the developer took out $10 million in loans against the property — without permission from the city — lenders are pursuing foreclosure, the property’s taxes are delinquent, the land has fallen into disrepair and Richmond has declared the developer to be in default.Miraflores, which was set to be built near the Macdonald Avenue commercial corridor and two BART stations, was heralded for years as a key opportunity to revitalize the older residential community within Richmond’s Park Plaza neighborhood, representing the city’s attempts to transiti...

Latest line: A good week for Adam Schiff, a bad week for Dianne Feinstein

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

Adam SchiffLA-area congressman running to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein ends the first quarter of 2023 with $24.7 million cash on hand, far outpacing fellow Democrats Katie Porter ($9.5 million) and Barbara Lee ($1.2 million).    Dianne FeinsteinCalls grow for California’s senior senator, 89, to resign after she hasn’t cast a vote since Feb. 16 due to health problems, and her absence is blocking President Biden from confirming more than 30 federal judges.   Larry ElderRepublican talk radio host, defeated in a landside trying to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021, announces a long-shot run for president. The upside? 15 minutes more of fame, new donor lists and book sales. 

They said it: Viva Las Vegas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

“We know it’s hard for fans to hear that. We’ve been here over 50 years. We know it’s a bittersweet day. It’s a tough thing to hear that the team could be relocating. But by the same token, the current situation is untenable.”— Dave Kaval, president of the Oakland Athletics, on the Major League Baseball team’s announcement last week that it is now solely focusing its quest for a new ballpark in Las Vegas and ceasing efforts to build at Oakland’s Howard Terminal.

This California town hasn’t had clean drinking water in 11 years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

SAN LUCAS — Three or four times a week, Melva Garza and her 40-year-old disabled son throw shampoo, soap, towels and fresh clothes in a bag, pack up their car and make their way to a truck stop eight miles away to take a shower.She keeps the shower tokens — 50 cents each — stacked next to the truck stop faucet, each one worth three more minutes of water.The Garzas haven’t showered in their own home in over a decade.For years, Garza hasn’t turned on the taps that spew only fetid, discolored water into her house. She has five-gallon jugs strewn about for everything from washing her hands to cooking and cleaning her clothes. She uses her two bathtubs as storage.Andrea Silva holds a glass of cloudy water from the faucet at her home in San Lucas, Calif., on Thursday, April 14, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) It’s a reality the family has faced for 11 years since nitrate levels in San Lucas’s only freshwater well spiked to dangerous levels. Her family is one of the dozens in t...

Roadshow: Instead of taxing bicyclists for being on the road, how about rewarding them?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

Q: I was surprised that feedback to you was all that bicyclists should pay more for using our roads.Transportation accounts for 40 percent of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Bicyclists, choosing climate-friendly transportation, are already suffering the hot mess of our future world caused, to a significant degree, by car drivers. Instead of further taxing bicyclists, we should reward them.Doug McKenzie, BerkeleyA: You make valid points. Once I mentioned that all the feedback to that point supported bicyclists paying more, bicycle supporters started to respond.Q: The issue is whether bicyclists pay their fair share. While they pay less in absolute terms, they do far less damage to roads. They pay more than their fair share.Richard Swent, Palo AltoA: Jeff-an-MTC-spokesman said that, per a national travel survey, 83 percent of cyclists own cars, a percentage point higher than the number of non-cyclists who own cars, which is consistent with his experience. He bicycles 4,00...

Is it against the law to fill potholes on your own?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:45:34 GMT

With hundreds of thousands of miles of roads across California, the possibility of running over a pesky pothole is seemingly endless.If you're like former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, potholes are more than just an annoyance, they can genuinely be a blight on the neighborhood.That reasoning is why Arnold took it upon himself to fill a hole that had been bothering him for weeks in his Brentwood neighborhood. He posted video of the repair on social media and it quickly went viral."I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it," Schwarzenegger said in a tweet.It was later revealed that the hole the Governator filled was, in fact, not a pothole — rather it was an active trench used by a gas utility. The temporary hole was permitted and crews were supposed to fill it in with a permanent solution once work was completed, but that fix was delayed due to weather.Schwarzenegger still maintains that the hole was around far beyond an acceptable timeline, and he ca...