Category: Southern California

How Does Your Southern California City Rank on Fiscal Health?

Commentary Keeping track of your personal finances is important. But, we should also pay attention to the financial well-being of our local cities, as it can impact the community. Until now, we’ve looked at Southern California cities in six counties: Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Imperial. As the city of Huntington…


Long Beach Man Guilty of Fatal Aliso Viejo Spa Bombing

LOS ANGELES—A Long Beach man was found guilty on July 19 of killing his ex-girlfriend and injuring two other people by bombing an Aliso Viejo day spa in 2018. Stephen Beal, 64, was convicted at retrial of four felony counts: use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, malicious destruction of a building…


California Expands Travel Ban List Over Gender Ideology to Half the Country

California has expanded its travel ban to three states that restricted transgender students from participating in school sports teams that don’t align with their biological sex. State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on July 14 that California will restrict state-funded travel to Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming because of recently passed legislation in those states, bringing…


Man Fatally Stabbed Near Anaheim

A 52-year-old Yorba Linda man was charged on July 20 with fatally stabbing another man in unincorporated Anaheim. Effrum Maland Burnett was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. The name of the victim—a 50-year-old Anaheim man—has not yet been released by Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials….


Millionaire Says He Waited Nearly 20 Years to Go to Space

After purchasing his ticket to outer space in 2004, business mogul and real estate millionaire Ken Baxter will be boarding a rocket to see the stars in early September. “I wanted to be the first civilian to go on a [private] rocket to outer space,” Mr. Baxter, a Las Vegas resident, told The Epoch Times….


One Dead, Toddler Wounded in Granada Hills Shooting

Police are continuing an investigation on July 20 into the circumstances surrounding a late-night shooting that killed a man in his 30s and wounded a 2-year toddler at the Granada Hills Recreation Center. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 11:20 p.m. on July 19 to the recreation center at Petit Avenue and Chatsworth…


Judge Orders More Than 50 Residents of Illegal RV Encampment to Vacate Sylmar Property

LOS ANGELES—A judge on July 19 ordered a Sylmar homeowner and the more than 50 people residing in RVs illegally parked on the owner’s property to vacate within four days. According to reports, the homeowner, identified as Cruz Florian Godoy, allowed roughly 20 RVs onto the property, charging each RV owner about $500 a month…


The Wait Is Over as Powerball Finally Has a Winner for Its Jackpot Worth Over $1 Billion

LOS ANGELES—A winning ticket has been sold in California for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the game. The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were: white balls 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and red Powerball 24. The California…


Candidates Running to Replace Sen. Feinstein in 2024 Collect Millions for Campaigns

California candidates running for an open Senate seat in 2024 have raked in millions in donations since the beginning of the year, according to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. So far, 25 candidates are running for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat. In February, the five-term senator announced her intention to retire at the conclusion…


Orange County’s Vanguard University Bound for NCAA Division II

Word that Vanguard University has received approval to begin the process of becoming a National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division II member has created a good deal of excitement on the school’s Costa Mesa, California, campus. Long a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) member, Vanguard has enjoyed plenty of athletic success, particularly in recent…