Tag: Regional News

Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—Former film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted Dec. 19 of sexually assaulting a woman in the Los Angeles area in 2013, but jurors acquitted him of charges relating to a second alleged victim and were unable to reach verdicts on charges relating to two other women. Weinstein, 70, was convicted of three of the…


Supreme Court Pauses Expiration of Title 42

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to pause the expiration of Title 42 after 19 states filed an emergency application for a stay. Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily stayed a lower court’s decision that would lift Title 42 on Wednesday. He called for an “administrative stay” that puts the order on hold while the…


One Dead, One Hospitalized in Santa Ana Shooting

SANTA ANA, Calif.—One person died and another was hospitalized after a shooting in Santa Ana Dec. 18. The Santa Ana Police Department reported it received a call from a hospital around 1:45 a.m. Sunday regarding a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body. The man, who was expected to survive, had been…


No-Burn Order Issued in Southern California

LOS ANGELES—The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland Dec. 18 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. Dec. 25. It affects all those…


Karen Bass: Encampments in LA Should Be ‘Significantly Down’ in 4 Years

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Dec. 18 that she believes 95 percent of the approximately 40,000 homeless people in the city would accept housing if it’s offered to them, and said she hopes that encampments will be “significantly down, if not eliminated” in four years. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Bass, who…


Snow Pummels Parts of Northeast; Thousands Without Power

BOSTON—Utility crews raced Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of customers across New England and New York after a powerful storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some places. More than 160,000 customers in New England were in the dark as of the afternoon and another 20,000 were without power in New York…


California Approves Plan for Carbon Neutrality by 2045

California air regulators voted unanimously Dec. 15 to reduce fossil fuel reliance through recommended changes in transportation, agriculture, and energy practices. Critics, however, say it’s not enough to fight climate change. Earlier this year Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that mandated California to become “carbon neutral,” by 2035. The plan set forth by the California…


California Petition Against Energy Imports From Foreign Countries Garnishes Nearly 1 Million Signatures

Nearly a million Californians have signed a petition to stop increased energy imports from foreign countries, according to a Dec. 12 release from the California Independent Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade association representing hundreds of oil industrialists and gas producers. The signatures gathered—roughly 978,000—are to place on the 2024 ballot a referendum on Senate Bill…


California Petition Against Energy Imports From Foreign Countries Gathers Nearly 1 Million Signatures

Nearly a million Californians have signed a petition to stop increased energy imports from foreign countries, according to a Dec. 12 release from the California Independent Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade association representing hundreds of oil industrialists and gas producers. The signatures gathered—roughly 978,000—are to place on the 2024 ballot a referendum on Senate Bill…


Motorist Hit and Killed by Suspect Fleeing Traffic Stop in Westminster

WESTMINSTER, Calif.—A motorist was killed and his passenger critically injured Dec. 16 when the car they were in was struck by a suspect fleeing from an attempted traffic stop in Westminster. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, deputies tried to pull over the driver of a black Camaro around 10 a.m. on northbound Newland…