Oakland A story out of SF where a couple was assaulted & robbed by men with a gun and AR style RIFLE in the middle of the day.

Just one day after OPD confirms details of brutal armed robbery along 9th Street in Chinatown where a Good Samaritan & man in his 50’s pistol-whipped.

Satellite images released by NASA Thursday paint an increasingly grim picture of California's worsening drought, Sierra Nevada snowpack -- the state's main source of water -- disappearing by early summer. One set of images captures the Sierra Nevada snowpack – the state's main source of water – disappear by early summer. On March 31, 2021, snow can be seen blanketing the mountain range. In mid-May, much of that snow had already melted. By July 7, it was gone. A second set of images shows a side-by-side comparison of Lake Oroville in Northern California. On June 4, 2019, the reservoir was filled to the brim. On June 9, 2021, exposed shoreline was clearly visible due to the lack of water available from the diminished snowpack. (Read more.)

South Africa: Building on fire in Grey Street, Durban CBD
Cause of fire "unknown".

Unconfirmed: Allegedly a bomb went off in Durban, KZN, South Africa shortly after their president visited.