A man was killed and his brother was injured Saturday when a mountain lion attacked them while they were combing a wooded area for deer antlers, according to authorities.The attack in El Dorado County is believed to be the first fatal incident involving a mountain lion in California in 20 years.The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at 1:13 p.m. from an 18-year-old who reported that he and his 21-year-old brother had been attacked by a mountain lion in a remote area of Georgetown. In the gold region of Northern California. The younger brother suffered “traumatic injuries”…
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Regular commuter rail service linking San Clemente and Oceanside will resume Monday, two months after operations were halted due to a landslide along the scenic coastal route.The Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the track through San Clemente, worked with Metrolink, which runs regional commuter rail service, to build a 200-foot wall at Mariposa Point to support the hill. Full service will resume for Metrolink trains between San Clemente and Oceanside, and for Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner train to and from San Diego after limited service began earlier this month. Authorities closed a seven-mile stretch of the popular road between Orange…
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – President Biden on Saturday signed a package of $1.2 trillion spending bills after Congress passed the long-awaited legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means that neither party got everything they wanted,” Biden said in a statement. “But it rejects tough cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance abuse care, strengthens American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the border. … This is good news for the American people.”It took lawmakers six months…
In this issue of Week in Review, we have big news about Apple's latest antitrust lawsuit. Microsoft's AI ambitions have been in the news too, so let's dive into them. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here to receive our Weekly Review newsletter in your inboxes. The United States joined international regulatory bodies in accusing Apple of using monopolistic methods to imprison iPhone users. In response, Apple claims that the DOJ's actions could destroy exactly what its users enjoy about its phones and ecosystem. The Justice Department's lawsuit links Apple to the Microsoft era of the 1990s, although…
First Lady Jill Biden is making the rounds at various events in Los Angeles and Rancho Mirage this weekend to raise funds for her husband, President Biden's re-election campaign. Jill Biden and her daughter Ashley arrived around 4:30 p.m. on Friday at Hollywood Burbank Airport, where they were greeted by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Burbank Mayor Nick Schultz, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis. The first lady then headed directly to Dr. Patricia Gordon's home in Hancock Park for a fundraiser that evening for the Biden Victory Fund, according to the White House. Gordon is the founder and…
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with (LR) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ), and House Minority Leader Hakim. Jeffries (D-N.Y.), on February 27, 2024 at the White House in Washington, DC.Roberto Schmidt | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Saturday signed Congress's $1.2 trillion spending package, finalizing the remaining batch of bills in the long-awaited budget to keep the government funded through Oct. 1.About halfway through the fiscal year, the president's signature ends a months-long saga of Congress' struggle to secure a permanent…
Open Editor's Digest for freeRula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.Hitachi and Alstom have warned that the future of two plants due to build trains for the High Speed 2 line from London to Birmingham is in doubt as a lack of further orders could see them close before work begins. Ministers told Hitachi this week that they would not submit a new order for conventional trains that would have kept the Newton Aycliffe plant in north-east England running until construction of HS2 begins in 18 months, according to people familiar with…
Americans spent more than $144.8 billion on fishing and hunting in 2022 alone, according to a survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Guided hunting and fishing trips are a big part of this industry, but it has remained largely offline. Reservations are made over the phone and paid for by physical check or cash. Mallard Bay is looking to change that. The Houston-based startup is a marketplace for consumers who hunt and fish to find and book guided tours in the same way they would book a hotel online. Mallard Bay is also a vertical SaaS platform for…
Lithuania is the happiest country for Generation Z and Millennials, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report.Countries are ranked according to self-rated life ratings and answers to a Cantrell scale question that asks participants to think of a scale where the best possible life for them is 10 and the worst is 0 and then rate their current life on that scale.Oxford University's Center for Wellbeing Research, which publishes the report, says it also takes into account the following six variables in more than 130 countries categorized in the report:GDP per capita Social support Healthy life expectancy Freedom Generosity Freedom…
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record – City Hall's newsletter. It's Dakota Smith at the helm. the news Get the lowdown on Los Angeles politics Sign up for the LA City Hall newsletter for weekly insights, scoops and analysis. Enter your email address Involve me You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The March 5 primary showed once again that voters in Los Angeles County preferred mail-in ballots to making their choice inside the booths.More than 80% of the 1.65 million residents who voted in the election did so by mail-in ballot, according…