Tag: Southern California

Orange County Health Care Agency Director Resigns

March 29, 2023
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Dr. Clayon Chau, Orange County’s Health Care Agency director, submitted a letter of resignation March 28, and is expected to leave the post June 1, 2023. “Although I feel sad about leaving, the time is right. It is time for me to take a break,” Chau said March 29 in an emailed statement to The…

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Motorist Killed in Collision With School Bus Near Ramona ID’d

March 29, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—Authorities March 29 publicly identified a 55-year-old man who was fatally injured last week when the pickup truck he was driving crashed head-on into a school bus on a Ramona-area roadway. Carey Rufenacht of Ramona lost control of the 2003 Chevrolet 2500 for unknown reasons while heading south on a curving stretch of Mussey…

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Funding Agreements Put Orange County Beach Sand Project Closer to Reality 

March 29, 2023
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The Huntington Beach City Council March 21 approved a proposal, in conjunction with the state’s Division of Boating and Waterways, to begin a long-overdue sand replenishing project stretching from Anaheim Bay Harbor to Newport Bay in Orange County. The work—known as the Orange County Beach Erosion Control Project—includes replenishing Surfside-Sunset Beach with 1.75 million cubic…

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day Honored at Nixon Library With Unveiling of New Statue

March 29, 2023
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YORBA LINDA, Calif.—Over 100 people gathered at the Nixon Library March 29 to celebrate National Vietnam War Veterans Day including the installation of a life-sized bronze statue of a Vietnam War era Marine trudging forward into battle. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, which brought an end…

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California Losing High and Middle-Class Income Households: Study

March 29, 2023
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As the so-called exodus from the Golden State continues, California is now losing both higher-income as well as middle-income households, according to a study published in March by the nonpartisan research group, Public Policy Institute of California. During the height of the pandemic, the report found, there was a decline in higher-earning families relocating to…

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Los Angeles School Strike Demonstrates Union Focus is Leftist Politics, Not Education

March 29, 2023
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Commentary In recent years we have seen that leftist ideology has infiltrated all elements of American society. What started in the universities has now spread to corporations, the military, the criminal justice system, the administrative state, many churches, and our grade schools. Last week’s Los Angeles school strike demonstrated that the spread to our schools…

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California Ski Resorts Report Record Snowpack, Plan to Extend Season

March 29, 2023
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With another storm barreling down on California mountains this week, snowfall totals are approaching unprecedented levels in many locations, prompting mountain resorts to extend their ski season—potentially into summer for some. The Mammoth Mountain resort reported 695 inches of snow on the morning of March 29 in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times, breaking…

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Irvine Hospital Unveils First Look at $1.5 Billion New Cancer Center

March 29, 2023
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IRVINE, Calif.—City of Hope Hospital unveiled March 28 replicas of rooms and other plans for its new hospital facility set to open in late 2025. The new construction will be for general medical needs and will connect to the hospital’s Lennar Cancer Center, which opened last year and is the only specialty hospital soley focused…

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Newsom’s Fast-Tracked Oil Bill Will Raise Gas Prices

March 29, 2023
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Commentary Gov. Gavin Newsom’s oil bill to reduce gas prices at the pump actually will increase them. It’s simple economics: Increase regulations, potential tax increases, and uncertainty into any market, and the price of its goods will go up. That’s precisely what will be the result of Senate Bill 2, introduced by state Sen. Nancy…

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2 Dead in Possible Murder-Suicide in Huntington Beach

March 28, 2023
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Authorities are investigating a possible murder-suicide in Huntington Beach after a man and woman were found dead with gunshot wounds on March 26, police said. Huntington Beach police responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call around 6 p.m. at the 9500 block of Kensington Drive around 6 p.m. in the city’s northeast. A…

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