Tag: Southern California

Los Angeles Metro to Hire Both Armed, Unarmed Security Officers to Curtail Rising Crime on Bus System

March 31, 2023
CaliforniaLA MetroLos AngelesPublic SafetyRegional & State NewsRegional NewsSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

A new team of security officers will be deployed on buses throughout Los Angeles County, following the Los Angeles Metro Board of Directors’ decision last week to fund hiring 48 such officers to keep bus operators and riders safe amid an uptick in assaults on transit routes. “It is important that we’re finally going to…

Read More

Lack of Openings in Residency Programs Is Causing Doctor Shortage in California, Doctor Says

March 31, 2023
CaliforniadoctorsmedicineNorthern CaliforniaRegional & State NewsSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUS
0 Comment

Many California residents have been suffering from doctor shortages that cause long wait times to see a physician. Dr. Henry Chien, a family practice and internal medicine physician in Shafter, California, told The Epoch Times what he believes are the reasons behind the shortage. He described what it is like being a primary care doctor:…

Read More

Fountain Valley Officials Applaud Naloxone Program at Area Schools

March 31, 2023
CaliforniaFountain ValleynaloxoneRegional & State NewsSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California OC NewsState NewsUS
0 Comment

A recently established drug program to prevent overdoses in schools and other local issues were discussed at the first Fountain Valley mayor’s breakfast of the year, held March 30 at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital in Orange County, California. The school program was first initiated last November, in which city services placed drug stations at schools…

Read More

Rescued Dog from Iran to Undergo Eyelid Surgery in San Diego

March 31, 2023
animal rescueCaliforniaHelen Woodward Animal CenterIranRancho Santa FeRegional & State NewsSan DeigoSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUS
0 Comment

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif.—An abused and orphaned puppy that arrived from Iran at the Helen Woodward Animal Center earlier this month will undergo eyelid surgery on April 4, the center said March 30. After suffering from an alleged acid attack in Iran, Omid the dog was rescued and brought to the center. A local specialty…

Read More

School District Officials Deny Secret Social Gender Transitions; Board Members Request Investigation

March 31, 2023
CaliforniaEducation & Family Newsgender transitionNewport-Mesa Unified School Districtparental rightsRegional & State NewsSocial IssuesSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California OC NewsState NewstransgenderUS
0 Comment

Two assistant school district superintendents at a California school district accused of secretly socially transitioning the gender identities of students without informed parental consent have denied the allegations, while three board members requested an investigation. The controversy stems from a public records act request initiated by parental rights advocates that yielded hundreds of pages of…

Read More

Los Angeles Man Charged With Assaulting 3 Girls in Irvine

March 31, 2023
CaliforniaChild PornographyirvineIrvine Police DepartmentRegional & State NewsSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California OC NewsState NewsUS
0 Comment

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 53-year-old Los Angeles man was charged March 30 with assaulting three children in Irvine on separate occasions. Christopher Eduard was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, and single counts of forcible lewd act on a child, contacting a…

Read More

California Bill to Require Schools to Provide Free Condoms to Students

March 31, 2023
CaliforniaCalifornia BillCalifornia Senate Health CommitteeCenters for Disease Control and PreventioncondomsNorthern CaliforniaRegional & State NewsSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUS
0 Comment

A state Senate bill that would require schools to provide free condoms to all California students passed the Senate Education Committee March 29. State Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced Senate Bill 541 last month to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among youth. If passed, the bill would require all public schools to…

Read More

California Bill Would Require Schools to Provide Free Condoms to Students

March 31, 2023
CaliforniaCalifornia BillCalifornia Senate Health CommitteeCenters for Disease Control and PreventioncondomsNorthern CaliforniaRegional & State NewsSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUS
0 Comment

A state Senate bill that would require schools to provide free condoms to all California students passed the Senate Education Committee March 29. State Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced Senate Bill 541 last month to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among youth. If passed, the bill would require all public schools to…

Read More

California Man Arrested 10 Times in 31 Days, Faces 33 Charges

March 31, 2023
arrestCaliforniacrimecriminalsNorthern CaliforniaRegional & State NewsSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUS
0 Comment

A man in Fresno County, California was arrested 10 times within a span of 31 days, according to the Clovis Police Department. Keith Chastain’s first arrest was on Feb. 19, and his tenth was on March 21. He was booked by Clovis police six times and other agencies four times. Chastain, 38, faces 18 felonies and…

Read More

Baby Girl Allegedly Killed by Father in University City ID’d

March 30, 2023
CaliforniaRegional & State NewsSan DiegoSan Diego Police DepartmentSouthern CaliforniaState NewsUniversity CityUS
0 Comment

SAN DIEGO—Authorities March 30 publicly identified an infant who died last week after being found at a University City townhouse suffering from grievous injuries allegedly inflicted by her father. Patrol officers responding to a report of a baby who had stopped breathing found 7-week-old Genevieve Santillanes in medical distress at the residence in the 3700…

Read More