Tag: Southern California

OC Supervisors to Apply for State Funding to Turn Costa Mesa Motel Into Homeless Shelter

July 19, 2023
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved plans on July 18 to apply for a state Project Homekey grant to acquire a motel in Costa Mesa to refurbish it and provide low-cost housing and shelter. The county wants to acquire and rehabilitate the 120-room Travelodge at 1400 Bristol St. with a $6,781,520 loan. Supervisor Doug…

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Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Underage Prostitute, Robbery

July 19, 2023
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A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…

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Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Prostitute and Robbery

July 19, 2023
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A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…

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GOP Reps Sue Anaheim, Riverside Over Canceled Rallies, Alleged Free Speech Violations

July 19, 2023
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Two Republican members of Congress are suing the California cities of Anaheim and Riverside for allegedly conspiring to suppress and shut down their political rallies, infringing on their constitutional rights to free speech. U.S. House Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)—both ardent supporters of former President Donald Trump—filed the lawsuit (pdf) in…

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GOP Reps Sue California Cities Over Canceled Rallies, Alleged Free Speech Violations

July 19, 2023
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Two Republican members of Congress are suing the California cities of Anaheim and Riverside for allegedly conspiring to suppress and shut down their political rallies, infringing on their constitutional rights to free speech. U.S. House Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)—both ardent supporters of former President Donald Trump—filed the lawsuit (pdf) in…

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Hollywood Studios Say They Offered Actors $1 Billion in Gains Before Strike

July 18, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Major film and television studios offered Hollywood actors more than $1 billion in higher compensation and enhanced benefits before the SAG-AFTRA union called a strike last week, a group that represents media companies said on Monday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which negotiates on behalf of Netflix Inc., Walt Disney…

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Temperatures Flare as Hollywood Actors, Writers Strike Heats Up

July 18, 2023
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BURBANK, Calif.—Despite temperatures reaching the mid-90s on July 18, thousands of Hollywood actors and writers continued to picket outside major studios, striking together for the first time in more than 60 years. Tempers also flared this week as the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) criticized the Alliance of Motion Picture…

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SoCal City Ranks in Top 10 for Worst Drivers in America: Study

July 18, 2023
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One Southern California city has some of the worst drivers in the nation, according to a new study by Consumer Affairs, an online research organization. Hesperia, in San Bernardino County, recorded the nation’s highest number of car crash deaths caused by speeding—averaging 10.9 per 100,000 residents in 2021, the most recent year recorded by the…

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Hotel Workers’ Strike Expanding in Southern California, Looming in Arizona

July 18, 2023
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The hotel workers’ strike that started in Los Angeles continued to expand in Southern California, with workers in Orange County walking off their jobs last week, demanding higher wages and benefits while seeking support for a union-backed ballot measure to house homeless people at hotels. The strike by members of Unite Here Local 11 started with…

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Hollywood Strikers Should Blame Themselves for High Cost of California Living

July 18, 2023
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Commentary Hollywood actors and screenwriters are striking because—they say—their pay is too low. But the flip side is it’s too expensive living in Southern California. But whose fault is that? Who backs policies making California the most expensive state in the country? Who insists on high taxes on businesses and residents? And remember, the more…

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