Tag: Southern California

California’s Sex Trafficking Bill Blocked in Committee

March 27, 2023
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A bill that would have reclassified sex trafficking as a violent felony in California was blocked by the Legislature’s Assembly Committee on Public Safety March 14. Six Democratic Assembly members voted against Assembly Bill 229 authored by Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin). The measure would have expanded the Three Strikes Law—a state law passed in 1994 that…

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California Losing Software Dominance to Communist China

March 27, 2023
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Commentary Something I’ve long dreaded finally is happening: Wokeness and other foolishness by the U.S. and California governments is stifling this state’s innovation machine—leading to Communist China assuming software dominance. The successes of Apple, Google, Facebook, and other Silicon Valley companies dazzle us, preventing us from seeing what’s really happening. Tech icon Steve Jobs died…

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Man Gunned Down in Grantville Area in San Diego, Suspect at Large

March 27, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A shooting in a Grantville-area neighborhood left an unidentified man fatally wounded March 27. Patrol officers responding to a report of gunfire shortly before 6 a.m. found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest in a parking lot in the 10900 block of San Diego Mission Road, according to the San…

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Cold Pacific Storm Bears Down on California This Week

March 27, 2023
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Californians were taking advantage of a sunny day as they started the work week, but more winter weather is on the way beginning late March 27, according to the National Weather Service. A half-inch to an inch of rain could fall this week in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County, while up to three…

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California City Caught in National Controversy Over Critical Race Theory

March 27, 2023
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Heightened tensions among opposing sides regarding the teaching of critical race theory—or its underlying tenets—in K–12 schools erupted into chaos at a local school board meeting in Temecula, California, last week, creating deeper rifts in the community. The otherwise sleepy city tucked away in southwest Riverside County known best for its wineries has become the…

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3-Alarm Fire Hits Commercial Building in Santa Ana

March 27, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Firefighters from multiple departments worked over an hour to put out a three-alarm blaze in a commercial building in Santa Ana and protect other structures in the industrial area, authorities said March 27. The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Sunday at the building in the 2200 block of South Susan Street, Orange…

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LA Man, 53, Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Preteen at Irvine Library

March 27, 2023
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IRVINE, Calif.—A Los Angeles man was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to a 9-year-old girl and assaulting her at a public library in Irvine. Police arrested 53-year-old Christopher Eduard March 24 near his home. He was released on bail Saturday, according to sheriff’s inmate records. The girl had gone with her mother the evening of…

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Motorist Killed, 2 Injured in Huntington Beach Crash

March 27, 2023
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A 22-year-old motorist in a speeding vehicle was killed and his two passengers were injured in a single-vehicle crash March 26 in Huntington Beach, authorities said. The condition of the two injured people was not immediately known, according to spokeswoman Jessica Cuchilla of the Huntington Beach Police Department. The crash, involving a gray…

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Passenger at LAX Detained For Allegedly Triggering Emergency Slide

March 26, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A passenger aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Seattle was detained Saturday for allegedly opening an emergency exit door aboard the plane and causing the emergency slide to be activated. The action happened at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday, as the airplane pushed away from the gate. Los Angeles Airport…

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Firefighters Awaken Sleeping Plumber in Crawl Space of Northridge Home

March 26, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A plumber entered a crawlspace of a Northridge home and fell asleep for about three hours March 25 until firefighters cut holes in the floor and woke him up. The worried homeowner contacted the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) after the 50-year-old man entered the crawl space under the 2,100-square-foot home and was not…

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