As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed. Yet another potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California: hundreds of acres of fresh strawberries slated for America’s supermarket shelves this summer. Industry experts…
Los Angeles Unified Teacher, Staff Strike to Start Next Week; Schools to Close for 3 Days
March 16, 2023
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Union leaders in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced they will strike for three days next week, canceling classes for about 430,000 students in the nation’s second-largest school district. SEIU Local 99—the union representing 30,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants, and other non-teaching staff at LAUSD—announced the strike at a…
Federal Bill Would Defund States That Allow Secret Gender Transitions at School
March 16, 2023
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Dozens of parents and parental rights advocates gathered outside the school district office in Chico, Calif., on March 15 to support proposed federal legislation that would defund states that allow the secret gender transitioning of school children without parental consent. The parents and parental rights advocates displayed signs and banners with slogans such as “No…
Former Amazon Delivery Driver Sentenced for Stealing Encinitas Woman’s Dog
VISTA, Calif.—A former Amazon delivery driver who stole an Encinitas woman’s dog while delivering packages was sentenced March 16 to a one-year probation term. Dena Vindiola, 37, was arrested last October, about three weeks after golden retriever Finn went missing from his owner’s Hollyridge Drive home. As part of her probation, Vindiola must abide by…
Carlsbad Unified Approves Controversial Ethnic Studies Course
March 16, 2023
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Carlsbad Unified School District board members unanimously approved a controversial ethnic studies course at one of its high school’s Film Academy last week. The course is part of Carlsbad High School—called Film Academy Ethnic Studies—and will focus on past representations of minorities in Hollywood films as well as “emerging voices” in the film industry. The…
Woodland Hills Man Arrested in Alleged Koreatown Shakedown Scheme
March 16, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A Woodland Hills man was arrested March 16 on federal charges alleging he was extorting protection money from Koreatown businesses, sometimes using violence against those who refused to pay. Daekun Cho, 38, was arrested by special agents from Homeland Security Investigations and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department pursuant to a federal criminal…
San Clemente Apartment Buildings Remain Off-Limits Following Landslide
March 16, 2023
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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—Landslides brought on by recent heavy rainstorms forced evacuations March 15 after some coastal apartment buildings near Pico Beach began to collapse toward the ocean. Around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, Orange County Fire Authority crews responded to the landslide and evacuated residents living on the 1500 block of Buena Vista. No injuries were reported….
UC San Diego Health Reveals Some Patients Data Was Collected, Sent to 3rd-Parties
March 16, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—The University of California–San Diego (UCSD) Health March 16 notified patients that a third-party vendor used analytics tools on scheduling websites for Urgent Care and Express Care clinics, the information captured on which was then transmitted to other companies. Solv Health hosted and managed UCSD Health’s scheduling websites for the Urgent Care in La…
UCSD Health Reveals Some Patients Data Was Collected, Sent to 3rd-Parties
March 16, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—The University of California–San Diego (UCSD) Health March 16 notified patients that a third-party vendor used analytics tools on scheduling websites for Urgent Care and Express Care clinics, the information captured on which was then transmitted to other companies. Solv Health hosted and managed UCSD Health’s scheduling websites for the Urgent Care in La…
Poway’s Hidden Haven for Therapeutic Horse Riding
March 16, 2023
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Hidden among the rolling hills of Poway, San Diego lies Ride Above Disability Therapeutic Riding Center, a nonprofit ranch and prized gem of the community. Founded in 2014, Ride Above Disability provides therapeutic horseback riding lessons to those with disabilities and is open to people of all ages. Starting as volunteers at other ranches, co-founders…
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