Tag: Regional News

Man Charged With Killing Head of US Newspaper With Ties to CCP to Stand Trial in March

January 31, 2023
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A man charged with shooting and killing his boss at a U.S.-based, Chinese-language newspaper’s office in Alhambra, California, in 2018 will stand trial March 1. The jury trial for Zhong Qi Chen, 63, who allegedly murdered Yining Xie, founder and chairman of the U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper China Press—or Qiao Bao in Chinese—was originally scheduled for…

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18 Percent Increase in Homelessness in Los Angeles ‘Hot Spots’: Survey

January 30, 2023
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Homelessness in the City of Los Angeles’ hot spots increased by an average of 18 percent, despite official numbers showing a decrease of unsheltered persons in those same areas recorded in the 2022 point-in-time count, according to a recent survey by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit public policy research organization. The survey, published last week,…

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Alabama State Law Requires Department of Corrections to Releases Nearly 400 Inmates on Tuesday

January 30, 2023
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The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP) has confirmed to The Epoch Times that it will be processing up to 400 inmates discharged from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) on Tuesday in accordance with state law. AL.com reported that it obtained a notice that had been sent to law enforcement throughout the state but…

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Man Gets 90 Days for Attacking Dog in Irvine

January 30, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 90 days in jail for breaking the neck of a Chihuahua who bit his finger while he was dog sitting, according to court records obtained Jan. 30. Mohammadreza Shojaei was also placed on one year of formal probation on Friday, according to court records. He was convicted…

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Santa Ana Officials Say Police Union President Launches Recalls in Retaliation to Labor Agreement

January 30, 2023
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Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Jessie Lopez and Councilmember Thai Viet Phan were joined by local officials Jan. 30 on the steps of City Hall, saying they are being targeted by recalls launched by the city’s police union president. According to public filings with the state, initial paperwork for the establishment of recall committees have…

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Gun-Toting Thief Robs Bay Terraces Recycling Center

January 30, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A man armed with a handgun robbed a Bay Terraces-area recycling center Jan. 30, authorities said. The thief grabbed an employee outside the business in the 3000 block of Alta View Drive shortly before 11 a.m., pulled him inside, and demanded money, according to the San Diego Police Department. After the victim handed over…

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Man, 49, Found Stabbed to Death at Otay Valley Regional Park

January 30, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—Authorities Jan. 30 publicly identified a Chula Vista man found stabbed to death over the weekend in a South Bay open-space preserve. The body of Jose Gonzalez, 49, was discovered in the western reaches of Otay Valley Regional Park in Chula Vista shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday, according to the San Diego Police Department….

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Man Arrested in SoCal Tesla Road Rage Incidents

January 30, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A Tesla driver who allegedly carried out a series of road-rage attacks recently was behind bars Jan. 30. Nathaniel Walter Radimak, 36, was taken into custody in Torrance about 3 p.m. Sunday by members of the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Southern Division Major Crimes Unit, and he was booked on suspicion of assault with…

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California’s Crime Wave: EpochTV Documentary on Alarming Trend

January 30, 2023
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As the ocean breeze passes through tidy streets, groups of the well-dressed wait for a tram to take them across the city. This was San Francisco in the 1950s shown in The Epoch Times’s new documentary “California’s Crime Wave.” Fast forward and such a view seems to have left the once beautiful city as trash…

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San Francisco, Los Angeles Top Cities Homebuyers Looked to Leave in 2022: Report

January 30, 2023
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San Francisco and Los Angeles were the two top cities people were looking to leave at the end of 2022, according to Redfin, a national real estate company. About 50,000 people on the company’s website searched to leave those two cities in the last three months of the year, it reported Jan. 23. San Diego…

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