Tag: California

Arson Suspect Arrested, Possibly Connected to 20 Recent Car Fires in Tujunga

Following a string of vehicle fires in the area, police Monday said they’ve arrested a suspect caught on camera setting fire to a truck in Sunland-Tujunga, California, In video footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department, a male suspect on a bike pulls up to a blue pickup truck parked on Greeley Avenue and…


2 Marines Beaten by Crowd of Teens Near San Clemente Pier

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—Investigators were continuing a search Tuesday for suspects in the weekend beating of at least two Marines by a large group of people, mostly teens, near the San Clemente Pier. The melee began about 9:15 p.m. Friday near the pier at the end of Avenida del Mar, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Mike…


LA Dodgers Flip-Flop on Including Nun-Mocking Drag Group in Pride Night Festivities

Despite outrage by some fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team has reaffirmed an invitation to the drag ensemble Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to perform at its Pride Night game on June 16. The Dodgers announced the drag group’s appearance, then canceled the appearance after public pressure. The MLB team now has canceled the cancelation…


The Day Has Arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to Report to a Texas Prison

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to move to her new home—a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. The federal judge who sentenced Holmes, 39, in November recommended that she be…


Feminists Protest Against Transgender Athletes Policy in California

CLOVIS, Calif.—Women’s rights advocates held a protest against the California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) gender policy on May 27 at a high school competition, even though the two transgender athletes had withdrawn from the race. The policy or interpretation of the policy would allow transgender athletes who are biological males to attend females’ races in state…


Thousands Gather in Santa Ana to Celebrate Memorial Day

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Over 3,000 locals and veterans gathered at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary to honor local heroes for their military service to the country on the morning of Memorial Day. The ceremony on May 29 featured multiple local veterans, live musical performances, an aerial flyover, and a dove release, among other activities. “We owe…


Westminster Declares ‘Massoud Day’ to Remind Afghans They Are Not Forgotten

Westminster officials declared last week that September 9, 2023, will be proclaimed Massoud Day after Ahmad Massoud, described as the founding father of the resistance against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and then against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the 1990s. Known as “The Lion of Panjshir,” Massoud was assassinated by al-Qaeda …


3 Injured, One Arrested in Head-On Crash in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—Three people were injured in a head-on collision in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego, authorities said May 29. The crash occurred at 8:53 p.m. Sunday in the 5300 block of Mira Mesa Boulevard near the Jacob Dekema (805) Freeway, according to San Diego police Officer John Buttle. A 26-year-old woman drove her…


Man Falls to Death After Breaking California Hospital Window With Oxygen Tank

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A man in police custody died Thursday in Northern California after he broke a hospital’s window with a metal oxygen tank and fell off a ledge following an altercation with an officer and a nurse, authorities said. The man was in custody because he had allegedly violated a court order, according to San…


Biker Killed By Hit-And-Run BMW in Northridge

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—A hit-and-run motorist behind the wheel of a BMW struck and killed a motorcyclist in Northridge, authorities said May 28. The suspect’s vehicle was going eastbound on Roscoe Boulevard at about 5:40 p.m. Saturday when it made a left turn at Yolanda Avenue and collided with a biker who was going west on Roscoe,…