Tag: California

Woman Possibly Kidnapped From Bus at Gunpoint in East Los Angeles

May 23, 2023
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A woman was possibly kidnapped while boarding a bus in East Los Angeles, authorities said May 23. The incident occurred about 8:40 p.m. Monday in the 3800 block of East Third Street where a man confronted the victim from behind as she attempted to board a Montebello Transit bus, according to the Los Angeles County…

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Huntington Beach Changes Who Selects Prayer Leader for City Council Meetings

May 23, 2023
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The Huntington Beach City Council voted 4–2–1 on May 16 for its mayor to select who opens its meetings with an invocation, instead of an interfaith council that has done so for decades. The council’s new conservative majority, in February, requested the city investigate changing the policy claiming a group known as the Greater Huntington…

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High-Level California Gang Leaders Convicted in Drug, Racketeering Case

May 23, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Two members of the transnational gang MS-13, including a one-time “shot-caller” for the notorious criminal organization, will face 10 years to life in federal prison when they are sentenced later this year for their convictions in downtown Los Angeles on racketeering and drug charges. José Balmore Romero, 49, and Erwin Alexander Melgar, 45, were…

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Orange County Nonprofit Granted $1.4 Million to Remove Lead Toxins in Low-Income Homes for Free

May 23, 2023
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The Orange County Health Department announced earlier this month $1.4 million has been granted to the agency from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to remove toxic lead paint in homes of low-income residents, according to a May 11 press release. The funding has been awarded to a local nonprofit—Azure Community Development—which will…

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California Army Vet Gets 7 Years for COVID-19 Fraud

May 23, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 37-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced May 22 to seven years in federal prison for fraudulently applying for $1.2 million in COVID-19 unemployment insurance. Nhan Hoang Pham pleaded guilty Jan. 23 to a count of wire fraud for applying for about $1.2 million in unemployment benefits and raking in about $400,000, according…

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Former College Student Charged in California Stabbings to Get Psychiatric Exam

May 23, 2023
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WOODLAND, Calif.—A judge on Monday ordered a psychiatric review of the former University of California, Davis, student charged with two fatal stabbings and an attempted murder that shook the normally serene community outside Sacramento. An attorney for Carlos Dominguez said in Yolo County Superior Court that his client is not mentally competent to stand trial….

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California Lawmakers Forced to Kill 300 Bills in One Day, Some Climate Bills, in Budget Dilemma

May 22, 2023
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Approximately 300 bills failed to pass California’s Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees on May 18, with lawmakers potentially eyeing the state’s $31.5 billion deficit in failing to advance the legislation, following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision announced a week before. The bills were part of what is known as a suspense hearing, with the…

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Explosives Manufacturer Reports Losing Over 30 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate

May 22, 2023
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Over 30 tons of a chemical used in fertilizer and high explosives went missing from a railcar traveling west from Wyoming to California in April, and investigators still don’t know how it happened. According to news outlets, on May 10—a month after the incident—explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel filed a report with the U.S. Environmental Protection…

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California Ranks Among Worst States for Military Retirees: Study

May 22, 2023
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The Golden State is one of the worst states for military retirees to live out their golden years, according to a new study published May 22 by the personal finance company WalletHub. California’s economic environment was the biggest factor for the low ranking, placing it last among all states, including Washington, D.C. The state also…

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4-Year-Old Boy’s Body Found in California River, Day After Sister Found Dead

May 22, 2023
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SANGER, Calif.—A search crew found the body of a 4-year-old boy in a surging California river May 22, a day after his 8-year-old sister died when the siblings were swept away by the current, authorities, said. Searchers in a boat spotted the boy’s body caught against a tree in the Kings River about 1.75 miles…

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