Tag: Southern California

Orange County Power Authority ‘Skirts Board Oversight’ in Awarding Contracts: State Audit

March 2, 2023
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The executives of the embattled Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) sidestepped their company guidelines to avoid board supervision, the California State Auditor said in an audit report released Feb. 28. Staff members of the green power agency—which procures energy for Irvine, Huntington Beach, Fullerton, and Buena Park—“skirted [their] board’s oversight” when awarding contracts to certain…

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Media Outlets Should Encourage Parents Advocating for Their Children’s Education

March 2, 2023
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Commentary After witnessing the stunning recall of three trustees in a very progressive San Francisco Unified School Board in February 2022, many in the media began to marvel at the political power disenchanted parents and public school advocates were capable of wielding. After all, San Francisco has the fewest number of children per capita of…

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San Diego Residents Exposed to Tijuana Sewage Through Air Pollution

March 2, 2023
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IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif.—Bacteria, viruses, and chemicals from ocean pollution flowing from the Tijuana River is becoming airborne and blowing inland in Imperial Beach, according to research released Mar. 2 by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California–San Diego (UCSD). The study found that this coastal water pollution—largely untreated sewage runoff as a…

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Orange County Homeless Deaths Nearly Quadruple Over Last Decade: Report

March 2, 2023
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Deaths in the homeless population have sky-rockered over the last decade in Orange County, California, primarily due to drug-related overdoses from fentanyl, according to a Feb. 27 report from county law enforcement. In light of increasing homeless deaths in the region, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes last year created the county’s first committee to analyze…

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Groups Gather in Los Angeles to Support House Committee’s Efforts at Countering CCP’s Overseas Aggression

March 2, 2023
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Several groups in Los Angeles gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate on Feb. 25 to condemn the Chinese communist regime’s transnational violations. The event was held in tandem with one in New York City held by members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the same day. In…

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To the Rooftops: Staggering Snowfall in California Mountains

March 1, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Emergency crews in California scrambled Wednesday to shuttle food and medicine to mountain communities stranded by back-to-back winter storms that have dumped so much snow some residents can barely see out their windows. In San Bernardino County east of Los Angeles, around-the-clock plowing is underway but it could take more than a week to…

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RFK Killer Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole by California Board

March 1, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying the 78-year-old prisoner still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator and presidential candidate in 1968, Sirhan’s lawyer said. That contradicted the decision by a different parole board two years ago when its members found Sirhan…

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California’s Community Colleges Hired Too Many Part-Time Professors, Misspent Funds: State Auditor

March 1, 2023
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Some of California’s community colleges do not have enough full-time faculty, and some misspend state funds intended for full-time professors on part-time adjuncts, according to a report released last month by the state’s auditor. The audit—which state legislators authorized last year at the request of a community college faculty group—investigated state spending and hiring practices…

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Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Fatally Stabbing Mother in Lake Forest

March 1, 2023
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LAKE FOREST, Calif.—A 32-year-old Lake Forest woman allegedly stabbed her mother to death in their home on March 1, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. The victim’s husband called authorities to the 22000 block of Bellcroft Drive at about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to spokeswoman Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The victim, whose name…

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Irvine to Purchase and Close Odor-Emitting Asphalt Plant

March 1, 2023
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Irvine officials announced Feb. 28 the purchase and future closure of the All American Asphalt Plant in north Irvine, which has been the source of complaints among nearby residents who say odors from it are harming their quality of life. City officials have not released the terms of the deal, but said the purchase will…

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