The Richard Nixon Library and Museum hosted its 12th annual “Hometown Heroes” ceremony Dec. 4, where ornaments with personalized dog tags honoring fallen service members were hung on its Christmas tree. Kathleen York, of Twin Peaks, CA, attended to honor her late son-in-law, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Patrick Lee Wade, who was deployed in…
Nixon Library Honors Military Heroes in Annual Decorating of Christmas Tree Ceremony
Gunman Pleads No Contest in Shooting of Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker
LOS ANGELES—A man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs pleaded no contest Dec. 5 to an attempted murder charge and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison. James Howard Jackson, 20, pleaded no contest to the single count of attempted murder with great bodily…
San Diego Mayor Signs Executive Order Cracking Down On Fentanyl
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order Nov. 29 to increase public awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and to strengthen law enforcement’s ability to prevent the sale and use of the drug in the city. According to officials, deaths from an accidental fentanyl overdoses—a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent…
Avenatti Sentenced to 14 Years Federal Prison for Tax, Wire Fraud
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Suspended attorney Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her litigation against former President Donald Trump, was sentenced in Orange County Dec. 5 to 14 years in federal prison for tax and wire fraud. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said Avenatti’s sentence would run consecutively—or on…
One Person Dies When Vehicle Goes Off San Diego Road, Catches Fire
LAKESIDE, Calif.—A person died Dec. 4 when a vehicle caught fire after going off of Wildcat Canyon Road. The crash happened at 4:29 p.m. Sunday at 12071 Wildcat Canyon Road near the Barona Resort and Casino, the California Highway Patrol reported. There were multiple people who got out of the vehicle when it caught fire,…
Coyote Attacked Toddler Outside Los Angeles Home
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.—A team of volunteers and animal control officers went door-to-door to warn residents of a Woodland Hills neighborhood about coyotes roaming their area just hours before a toddler was attacked in front of her home, authorities said Dec. 3. The attack occurred at about 3:45 p.m. Dec. 2 in the 22400 block of…
LAPD Arrests 18 Suspects in Organized Retail Thefts
LOS ANGELES—Police arrested 18 suspects in connection with four organized retail clothing thefts valued at about $23,000, authorities said Dec. 3. The suspects, between the ages of 15 and 20, faced charges of organized retail theft and grand theft, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The suspects live throughout the city and county…
LAPD Says 18 Suspects Arrested in Organized Retail Thefts
LOS ANGELES—Police in Los Angeles arrested 18 suspects in connection with four organized retail thefts valued at about $23,000, authorities said Dec. 3. The suspects, who range in age from 15 to 20, face charges of organized retail theft and grand theft, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The individuals live throughout the…
California’s Environmental Laws Make It Harder to Build Homes, Litigator Says
California is in a housing crisis and its environmental laws may be partially to blame, a litigator with the libertarian law firm the Pacific Legal Foundation told EpochTV’s California Insider. The state has tedious property regulations for building and zoning homes, as well as its California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the firm’s Litigation Director Larry…
SoCal Chinese Students Support Anti-Lockdown Protests in China
Hundreds of Chinese international students from several Southern California universities this week joined the wave of anti-lockdown protests that started in late November in mainland China calling for an end to COVID lockdowns and for the ruling Chinese Community Party (CCP) to step down. Students across the region were seen holding blank sheets of paper—called…
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