Category: Southern California

Los Angeles Unified Approves $19 Billion Budget, Warns of ‘Shifts’ for Staff

June 29, 2023
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The Los Angeles Unified School Board last week approved a $18.8 billion budget for the 2023–24 school year that includes the last of its pandemic aid—and is beginning to prepare for operating without such funds. Over the next two school years, the district will invest $4.2 billion—most of which comes from one-time emergency COVID-19 relief…

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Fun Things to Do in Orange County to Celebrate July Fourth

June 29, 2023
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Fourth of July Celebration and Summer Carnival Looking for Independence Day celebrations over the weekend? The summer carnival at the San Juan Capistrano Sports Park will feature over 20 thrill rides, picnic games, food vendors, a beer and wine garden, and spectacular fireworks to close out the festivities. 25925 Camino del Avion, San Juan Capistrano….

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Disneyland Resort to Close 3 Popular Rides for Refurbishment This Summer

June 29, 2023
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The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California is temporarily shuttering three of its popular rides beginning in July—the peak of its summer season—for several weeks for refurbishment. California Adventure’s ‘Soarin’ Over The World,’ and ‘Toy Story Mania,’ will be temporarily dark along with Disneyland’s classic Monorail after years of on-and-off malfunctions. According to the Disney Parks…

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Los Angeles Declares July 1 as Tom Bradley Day in Honor of Former Mayor

June 29, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—The city council proclaimed July 1 as Tom Bradley Day in the city of Los Angeles on June 28 to mark the 50th anniversary of the late former mayor’s inauguration. The council previously adopted a formal resolution honoring Bradley’s legacy, which Council President Paul Krekorian described as a “transformative time of our government.” “For…

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Santa Ana Nonprofit Receives $500,000 to Address Youth Unemployment

June 29, 2023
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Over 300 residents converged at Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange in Orange, California on June 26 for an event awarding half a million dollars to a local nonprofit to help low-income youth gain access to job training services in Santa Ana. The funding, which was part of nearly $30 million in federal funds Rep….

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Every City in the Inland Empire Ranked According to Financial Health

June 29, 2023
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Commentary Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California have 52 cities. A number of their residents work in Orange County and make their commute using the Riverside Freeway, its express lanes, or the Metrolink rail. As housing costs tend to be higher the closer one comes to the coast, moving to the Inland Empire…

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Los Angeles Homeless Population Grows 9 Percent in County, 10 Percent in City

June 29, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Despite major investments in housing and intervention programs, the number of people experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles area continues to climb, with results of the most recent count released on June 29 showing a 9 percent year-over-year increase in homelessness in the county, and a 10 percent jump in the city. According to…

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Inmate Dies in San Diego Sheriff’s Custody; 2nd in 3 Days

June 29, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A man became the second in-custody death in three days after he was found unresponsive in his jail cell and later died at the University of California–San Diego Medical Center, the Sheriff’s Department announced June 29. Pedro Junior Ornelas III, 27, died at the medical center around 10 a.m. on June 28, according to…

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Rescuers Work for Hours to Free Worker From Collapsed Trench in La Jolla

June 29, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—Emergency crews worked for more than five hours on June 28 to free a construction worker who wound up injured and precariously trapped in unstable dirt and debris following a trench collapse at a home-remodel site near La Jolla Shores Beach. The industrial accident in the 8400 block of El Paseo Grande took place…

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California Climate Policies Only Empower China

June 29, 2023
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Commentary California politicians and influencers like to boast how the state is “poised to become the world’s fourth biggest economy.” Yet they obviously remain ignorant about what’s really going on across the globe. Consider this story in the liberal-progressive Financial Times, hardly a bastion of conservatism: “China’s dominance of solar poses difficult choices for the…

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