Sat. May 18th, 2024
Latest line: A good week for the USGS, a bad week for gambling companies

USGS

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake and 4.3 aftershock hit Santa Rosa with no injuries, reminding Bay Area residents to bolt homes to foundations and take other quake-safety steps the U.S. Geological Survey regularly urges.

Gaming companies

New poll shows Proposition 27, which would allow mobile and online sports betting in California, with only 34% support, a major blow to companies like Draft Kings that have spent $150 million pushing it.

Firefighters

Weekend rain helped clear smoke and reduce the risk of wildfires in Northern California. But temperatures are expected to heat up again, and fire risk isn’t truly over until repeated storms come, usually in November.

By Xplayer