Tag: Southern California

Vanguard University Tackles Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation

March 8, 2023
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Experts at a recent conference, sponsored by and held on the Costa Mesa, California, campus of Vanguard University, discussed little-known facts about child sex trafficking and exploitation as well as its prevention and how to help those affected. During the two-day event from March 3, Dr. Sandra Morgan, the director of the school’s Global Center…

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Suspect Who Stabbed LA Teen in Custody After Standoff With SWAT

March 8, 2023
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After an hours-long standoff in Alhambra with SWAT and LA police, a suspect accused in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Xavier Chavarin, was taken into custody on March 8. Law enforcement surrounded the location of the suspect, identified as 33 year-old David Zepeda, who barricaded himself inside his family’s home in Alhambra on Wednesday morning….

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Man, 70, Pleads Guilty to US-Mexico Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

March 8, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A 70-year-old man who prosecutors say ran a Mexican drug trafficking organization that moved “substantial quantities” of cocaine into the United States over the course of several decades pleaded guilty March 8 in San Diego federal court. Raul Flores-Hernandez, of Guadalajara, Mexico, ran the Jalisco-based trafficking organization from sometime in the 1980s until 2017,…

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Girls at Burbank High School

March 8, 2023
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BURBANK, Calif.—A 22-year-old man was behind bars March 7 for allegedly sexually assaulting three girls after slipping onto the campus of Burbank High School. Burbank police said Patrick Nazarian, a Glendale resident, gained access to the campus Monday through an unlocked door in the student parking lot. Police were called to the school at 902…

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Long Beach Vacant Lot Fee Challenged in Jarvis Group Suit

March 8, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A Long Beach property owner who along with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is challenging the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance that charges landowners a monthly fee for letting their property sit vacant says his lot hasn’t hurt the property values of others and that the city has made it too costly to develop….

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Los Angeles’s Homicides, Gun Violence Down This Year, so Far, but May Be Due to Weather

March 7, 2023
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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles in 2021 saw a surge in violent crime with the highest annual tally of homicides in 14 years. But two years later, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) data shows that crime may be on the downward trend so far this year. According to the data, first reported by Crosstown—a…

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California Lawmaker Seeks to Classify Sex Trafficking as Violent Felony

March 7, 2023
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Sex trafficking could be reclassified as a violent felony in California under proposed legislation filed by a Republican assemblyman. “Everything wrong about California criminal law is laid out in our statutes pertaining to human trafficking: currently, trafficking children for sexual purposes is not considered a violent felony,” Assemblyman Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin) said in a release….

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Orange Unified Appoints 2nd Acting Superintendent This Year

March 7, 2023
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The Orange Unified School Board unanimously appointed one of its existing assistant superintendents as acting superintendent March 2. Assistant superintendent Ernie Gonzalez will be the district’s temporary superintendent while the board works to find a permanent replacement with the help of an outside consultant. “We look forward to [Gonzalez’s] leadership as the Board of Education…

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Jury Awards $1.5 Million to LA County Prosecutor Who Sued DA George Gascón for Retaliation

March 7, 2023
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A Los Angeles jury awarded $1.5 million in damages March 6 to a former head prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office—who alleged she was given a demotion after raising objections to DA George Gascón’s juvenile sentencing reform policies. The week-long trial of Shawn Randolph was the first of nearly 20 such cases….

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San Juan Capistrano Community Celebrates Library’s Reopening

March 7, 2023
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Within the late morning shadows of the Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, dozens of locals waited behind an orange-colored ribbon to celebrate the reopening of the San Juan Capistrano Public Library March 7 after being closed for nearly two years for updates and repairs. “Providing beautiful functional space is part of our…

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