Month: July 2022

Laguna Beach’s Art Festivals Draw Large Crowds This Summer

Laguna Beach’s Festival of the Arts and Sawdust Art Festival are back, drawing large crowds along Laguna Canyon Road and the main beach this summer. The 56th annual Sawdust Art Festival, open daily until Aug. 28, features work from 162 of the city’s own artists. Artists have their own vending booths where visitors can purchase…


China State Media Suggests Shooting Down Pelosi’s Plane; Health Workers Win $10.3M in Vaccine Suit | NTD Evening News

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to leave for Asia Friday night, but won’t confirm whether she’ll visit Taiwan. Meanwhile, Chinese state-run media has threatened to shoot down Pelosi’s plane if she visits the island with a military escort. Chicago’s NorthShore University HealthSystem has agreed to pay hundreds of health care workers a total…


Fears of Popular Coup as Terrorist Alliance Has Nigerian Capital Under Siege

JOS, Nigeria—Traumatized citizens in Nigeria’s sprawling capital of Abuja are on the verge of a citizens’ revolt, according to a defense consultant who has worked for the  Nigerian military. David Otto, a London-based military expert tells The Epoch Times that a series of stunning hammer blows by a coalition of jihadist insurgents and radicalized bandits…


Pelosi’s Husband ‘Wrong’ to Sell Chips Shares, GOP Might Change Member Trading Rules: McCarthy

During a weekly briefing on Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said it was wrong that Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was allowed to sell his shares of a computer chip manufacturer just before the House voted on a chips manufacturing bill. McCarthy suggested Republicans would look into options for changing…


COVID-19 ‘State of Emergency’ Keeps LA Residents Under Health Official’s Thumb

Commentary This week Angelenos got some good news when the county health director announced that, for now, she will not subject them to another indoor mask mandate. But the announcement begs the question: How is it that she continues to have the power to issue such mandates nearly two and a half years after the…


NASCAR and IndyCar Intersect at Indianapolis Extravaganza

INDIANAPOLIS—Now is the time to tune into American motorsports, on display all weekend at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where NASCAR and IndyCar intersect with both series embroiled in turmoil. Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden was cleared to compete on the road course on Indy’s hallowed grounds after successfully completing Friday morning practice and passing a…


Left-Wing Greens Could Influence Government to Enable ‘Destructive’ Policies: Shadow Environment Minister

Australia’s Shadow Environment Minister has warned that the left-wing Australian Greens party will push the centre-left Labor government to implement tough environmental laws, which could come at the expense of the economy. The comment comes as Labor’s Climate Change Bill is set to go before the lower house on Wednesday, with the Greens’ votes needed…


Film Review: ‘Icon’: Rookie Director Tony Ahedo’s Understated and Life-Affirming Coming-of-Age Drama  

R | 1h 46min | Drama, Romance, Coming-of-Age | 01 August 2022 (USA) Although part of the “Teen Flick” genre, coming-of-age movies tend to be far more dramatic and insightful than their low-brow counterparts. When done right (“American Graffiti,” “Stand By Me,” “The Last Picture Show,” the John Hughes films from the 1980s), these productions can also appeal to older audiences, who…


Yorba Linda Residents Dispute City’s Proposals to Meet State Housing Quotas

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—As over two dozen people gathered within the chambers of the civic center, planning commissioners approved July 27 an environmental impact report for the city’s prospective locations for the state-mandated housing zones. To meet California’s housing demand, the state mandates cities to rezone land for housing. Yorba Linda must make space for over 2,400…


Proposed Liberal Firearm Buyback Program Gives Criminals a ‘Free Pass,’ Say Conservatives

The Liberal government’s proposed firearms buyback program will benefit criminals and punish law-abiding gun owners, the Conservative Party says. In May, the government said it will introduce a mandatory firearms buyback program, paired with new legislation proposed in Bill C-21, that will tighten gun restrictions announced in 2020 that banned over 1,500 types of “assault-style” firearms….