Category: State News

Romanian Couple Plead Guilty to Laundering $1.4 Million From Thefts Targeting Elderly

June 21, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A Romanian husband and wife pleaded guilty June 20 to laundering money that federal prosecutors allege was proceeds from a string of thefts targeting elderly victims across San Diego County. Eduard Ghiocel, 47, and Floarea Ghiocel, 48, were charged along with four others with taking part in 17 jewelry thefts in “elderly communities” in…

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Yorba Linda Man Helps Struggling Student Veterans at Cal State Fullerton

June 21, 2023
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Every May for the last six years, a local man and his family have helped over 90 student veterans and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets struggling with financial hardship at California State University–Fullerton with scholarships started through the Vets and Cadets Endowed Scholarship Award. The vet scholarship program was established in late 2017 by…

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Trump’s Documents and the Bob Kerrey Precedent

June 21, 2023
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Commentary For the better part of a decade, I worked as a cryptanalyst for the National Security Agency (NSA). In that position, I handled highly classified documents on a daily basis. All of the people I worked with took the responsibility of dealing with classified information seriously, and if they hadn’t, the consequences would have…

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3-Alarm Fire Engulfs Restaurant at Irvine Strip Mall

June 21, 2023
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A fire at the 99 Ranch Market strip mall was extinguished by the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) in less than an hour, leaving one building damaged June 20. The fire began around 6:42 p.m. Tuesday at 5394 Walnut Avenue. Multiple county fire authority units responded to the fire and the Irvine Police Department was…

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Texas Requires State Charging Stations to Include Tesla’s Plug in Another Victory for Musk

June 21, 2023
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Tesla won a contract with the state of Texas among a series of victories that will likely pave the way in making the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s charging technology the dominant standard for powering electric vehicles in the United States. Texas announced on June 20 that it would require EV charging companies to include both…

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San Diego City Council Bans Homeless Encampments

June 21, 2023
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A controversial homeless encampment ban, which would prohibit unhoused people from camping in public spaces to protect public health and safety, narrowly passed on a 5 to 4 vote after nearly 10 hours of discussion between San Diego City councilors during a special meeting June 13. According to the ordinance, such a ban near schools,…

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Judge Dismisses Case Against Mexican Woman Caught With 93 Pounds of Cocaine at Border

June 21, 2023
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A federal judge dismissed a drug trafficking case against a city councilwoman from Reynosa, Mexico, who was arrested at the Texas border when U.S. Border Patrol agents said they found about 93 pounds of cocaine in her vehicle. Denisse Ahumada-Martínez was arrested on June 10 at the inland security checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, after the…

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Utah School District Reverses Bible Ban After Appeals and Protests

June 21, 2023
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A school district in Utah has reversed an earlier committee-based decision that removed the King James Version of the Bible from bookshelves of elementary and middle school libraries. The Davis School District—a public system with about 72,000 students—largely pulled the Bible from elementary and middle school bookshelves on May 22 after a frustrated parent convinced…

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NY Sen. James Skoufis Sums Up 2023 Legislative Session

June 21, 2023
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Looking back on the 2023 legislative session, New York Democratic Sen. James Skoufis told The Epoch Times that he pushed several high-priority bills with statewide impacts through both houses. He also worked with Republican colleagues in the Assembly in passing local laws that allow a number of towns and villages in Orange County to levy…

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Evacuations Lifted, Garbani Fire 90 Percent Contained

June 21, 2023
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The 43-acre Garbani Fire in Menifee is now 90 percent contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted, according to a 7:29 a.m. report on June 21 from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). CAL FIRE reported at 6:31 p.m. on June 20, Garbani Road between Bradley Road and Garlington Street,…

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