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America Needs a Transfusion – Part II

June 3, 2023
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Commentary In Part I, I said China should not wake a sleeping elephant, that democracies are slow to react, but once aroused, their citizens united, those who attack them, Germany and Japan during WW II, soon wish they hadn’t. To this day the Persians wish they hadn’t attacked the Greeks at the plain of Marathon in 490 BC. Fearful…

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Michael Jordan’s 1992 Olympic Practice Jersey up for Auction

June 3, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A sweat-stained jersey worn by U.S. basketball legend Michael Jordan in a practice session at the 1992 Olympic Games will hit the auction block in Los Angeles in June, estimated to sell at between $400,000 and $600,000. The white jersey with red, white and blue trim and ‘USA Basketball’ on the front is signed…

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Woman Walking on California Beach Finds Ancient Mastodon Tooth

June 3, 2023
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APTOS, Calif.—A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media blitz and a kind-hearted jogger to find it again. Jennifer Schuh found the foot-long (.30-meter) tooth sticking out…

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Gunfire Erupts at San Ysidro Shopping Center; No Injuries Reported

June 2, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—An apparent non-injury shooting sent shoppers ducking for cover June 2 in a parking lot at a busy retail center just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The gunfire erupted about 11:15 a.m. in front of a Dollar Tree store at San Ysidro Village, 4330 Camino De La Plaza, according to the San Diego Police…

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Man, 53, Fatally Shot During Quarrel in San Diego

June 2, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—An early morning argument in a neighborhood near Petco Park escalated June 2 into a shooting that left a man dead. The gunfire in the 1600 block of Logan Avenue in Barrio Logan erupted shortly before 6 a.m., according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD). Patrol officers arrived to find a 53-year-old man…

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Pride Event at North Hollywood Elementary School Sparks Tense Protest, Minor Skirmishes

June 2, 2023
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A protest by parents and others upset about a Pride Month assembly at Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood turned confrontational on June 2, as protesters and LGBT advocates engaged in a tense standoff that led to some shoving and angry shouting before police formed a skirmish line to separate the sides. “It’s…

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Arizona Man Arrested in Fatal Gardenwalk Shooting Near Disneyland

June 2, 2023
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—A 21-year-old man was behind bars June 2 in Phoenix on suspicion of killing another man in the Gardenwalk parking structure last month. Aristeo Martinez of Phoenix was arrested May 30 in Arizona, Anaheim police Sgt. Jon McClintock said. He is accused of killing 32-year-old Deonte Marquis Lenin of Highland on May 21, the…

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Southern California Parents Boycott School District’s ‘Pride Day’, Pulling Children out of Classes

June 2, 2023
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Many schools at the Glendale Unified School District resembled a “ghost town” on June 2 as some parents kept their children at home in protest of the district’s planned “Pride Day” where students learn about LGBT activists and participate in activities that celebrate the LGBT community. While the number of absent students is currently unknown,…

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Man Gets Life Without Parole for Killing of Drug Dealer in Placentia

June 2, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 26-year-old man was sentenced June 2 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his part in the fatal shooting of a drug dealer in Placentia, an attack allegedly ordered by the reputed head of the Orange County branch of the Mexican Mafia. Augustine Velasquez was convicted June 30, 2021,…

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California Lawmakers Deny Newsom’s Proposals to Reform Environmental Laws to Speed up Big Projects

June 2, 2023
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent attempt to bypass environmental rules to speed up construction for certain projects was denied by the Senate Budget Committee 3–0 on May 25. “The only way to achieve California’s world-leading climate goals is to build, build, build—faster,” Newsom said in a press release on May 19 announcing his plan. “This…

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