December 5, 2023
An estimated one in nine adult women struggle with an abnormal and painful fat buildup in the lower body — and no amount of diet or exercise can help. Lipedema, a relatively common but often overlooked disease, causes fat to accumulate in the lower part of the body, primarily the butt, thighs and calves. For
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A California lake could sit on top of a ‘white gold’ mine after a federally funded study found the Salton Sea has the world’s largest lithium supply. The Department of Energy (DOE) shared the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory results, which determined the underground pool could hold 18 million tons – enough to meet the US’s demand for the
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The second pillar of the AUKUS alliance has been unveiled in California. Australia, the United Kingdom and the US will share a range of emerging military technology – including advanced artificial intelligence, to counter aggression from China. Defence Minister Richard Marles met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on
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The second pillar of the AUKUS alliance has been unveiled in California. Australia, the United Kingdom and the US will share a range of emerging military technology – including advanced artificial intelligence, to counter aggression from China. Defence Minister Richard Marles met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on
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California Governor Gavin Newsom denies he is running a shadow campaign for president. Mr Newsom took on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in an unusual televised debate in the middle of the primary races for the presidential nominations. Mr DeSantis is the best polling candidate for the Republican nomination, behind Donald Trump who is still leading
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SACRAMENTO — America Ramirez Lomeli, named for the Mexican soccer team, did everything right as an immigrant. Growing up in California’s capital, she excelled in school. She volunteered, racking up more than 2,000 hours of extracurriculars by the time she graduated. She collected toys for the children’s hospital that helped her brother after he fell from
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — An investigation published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. found discrepancies between emergencies at California immigrant detention facilities that were reported to local authorities and those reported publicly by the federal government. The study, led by Dr. Annette Dekker, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at UCLA, analyzed about 1,200
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After 15 years in Florida, Valsin Marmillion decided it was time to get out. Marmillion, a longtime campaign strategist, had been working as an adjunct journalism instructor at the University of Florida. He taught global activism and social change communication, discussing hot-button topics such as fake news and the Black Lives Matter movement. After four
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WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is due to debate California Gov. Gavin Newsom later this week about whose state offers a better model for the country, is leading an “assault on free expression in Florida” that is “almost without peer in recent U.S. history,” a watchdog warned in a pair of reports released Tuesday.
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When California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis take the stage Thursday for their much-hyped televised debate, it will be perhaps the starkest visual representation of the divide between the two states. While many social, political and economic factors contribute to that gulf, perhaps no topic better encapsulates the bicoastal conflict than the
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