Category: Southern California

San Diego County’s Proposed Budget Would Boost Infrastructure Spending by $37 Million

May 31, 2023
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San Diego County officials have proposed an additional $37 million in its 2023–24 budget—up 6 percent from last year—for infrastructure improvements, for such things as traffic signals, repairing sidewalks, and funding park amenities. With the increase, the total funding for the county’s Land Use and Environment Group, which manages such projects and programs, would be…

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Santa Ana Unified to Maintain Its Curriculum on Israel-Palestine Conflict Despite Complaints of Anti-Semitism

May 31, 2023
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Santa Ana Unified School District leaders announced it would maintain two recently-adopted courses on the Israel-Palestine conflict amid complaints from local Jewish groups that say the content is antisemitic. At a May 23 board meeting, Superintendent Jerry Almendarez said the district wouldn’t remove any content from the two courses it adopted in April as part…

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Cut Housing Costs in California by Repealing Prop. 39 From 2000

May 31, 2023
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Commentary One of the defects in California’s political system is how not just the public-employee unions, but the super-wealthy can manipulation the system. They use democracy to short-circuit democracy. A good example is billionaire Reed Hastings, chairman of the board at Netflix. He has long been involved in California’s political process, especially on education. Nothing…

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Teens Arrested in Connection With Group Attack on Marines Over Memorial Day Weekend

May 31, 2023
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A group of minors was apprehended following a severe attack on three off-duty U.S. Marines at the San Clemente Pier in Southern California over the Memorial Day weekend. The incident, which involved a crowd of dozens of young people, led to the arrest of five minors on felony assault charges. The incident is currently under…

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3 Arrested in Seal Beach Robbery

May 31, 2023
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SEAL BEACH, Calif.—One man was in custody May 30 and two others are facing charges in a Seal Beach robbery. Police were dispatched about 11:30 p.m. Friday to the Seal Beach Pier and the 10th Street parking lot regarding the robbery, Seal Beach Police Department Lt. Julia Clasby said. The suspects pulled in behind another…

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Debate Over Public Safety in San Clemente Continues After Marines Beaten

May 31, 2023
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Commentary During the Memorial Day weekend, on the San Clemente Pier, a large group of teenagers attacked and beat two non-uniformed United States Marines who simply requested that the crowd discontinue igniting fireworks. The irony of beating enlisted soldiers on this May weekend is not lost on the residents of Orange County. A video of…

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Facing Sweltering Summers, California’s Newsom Floats Plan for State to Buy Energy

May 31, 2023
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SACRAMENTO—For most of the year, California’s quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar, and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses. Then it gets hot, and everyone in the nation’s most populous state turns on their air conditioners at the…

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2 Stabbed in Long Beach, Suspect Shot by Police

May 31, 2023
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LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 31-year-old man who authorities said is homeless and suspected of assaulting multiple people in Long Beach and stabbing two others was shot by Long Beach Police Department officers but is expected to survive, police said Wednesday. The shooting occurred shortly before noon Tuesday near Second Street and Quincy Avenue, according to the…

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Disneyland’s Splash Mountain Closes for Renovations Amid Racism Allegations

May 31, 2023
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—Splash Mountain officially closed May 30 to begin its renovation into an attraction based on the more modern film “The Princess and the Frog.” According to Disneyland officials, the renovation project is expected to last more than a year. The re-imagined ride, which will be called “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure,” is scheduled to open in…

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Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Should Be Paroled, California Appeals Court Rules

May 31, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from prison on parole. The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has…

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