Tag: NY-Cal

Protesters Block Worship Event on LA’s Skid Row, Attack Epoch Times Reporters

LOS ANGELES—Dozens of protesters clashed with followers of Christian worship leader Sean Feucht and the “Let Us Worship” movement on Skid Row in Los Angeles on Dec. 30. The protesters were attempting to block access to Feucht’s homeless outreach event. A dozen protesters encircled a reporter and photographer from The Epoch Times. Someone threw a…


Costa Mesa Bar Owner Charged with Illegally Operating During COVID-19 Pandemic

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Dec. 31. Roland Michael Barrera—who owns the Westend bar—is set to be arraigned June 22 on a misdemeanor count of violating and…


University of California—Irvine Medical Center Erects Mobile Field Hospitals

ORANGE, Calif.—The University of California—Irvine (UCI) Medical Center opened a network of field hospital rooms Dec. 29 in the center’s parking lot due to Orange County’s spike in COVID-19 cases. The field units, which are made up of tent-like materials, are licensed to treat up to 40 patients outside the main hospital. There were 22…


LA County Supervisor Requests USNS Mercy to Return

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced on Wednesday that she would like to have the 1,000-bed USNS Mercy back to help address the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Hahn announced Wednesday that she has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to work to bring the hospital ship back to Los Angeles County and call in the…


Times Square Barricaded, Quiet for New Year’s Eve

NEW YORK—New York City’s Times Square was barricaded on Thursday, with only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, allowed in to watch the New Year’s Eve ball drop in person. Everyone else should stay home and watch the pared-down festivities on television,…


Orange County Supervisors Discuss Michelle Steel’s Replacement

As Michelle Steel prepares to abandon her Orange County Board of Supervisors (OCBS) seat for higher office, her colleagues are weighing in on her replacement. Steel will retire from the OCBS Jan. 3, when she assumes the role of congresswoman for California’s 48th District. A by-election to fill her vacancy will likely happen in March….


Border Patrol Agents Rescue Mexican Migrant Found Hanging From Border Wall in California

Border Patrol agents helped rescue a migrant who got stuck on the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week, the agency said. The situation took place at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday night. Agents patrolling Imperial Beach in California saw the man hanging from the wall where it juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The 25-year-old Mexican…


Police Arrest Suspect for Kidnapping Woman From Santa Ana Hotel

Police arrested a 35-year-old convicted felon Dec. 29 after he allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint from a hotel in Santa Ana, California. Santa Ana Police Department detectives tracked down the suspect—using hotel surveillance footage and witness descriptions—to his residence in Victorville. “They staked his residence out and then when he left, they pulled…


Law Firm Seeks Clients to Sue SoCal Edison Over Silverado Fire

A San Diego-law firm is trying to drum up clients to sue Southern California Edison (SCE) over damages resulting from the Silverado Fire in Orange and San Bernardino counties, claiming the utility company has admitted its own responsibility for the fire starting. But the law firm may be overplaying its hand, says SCE spokesperson Chris…


Orange County Sheriff Talks 2020’s Major Rise in Crime

In what is likely to be his last address to the community for 2020, Sheriff Don Barnes of Orange County, California, emphasized the rise in crime this past year. There has been a resurgence of drug trafficking this year, including methamphetamine and cocaine, Barnes said during a Facebook live address on Dec. 30. “Our street…