Tag: Local News

California Water District Workers Win $125,000 After Vaccine Discrimination Lawsuit

Five months after filing a lawsuit against the Goleta Water District in Santa Barbara, attorneys have secured a six-figure award in favor of five plaintiffs resulting from the utility’s restrictive COVID-19 employee vaccine mandate. “This was fairly early on that they offered this judgment that the plaintiffs were the prevailing parties, which means they did…


Parts of New York Dig out After Potentially ‘Historic’ Snowfall

NEW YORK—Parts of New York finally caught a break Sunday after a storm spent days dumping a potentially record-setting amount of snow on cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Many businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed, but highways reopened and travel bans in many areas were lifted, though bands of…


‘Power Rangers’ Star Jason David Frank Dies at 49

NEW YORK—Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49. Justine Hunt, Frank’s manager, said in a statement Sunday that Frank passed away. She did not name the cause of death or say when he died, but asked for…


UC Leaders Say Union’s Demands Could Have ‘Overwhelming’ Fiscal Impacts

University of California (UC) leaders said the demands of the 48,000 researchers and student employees who launched a strike across all 10 UC campuses earlier this week could cost the university up to several hundred million dollars per year. United Auto Workers had been in negotiations with UC leaders for months over four academic units:…


Idaho Police Investigating Stabbing Deaths Ask for Patience

BOISE, Idaho—Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept in a house near campus asked for patience Sunday after a week passed with no arrests and residents of this small college town remain on edge and concerned about their safety. Authorities at a news conference on campus said they…


‘Fed Up’ Los Angeles Residents Vote for Moderate Democrat Over Progressive Candidate

“Fed up” residents in Los Angeles’s District 11 opted for a former Republican attorney, Traci Park, to represent the Westside, despite the incoming squad of progressive candidates winning in all other districts—5th, 13th, and 15th—in the Nov. 8 election. Park, who is now a registered Democrat, defeated opponent civil rights attorney Erin Darling on Nov….


LA Auto Show Begins 10-Day Run at Convention Center

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Auto Show’s 115th-anniversary edition begins a 10-day run at the L.A. Convention Center Nov. 18, with electric vehicles at the forefront of hundreds of displays from more than 30 automakers worldwide. “With California at the epicenter of electric vehicle manufacturing and design, our show continues to attract the world’s preeminent innovators,…


Married Couple Beat Up at Dodger Stadium After Elton John Concert, Suspect Arrested

LOS ANGELES—An arrest has been made in the beating of a married couple in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after an Elton John concert, authorities said Sunday. Police were releasing no other information surrounding the arrest, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Media Relations Section. The attack, caught on…


Married Couple Beaten Up at Dodger Stadium After Elton John Concert, Suspect Arrested

LOS ANGELES—An arrest has been made in the beating of a married couple in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after an Elton John concert, authorities said Sunday. Police were releasing no other information surrounding the arrest, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Media Relations Section. The attack, caught on…


2 Arrested in San Diego on Suspicion of Smuggling Illegal Immigrants

SAN DIEGO—Two people are facing possible charges of smuggling illegal immigrants in connection with a vehicle pursuit Nov. 19 that started near the U.S.-Mexico border and ended in downtown San Diego, a U.S. Border Patrol official said Nov. 20. The two suspects were arrested on suspicion of three counts each of “alien smuggling,”  said Hector Quintanilla,…