Month: January 2023

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LA’s Bus Driver Shortage Has Led to Around 10,000 Canceled Trips a Month

LOS ANGELES—A shortage of bus drivers in Los Angeles resulted in around 10,000 canceled DASH routes a month over the last two years, or an average of 15 percent of scheduled trips, a Department of Transportation representative told the city council’s Transportation Committee Jan. 25. It’s part of a nationwide trend in which 96 percent…


Plot Twist: Ex-FBI Agent Involved in Trump-Russia Probe ARRESTED For Violating Russia Sanctions | Facts Matter

One of the FBI special agents that spent years investigating alleged Trump-Russia collusion was himself just indicted for Russian collusion. The FBI agent’s name is Charles McGonigal, and the charges against him include, among many other things, laundering money for and doing the bidding of a sanctioned Russian billionaire named Oleg Deripaska. McGonigal was allegedly…


Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50

Ziyu He – Violin Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg ∙ Streaming Concert January 2021 Copyright: Moonlake Entertainment Caption Credit: Mozarteumorchester Salzburg – https://www.youtube.com/user/MozarteumOrchestra1 _ Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Gab: https://gab.com/EpochTV Telegram: https://t.me/EpochTV * Click the “Save” button below the video and you can watch it…


LA Sanitation Truck Fatally Strikes Homeless Person in Sherman Oaks

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation truck struck and killed a person in Sherman Oaks Jan. 25 afternoon, according to Councilwoman Nithya Raman. No other details were immediately available. The person was “believed to be unhoused,” according to Raman. Three other unhoused people have died in recent days in the Sherman Oaks area. Raman…


More Severe COVID-19 Wave to Hit China: Study

A breakneck pace and a lack of transparency are marking COVID-19’s spread to hundreds of millions of people in the world’s most populous nation. But how deadly will China’s virus surge get? Beijing said the virus wave has already passed its peak, and that the daily death rate has dropped over 70 percent. But a…


IRS Says Many Americans Can Expect Smaller Tax Refund In 2023

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has cautioned that many taxpayers should expect a smaller refund this tax season because of tax law changes including the expiration of pandemic-related stimulus payments that would otherwise have boosted refund balances. “Due to tax law changes such as the elimination of the Advance Child Tax Credit and no Recovery…


Santa Monica Crash Turns Into Shooting; 2 Men Arrested

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Two men were facing possible attempted murder charges Jan. 25 for their alleged involvement in a shooting and traffic crash in Santa Monica, police said. The incident occurred at about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday near Sixth Street and Broadway, said Lt. Rudy Flores of the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD). Manuel Jaramillo-Heredia, 52, of…


Costa Mesa Church Overcomes Pandemic Sticker Shock for New Restrooms

A Costa Mesa church will finally break ground next week on a long-overdue project to create more restrooms, after the price tag for the renovation skyrocketed during the pandemic and fundraising efforts stalled. Saint Joachim Catholic Church, which was built in 1965, has a capacity for about 750 people, but only one bathroom each for…


Orange County Supervisors Favor Charging Fentanyl Dealers With Murder

The Orange County Board of Supervisors Jan. 24 unanimously approved writing a letter of support for a state bill that, if passed, would allow prosecutors to charge fentanyl dealers with murder if someone dies as a result of them ingesting a drug they sold. Senate Bill 44, introduced last month by Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa…