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Warmer temperatures in October are nothing new in Southern California, but this fall heat wave is going to bring the triple digit temperatures in some places, forecasts say. “In general this weekend will be very hot, especially for October, including in very popular places for hiking and biking such as the Santa Monica Mountains,” an NWS bulletin posted Saturday morning reads. According to the NWS, highs on Saturday include 91 degrees in downtown Los Angeles, 105 in Santa Clarita, 101 in Lancaster, 83 in Santa Barbara, 103 in Covina, 91 in Long Beach, 90 in Anaheim, 98 in Victorville, 98 in Riverside and 103 in Lake Elsinore. National Weather Service highs for Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (NWS) National Weather Service highs for Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (NWS) These high temperatures mean that physical outdoor activities shouldn’t be performed until the evening hours in many cases. The NWS issued an excessive heat warning that will be in effect through Monday. But at that point, a decent cooldown can be expected. Monday is likely to be a few degrees cooler than Saturday and Sunday in the Southland’s inland areas, but it’ll still be about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. While most of the country

MASNAA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon (AP) — Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs late Saturday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, also striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict in the region, while rallies were held around the world marking the approaching anniversary of the start of the war in Gaza. The strong explosions began near midnight and continued into Sunday after Israel’s military urged residents to evacuate areas in Dahiyeh, the predominantly Shiite collection of suburbs on Beirut’s southern edge. AP video showed the blasts illuminating the densely populated southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a strong presence. They followed a day of sporadic strikes and the nearly continuous buzz of reconnaissance drones. Israel’s military confirmed it was striking targets near Beirut and said about 30 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, with some intercepted. The strikes reportedly targeted a building near a road leading to Lebanon’s only international airport, and another building formerly

A Tennessee city has once again been given the dubious title of home to the worst drivers in the United States, and two Southern California cities also made the list. A new Consumer Affairs study found the City of Memphis – for the second straight year and by a wide margin – to have the most dangerous drivers. The research team assigned cities a “crash score” based on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) latest data (2022), including the number of crashes related to bad driving, fatalities, positive blood-alcohol content (BAC), fatalities involving speeding and fatalities involving driving under the influence. The “Home of the Blues” led all U.S. cities in crash fatalities (36.2 per 100,000 people) and fatalities involving a driver with a positive BAC (13.5 per 100,000), for a crash score of 77.3. Illegal street takeover ends in fiery mess in San Fernando Valley “Our annual analysis of America’s worst drivers is all about raising awareness of where driving safety needs the most improvement,” said Rebecca Sowell, data analyst with Consumer Affairs, told Nexstar in an email. “By shining a spotlight on high-risk

October 5, 2024 / 11:24 AM EDT / CBS/AP DR Congo humanitarian crisis: What to know What to know about the humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo 04:43 Congolese authorities began vaccination against mpox on Saturday, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. The 265,000 doses donated to Congo by the European Union and the U.S. were rolled out in the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, where hospitals and health workers have been overstretched, struggling to contain the new and possibly more infectious strain of mpox. Congo, with about 30,000 suspected mpox cases and 859 deaths, accounts for more than 80% of all the cases and 99% of all the deaths reported in Africa this year. All of the Central African nation’s 26 provinces have recorded mpox cases. Officials in Congo previously told CBS News that they’ve struggled to diagnose patients and provide basic care in the vast country of 100 million people, where a fragile, under-resourced healthcare system is

It’s taken 83 years, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has met his match.  In ping pong, that is.  Video posted to social media by one of Sanders’ advisers shows the senior U.S. senator battling it out with a headband-clad boy in Austin, Texas, earlier this week.  “Bernie Sanders has finally met his match,” the adviser, Jeremy Slevin, captioned the post, which has garnered two million views since being published on Thursday.  Illegal street takeover ends in fiery mess in San Fernando Valley Indeed, it does seem as though the boy had the one-up on the senator; during their first rally, the boy quickly smashed the ball past a bewildered Sanders, who barely had time to move as the ball came towards him and screamed quite audibly upon losing the point.  “You’re in trouble now, kid,” he joked.  Bernie Sanders is bested by a young boy in a round of ping pong. (Credit: Jeremy Slevin via Storyful) Bernie Sanders is bested by a young boy in a round of ping pong. (Credit: Jeremy Slevin via Storyful) Unfortunately for the senator, the boy’s return to his serve

Ahead of the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles Sunday will host an evening of remembrance, reflection and recognition. Events and tributes will take place over a 24-hour period starting Sunday with a reception, program and candle-lighting to coincide with the exact moment of the Oct. 7 attacks — continuing Monday with a special program at the Saban Theatre organized by the Jewish Federation Los Angeles, Israeli-American Council, StandWithUs and Temple of the Arts. “As we prepared to honor this solemn day of reflection and remembrance, it was vital that we do so together — as one united Los Angeles community, one family,” Rabbi Noah Farkas, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation Los Angeles, said in a statement. “We will continue to keep the memory of those we lost in our hearts and stand in solidarity with the hostages and their families until they are all home. These events have been organized with our partners to show that despite the tragedy of October 7th, we remain and will forever be a resilient, hopeful, and

The California Highway Patrol Saturday is investigating a deadly, wrong-way, rollover crash that claimed the lives of two people on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Pomona during a police pursuit. Pomona Police Department officers were pursuing the black BMW X6 on the westbound freeway at 4:47 p.m. Friday when the driver began going the wrong way near Kellogg Drive, lost control and crashed into a dirt berm, CHP Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service. The BMW rolled over several times onto the transition road from the northbound Chino Valley (71) Freeway to the 10 Freeway, Garcia said. The driver, identified as 30-year-old Erick Daniel Bolanos of Montclair, ran away but was quickly taken into custody by Pomona police officers. Two passengers were ejected in the crash and were pronounced dead at the scene. A third passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his abdomen and was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital for treatment, police said. The driver of a white Toyota C-HR, Maria De Lourdes Reyes, 44 , was driving on the transition road when her subcompact crossover SUV was struck by debris from the

The Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters satellite offices will be open to voters this month. The offices, located in Santa Maria and Lompoc, offer a full range of services in preparation for the Presidential Election on November 5. Santa Barbara County residents can find assistance with registering to vote, updating voter registration and obtaining voter-related materials at the satellite offices. The Santa Maria office will be open from October 7 to November 5, 2024. It is located at 511 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 134. The Lompoc office will be open from October 31 to November 5, 2024. It is located at 401 E. Cypress, Suite 102. Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The offices will also be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 2, the Saturday before Election Day. The Santa Barbara office, located at 4440-A Calle Real, will have its normal hours, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This office will also be open from 9 a.m. to 2

Students and parents in Santa Barbara County had a unique opportunity on Thursday to beta test an updated federal student aid form. After last year’s botched rollout of Free Application for Federal Student Aid which was plagued with numerous bugs and glitches the Department of Education selected a handful of organizations nationwide to test the upcoming application ahead of its release. The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara was one of the lucky few. One of six, to be exact. “This is the first time the beta testing has been done to my knowledge and it’s because of how difficult it was last year to go through the application process,” said LynnRae Dunn, the development director for the foundation, of FAFSA. “And so we’re really proud to be a part of this testing.” Over 100 students and parents gathered at the Santa Maria High School library to participate in the FAFSA testing workshop from 2 to 8 p.m. Representatives from the Department of Education and Cal-SOAP attended, as well. Cal-SOAP is the California Student Opportunity and Access Program a statewide program meant to increase college enrollment.

Search efforts continue after Hurricane Helene – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been more than a week since Hurricane Helene crashed ashore, and the full extent of the storm’s damage is still unknown as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power and other essential services. Meanwhile, authorities are still looking for missing people as the death toll from the storm rises. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict in the region, while rallies were held around the world marking the approaching anniversary of the start of the war in Gaza. Israel’s attack on the Beddawi camp near Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli killed an official with Hamas’ military wing along with his wife and two young daughters, the Palestinian militant group said. Hamas later said another military wing member was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. Israel’s military said it killed two senior officials with Hamas’ military wing in Lebanon, where fighting has escalated in recent weeks. Israel has killed several Hamas officials there since the Israel-Hamas war began , in addition to most of the top leadership of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah. At least 1,400 Lebanese, also including civilians and

Many know that the prefix oct- means eight, as in octopus or octagon. So why does October, the 10th month of the year, have this prefix? It dates back to the ancient Roman calendar, known as the Republican calendar or the Calendar of Romulus. Under this system, the lunar calendar named only 10 months, excluding the winter season. The months were named after gods, goddesses and other Latin terms and numbers. The original months were as follows: Martius (March) Aprilis (April) Maius (May) Junius (June) Quintilis (July) Sextilis (August) September (Sept- meaning seven) October (Oct- meaning eight) November (Nov-, more often seen now as nona-, meaning nine) December (Dec- meaning 10) The Calendar of Numa introduced Januarius (January) and Februarius (February) to account for the days of winter, which previously were considered the separation between years. It is with this addition that the numbered names no longer aligned with the position of the months. Illegal street takeover ends in fiery mess in San Fernando Valley Next came the Julian Calendar, established under the rule of Julius Caesar, based on the 12 months in a solar