Category: Southern California

Parents Blast Board Over Alleged Assaults by Transgender Student at California School

A transgender student who was caught twice on video in the last few weeks allegedly assaulting girls at a California high school will not be returning to the school, according to the Riverside Unified School District. The first video taken in early April shows a boy and girl pushing each other and the boy hitting…


Parents Blast School Board Over Alleged Assaults by Transgender Student at California School

A transgender student who was caught twice on video in the last few weeks allegedly assaulting girls at a California high school will not be returning to the school, according to the Riverside Unified School District. The first video taken in early April shows a boy and girl pushing each other and the boy hitting…


Buena Park to Regularly Inspect Apartments to Combat ‘Bad Actor’ Landlords

Buena Park is looking to crack down on what some city councilors call “bad actors,” who haven’t kept up with maintaining their rental properties. The Buena Park City Council voted 3–2 April 25 to require some multi-family apartment complexes to be inspected by city code-enforcement officers in a three-year cycle. Due to the split vote,…


California Man Sentenced for Killing His Boss at China-Controlled US Newspaper

A man who pleaded guilty to killing his boss at a U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper’s office in Alhambra, California in 2018 was sentenced to 21 years in state prison on May 1. Zhong Qi Chen, 64, shot and killed his boss Yining Xie, founder and chairman of China Press—or Qian Bao in Chinese—and after five years…


The State Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want

Commentary The words of C.S. Lewis’s masterpiece, “The Screwtape Letters,” help me understand the ethos of the era we are living in when “feelings” are held as superior to the wisdom of hundreds of known generations before us: “The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and,…


Bob Lee Died of Stab Wounds, Had Cocaine in His System, Autopsy Report Says

Cash App founder Bob Lee, who was killed last month in San Francisco, died from multiple stab wounds while having cocaine, alcohol, and other substances in his system, the city’s medical examiner said Monday. The 43-year-old software engineer had two stab wounds to the upper chest and a third to his right hip, according to…


Cash App Founder Died of Stab Wounds, Had Cocaine in His System, Autopsy Report Says

Cash App founder Bob Lee, who was killed last month in San Francisco, died from multiple stab wounds while having cocaine, alcohol, and other substances in his system, the city’s medical examiner said Monday. The 43-year-old software engineer had two stab wounds to the upper chest and a third to his right hip, according to…


2 Students Stabbed Outside Los Angeles High School, Suspects at Large

LOS ANGELES—Police are looking May 2 for suspects who stabbed two students near Los Angeles High School in what Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho called another “senseless” attack. The students, both 16, who were stabbed were taken to a hospital trauma center and are in stable condition, police said. The attack occurred…


Los Angeles Looks to Add More Speed Humps After Crash Killed Mother Walking Child to School

A fatal crash near an elementary school critically injuring a six year-old girl and killing her mother last week in Los Angeles prompted a committee of the Los Angeles City Council April 26 to pass two motions for the establishment of a dedicated speed bump program near all schools, and to explore increasing school crossing…


Orange County Leaders Garner Support for California Bills Against Fentanyl

IRVINE, Calif.—Local law enforcement and government leaders stood by an enlarged photograph of colorful, candy-like pills within the City Hall to garner support for two state bills to address the surging fentanyl overdose deaths on April 28. “Every single day, more than 15 Californians will die because of fentanyl poisoning,” state Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine)…