The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens hold job fair

KESQ on August 29, 2026

Matthew Pearce

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is holding a job fair today, August 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chase Administration Building to fill open positions across multiple departments. The hiring event coincides with newly released state data showing an uptick in regional unemployment.

Figures from the California Employment Development Department show Riverside County’s unemployment rate rose to 5.9% in July, up from 5.4% in June. Across the broader Inland Empire region, which encompasses Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the combined unemployment rate increased to 5.7% in July from 5.3% the previous month.

The Living Desert is recruiting for full-time, part-time and seasonal positions across several departments. Available roles include positions in Guest Services, Food Service, Environmental Services, Gardens and Animal Care.

Appointments are not required and job seekers can complete onsite applications and interviews.

Stay with News Channel 3 for more.

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Dallas rapper BigXThaPlug pleads guilty to August 2025 gun charge

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By Matthew Ablon

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    DALLAS (KTVT) — Xavier Landum, known publicly by his rap stage name as BigXThaPlug, pleaded guilty this week to an August 2025 weapon charge while he faces new charges in Allen.

Landum, of Dallas, was sentenced to a six-month deferred adjudication for unlawfully carrying a firearm. Court records reviewed by CBS News Texas also showed he agreed to voluntarily forfeit his rights to the weapon involved, which was identified as a Glock.

Landum was arrested a year ago after a traffic stop along South Great Trinity Forest Way. Dallas Police said at the time that the pickup truck he was driving was missing its front license plate. When asked if he had a firearm, the department said he told officers he did and told them where to find it.

Dallas Police said a criminal database flagged Landum as connected to a gang in Arlington, which meant he was not legally allowed to possess a gun. Officers also said they found a small amount of marijuana in the truck.

The arrest kept him from attending an album release party at a nightclub in Deep Ellum. Another release party at a North Texas Wingstop was also canceled.

Landum now faces a handful of charges in Allen; last week, he was charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, and illegal possession of a firearm by the Allen Police Department.

Landum was born in Dallas and has lived in North Texas. His hit songs include “Texas” and “Mmhmm.” He had also previously been arrested on drug and weapons charges in 2022.

Steven Rosenbaum, J.D. Miles and Doug Myers contributed to this report.

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Food trucks at a Sacramento event ditch gas generators for quiet battery banks

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By James Taylor, CBS13 Photojournalist

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    SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — There are about 4,000 food trucks across the Sacramento region and nearly all of them use gas generators. But on Friday night, some truck owners are flipping the switch on a new idea.

At first glance, Friday’s event in Sacramento’s Tahoe Park looked like any other food fest. But in the background, there are some banks of batteries that are cooking up these tasty treats.

Steve Dornback’s food truck is normally powered by a gas generator that is noisy and emits exhaust fumes. But on this night, the Smokin’ Ewe and several other trucks are being powered entirely by clean electric batteries.

“It’s super quiet, we can hear everybody, we can hear the birds chirping,” Dornback said. “We’re going to hear the music tonight, so I think it’s great.”

He was a little skeptical at first if it would work.

“When he plugged in, everything clicked on no problem. I was like, we’re good to go,” he said.

It’s part of a demonstration project at this week’s Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association food truck festival and it’s a meetup with a message.

“It’s important that we do everything we can,” said Eric Guerra, Sacramento’s mayor pro tem. “Every little bit counts to keep our air clean.”

Guerra represents the neighborhood and is a member of the California Air Resources Board. He says the goal is to demonstrate how zero-emission technology can be used as an alternative to gas-powered generators.

“All of that gas and the fumes and the noise, it just takes away from the ambiance,” Guerra said.

Even the live stage is being powered 100% by batteries. Band members say there’s no difference in the quality of their sound.

“There’s not that big, huge sound that those gas generators have and it’s all nice and quiet,” said Lilian Ghafari, a musician.

The batteries can be charged using solar power to create a zero-emission energy source.

Dornback said the electrical batteries make it a more enjoyable environment, and his brisket and mac and cheese will turn out just the same no matter where the power comes from.

“The food will not taste any different, as long as it turns that carousel over the wood fire, we’re good to go,” he said.

This is not the first time clean energy has been used at the Tahoe Park neighborhood event. Last year, they used a hydrogen fuel cell to power the food trucks.

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California police officers run into wanted man during Panda Express lunch break

CNN on August 29, 2026

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By Matthew Rodriguez, Nicole Comstock

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    MONROVIA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Monrovia police officers eating lunch at a local Panda Express finally caught a break when the man they’ve been searching for strolled into the restaurant on Wednesday night.

The officers tried to apprehend the man wanted for a parole violation twice before, but he escaped them both times after running onto the freeway.

“On attempt #3, officers were taking a well-deserved Panda Express break when, out of nowhere, the wanted man walked right up to them,” Monrovia PD wrote in a post to Instagram.

Body camera video from the officers showed them spotting the man and rushing out of their seats to tackle him.

“At this point, we’re not sure if it was good police work, bad timing, or the irresistible smell of chow mein,” Monrovia PD wrote. “Either way, an arrest was made. And don’t worry the officers went back for their food and finished their chow mein. Priorities.”

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California police officers run into wanted man during Panda Express lunch break

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By Matthew Rodriguez, Nicole Comstock

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    MONROVIA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Monrovia police officers eating lunch at a local Panda Express finally caught a break when the man they’ve been searching for strolled into the restaurant on Wednesday night.

The officers tried to apprehend the man wanted for a parole violation twice before, but he escaped them both times after running onto the freeway.

“On attempt #3, officers were taking a well-deserved Panda Express break when, out of nowhere, the wanted man walked right up to them,” Monrovia PD wrote in a post to Instagram.

Body camera video from the officers showed them spotting the man and rushing out of their seats to tackle him.

“At this point, we’re not sure if it was good police work, bad timing, or the irresistible smell of chow mein,” Monrovia PD wrote. “Either way, an arrest was made. And don’t worry the officers went back for their food and finished their chow mein. Priorities.”

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18-year-old arrested for cutting down Flock camera in Temecula

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By Dean Fioresi

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    TEMECULA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — An 18-year-old was arrested for allegedly cutting down a Flock camera in Temecula on Tuesday night, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

In a news release, deputies said they were patrolling near E. Benton Road and De Portola Road when a citizen made contact to report a group of people who had “loaded a cut-down Flock Safety Camera into a vehicle.”

The citizen relayed the license plate number of the vehicle to deputies, who then relayed the information to the department’s Aviation Unit, which located the car at a home in the 43000 block of Matera Court.

“Deputies responded to the location and conducted a traffic stop. Deputies detained the occupants of the vehicle without incident,” the release said.

They arrested the “primary suspect,” identified as 18-year-old Andrew Anderson, and booked him for grand theft and felony vandalism. Deputies released the other occupants of the vehicle.

The stolen Flock camera was recovered and is slated to be returned to Flock Safety, the release said.

It’s the second time in a week that Riverside County deputies arrested a man for allegedly vandalizing a Flock camera, after a Palm Desert man was arrested in an incident during which he also allegedly assaulted a Flock Safety contractor.

“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office encourages our communities to report suspicious activity,” the release said. “Vandalizing or damaging Flock cameras is a serious crime and will be aggressively investigated. Those who intentionally damage, destroy, or tamper with Flock cameras will face felony charges and arrest.”

Flock cameras have drawn criticism across Southern California in recent months, including in Ventura County, where an audit revealed that Flock inadvertently shared Ventura County’s data with out-of-state law enforcement agencies, including federal agents.

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BLNR rejects proposal to resume commercial aquarium fish collection in West Hawaii

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By Jeremiah Estrada

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    HONOLULU (KITV) — The Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) voted Friday to reject a proposal that would have allowed commercial aquarium fish collection to resume in West Hawaiʻi and potentially other parts of the state.

BLNR cited legal concerns with the proposal and directed the Department of Land and Natural Resources to consider alternatives to commercial collection. Those alternatives could include examining whether commercial aquarium fish collection is consistent with the state’s constitutional public trust obligations and its responsibility to protect Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices.

An Environmental Court ruling earlier this year confirmed that the board has the statutory authority to establish a statewide prohibition on commercial aquarium collection through administrative rules. Commercial aquarium fish collection has been halted statewide since 2021 and in West Hawaiʻi since 2017.

Supporters of the ban said continued collection could threaten reef ecosystems and reduce fish populations that are important to local communities and subsistence fishing.

Cultural practitioner Mike Nakachi praised the board’s decision.

“We mahalo the board for recognizing that this industry is incompatible with our community values,” Nakachi said. “Reef fish perform essential functions that keep Hawaii’s reefs resilient, and lawaia pono teaches us to take only what we will eat — not capture and export reef wildlife as ornamental pets. By rejecting the proposal to resume commercial collection, the board is taking steps to honor local and Hawaiian values and its duty to protect public trust resources.”

Longtime Hawaiian cultural advocate Charlie Young of Keālia also supported the decision, saying reef fish are important food resources and should remain available to future generations.

Environmental groups have also opposed efforts to resume the industry.

“This decision recognizes the will of Hawaiʻi’s people,” said Mahesh Cleveland, an attorney with Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific Office. “Again and again, communities have turned out at public meetings to oppose this trade. We hope the department will return with rules that protect Hawaiʻi’s reefs and marine life from the harms of an extractive, profit-driven industry.”

Opponents of commercial collection said collectors use fine-mesh nets to capture native fish, including juvenile fish that local communities rely on for food. The fish are then shipped and sold to aquarium retailers.

The Division of Aquatic Resources will now revisit the public rulemaking process following Friday’s decision. That process could include another series of public hearings.

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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Chairperson Kaialiʻi Kahele responded to the decision saying:

“Reef fish — our iʻa — are not simply commodities. They are an integral part of Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices, our relationship with ʻāina and kai and the health and abundance of the ecosystems that have sustained our people for generations. BLNR’s decision recognizes that protecting these resources must take precedence over removing Hawaiʻi’s reef wildlife for ornamental display. It supports the work being done by communities across our pae ʻāina to perpetuate traditional practices, strengthen food security and ensure healthy, resilient nearshore ecosystems for generations to come.”

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7-year-old boy and mother from Illinois, struck by lightning while camping in Wisconsin

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By Jermont Terry

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    ELGIN, Illinois (WBBM) — An Elgin boy and his mother were in a burn unit at a hospital in Minnesota after they were struck by lightning during a camping trip in a remote area of Wisconsin near Lake Superior.

Seven-year-old Finn Jorgenson and his mother, Brittany, were seriously injured and have a long road ahead.

Finn’s family has many questions after he suffered severe burns after lightning hit his campsite in northern Wisconsin, about 60 miles from the Minnesota state line.

“All of a sudden, the biggest blast you’ve ever heard, and then the explosion of light, and my initial first thought was, ‘Who is setting off a firework?’ And then I hear the screams,” said Amanda Glabus, a family friend who was camping with Finn and Brittany.

Those screams were coming from the tent Finn and his mother were sleeping in near Lake Superior in Herbster, Wisconsin.

“I go in there, and she screamed, you know, ‘We’ve been hit by lightning, my baby is dead, my baby is dead.’ I look in the tent, and he’s just lying there lifeless,” Glabus said. “I just ripped the tent open. At that time, I kind of, like, left my body, I guess.”

Glabus said she learned CPR as a child and those life-saving measures kicked in. She started chest compressions on Finn until he started breathing.

“Once he got the pulse back, you know, we stopped, and a little while after that, he lost it again, and that was the final time that I administered CPR,” she said.

By then, an ambulance arrived. Finn survived and was taken to a hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, with second-degree burns on 25% of his body. Some areas with third-degree burns will require surgery.

His father, Evan, is grateful Glabus remembered CPR.

“She’s the only reason he’s here right now,” Evan said. “He asks some really deep questions for his age, and, you know, everybody loves talking to him and hearing him talk.”

The family set up GoFundMe page to help with medical bills and Finn’s road to recovery. It will be months before he’s able to return to Elgin.

“You hear people say it, but you never know what’s gonna happen,” Glabus said. “Be prepared, don’t go to bed angry, love your kids.”

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Ashland Cattlemen Days Rodeo parade starts second day of rodeo

KMIZ on August 29, 2026

Alison Patton

ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Cattlemen Days Rodeo parade kicks off the second and final day of the Ashland rodeo. The parade steps off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, but traffic impacts start as early as 8 a.m., with road closures.

The Ashland Police Department posted the parade route on Facebook, noting the road closures and asking people to find an alternate route.

According to the Cattlemen Days Rodeo, the parade route will start at the Optimist Building, located at 511 Optimist Drive, go south on Henry Clay Boulevard, then turn onto East Broadway heading west, then go north on Main Street, and east on Ash Street, before heading back to the start on Henry Clay Boulevard.

APD expects traffic to be restricted between 8-10:30 a.m., and asks people not to move any barricades, cones or pass through traffic control points.

Closed roads will reopen as the last float passes by.

An ABC 17 News reporter saw APD officers opening roads at the end of the parade around 9:30 a.m. There were about 20 parade participants.

Many of the participants were on horseback, including co-chair of the Cattlemen Days Rodeo Chase Thomas.

Saturday is the last day of the annual event, and the last rodeo is at 8 p.m. at the Ashland Cedar Valley Riders Arena. Thomas said tickets were running low, but it’s worthwhile because all proceeds go back to the community.

“All the money that gets brought up here, we give back to the Ashland Optimists and the [Cedar Valley Riders] Saddle Club, and they do good things with it, pushing it back out to youth sports and community programs,” Thomas said.

He also said the rodeo is recognized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

“So all that means is we’re the NFL of the rodeo world. It’s a professional-level event, and there’s not very many of them in Missouri,” Thomas said.

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Georgia Gold Star mothers honored with service cleanup project at Marietta National Cemetery

CNN Newsource on August 29, 2026

By Rashad Williams

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    MARIETTA, Georgia (WUPA) — The Department of Georgia American Gold Star Mothers was honored on Friday through a service cleanup project at the Marietta National Cemetery.

The Gold Star Mothers, a nonprofit organization, supports families who lost a son or daughter serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It also provides community outreach, veteran support, and remembrance programs across Georgia.

Lisa Jenkins, the organization’s president, said she was recently contacted by ABM, a facilities management company. ABM, through its Veterans at ABM sector, offered to clean up the Gold Star Mothers monument and surrounding areas at the Marietta National Cemetery.

“ABM reached out to us and say, ‘Hey, we found your monument. We’d love to do a service project to come out and do some maintenance and to clean it.'” Jenkins said. “They came out, they volunteered, they cleaned it up. It’s absolutely beautiful.”

Jenkins lost her son, SPC Frederick Jenkins III, who was a paratrooper in the Army.

“It is a way that we honor our children and carry their legacy while creating our own in service,” Jenkins said. “I needed purpose. I needed something positive out of my tragedy. I learned from my son, so I’m following his footsteps, and I am connecting my legacy with his.”

lisa-jenkins.png Gold Star Mothers president Lisa Jenkins lost her son, SPC Frederick Jenkins III, who was a paratrooper in the Army. CBS News Atlanta Carolyn Cagle is another Gold Star mother who turned her grief into a mission to serve others after losing her son, LCPL John Robert Franklin Cagle.

“I would never, never forget my son’s sacrifice,” Cagle said. “We’re just here so that Americans do not forget the price that is paid for our democracy.”

Kelly Yardley, the chair of Women for ABM, said Friday was all about supporting the Gold Star Mothers and providing a connection through service work done by some veterans at ABM.

“We want to support our community, show respect, show gratitude and thanks for the Gold Star Mothers for their loss and what they’ve gone through,” Yardley said. “Combining this with the Veterans at ABM, it means a lot and makes a lot of sense to support this kind of event. This is unifying.”

Jenkins said the Gold Star Mothers organization will meet with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp next month at the Capitol to highlight the work they’re doing across the state.

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