Month: January 2023

Former Trump Lawyer John Eastman Faces Disbarment in California

The State Bar of California is moving to disbar attorney and former law professor John Eastman for supporting President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. In a disciplinary action filed on Thursday, the regulatory body of California lawyers claimed that Eastman should be stripped of his license over his actions in the…


Supermarket Giant Offers Higher Prices for Australian Dairy Farmers to Tackle Milk Hikes

Many Australian dairy farmers will receive a boost to their bottom line as a major supermarket chain has offered to pay more for their milk as it seeks to contain a surge in dairy prices. The Herald Sun reported that Coles, the second-largest supermarket chain in Australia, had offered to pay farmers up to 22…


Discovering Vintage Hairstyling: An Interview with Lauren Rennells

Commentary Vintage beauty is one of my favorite areas of study. Whether in a classic movie, an old advertisement, or an antique illustration, it’s delightful to see how beautifully feminine women looked in the mid-20th century. Today, with the huge industry of online businesses, real vintage and reproduction clothing is available more readily than ever…


US Bills to Make CCP Repay $20.6 Trillion for COVID-19

Beijing is in the hot seat. Lawmakers are introducing a slew of bills targeting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from repaying trillions of dollars under the “China Lied, People Died” Act, to holding Beijing accountable for the pandemic. What exactly is thee U.S. stance toward China? The head of the House China Select Committee is…


Hong Kong’s Values Will Live Longer Than Dictatorship: Former Hong Kong Governor

Hong Kong’s last governor reassured Hongkongers that the Chinese regime would soon disappear and Hong Kong’s values would outlast any dictatorship during his Lunar New Year greeting to Hongkongers. On Jan. 21, the day before the start of the New Lunar Year of the rabbit, Hong Kong Watch, a nonprofit human rights organization, shared a…


Orange County Authorities Seize Over 44,000 ‘Rainbow’ Fentanyl Pills in 2 Recent Incidents

Orange County Sheriff’s officials announced Jan. 26 that “rainbow” fentanyl was found for the first time in the department’s jurisdiction. Deputies confiscated 14,000 multi-colored fentanyl pills along with 2 kilograms of it in powder form and 10 pounds of methamphetamine from two locations in north Orange County, authorities said. The bust marks the first time,…


These Are the 10 Fastest-Growing Jobs in the US, and Many Pay More Than $100,000 a Year

By Oliwia Szczekot Although tech layoffs abound, some industries are hiring—big time. The United States is on track to add 8.4 million new jobs by 2031, with nearly one-third of those jobs in healthcare or social assistance, according to a recent release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. What’s more, a Monster poll found…


Officials Notify Students, Staff of Active Tuberculosis in San Diego County

Officials from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency Jan. 27 continued to reach out to students and staff at the Boys & Girls Club’s National City location and some of its summer campsites to inform them of possible exposure to tuberculosis (TB). The county health department and club officials are notifying those…


UCLA’s Laboratory Elementary School Teachers Strike Over Alleged Unfair Labor Practices

Teachers at a K–6-grade school at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) were on strike over what they said are unfair labor practices from the university. The UCLA Lab School—which serves about 450 students—is privately run by the university’s School of Education and Information Studies as its laboratory, with its education leaders developing innovative curricula…


Huntington Beach Prepares to Fight State Housing Mandates

The Huntington Beach City Council considered plans in their Jan. 17 meeting to fight the state’s housing mandate, in an effort, some councilors said, to ease the public’s concern of high-density development. The state is requiring 13,368 units to be built in the city by 2029, of which 60 percent would need to be low-income…