Tag: Local News

LA City Council Quickly Ejects Protesters Demanding Resignations

The Los Angeles City Council quickly ejected protesters Nov. 1 after they again attempted to disrupt the council’s meeting, demanding that Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign over their roles in the City Hall racism scandal before the council resumes regular business. Council President Paul Krekorian had previously allowed a couple of dozen…


Against Communism and Liberalism, Christian Farmer Seeks to Glorify God Through Care of Land

It’s late October in Sharon, New York. The hills are painted red, orange, and yellow. Mist hangs in the earth-scented air, far below the migrating birds. “The retreat of bugs and peepers creates a pensive silence this time of year,” said traditionalist farmer and cidermaker Michael Thomas in an Oct. 27 text message–one of a…


Recession Barely Registers at California Forward’s Economic Summit

Commentary Talk about clueless. The California Forward (CA FWD) 2022 Economic Summit was held Oct. 27-28 in Bakersfield. It’s worth examining its “Playbook: Energizing for the Future.” CA FWD, according to its own online description, “leads a statewide movement, bringing people together across communities, regions and interests to improve government and create inclusive, sustainable growth…


Recession Barely Registers at CA FWD’s Economic Summit

Commentary Talk about clueless. The California Forward (CA FWD) 2022 Economic Summit was held Oct. 27-28 in Bakersfield. It’s worth examining its “Playbook: Energizing for the Future.” CA FWD, according to its own online description, “leads a statewide movement, bringing people together across communities, regions and interests to improve government and create inclusive, sustainable growth…


Horse Dies After Race at Los Alamitos; 2nd Death in Last 4 Days

CYPRESS, Calif.—Another racehorse has died at Los Alamitos—the second fatality at the Cypress track in four days—state horse racing officials confirmed. Apollitical Jet, a 2-year-old sorrel gelding with eight career starts and two victories, finished eighth in a 10-horse field on Oct. 30’s 10th race and was vanned off the course after the race. He…


Florida Midterms: Republicans Surpass Democrats in Vote-By-Mail and Early Voting Numbers

With only one week to go until the Nov. 8 midterm election, Republicans have surpassed Democrats in vote-by-mail and early voting numbers. According to reports, Republicans surpassed Democrats in the number of vote-by-mail ballots and in-person early votes cast, as of Oct. 29. Just five days before, Democrats were ahead. In the months leading to the Nov….


Masked Man Kills Woman in ‘Targeted’ Hit at Florida Home

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.—A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot early Tuesday during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as “targeted” hit. A man knocked on a door in New Port Richey, which is north of Tampa, sometime after 12:30 a.m., Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco…


Rapper Takeoff Killed in Houston Shooting, Media Reports

ATLANTA—Takeoff, a member of the rap group Migos, was fatally shot at a party held at a Houston bowling alley early on Tuesday, according to media reports that cited a representative of the artist and law enforcement sources. Two other people were wounded, but Houston police were holding back the names of the victims until…


Paul Pelosi Faces ‘Long Recovery’ After Attack, Nancy Pelosi Says

Paul Pelosi faces a long road to recovery, his wife said on Oct. 31. “Thanks to the excellent trauma care medical team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Paul is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process,” U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), 82, said of her husband Paul, also 82….


US Halloween Night Shootings Kill 1, Injure About 20

One person was killed and about 20 wounded on Halloween night in two separate shooting attacks in the U.S. cities of Kansas City and Chicago, police said. Between five and seven people were shot and one was killed in a shooting at a home in Kansas City, where about 70–100 teens were partying on Monday…