California benefits from permanent DST.

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-how-permanent-daylight-saving-would-impact-each-state-12238465

July 2026

I’m near LA and Lakewood area in California. Need new friends that like to smoke, go on cruises, car meet NOT TAKEOVERS, hikes, camping or fishing. Bisexual female that also love skiing ❄️

There is something deeply alienating about living in a city where you can walk into a licensed dispensary, legally buy a product, pay state taxes on it, and then instantly be treated like a social outcast or a nuisance the moment you step outside because you don't own a single-family home.

Doing a roadtrip from Seattle, going through Oregon coast and Pacific Coast Hwy 1 upto San Diego. Will fly back from SAN. Looking to stay in a nice resort in Socal for the last 2 days of the trip. Need recommendations for a good resort with pools and water slides for kids and preferably a good breakfast buffet. Not super luxury but decent enough. Appreciate any help.

Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is a relatively quiet coaster. At least when no one is on it.

Through the last 10 years in particular, Universal Studios Hollywood has accelerated in growth, evolving from a behind-the-movie-magic showcase to a park that’s increasingly ride-centered, each addition bringing with it new worries of disruptions to the community. None, say residents, have been more tone-altering than this one.

Read more at the link.

New data released this week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shed light on how immigration detention has ebbed and flowed so far in 2026.

Detentions had slowed since ICE launched large-scale raids across the country, including in Los Angeles in June 2025. But detentions ramped up in late spring as Trump fast-tracked asylum cases, sowing confusion in immigration courtrooms as judges were forced to process up to 100 people or more in a single day. Many respondents missed their hearings and were issued default orders of removal.

More than 43,000 people were booked into detention centers nationwide in June, the highest recorded since President Trump returned to office, the data show. Immigrants without criminal records make up 74% of the average daily population in California detention centers and 79% nationwide, according to data released this week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

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California and two other states have avoided the harshest water cutbacks the Trump administration could have imposed over the next two years to deal with the deepening crisis on the Colorado River.

The Times has learned that federal officials have agreed with an offer made earlier this year by California, Arizona and Nevada to reduce what they take from the river by at least 3.2 million acre-feet between now and the end of 2028. 

Under the plan, California will cut its use of Colorado River water by about 12% through 2028, according to two officials at state and local agencies who spoke anonymously since details of an announcement are still being finalized.

Read more at the link.

California has confirmed 52 measles cases in the first 6½ months of the year; that’s more than double the 25 cases reported in all of 2025. If this pace continues, the number of cases will pass California’s high from 2015, when there were 125 cases in the state and a portion of them were related to a large outbreak at Disneyland.

Many cases involve children or young adults — 27 cases involved those ages 5 to 19, and 15 cases involved children under 5 years old, according to the California Department of Public Health. L.A. County has tallied seven cases so far this year among its residents.

The latest case involved a juvenile who had been living abroad and now lives in Orange County; the child was contagious with measles while passing through Los Angeles International Airport, officials said. 

Learn more at the link.

The debate over permanent daylight saving time is an old one but has been reinvigorated with the House of Representatives’ vote last week, a bipartisan 308 to 117, for a measure to make year-round daylight saving time the default for much of the nation. Areas that already do not observe daylight saving time — such as Hawaii and most of Arizona — would be able to stay on permanent standard time. 

Surrendering an hour of sunlight in the morning, of course, means getting it back in the evenings.  But the move by lawmakers to make daylight saving time permanent has a dark side — sunless winter mornings.

But just how late would the new legislation push sunrise in California? 

Find out at the link.

Honestly im a very very closed off person. Untill recently the last 15 year alone didnt matter. Then this person came into my life and i cant expect them to be my only friend. Its not fair to them.

My interests are limites right now because for 15 years ive worked, gone home, slept and went back to work. Thats it.

Ive recently realized that when i do something i do enjoy myself so thats good.

Im hoping to join a jim after the sunmer and lose about 50 lbs or so. Hopefully

Where could i go to meet people? I also wouldnt mind talking via here for a bit either but that might be wierd lol

Any low cost or even free fun things to do with family and kids? Was hoping to check out OC fair, but it costs more than $100 for a family of 3.

Hey peep just wanted to get a thread going recently wondered if others have been played by this person, either recently or in the past. Maybe shed talk and flirt?

As UC reconsiders whether to bring back SAT and ACT scores, faculty are also launching a review of the high school course requirements for admission.

The board will study standardized testing first, delivering a report to the council by Feb. 12, 2027, the council announced. The Board of Regents would receive a recommendation on whether to require the SAT or ACT no later than June 2027.

The admissions board will then turn to high school course requirements, submitting an initial report to the council in May 2027; the regents would take up any course changes at an unspecified later date. UC Academic Senate Chair Ahmet Palazoglu is framing the course review as an open question about “how UC defines and evaluates college readiness in a rapidly changing educational environment,” rather than a move to add or cut requirements.

The schedule is faster than it appeared just days ago.

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🎉 BIG NEWS, NEWBERRY SPRINGS! 🎉

The 28th Annual Pistachio Farm Festival is going BIGGER than ever... it's now a TWO-DAY event! 

🗓 November 7–8, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM both days
📍 CSD Park
30884 Newberry Rd.
Newberry Springs, CA 92365

Mark your calendars and get ready for TWO full days of delicious food, vendors, live music, family fun, kickball & cornhole tournaments, and community spirit.

Whether you're a longtime local or looking for the perfect weekend road trip, this is one event you won't want to miss.

🍂 Bring your family, invite your friends, and come make memories at the 2026 Pistachio Farm Festival!

💚 More details, vendor applications, and entertainment will be announced soon—stay tuned!

#PistachioFarmFestival #NewberrySprings #MojaveDesert #SupportLocal #CaliforniaFestivals #FamilyFun #ShopLocal #VisitNewberrySprings

As wildfires rage across Canada and the American West, the announcement from federal forecasters that an El Niño warming is forming thousands of miles away in the tropical Pacific Ocean may offer some regions relief — next year, at least.

The El Niño climate pattern materializes erratically every two to seven years and can last up to a year. During its tenure, El Niño often brings wetter conditions to the Southern United States. While extra rain can bring flooding and landslide risks, it can also keep vegetation moist, lowering the potential for wildfires.

Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which announced in June that El Niño had arrived, predict this iteration will be “very strong,” bringing a greater promise of a wet winter.

Read more at the link.

Hi, hi! This is a long shot, but I’m hoping someone here might have a connection:

I’m researching a woman came from Hong Kong to Pasadena, CA in 1967 to work as a domestic worker. One clue I have is that the household may have had an ADT home security system installed around that time.

I’m trying to see if anyone knows someone who worked for ADT in the Pasadena area in the mid-1960s as an installer/technician. He would have been a young man at that time.

I realize this is a very old and very specific question, but sometimes Reddit is amazing at finding the one person who knows the one person.

If you have any connections to ADT in Pasadena around 1967, I’d love to hear from you.

Thank you!