Tag: Regional News

Shapiro Talks Abortion Access in Pennsylvania With Planned Parenthood

January 19, 2023
Education & Family NewsPennsylvaniaPlanned ParenthoodPolicies & ImpactsRegional & State NewsRegional NewsUS
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In his first week as Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro has put abortion on the front burner. He highlighted abortion in his inauguration speech, and on the third day of his administration, he hosted Planned Parenthood leadership for a conversation on expanding abortion access. “Planned Parenthood PA’s executive director and the CEOs of all three Planned…

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2nd Pedestrian Killed on Santa Ana Block in 2 Days

January 19, 2023
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A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run Jan. 18 on the 2800 block of West 1st Street in Santa Ana, California, marking the location’s second fatality in two days. A man was walking north, crossing 1st Street when he was struck by a vehicle traveling west at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, which fled the…

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Disneyland Resumes Magic Key Annual Pass Sales

January 18, 2023
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Disney announced on Jan. 16 that it resumed sales of its Magic Key Annual passes, which allow guests to reserve admission dates for its theme parks in Anaheim, California, year-round for a flat rate. Sales were paused since the parks’ closures from 2020 through early 2021 due to COVID-19 lockdowns. A limited number of passes…

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Fullerton May Partner With County to Open Cold Weather Homeless Shelter

January 18, 2023
David O. CarterFred JungFullertonFullerton City CouncilLocal NewsOrange County Board of SupervisorsRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California OC NewsUS
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Fullerton may soon partner with Orange County to open a temporary cold weather shelter for the homeless after the county’s efforts to open such a facility in Santa Ana have reached a standstill. The Fullerton City Council unanimously voted during its Jan. 17 meeting to begin negotiations with county officials to open such at its…

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Family of California Public Defender Claims His Death Was ‘Brutal Crime’

January 18, 2023
Crime and IncidentsElliot BlairLocal NewsRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California OC NewsUS
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The family of an Orange County deputy public defender who died in Mexico while celebrating his first wedding anniversary is claiming the lawyer was the victim of a crime, not an accident, according to a Jan. 17 statement from an attorney representing the family. The family of Elliot Blair, 33, “wholeheartedly believes based on their…

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Los Angeles City Council to Create $50 Million Emergency Homeless Fund

January 18, 2023
Karen BassLocal NewsLos Angeles city councilPaul KrekorianRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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The Los Angeles City Council will create a brand-new emergency fund of about $50 million to address its homelessness crisis. Council members passed a motion Jan. 18 authored by interim council President Paul Krekorian to transfer city funds to a new emergency homeless response account—$26.5 million from the general fund and $23.5 million from what…

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Shooter Stood Over California Mom Holding Baby, Killed Both and 4 Others

January 18, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and shot and killed them in a brazen attack in a central California farming community that left six dead, a sheriff said Jan. 17. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Jan. 16 when the killers caught…

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Driver, Child Killed, 4 Other Minors Injured in Solo SUV Crash in Oceanside

January 18, 2023
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OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Investigators sought Jan. 18 to determine what caused a solo SUV crash in Oceanside that killed a woman and a child and injured four other underage passengers, two critically. The vehicle was traveling south on Douglas Drive at high speed when the driver lost control of it near Pala Road about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday,…

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Alabama Withdraws From Voter Registration Data-Sharing Group

January 18, 2023
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The first official act in office from Alabama’s recently elected Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican,  was to remove the state from a voter registration data-sharing group. Allen, who was sworn in as the state’s 54th secretary of state on Monday, made the promise to voters to withdraw from the Electronic Registration Information Center…

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Gov. Youngkin Announces Proposal to Protect Student Achievement Against Merit Withholders

January 18, 2023
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that he had requested Republican state legislators to introduce a new bill to “require Virginia schools to inform students and their parents about National Merit Scholarships and other awards.” “We now know that at least 16 schools across three different school divisions in Northern Virginia withheld notification of accolades…

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