Tag: Local News

La Mesa Company, Owners Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Virus Cleaner

SAN DIEGO—A La Mesa-based sanitation company and its owners pleaded guilty Dec. 1 to federal charges for selling a product with false claims that it could eradicate viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Integral Hygienic Solutions, Inc.—doing business as TruClean—claimed its TruClean 365 product could eliminate the virus…


LAPD Issues Search Warrant for Reddit to Identify Who Leaked City Council Racist Remarks

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) issued a search warrant to Reddit Nov. 29 to identify the person responsible for the recent leak of the racially disparaging conversation between former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and other local officials. According to an LAPD statement to The Epoch Times, the department “has opened an…


10 LA Middle School Students Appear to Overdose on Cannabis Edibles: Authorities

LOS ANGELES—Ten Los Angeles students appear to have overdosed on cannabis edibles Thursday at their middle school in the San Fernando Valley, officials said. The students, between 13 and 14 years old, were in mild to moderate distress at Van Nuys Middle School around 10:30 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). At…


LIVE 10 PM ET: Candlelight Vigil in Remembrance of Urumqi Fire Victims at UCLA

Chinese students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are going to hold a candlelight vigil on Dec. 1 on the campus to demonstrate their support to people in China and in remembrance of the tragedy in Ürümqi. The tragic death of at least 10 civilians is the result of the Chinese regime’s strict…


LIVE NOW: ‘Step Down CCP’: Protest at UCLA Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned

Overseas Chinese students at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) hold a candlelight vigil on Dec. 1 on campus to protest in support of demonstrations held in China against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) draconian “zero-COVID” policy, and to mourn the victims killed in a recent fire in Urumqi in western China. Over the weekend,…


‘Step Down CCP’: Protest at UCLA Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned

Overseas Chinese students at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) hold a candlelight vigil on Dec. 1 on campus to protest in support of demonstrations held in China against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) draconian “zero-COVID” policy, and to mourn the victims killed in a recent fire in Urumqi city in China’s Xinjiang region. Over…


LA Mayor Race: How a Billionaire Businessman Blew $100 Million With 1 Mistake

Commentary Real estate developer Rick Caruso, a former Republican, spent more than $100 million, most of it his own money, to try to become mayor of Los Angeles. He outspent his opponent by about 11-1. Yet he lost by ten points. The truth is no amount of money could make up for the fatal mistake…


Coroner: 2 Children Among 5 Found Dead in Chicago-Area Home

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.—Two children were among five people found dead at a suburban Chicago home following what police called a “domestic-related incident,” a coroner said Thursday. The girls—ages 6 and 4—were found along with a 67-year-old woman, a 39-year-old man, and a 36-year-old woman Wednesday inside the home in the Lake County village of Buffalo…


Federal Officials Intervene in Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis

Federal officials have intervened in the Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis to facilitate an agreement for an interim water manager to fix the broken system. According to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on Nov. 30, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate signed an Interim Stipulated Order—an agreement between the city, the Mississippi State Department of Health, the…


An Exciting Morning of Whale Watching on Monterey Bay

“Twelve o’clock.” “There it is, twelve o’clock!” Excited passengers moved toward the bow to view a spouting humpback whale. Seeing a whale for the first time can be an awe-inspiring sight. The Monterey Bay Whale Watch Our adventure started at 9 a.m. on the Blackfin, a 65-foot catamaran that is run by the Monterey Bay…