Homeless deaths in Los Angeles are on the rise due to addiction and lack of access to healthcare, according to Dr. Brett Feldman, director of Street Medicine at the University of Southern California. LA County saw a 56 percent increase in homeless deaths from 2019 to 2020—from 1,271 in 2019 to 1,988 in 2020, according…
Homeless Deaths on the Rise Due to Addiction and Lack of Access to Healthcare: USC Street Medicine Director
Homeless Deaths on the Rise Due to Addiction and Lack of Health Care: USC Street Medicine Director
Homeless deaths in Los Angeles are on the rise due to addiction and lack of access to health care, according to Dr. Brett Feldman, director of Street Medicine at the University of Southern California. L.A. County saw a 56 percent increase in homeless deaths from 2019 to 2020—from 1,271 in 2019 to 1,988 in 2020,…
Newsom Seeks to Move California’s Oil Profit Cap Decision Away From Skeptical Legislature
Instead of letting the California Legislature decide whether to impose a profit cap on oil companies, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced March 16 a proposal to give the state’s Energy Commission—made up of the governor’s appointees—the ability to do so. The proposed change came after lawmakers from both sides of the aisle voiced skepticism in a…
Floods Fill Some of California’s Summer Strawberry Fields
As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed. Yet another potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California: hundreds of acres of fresh strawberries slated for America’s supermarket shelves this summer. Industry experts…
Federal Bill Would Defund States That Allow Secret Gender Transitions at School
Dozens of parents and parental rights advocates gathered outside the school district office in Chico, Calif., on March 15 to support proposed federal legislation that would defund states that allow the secret gender transitioning of school children without parental consent. The parents and parental rights advocates displayed signs and banners with slogans such as “No…
California, Oregon Ban Salmon Fishing for 2023 Amid Dwindling Fish Population
Dwindling salmon populations in California and Oregon rivers have prompted the National Marine Fisheries Service to close commercial and sports fishing season in both states on March 15. Salmon fishing season will remain closed in California and most of Oregon until 2024. “This is a decades-long trend, and the past few years of record drought…
Hundreds Protest in California Against CCP’s Persecution on Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising
Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters held a rally in front of San Francisco City Hall on March 10 to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising. Protesters said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used its zero-COVID policy as an excuse to further persecute Tibetans. “Under [the] CCP’s tyranny, Tibetans have been suffering so…
Stolen Helicopter Crashes at Sacramento Executive Airport
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The attempted theft of a helicopter ended in wreckage on Wednesday when it crashed at Sacramento Executive Airport, authorities said. Between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., someone tried to start four helicopters that were sitting at the airport and managed to operate one, Sacramento police said. The Bell 429 helicopter wound up laying on…
Illegal Marijuana, Violent Crimes Take Over Northern California County: Siskiyou Sheriff
Illegal marijuana growers and violent crimes are taking over the small county of Siskiyou in the northernmost part of California—according to the county’s sheriff, Jeremiah LaRue. With a population of about 44,000, the county is “inundated with illegal marijuana growers,” LaRue said on a recent episode of The Epoch Times’s California Insider. There are about…
Bay Area Residents Left Without Power After Severe Storms
PG&E customers in the Bay area were left in the dark after a new wave of winter storms knocked out the power throughout the area on Tuesday evening. The widespread damages and outages spread throughout the Bay Area, Central Coast, South Bay, Monterey County, and Central Valley. A total of 137,954 customers were affected. The…
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