A homeowner in Southern California has shot a suspected home intruder in what authorities say was a “targeted” home invasion. The Newport Beach Police Department (NBPD) said in a statement on April 16 that officers had responded to a 911 call regarding a possible break-in near Newport Coast Drive and Pelican Hill Road North, an upscale […]
Google fired 28 employees after the protests held across two of the company’s offices on April 16. The employees had staged the protests over Google’s association with the Israeli government, which involves cloud-computing services known as “Project Nimbus.” The company alerted the police after sit-in protests at offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, which […]
The City of Huntington Beach in Southern California passed a new election integrity law. Voters agree to be required to present voter identification to vote starting in 2026. The law would also allow the city to facilitate 20 more in-person polling locations and the monitoring of ballot drop boxes. But state officials are suing the […]
A proposed law promoted by two San Francisco supervisors would allow residents to sue grocery stores that shut down without giving six months’ notice to the city and helping to find a replacement. The Grocery Protection Act, introduced April 2 by Board Supervisors Dean Preston and Aaron Peskin, comes amid a rash of retail theft […]
U.S. lawmakers from California introduced a bill to create a national monument in the Southern California desert and to expand the adjacent Joshua Tree National Park. Rep. Raul Ruiz and Sen. Alex Padilla have proposed a bill aiming to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and broaden the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park.
A women’s prison in California is set to close, despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Authorities say FCI Dublin will first review each inmate’s status prior to closing.
Google employees in two different office locations staged protests against the company over its involvement with the Israeli government. Google signed a billion-dollar contract with Israel in 2021. The contract, known as Nimbus, operates jointly with Amazon and offers cloud computing services to the U.S. ally. The protesters organized the sit-ins across Google’s Sunnyvale, California, […]
Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers this week to advocate for legislation aimed at increasing transparency and oversight of youth treatment facilities. The Accountability and Children’s Treatment Act seeks to disclose how short-term residential facilities for youth struggling with substance abuse and behavioral issues employ disciplinary methods like restraints or seclusion on minors.
California is considering a bill that would make it the 13th state to require pornographic websites to keep minors from accessing their content. NTD spoke with an executive from the Exodus Cry organization and an age verification expert about the measure.
Google has begun removing California news websites from search results for some users in response to a state proposal that would require the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. The tech giant announced the move in a blog post on Friday, calling it a “short-term test for a small percentage […]
The California homeless charity that received $53 million over the years from investors who wanted a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett has found a new business executive to auction off a meal with. The Glide Foundation said on April 9 that it will hold an auction on eBay next month for a private lunch […]
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Southern California woman with a history of convictions for driving under the influence has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for a crash that killed a 23-year-old pregnant woman and left her baby in critical condition. Courtney Pandolfi, 44, pleaded guilty to second degree murder earlier this year just […]
The Settlement Project of Southern California, a freedom and peace advocacy group, holds a leadership seminar on April 13 to discuss “The Battle for America: Protecting our Future with a More Perfect Union.” Agenda: 10:00 Invocation, pledge of allegiance, national anthem, conference welcome and introduction. Lecture 1: Contrasting the French and American revolutions, co-taught David […]
LOS ANGELES—Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter was released on bond and apologized through a lawyer after appearing in court on a bank fraud charge accusing him of stealing $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers star to cover illegal gambling debts. Ippei Mizuhara, 39, who surrendered to authorities earlier in the day, did […]
COALINGA, Calif.—Paul Flores, the convicted killer of college student Kristin Smart, was stabbed Wednesday at a California prison, the second time he has been attacked by a fellow inmate in the past year, officials said. Staff witnessed the stabbing shortly before 3:30 p.m. in the recreation yard at Pleasant Valley State Prison and were able […]
A specialized task force in Los Angeles and Orange counties seized hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of stolen Legos in a series of raids this week. The California Highway Patrol’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force served the search warrants on Tuesday at four locations connected to an illegal fencing operation, and arrested four people.
