Tag: Local News

No-Burn Order Extended Through Monday in Much of SoCal

LOS ANGELES—The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of Southern California through Dec. 26 due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Monday. It affects all…


Man Stabbed to Death by Relative in Compton on Christmas Night

COMPTON, Calif.—A man was stabbed to death by a relative in Compton on Christmas night, authorities said Dec. 26. Deputies summoned to the 100 block of North Culver Avenue minutes after 10 p.m. Sunday found the victim, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The 20–25-year-old Hispanic man suffered stab wounds to his upper body and…


Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County Ask Judge for Sanctions Against Kari Lake, Her Lawyers

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office and Maricopa County on Monday petitioned a judge to sanction GOP candidate Kari Lake after her election-related lawsuit was rejected over the weekend. On Monday, the two parties filed a motion in the Maricopa County Superior Court against Lake and her legal team. “Courts are established by Arizona’s Constitution…


Elderly Woman in Westminster Thwarts Robbery Attempt With Pepper Spray

WESTMINSTER, Calif.—An elderly woman foiled an attempted robbery of her purse by squirting the armed perpetrator with pepper spray while taking a Christmas morning stroll in Westminster, authorities said Dec. 26. “Luckily, the suspect did not shoot the victim and instead fled the scene on his bicycle,” said Sgt. Alan Aoki of the Westminster Police…


Groups File Suit Against Los Angeles’s Property Transfer Tax for Affordable Housing

A taxpayer rights nonprofit and a landlord advocacy group filed a lawsuit Dec. 22 against a new real estate tax placed on large property sales to fund affordable housing and homeless services in Los Angeles. Initiative Ordinance ULA proposed enacting a 4 percent property sales tax on properties that are sold or transferred for more…


Sheriff: 6 Believed to Be Dead in Tennessee House Fire

CROSSVILLE, Tenn.—Authorities believe six people were killed in an early morning house fire in Tennessee on Monday. Cumberland County firefighters responded to find the Crossville home fully engulfed in flames, a statement from Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Gary Howard said. Officials believe that four adults and two children were killed in the blaze, Howard…


New Fears Emerge After ‘Horrible’ Winter Storm Kills Over a Dozen in New York

The number of casualties continues to climb in Western New York and Buffalo following a major winter storm as forecasters say that more snow is set to fall this week, according to local officials. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said in a news conference Monday that “in addition to the 13 confirmed deaths yesterday, the…


Busloads of Illegal Aliens Sent to Kamala Harris’s Home on Christmas Eve Were Headed for NY: Officials

Multiple busloads of illegal aliens that were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Christmas Eve were initially set to arrive in New York, according to relief agencies. Tatiana Laborde, the managing director of SAMU First Response, a relief agency working with the city of Washington to assist the aliens, told The…


17 Dead in Buffalo Amid ‘Historic Blizzard,’ More Deaths Expected: Officials

At least 17 people have died in Buffalo, New York, amid a powerful winter storm that has swept through the United States this Christmas, officials have said. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz confirmed 13 deaths on Sunday, adding that the latest reported death was a 22-year-old female who was found in a car in Buffalo. “There…


Federal Judge Says San Francisco Can’t Clear Homeless Camps

SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, saying the city violated its own policies by failing to offer other shelter. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu in U.S. District Court in Oakland granted an emergency order Friday night that bars the city from taking away tents and confiscating the belongings…