Tag: California

California Authorities Seize Lethal Amounts of Fentanyl, Other Drugs in San Francisco

California authorities have seized highly lethal amounts of fentanyl in San Francisco, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on June 15. The California Highway Patrol said the amount of fentanyl seized in the past six weeks is enough to kill the city’s entire population nearly three times over. This fentanyl crisis update comes after the government launched a…


California School Board Terminates Superintendent Amid LGBT, CRT Debates

TEMECULA, Calif.—The Temecula Valley Unified school board terminated the district’s superintendent in a June 13 board meeting amid controversy surrounding the board majority’s crackdown on critical race theory and what they said was inappropriate content in curriculum. Board president Joseph Komrosky, and Trustees Jennifer Wiersma and Danny Gonzalez voted to terminate Superintendent Jodi McClay’s contract,…


Girl Sues Hospital for Removing Her Breasts at Age 13

A hospital and doctors in California are facing a new lawsuit for removing the breasts of a 13-year-old girl after she claimed she was a boy. The defendants carried out “ideological and profit driven medical abuse” when they prescribed her puberty blockers and hormones and, later, performed a double mastectomy, Charles Limandri, one of the…


LIVE NOW: NTD Good Morning (June 15): Grand Jury Indicts Former U.S. Marine in Death of Jordan Neely; Miami Mayor Makes Presidential Bid

A Manhattan Grand Jury voted to indict Daniel Penny on June 14. The former U.S. Marine is being charged in the death of a homeless man on a New York City Subway. We have the details. Yet another candidate is joining the crowded race for president in 2024. He is Miami’s Republican Mayor Francis Suarez. A…


NTD Good Morning (June 15): Grand Jury Indicts Former U.S. Marine in Death of Jordan Neely; Miami Mayor Makes Presidential Bid

A Manhattan Grand Jury voted to indict Daniel Penny on June 14. The former U.S. Marine is being charged in the death of a homeless man on a New York City Subway. We have the details. Yet another candidate is joining the crowded race for president in 2024. He is Miami’s Republican Mayor Francis Suarez. A…


2 Men, Including Marine, Charged in Firebombing of California Planned Parenthood Clinic

Two men who allegedly used a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California in 2022, were arrested and charged on June 14, according to officials. Tibet Ergul, 21, of Irvine, and Chance Brannon, 23, of San Juan Capistrano, an active duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, were arrested “without incident” and charged with using…


First Busload of Illegal Immigrants Arrives in Los Angeles from Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced on Wednesday that Texas has transported a group of illegal immigrants to Los Angeles for the first time, a move described as a “despicable stunt” by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. “Texas just dropped off the 1st bus of migrants in Los Angeles,” Abbott wrote on Twitter. Around 40 illegal immigrants,…


New York Man Found Guilty of Kidnapping Elderly Woman With Dementia in West LA

LOS ANGELES—A man was found guilty by a judge June 13 of federal criminal charges stemming from his abduction of a 68-year-old woman with dementia at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Johnny Ray Gasca, 53, of Bronx, New York, was found guilty of one count of kidnapping, two counts of attempted obstruction…


California Bill to Limit ‘Racially Biased’ Traffic Stops Passes Senate

A California bill to prohibit most traffic stops for minor violations has narrowly passed the Senate. “The data clearly shows that these pretextual stops are disproportionately used against communities of color,” bill author Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) told senators on May 30. “Having these unnecessary stops puts not only the community at greater safety [risk]…


Man Arrested for Shooting of San Diego Police Officer

SAN DIEGO—A 30-year-old man was arrested June 14 for allegedly shooting a San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officer last week during a pursuit in a Chollas Creek-area neighborhood. J.C. Blake Sartor of San Diego was taken into custody at about 12:30 p.m. in the 8700 block of Spectrum Center Boulevard in Kearny Mesa, SDPD Chief…