College professor charged with starting 4 fires in California 

• On November 18, a former college professor was indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged efforts in starting 4 wildfires in Northern California earlier in 2021
• 47-year-old, Gary Stephen Maynard, will face up to 20 years in prison with a $250,000 fine for each count of arson to federal property

Folsom City asks retired residents, students, and parents to help struggling businesses

• According to a new report, Folsom City in Northern California is asking retirees, students, and stay-at-home parents to help fill empty jobs for at least 6 months
• The local chamber of commerce along with the vice mayor of Folsom city have partnered to launch a new campaign to encourage these groups to work at least 20 hours a week 

New report says 100% of California state remains in a “Moderate Drought”

• As of November 18, about 80% of California state was in “extreme drought” and 37% was in “exceptional drought”
• With almost every corner of the state affected, 37.3 million people in California are affected by the drought, which accounts for 95% of the state’s population

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• Over the night of September 9, a wave of thunderstorms moved access California and ignited more wildfires 
• According to a tweet from the National Weather Service in San Fransisco, they estimate that around 1100 cloud to ground strikes have occurred since the night of September 9

California bill proposes return of Los Angeles beachfront land to its rightful descendants 

• On Thursday, September 9, the California state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow Los Angeles County to return beachfront land to the descendants of its rightful owners
• The land originally belonged to two black owners named Willa and Charles Bruce from 1912 to the early 1920s and they ran a resort that catered to black people
• In 1924, the property was seized by the city of Manhattan Beach as they condemned black-owned lots 

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• According to an announcement from Northern California authorities, a woman was arrested after she was accused of starting a wildfire that has destroyed 144 buildings and promoted many evacuations 
• The California Department of Forestry and Fire protection says that the arrest of 30-year old Alexandra Souverneva is just one of more than 100 who have been accused of starting the fire

School enrollment at L.A. Unified drops by 27,000 students 

• The Los Angeles Unified School District has seen a drop of 27,000 student since last year in 2020 which is a decline of nearly 6%
• In addition to this alarming drop in enrollment, the district estimates that between 70% and 80% of the school staff are on track to have full vaccination by October 15 
• The 20% to 30% of the staff that remain unvaccinated will face termination meaning more than 2,000 jobs will go unfilled

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• In Riverside, California, 13 American flags and 1 Marine Corps flag were hung to honor 13 US service members that were killed last month in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan
• According to the Riverside Police Department, the flags were displayed on an overpass above the 91 freeway, and at some time on Monday, September 6, the flags had been damaged

Navy Secretary to attend groundbreaking of $1.7 billion Portsmouth Naval Shipyard expansion 

• Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro will be attending the groundbreaking for a $1.7 billion project that will expand the number of dry docks at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
• The project is expected to last 7 years and will accommodate both Virginia-class and Los Angeles-class attack submarines

California fire danger remains high in spite of progress near Lake Tahoe

• According to officials, California is on track to have its worst fire season as conditions remain dry and temperatures remain high
• Around the Caldor Fire, Fire crews have a 50% containment as of Tuesday, September 7

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• According to California, two new wildfires have been ignited in the state as of Sunday, September 5
• The Aruba Fire, in San Diego County has burned across the southeast portion of the Rainbow community, according to Cal Fire
• The second fire, the Bridge Fire has burned over 250 acres near Placer with a 0% containment as of September 5 and evacuations in progress

California hiker falls to her death at Mori Point in Pacifica

• According to reports, a woman fell 50 feet to her death on Sunday morning while hiking a Mori Point, in Pacifica
• After rescuers found her at the beach, she was pronounced dead at the scene

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• An attempted home burglary in Guinda, California ended after the homeowner shot at them, killing one and injuring the other intruder
• Shortly after 9 pm, the homeowner fought back as two people broke into his home where the male suspected died immediately and the female suspect was wounded severely and was taken to the hospital

As wildfires urge evacuations, California prepares to bury thousands of miles of power lines

• One of the major California utility providers PG&E has reported that they will be investing billions of dollars into burying 10,000 miles of their power lines
• The utility provider is doing this after their electrical equipment has again been blamed for sparking a separate fast-growing fire in the north-east region of the state

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• After a total of 9 positive COVID-19 cases in Sacramento last week, California legislature has reinstates the mask mandate for the Capitol
• The first mandate is applied to Sacramento residents and the second requires all staff, senators, and assembly members to resume mask wearing
• The Senate and Assembly will also begin a twice a week coronavirus testing for those employees unvaccinated

• The wildfires that have begun this year in Northern California and Southern California have greatly exceeded the totals for the same time in 2020 where fire risk was also high
• Between January 1 and July 4, there has been a total of 4,600 fires that have burned around 115 square miles according to Cal Fire
• Last year, the total amount of wildfires in California was about 3,850 fires that scorched 49 square miles

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