Category: Local News

Texas Police Department Rejects Gift From Conservative Christian Company, Patriot Mobile

January 17, 2023
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A Texas police department rejected a pizza party donated by Patriot Mobile after receiving public backlash on social media for accepting a gift from the conservative Christian company. Patriot Mobile on Tuesday requested that the Grapevine Police Department donate the $1,500 gift to another department in North Texas. “If Grapevine continues to reject the donation,…

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Man Gets 30-Year-Sentence in Houston Road Rage Killing

January 17, 2023
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HOUSTON—A man charged in a fatal road rage shooting of a teenager as he and his family drove home from a Houston Astros game in 2021 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, authorities announced Tuesday. Gerald Williams had been set to go to trial this week in the killing of 17-year-old David Castro….

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San Diego Officials Use Weighted Vote to Override Majority

January 17, 2023
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The San Diego Association of Governors (SANDAG) use of the weighted vote provision of its operating bylaws has drawn some criticism, as nine board members walked out of a Jan. 13 meeting in protest of the procedure. Board members on Friday voted 10–9 to elect Del Mar Mayor Terry Gaasterland to be the board’s second…

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9 San Diego Officials Walk out of Meeting After Votes Overruled

January 17, 2023
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The San Diego Association of Governors (SANDAG) use of the weighted vote provision of its operating bylaws has drawn some criticism, as nine board members walked out of a Jan. 13 meeting in protest of the procedure. Board members on Friday voted 10–9 to elect Del Mar Mayor Terry Gaasterland to be the board’s second…

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California Court Halts Fast Food Labor Law

January 17, 2023
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The Sacramento Superior Court ruled in favor Jan. 13 of a coalition of restaurateurs and small businesses seeking to stop the implementation of the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Act—known as the FAST Act—until signatures on a petition, which would put the issue before voters to possibly overturn the law, are verified. The law, which…

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West Virginia Teen Get Life for 4 Relatives’ Killings

January 17, 2023
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.—A West Virginia teenager was sentenced in adult court Tuesday to life in prison in the killings of four family members. Gavin Smith, 18, of Elkview received three life sentences in Kanawha County Circuit Court on first-degree murder convictions in the December 2020 deaths of his mother, stepfather, and 12-year-old brother. He also was…

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Man Arrested for Killing Woman at LA Street Takeover on Christmas Day

January 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A motorist allegedly responsible for fatally injuring a 24-year-old woman at a South Los Angeles street takeover on Christmas Day was arrested in New Mexico, authorities said Jan. 17. Dante Chapple Young, 28, of Orange County, was arrested Jan. 13 on a murder warrant in Albuquerque, where he was being held on $2 million…

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Newsom’s Budget Includes 2 Doses of Opioid Overdose Medicine for Every School

January 17, 2023
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Every California middle and high school will stock at least two doses of naloxone—a nasal spray that treats an opioid overdose—on campus under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023–24 budget released last week. While hundreds of schools in the state have already begun to stock naloxone on campuses amid rising opioid-related overdoses and deaths, this year’s…

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Irvine Plans for Veterans Memorial Park 

January 17, 2023
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The city of Irvine voted unanimously on Jan. 10 to direct city staff to implement plans for a veterans memorial park and botanical garden at the city’s Great Park, after plans that included a veterans cemetery at the location fell through in 2021. The location in the park for the proposed project, known as the…

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DeSantis Seeks To Make Permanent Protections From Covid Mandates

January 17, 2023
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Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan.17 said he’d seek to make permanent the state’s pioneering protections against COVID mask and vaccine mandates, and back physicians’ free speech. Speaking in Panama City Beach, DeSantis said he’d introduce legislation to carry that out in Florida’s upcoming legislative session. Earlier state-mandated measures were temporary and will expire on…

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