Tag: California

Threat Directed at JetBlue Airliner Prompts Search of Plane at LAX

May 4, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A JetBlue airliner that landed at Los Angeles International Airport after a flight from Las Vegas was evacuated and searched by a bomb squad May 4 due to a threat allegedly made by a passenger who missed the flight. The JetBlue plane was taken to the far western end of the LAX tarmac after…

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Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified to Consider Policy Requiring School Board Approval for Classroom Books

May 4, 2023
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The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Education Board will soon vote on a policy that requires board approval before the district can pilot a new book in classrooms after several controversial books made their way into lessons. Under the district’s current policy, teachers submit books to the district’s Literary Review Committee—made up of parents, teachers, and community…

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Chancellor of San Diego Community College District Resigns

May 4, 2023
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The Chancellor of San Diego Community College District, Dr. Carlos Cortez, has resigned to care for his ill parents, according to a May 1 press release issued by the district. “I am incredibly proud of the progress we have made together over the past two years on behalf of our students and community we serve,”…

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Former California College Student Arrested in 3 Stabbings

May 4, 2023
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DAVIS, Calif.—A 21-year-old who had been a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested for allegedly stabbing three people, including two fatally, and sending fear through the quiet college community, city police said. Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said Thursday that Carlos Dominguez was taken into custody May 3 after…

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Reparations Task Force Again Actually Hurts Black Californians

May 4, 2023
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Commentary If America is going to survive—and, yes, its existence is not certain—we’re going to have to start uniting our people instead of dividing them. As I have written in previous Epoch Times articles, the California Reparations Task Force is doing the opposite. My articles are here, here, here, and here. That deleterious pattern was…

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Orange County’s CalOptima Failed to Spend $675 Million Surplus, Violated Hiring Rules: State Auditor

May 4, 2023
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A state audit conducted on CalOptima Health, Orange County’s medical insurance group for low-income residents, found the agency held back spending surplus funds on service improvement and did not follow best practices when hiring some executive positions. Created by the county in 1993, the agency accumulated more than $1.2 billion in unrestricted funds as of…

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California State Senator Arrested for Drunk Driving to Be Arraigned in July

May 4, 2023
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California State Sen. Dave Min, a Democrat from Irvine, is scheduled for his first court appearance following a drunk driving arrest this week. The senator and congressional candidate—favored by the Democratic Party to replace outgoing Rep. Katie Porter—is scheduled to appear for an arraignment on July 24 in Sacramento Superior Court, according to the Sacramento…

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Latest LA Times ‘China Watch’ Propaganda Promotes PRC Economic Recovery

May 4, 2023
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Commentary The Los Angeles Times continues to profit from slipping in an unedited Chinese propaganda sheet, “China Watch,” into its Sunday newspaper, as I reported last September in The Epoch Times. The L.A. Times China Watch “advertising supplement” is part of China Daily, which Wikipedia identifies as “an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese…

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California Gun Rights Advocates Sue the State Over 10-Day Waiting Period to Buy Firearms

May 4, 2023
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The Firearms Policy Coalition filed a lawsuit in a San Diego federal court challenging California’s 10-day waiting period for gun purchases, the group announced on May 2. The lawsuit argues that individuals who pass background checks without any prior criminal records should be allowed to immediately retrieve their firearms after purchase to be used for self-defense and other lawful…

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California’s Cannabis Market Crashes, Northern Counties Brace for Impact

May 4, 2023
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California’s cannabis industry is in a free-fall, with some municipalities in the northern part of the state making plans for significantly reduced tax revenues as a result of a collapse in wholesale prices. Once selling for more than $4,000 per pound, bulk buyers are now shopping in the $300 to $500 range for fresh harvests,…

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