Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, July 03, 2023

A new study in the US paints a grim picture of the scope of homelessness in California.

New US study highlights worsening homeless crisis in the populous US state of California.

Activists have urged California state to provide millions of dollars in compensation to American Black citizens as a means of apologizing for slavery and past injustices.

The busiest US ocean trade gateway in California largely shuts down due to port worker shortage.

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) leaves startups re-questioning their future as the crash sends jolts across the global financial markets.

Nearly 85,000 households and businesses were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, as storms continued to pummel parts of California, bringing snow to higher elevations and dumping rain and hail in the flatlands.

Given the alarming frequency of mass shootings and the sheer indifference of authorities to these preventable tragedies, the US may well be staring at the deadliest year in its recent history, writes Marzieh Hashemi.

California has suffered one of its bloodiest spates of mass gun violence in decades this week.

At least seven people are killed and one other critically injured in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in the US state of California on Monday.