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End of drought leads to tremendous snowfall
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The state of California has been in an off-and-on drought since 2011, with brief wet periods in 2018 and 2020. However, according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 65% of California is now out of the drought, with 34.33% being exceptionally dry, and 8.79% under a moderate drought. This is in sharp contrast to January…
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Severe tornado rips through Los Angeles
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Although tornadoes are most common in the Great Plains area of the United States, which have the ideal conditions for the formation of a severe thunderstorm, people living in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas are no strangers to uncommon weather patterns in recent years. This past March, Montebello, a city near LA, was…
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Finland joins NATO after a year of waiting
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On April 4, 2023, Finland officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the 31st member of the alliance, after their long reputation of remaining neutral. Their membership was completed during a gathering at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. This addition of Finland increases the organization’s border with Russia by about 830 miles.…
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Trump is indicted on criminal charges
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For the first time in American history, a former president, Donald J. Trump, has been indicted on criminal charges. For over two centuries, presidents were considered ‘immune’ from prosecution while in office, and effectively afterwards. This taboo has been broken as a new precedent will be set all due to the allegations Trump is…
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Samantha Stewart wins National Adaptive PE Teacher Award
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Some of her colleagues sought to help her gain recognition for her work and nominated her for the Society of Health and Physical Educators’ award for Adaptive PE teaching in California. She won. Earlier this month, Stewart received the National Adaptive PE Teacher award from the Society of Health and Physical Educators of America…
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Tragedy strikes Westlake High School after fatal crash
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On Tuesday, April 18, four Westlake High school student pedestrians near the bus stop were involved in a fatal crash in front of Westlake High School on the corner of Lakeview Canyon Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard. While three of the students, ages 14, 15 and 16, survived the impact, the fourth student, Wesley…
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U.S. lawmakers push to ban TikTok
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On March 23, 2023, the CEO of TikTok, Shou Chew, testified before the House Committee for Energy and Commerce in a trial concerning the safety of the app TikTok. TikTok is owned by a company called Bytedance, which is owned by China. The main concern over the safety of TikTok is that under a…
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UFO’s fly into sight, raising suspicion among citizens in the U.S.
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The Pentagon’s new office for investigating potential Unidentified Flying Objects, have recently received over hundreds of reports in 2022. Although many of these objects can be explained a good portion remains a puzzle. In the summer of June 2021, an early report released a list of 144 reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings, over…
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Man shot dead in Oxnard police involved shooting
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On Sunday, March 12, 60-year-old Adam Barcenas died in an officer-involved shooting in Oxnard. At around 6:00 a.m., officers were conducting a DUI investigation when Barcenas, who was not part of the investigation, advanced on the officers with a 5-foot-long steel bar. In a bodycam video released by the Oxnard Police Department, the attacker…
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Ventura County plans to improve and expand fairgrounds
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In late Feb. 2023, a deal was made by a private company known as Pacific Sports Group (PSG) with the Ventura County Fairgrounds. In this deal, PSG obtained exclusive rights to set forth a proposal for a large developmental project in the fairgrounds. In this proposal, PSG plans to rebuild and expand the fairgrounds…