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Melissa Michelson is tired of “thoughts and prayers.” The 15-year San Gabriel Valley resident is sick of hearing politicians evoke the words “hearts and minds.” Sure, she said, she’s grieving for her community after the Jan. 21 Monterey Park shooting where 11 innocents lost their lives and many others were injured. But, mostly, she’s angry.…
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Have you heard? The world is about to end! “60 Minutes” recently featured Paul Ehrlich, author of the bestseller, “The Population Bomb.” “Humanity is not sustainable,” he said. Why would “60 Minutes” interview Ehrlich? For years, Ehrlich said, “We are very close to a famine” and, “In the next 15 years, the end will come.”…
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A bill that would boost wages and promises to improve working conditions for California’s fast-food workers has been put on hold until the November 2024 election when voters will decide its outcome. Assembly Bill 257, also known as the FAST Recovery Act, was signed into law Sept. 5 by Gov. Gavin Newsom. But Save Local…
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Lawmakers in blue states like California may prefer to tax the rich, but there’s always a risk: What if the rich just move elsewhere? Assemblymember Alex Lee said last week that he was introducing a new tax on “extreme wealth.” It wasn’t the first time the Milpitas Democrat pushed the idea. But this year, he…
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By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm and teach generations around the world, has died. He was 93. Morrisett’s death was announced Tuesday by Sesame…
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Anaheim Fire & Rescue arson investigators were trying to determine who set 11 dumpsters on fire along Orangethorpe Avenue in Anaheim and Fullerton early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, authorities said. Anaheim firefighters were called by the Fullerton Fire Department to the 2300 block of Orangethorpe shortly after midnight, Anaheim police Sgt. Jon McClintock said. Fullerton…
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Local officials filed numerous felony charges – including seven counts of murder and one attempted murder – against the man suspected of Monday’s mass shooting in Half Moon Bay that left seven people dead and another injured. A video shows Chunli Zhao, 67, the suspect in the killing of Seven people, being taken into custody…
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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Monterey Park Wednesday, Jan. 25 to meet with the families of the victims killed in Saturday’s mass shooting that left 11 dead, the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County history. The vice president will arrive in Los Angeles in the afternoon, a visit that will coincide with a…
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Picture a mass shooter and an angry, racist, young and disturbed white male might come to mind. The aging Asian men accused of this week’s mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay don’t fit that profile. COMPLETE COVERAGE: Monterey Park Mass Shooting “The typical profile is a younger, Anglo, male born in the…
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LOS ANGELES — It’s hard to feel bad for LeBron James. The guy has such a great life sometimes even he can’t believe it, as he’s said on social media. He was not, however, smiling through Tuesday night’s 133-115 loss to the Clippers. Even after crossing off the 30th and final team on his to-score-40-points-against…
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