A newly introduced California bill would, if passed, prohibit social media sites from promoting content that can lead minors to purchase fentanyl or firearms—including ghost guns—commit suicide, develop an eating disorder, inflict harm on themselves or others, or develop an addiction to the platform. Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), who introduced Senate Bill 287 earlier this…
California Bill Would Prohibit Social Media From Promoting Harmful Content to Minors
Southern California Mountains Hit With First Blizzard Warning in 33 Years
Much of California’s southern mountain region is under an unprecedented blizzard warning—the first in over three decades—until Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service announced Feb. 23. Mountains in several counties—Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara—fell within the weather service’s blizzard advisory, with “heavy snow, winds gusting up to 80 mph, and near zero…
Small Landlords Struggling in Los Angeles as New Renter’s Protections Roll Out
As Los Angeles prepares to implement a last set of tenant protection measures, some mom-and-pop landlords say they’ve had enough. With inflation on the rise, the rental moratorium being extended until the end of March, and now with the added burden of having to pay tenant’s relocation fees in some cases, some landlords say they…
Garden Grove Carjacking Caught on Camera, 3 Suspects at Large
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Garden Grove police asked for the public’s help Feb. 22 identifying three suspects involved in a violent carjacking at a gas station. Police were dispatched just after 5 a.m. to the 76 Gas Station at 12512 Knott St. Monday regarding the attack, police said. The victim was getting gas when one of the…
Man Carjacked at Gas Station in Garden Grove
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Garden Grove police asked for the public’s help Feb. 22 identifying three suspects involved in a violent carjacking at a gas station. Police were dispatched just after 5 a.m. to the 76 Gas Station at 12512 Knott St. Monday regarding the attack, police said. The victim was getting gas when one of the…
LA Man Charged With Hacking Into Instagram Accounts to Obtain Money
LOS ANGELES—A downtown Los Angeles man was charged Feb. 23 in a federal grand jury indictment for allegedly defrauding female social media influencers by hijacking their Instagram accounts to obtain money and engage in sexually explicit video chats. Amir Hossein Golshan, 24, is charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count each of…
Woman Allegedly Armed With Pellet Gun Fatally Shot by Police in Silver Lake
SILVER LAKE, Calif.—A woman allegedly armed with a pellet gun was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department officers at a homeless encampment in the Silver Lake area, authorities said Feb. 23. The shooting occurred at around 8 p.m. Wednesday near Silver Lake Boulevard and the Temple Street overcrossing, the police department reported. The…
Man Wounded in Bonsall-Area Stabbing
BONSALL, Calif.—A stabbing in Bonsall left one man wounded Feb. 23 and another in custody. The assault in the 5500 block of Mission Road was reported about 1:30 p.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of injuries of undetermined severity, Lt. Nanette McMasters said….
2 Men in Prison for San Diego County High-End Retail Robberies
SAN DIEGO—Two men who took part in a string of thefts at upscale stores across San Diego County, leading to more than $200,000 in merchandise stolen across a three-month span, were each sentenced Thursday to three years and eight months in state prison. Ernesto Louis Cruz and Jordan Guzman Lopez, both 27, targeted nine Sunglass…
2 Men Get Nearly 4 Years in Prison for High-End Retail Robberies Across San Diego County
SAN DIEGO—Two men who took part in a string of thefts at upscale stores across San Diego County, leading to more than $200,000 in merchandise stolen across a three-month span, were each sentenced Thursday to three years and eight months in state prison. Ernesto Louis Cruz and Jordan Guzman Lopez, both 27, targeted nine Sunglass…
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