LOS ANGELES—Councilman Mitch O’Farrell was elected the City Council’s president pro tempore Sept. 28, replacing Councilman and 2022 mayoral candidate Joe Buscaino. “I appreciate the vote of confidence, it’s a great honor,” O’Farrell said. He spoke about the work the City Council has done in the last year and a half of the pandemic, including…
Councilman Mitch O’Farrell Elected President Pro Tempore of LA City Council
Nintendo Says ‘Donkey Kong’ Area to Open in Universal Studios Japan in 2024
TOKYO—Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd said on Tuesday that a “Donkey Kong” themed expansion to its “Super Nintendo World” in the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka will open in 2024. A “Super Mario” themed area opened at the park this year in a major expansion of Nintendo’s efforts to diversify its business beyond consoles….
Los Angeles Schools’ Enrollment Falls By 27,216 Students in 2021
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has seen a nearly 6 percent drop in enrollment this year, it was reported Sept. 28. The district has 439,013 students in preschool through 12th grade, compared to 466,229 last year at this time, according to the Los Angeles Times, which cited an annual count known as…
Fed’s Powell: Economic Bottlenecks in Reopening Could Be ‘More Enduring’
WASHINGTON—The higher prices and hiring difficulties seen as the U.S. economy reopens from the pandemic could prove “more enduring than anticipated,” and the Federal Reserve would move against unchecked inflation if needed, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. “The process of reopening the economy…
Department of Education Employees File Lawsuit Against NYC Mayor Over Vaccine Mandate
September 28, 2021
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Employees of NYC’s Department of Education (DOE) from various races, cultures, and social classes filed as 10 plaintiffs against New York Mayor Bill de Blasio in federal court over his vaccination mandate. The lawsuit is the third one filed against the vaccine mandates enforced by de Blasio earlier this month on NYC educators. The members…
Irvine Ranked Safest City for the 16Th Year in a Row
The City of Irvine is America’s safest city of its size for the 16th year in a row, according to a Sept.27 report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The annual uniform crime report that measures for the year 2020, said that Irvine has the lowest reported rate of violent crime per capita out of…
Upcoming Webinar 9/29: China’s Information War to Subvert the US
September 28, 2021
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping recently announced a new propaganda assault, meant to promote the regime’s system of government as a global model. Under this campaign, it seeks to both promote the image of the CCP as a responsible and fair player on the global stage, while also decrying and tearing down the…
Atlanta Spa-Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 4 Killings
ATLANTA—A man already sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting four people at a massage business outside Atlanta pleaded not guilty to shooting four others on the same day at two spas inside the city. Robert Aaron Long, 22, appeared briefly Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court, where he waived arraignment…
South Carolina Governor Voices Concern Over ‘Aggressive’ School Mask Enforcement Policies
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster expressed concern last week over what he called an “aggressive use of school resource officers” to enforce mask mandates in the Charleston County School District (CCSD). After a filmed incident in which a school resource officer warned a parent that he will call the Department of Social Services (DSS) if…
China’s Political Storms, From Alibaba to Evergrande
Analysis Xi Jinping may be fighting hard to pave his way to the upcoming 20th Party congress meeting in 2022. He may be directing his actions at the Jiang Zemin faction that Xi has implied are careerists in the Party. From the recent push for common prosperity, to the purging of the entertainment industry and the…
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