Category: Southern California

Irvine Food Pantry Requests ‘Unexpected’ Food Donations

A local food pantry in Irvine, California, is seeking out a variety of “unexpected” foods from donors amid heightened demand for such supplies over the last few months. According to volunteers at South County Outreach Food Pantry, families with children out of school for the summer are in need of sandwich ingredients, specifically peanut butter…


Movie and TV Stars Join Picket Lines in Fight Over the Future of Hollywood

LOS ANGELES—“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudekis, Rosario Dawson, and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades. A day after the dispute brought production to a standstill across the entertainment industry, Sudeikis was among…


Newsom to Deliver Textbooks Rejected by Southern California School Board to Students

California will purchase and deliver copies of a social studies textbook to students in a local school district after district officials blocked the book because of ‘inappropriate’ content, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The Temecula Valley Unified School board in southern California first gained the governor’s attention in May when it rejected a social studies…


Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Setting up Smuggling Trip That Killed 13

SAN DIEGO—A federal judge on July 13 sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for coordinating a smuggling trip in which two dozen migrants were stacked into a Ford Expedition that crashed into a tractor-trailer, killing 13 people outside a California desert town. Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges stemming…


Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Human Smuggling Trip That Killed 13

SAN DIEGO—A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for coordinating a smuggling trip in which two dozen migrants were stacked into a Ford Expedition that crashed into a tractor-trailer, killing 13 people outside a California desert town. Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges stemming from…


Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for San Diego Murder, Attempted Murder

SAN DIEGO—A man who pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges for his part in a 2018 South Bay crime spree that left one man dead and a woman paralyzed after she was shot multiple times was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cesar Alvarado, 44, admitted to…


Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for South Bay Murder, Attempted Murder

SAN DIEGO—A man who pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges for his part in a 2018 South Bay crime spree that left one man dead and a woman paralyzed after she was shot multiple times was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cesar Alvarado, 44, admitted to…


166 New Electric Vehicle Chargers Installed at Irvine’s Great Park

On July 11, city leaders in Irvine, California, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the addition of 166 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers at the Great Park—located at lots four, five, and six in the park. Mayor Farrah N. Khan said the installation takes the city one step closer to reaching its environmental goals, and the chargers…


California Puts Hold on Bill Requiring Big Tech to Pay for News Until 2024

A California bill that would require big tech companies to pay news outlets a journalism usage fee has been put on hold until 2024. Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), author of Assembly Bill 886, announced July 7 that the bill would be rescheduled to next year to allow more time for improvement. “I’ve agreed to make…


Californians Paying the Price for State’s Energy Policies on Cap-and-Trade: Critics

Critics of California’s cap-and-trade program, implemented 10 years ago with a goal of limiting carbon emissions, say it is increasing the cost of energy in the state while failing to fulfill its mission, as well as endangering vulnerable communities in the process. The program limits the amount of carbon produced by companies and requires those…