Tag: Regional News

Claremont Unified School Board to Replace President After Alleged Inappropriate Party for Students

Claremont Unified School District’s board will replace its former president, Steven Llanusa, who resigned earlier this month after parents claimed he exposed high school choir members to alcohol, shirtless adult male performers, and a “dirty Santa” at his private Christmas party. The education board unanimously approved a timeline to replace Llanusa—a teacher and Area 4…


No-Burn Order Extended Through Wednesday

LOS ANGELES—The South Coast Air Quality Management District Dec. 20 extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through Dec. 28 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. Wednesday. It affects…


South Dakota Gov. Noem Terminates State Contract With Transgender Group, Citing Contractual Violations

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota has moved to terminate a contract between her state’s Department of Health and a Sioux Falls-based transgender advocacy group, The Transformation Project, which has allegedly failed to meet a number of contractual obligations. Ian Fury, Governor Noem’s chief of communications, told The Epoch Times in an email that,…


Woman Killed in Crash on I-8 in El Cajon Identified

EL CAJON, Calif.—Coroner’s officials Dec. 20 released the name of a Lemon Grove woman who died on Interstate 8 after her car struck a tree and then another vehicle. Nancy Annette Lisa Benson, 32, died from blunt force injuries, including to her head, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. The collision happened…


Chargers Cornerback J.C. Jackson Arrested In Massachusetts

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson was booked into a Massachusetts jail Dec. 19 in connection with what a spokesman for the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office called a “non-violent family issue.” Jackson was booked into the jail in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts following a court appearance. The Chargers released a statement saying “We are aware…


Shooting in Sun Valley Leaves One Dead

SUN VALLEY, Calif.—A 20-year old man was fatally shot in a department store parking lot in Sun Valley and an investigation into the shooting is underway Dec. 20. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division responded at 9:58 p.m. Dec. 19 to a shots fired call at a Kohl’s department store at 8501…


71 Year-Old Ferrari Driver Died in Silverado Crash

SILVERADO, Calif.—A 71-year-old man was speeding when he failed to negotiate a bend on Santiago Canyon Road and crashed into two other cars in a deadly collision, California Highway Patrol officials said Dec. 19. Robert Joseph Nicoletti of Rancho Santa Margarita was driving south about 3:40 p.m. Dec. 16 at a “high rate of speed”…


White House Can’t Mandate COVID Jabs for Federal Contractors: Appeals Court

A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a White House rule requiring anyone employed by a federal contractor to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of government contracts. A three-panel judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to affirm a lower court judgment that barred President Joe Biden’s September 2021…


Lemon Grove Woman Killed in 2-Car Crash, 2nd Driver Injured

EL CAJON, Calif.—An investigation was continuing Dec. 19 into the cause of a two-vehicle crash on the 8 Freeway in El Cajon that killed a 32-year-old woman from Lemon Grove. The collision on the eastbound highway at the Second Street off-ramp occurred about 4:30 a.m. Dec. 18, according to the California Highway Patrol. The woman…


California Labor Secretary Abruptly Leaves Post

California’s Labor Secretary Natalie Palugyai abruptly left her post earlier this month under uncertain circumstances. Newsom appointed Palugyai, who was earning more than $227,000 a year, in July 2021 as the first Latina to hold the position. Her departure was unexpected, and the governor’s office has yet to publicly explain why she left. Undersecretary Stewart…