California’s three largest power companies have proposed sweeping changes to the state’s Public Utilities Commission that will affect the electricity bills of households across the region. Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric submitted a joint proposal last week, outlining a new rate structure that will follow the passage of Assembly Bill 205 last year. The legislation requires a fixed rate and generally simpler bills for customers. Under the proposal: Households earning less than $28,000 a year would pay a fixed charge of $15 a month on their electric bills in Edison and PG&E territories and $24 a month in SDG&E territory.

A left-wing storm arose following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich’s joint statement  on Motzei Shabbos in response to the Moody’s rating agency’s credit rating forecast, in which they wrote that “Israel’s economy is stable and strong and b’ezrat Hashem will remain so.” The use of the term “b’ezrat Hashem” infuriated many left-wing opponents of the government, who launched a Twitter storm mocking the term.

Four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting Saturday night in Dadeville, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the shooting happened at about 10:30 p.m. There was no initial confirmation about what led to the shooting. It was not immediately known if a suspect was in custody. Pastor Ben Hayes, who serves as the chaplain for the Dadeville Police Department and for the local high school football team, said most of the victims are teenagers because the shooting occurred at a birthday party for a 16-year-old. He said the shooting has rocked the small town where serious crime is rare. “One of the young men that was killed was one of our star athletes and just a great guy. So I knew many of these students.

A 45-year-old Chareidi woman was crushed to death on Sunday morning in a parking lot in Ashdod. According to passersby, the woman got out of her car and for unknown reasons, her car continued to move downward and crushed her against the wall of the parking lot. Firefighters were called to the scene and immediately began a rescue operation as the woman’s condition was critical. They successfully extricated her from the scene and transferred her to paramedics but unfortunately, they were forced to declare her death at the scene. Daniel Bokovza, head of the Ashdod Hatzalah branch, said: “When we arrived at the scene, we encountered a pedestrian who was suffering from multiple systemic injuries and was unconscious.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of R’ Michoel Schnitzler Z”L, a well-known singer, who was mesameach Yidden with his many musical albums and singing at thousands of chasunos. He was 61. R’ Michoel suffered a massive heart attack in the Monsey area on Friday afternoon at around 6 PM. Hatzolah paramedics did everything they could to save his life but were unfortunately unsuccessful. For more than 35 years, R’ Michoel entertained and inspired untold numbers of people through his astounding musical abilities and his equally impressive heart of gold. He sang at more than 4,200 weddings, and released 15 albums with over 150 songs. Levaya details will be published when they become available to YWN. Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes.

Police have evacuated some homes in Rockland County as multiple brush fires burn along the CSX train line in Stony Point. At least three structures have caught fire, according to NBC New York. The fires were kicked off by sparks from an S/B train that had been traveling through Stony Point, Haverstraw, and Congers, according to Rockland fire officials. With the fires continuing to burn, CSX has been ordered to halt all train traffic coming and going from Rockland County. Black smoke is visible for miles surrounding the brush fires as strong winds send it billowing outwards in heavy clouds. For now, police are telling residents to avoid the area of Old Haverstraw Road to Route 303 in Congers.   (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

On Tuesday, Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, had a contentious interview with BBC reporter James Clayton. Clayton asked Musk about allegations that the social media platform does not have enough staff to police hate speech. Musk challenged Clayton to provide specific examples of hate speech flourishing on Twitter, which the reporter could not provide. Clayton attempted to defend himself by stating that he had only reported others experiencing hate speech, not that he had seen it himself. However, Musk continued to press Clayton for concrete examples and accused him of lying. WATCH THIS INCREDIBLE CLIP BELOW: (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Donald Trump went on a tear against former Attorney General Bill Barr, who he called a “spokesman” for Fox News and the Wall Street Journal – both of which Trump used to love but now hate. “So many legal scholars & pundits have viewed my lawsuit against lying, convicted felon, Michael Cohen, a disbarred lawyer, as being meritorious – a very good one,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Some have stated, “It’s about time!'” “Slovenly, Lethargic Coward, Bill Barr, who didn’t have the “guts” to fight election fraud, & more, because he was afraid he was going to be impeached by the Radical Left Lunatics – The Democrats – disagrees. Barr is a Globalist RINO spokesman for Fox & the WSJ.

Thousands of people participated in the sichas haChag of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein on Monday, Chol Hamoed Pesach, which was shared in many locations via live broadcast. The Rosh Yeshivah addressed the many tragedies in Israel since the beginning of Bein HaZemanim, saying that they occur due to the lack of Torah being learned during the break. “There are tragedies during these days which are Bein HaZemanim because there’s no zechus haTorah,” the Rosh Yeshivah said. “Whoever holds the Torah, it is a tree of life for him to be saved at such a time.” “Baruch Hashem, our tzibur occupies itself with Torah even during Bein HaZemanim but not the entire tzibur. Less Torah is learned during Bein HaZemanim, not like the whole year.

More than a dozen vehicles were damaged or destroyed in a big fire at the parking lot of the Armon Hotel in Stamford Connecticut where the “Chop A Nosh” Pesach program was held. Fire alarms began ringing at around 5:00AM, forcing more than 1,000 guests out of the hotel and into the street. Fire officials said the structure had been compromised and firefighters were ordered to get out of the garage, according to the fire department. They fought the fire from outside. A guest at the hotel told YWN the following: “Attendees were evacuated to the front lobby outdoors, including elderly and newborns. Everyone was well behaved, and Davening started outdoors at 8:00AM when the building was deemed safe. By 10:30AM, guests were allowed back to their rooms.