California
California to Start Wiping Racist Term for Indigenous Women
California will soon start the process of scrubbing a racist term for Indigenous women from location names. A bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022 calls for the term “squaw” to removed from all of the state’s geographic features and place names, beginning Jan. 1, 2025. Within 180 days of that start date, local governments must submit replacement name recommendations; if they don’t, commissions and advisory bodies will be brought in to do so, CNN reports. The California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names will work to implement new names for nearly three dozen places, which have already been approved, by the first of the year, CBS News reports.
“The names we give to places in California reflect our shared history and culture. These place names should never insult communities or perpetuate discrimination,” the secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency says in a statement. Native American tribes worked with the agency to come up with the replacement names for locations including roads, a bridge, and a fire station. In West Sacramento, for example, the word was replaced with “tebti,” a word and blessing translating to the idea of streams that flow together. The federal government is also working to wipe the term from federal sites, and one iconic California ski resort has already made the change on its own. (More California stories.)
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Loved ones search for missing 15-year-old Southern California girl
Loved ones are searching for a Southern California girl who has been missing for more than six months.
Keylin Reyes-Moreno, 15, was reported missing on Sept. 22, 2025, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Reyes-Moreno was last seen in the Pacoima area.
She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes.
She may have been heading to the Los Angeles area when she disappeared.
Her family did not mention any health or mental issues that would’ve contributed to her disappearance. They have not heard from her since and are very concerned for her well-being.
Anyone who may know Keylin Reyes-Moreno’s whereabouts or has information on the case is asked to call NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678 or the Los Angeles Police Department at 877-275-5273.
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Springs Fire in southern California reaches 45% containment as evacuations continue
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Crews were making progress Saturday battling a fast-growing and smoky wildfire in southern California that broke out Friday morning, prompting mandatory evacuations and warnings.
Now encompassing roughly 6.3 square miles (about 16 square kilometers) east of Moreno Valley in Riverside County, the Springs Fire was 45% percent contained on Saturday, according to a state website. It was 25% contained on Friday.
More than a dozen zones in the county remained under mandatory evacuation orders or evacuation warnings, while six have been dropped. It was not immediately known how many households were affected by the orders.
Firefighters were battling strong winds. The National Weather Service issued an advisory for 15 mph to 20 mph winds, with gusts up to 45 mph, into Saturday afternoon. An air quality alert has also been issued for harmful fine particle pollution levels due to wildfire smoke.
Hundreds of people have been battling the blaze using helicopters, engines and water tenders. It’s located in a populated unincorporated part of Riverside County, in a recreational area near the city of Moreno Valley, which has a population of roughly 200,000. The city is 10 miles southeast of Riverside and 64 miles east of Los Angeles.
California
A fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California triggers evacuations
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A smoky and fast-growing wildfire Friday in windy Southern California has prompted multiple evacuation orders and warnings.
The Springs Fire broke out at around 11 a.m. Friday and by the evening had grown to about 5.47 square miles (14.17 square kilometers), with fire crews starting to contain it. The cause of the fire east of Moreno Valley in Riverside County is under investigation. It was not immediately known how many households are under evacuation warnings or orders.
The fire was burning in a populated — but not densely so — unincorporated part of Riverside County, in a recreational area near the city of Moreno Valley, which has a population of roughly 200,000. The city is 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Riverside and 64 miles (103 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
“It’s windy out there,” said Maggie Cline De La Rosa, a public information officer for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in Riverside County.
Alex Izaguirre, a spokesperson for the Cal Fire Riverside County, said the wind is “spreading the smoke,” prompting concerned calls from residents in neighboring cities who can see and smell the smoke.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for San Bernardino and Riverside County valleys through Saturday afternoon, with gusts of up to 50 mph (80 kph) expected.
“Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,” the advisory read.
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