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California state officials give tips to senior citizens in Riverside on how to avoid scams

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June 16, 2023

California state officials give tips to senior citizens in Riverside on how to avoid scams

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — It is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

With financial scams on the rise, state and local leader spoke to seniors in Riverside — urging them to be alert and also sharing simple steps to prevent being a victim.

State Attorney General Rob Bonta spoke to a group of senior citizens in Riverside to sound the alarm about the growing number of scams – not just because of how much more technology we use these days but because by 2030, he says one out of every four people in this state will be over the age of 60.

“It’s a blessing to have our loved ones live longer,” Bonta said. “It also means we have a responsibility to make sure their long lives are happy, rewarding and safe, that they are protected.”

Bonta estimates one out of every 10 senior citizens has been victim to these types of scams.

Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez says a friend of his recently told him a family member was scammed by someone claiming they’d won a Publisher’s Clearinghouse sweepstakes.

“The scammer told the victim she’d also won a luxury car, and would need to pay some fees to receive that car and additional sweepstakes winnings,” Gonzalez said. “Over the next several weeks, unfortunately, the elderly victim mailed several cashier’s checks, totaling well over $200,000.”

They say while a lot of these scams take place online, and some of them in person most of the time it’s robocalls you get over the phone.

They suggest that if you get a call from a number you don’t recognize, when you answer the phone, just remain silent. If it is a robocall, after a few seconds of silence the caller will automatically hang up.

“We come from a generation where you can trust everybody,” said Mike McGuiness of Riverside.

McGuiness is on the Dale senior center’s advisory board.

He says many of the victims are widows and widowers who are lonely.

“They’ve been on their own for years, they’re lonely, and they just want someone to talk to. And all of a sudden someone is your friend on the phone, you have no idea who they are, and they take advantage of you.”

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72-hour rain totals across Northern California

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November 23, 2024

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72-hour rain totals across Northern California – CBS Sacramento

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Here is a look at how much rain has accumulated across Northern California as of Friday night.

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Magnitude 3.5 earthquake recorded in Malibu, California Friday afternoon

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November 22, 2024

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Magnitude 3.5 earthquake recorded in Malibu, California Friday afternoon

An earthquake shook along the Southern California coast Friday afternoon.

The earthquake reportedly occurred in Malibu, west of Los Angeles, at 2:15 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblor, which was recorded at a depth of nearly 6 miles, measured a preliminary magnitude of 3.5.

It was not immediately clear if there was any damage.

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California bomb cyclone brings record rain, major mudslide risk

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November 22, 2024

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California bomb cyclone brings record rain, major mudslide risk

An atmospheric river dumping rain across Northern California and several feet of snow in the Sierras was making its way across the state Friday, bringing flooding and threatening mudslides along with it.

The storm, the first big one of the season, moved over California as a bomb cyclone, a description of how it rapidly intensified before making its way onshore.

On Thursday, rain poured across the northern edge of the state, slowly moving south. It rained 3.66 inches in Ukiah on Thursday, breaking the record for the city set in 1977 by a half-inch. Santa Rosa Airport saw 4.93 inches of rain on Thursday, shattering the daily record set in 2001 of 0.93 inches.

More rain is due Friday.

Cars are covered in snow during a storm in Soda Springs.

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“Prolonged rainfall will result in an increased risk of flooding, an increased risk of landslides, and downed trees and power lines across the North Bay,” the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office wrote in a Friday morning forecast.

After its initial peak, the system is expected to linger into the weekend, with a second wave of rainfall extending farther south across most of the San Francisco Bay Area, down into the Central Coast and possibly reaching parts of Southern California.

On Saturday, Los Angeles and Ventura counties could see anywhere from a tenth to a third of an inch of rain. San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties could see up to an inch in some areas.

A second round of rain expected to begin Sunday could be “a little stronger than the first but still likely in the ‘beneficial rain’ category,” the National Weather Service said in its latest L.A. forecast.

Chances are low of flooding or any other significant issues in Southern California, forecasters said, though roads could be slick and snarl traffic.

Staff writer Grace Toohey contributed to this report.

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