Category: Regional-Local News

San Diego Supervisors Support Restricting Sexual Predators Near Home Schools

January 13, 2023
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San Diego County Supervisors voted 4–0 Wednesday to support state legislation that would restrict the placement of sexually violent predators near homeschooling sites. The motion by Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond directs Chief Administration Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer to request that state legislation governing predator placement take home school sites into account, along with public…

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Weekend Rainfall Expected to Provide More Water Than California Dam Can Capture

January 13, 2023
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Prado Dam in Corona, California, is likely to receive more water than it can hold from incoming rainfall this weekend, according to Orange County Water District spokesperson Greg Woodside. Located in San Bernardino County, the dam, which is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supplies captured rainwater to the Santa Ana…

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Woman Driving Across Border Finds 2 Unwanted Riders Inside Her Trunk

January 13, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A woman allegedly discovered two people hiding inside her trunk Jan. 12 in Sorrento Valley. Shortly before 5 a.m., a woman was driving into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico for work when she heard noises coming from the back of her vehicle, according to San Diego police. Police said the woman pulled over and…

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Mother Charged With Child Abuse After 2-Year-Old Hospitalized From Fentanyl

January 13, 2023
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A 30-year-old Irvine mother was charged with felony child abuse and endangerment Jan. 11 after her 2-year-old son was hospitalized from fentanyl exposure, according to authorities. Jacqueline Hunter was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one felony enhancement of causing great bodily injury to a child under the…

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William G. Steiner Was an Outstanding Public Servant, With One Cautionary Tale

January 13, 2023
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Commentary Orange County has lost an elected official who was a genuine gentleman. Many of us bid farewell to former Orange County Supervisor William G. Steiner Friday morning, Jan. 13, at his memorial service at the church in which he served in leadership roles, Covenant Presbyterian Church, in the city of Orange, California. We are…

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Virginia Delegates All Want Improved Education Outcomes, but Not School Choice

January 13, 2023
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Virginia is trying to join the nearly dozen states that have implemented school choice programs to allow taxpayer funds to follow the families via education savings accounts by allowing parents to use an annual fund for the education package of their choice, with the ultimate goal being to improve students’ education outcomes. At the start…

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Florida Whale Strands Itself in Palm Coast

January 13, 2023
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A killer whale stranded itself Wednesday and died on a beach in Palm Coast, Florida. In the early morning hours of Jan. 11, the massive orca stranded itself on the beach in Flagler, County, Florida, about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach. Messod Bendayan, public affairs officer for the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, said removing the 21-foot,…

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Newsom Proposes 11 Percent Cuts to Climate Budget Amid $22.5 Billion Shortfall

January 13, 2023
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Faced with a $22.5 billion budget shortfall, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has slashed $6 billion from the state’s proposed climate agenda budget to about $48 billion. But even with the cuts, $48 billion is “an unprecedented investment in this space,” Newsom said in releasing his proposed 2023-24 budget at a press conference on Jan. 10….

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Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Killing Girlfriend’s Baby in Orange

January 13, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old ex-Marine was sentenced Jan. 13 to 15 years to life in prison for killing his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter in the city of Orange. Christopher David Recio pleaded guilty July 7 to second-degree murder. Recio killed his girlfriend’s daughter, Claire Frickenschmidt, Jan. 5, 2019, in the mother’s apartment at 3099 W. Chapman…

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Man Faces Murder Charge in Case of Missing Oklahoma Girl, 4

January 13, 2023
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OKLAHOMA CITY—A man jailed in Arizona is facing a murder charge in connection with the disappearance of a 4-year-old Oklahoma girl he had been caring for, authorities said Friday, adding that the search for the child was ongoing. Ivon Adams, 36, was arrested Thursday in Arizona on one count of child neglect in the case…

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