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  • State bill calls to certify stonecutting shops amid worker deaths

    State bill calls to certify stonecutting shops amid worker deaths

    New legislation in Sacramento aims to address a rise in countertop cutters suffering an incurable and fatal disease by imposing new requirements on businesses, including safety training for workers. Senate Bill 20, introduced this week by state Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-Panorama City), would set up a certification system for the fabrication shops where workers cut,…

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  • Newly elected L.A. school board members vow to defend against Trump

    Newly elected L.A. school board members vow to defend against Trump

    Newly elected Los Angeles school board members say they are united in a mission to protect the district’s most vulnerable — students and staff who are immigrants or LGBTQ+ — following wins that are generally a plus for Supt. Alberto Carvalho and the teachers union and a setback for privately managed charter schools. All three…

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  • Democrats flip Central Valley seat in nation's final Congressional race

    Democrats flip Central Valley seat in nation’s final Congressional race

    Democrats claimed the final congressional seat in the 2024 election cycle Tuesday as Merced Democrat Adam Gray ousted Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte in a photo-finish race in California’s Central Valley. California’s 13th Congressional District was the final outstanding race for the U.S. House of Representatives, and had the closest margin in the country. Gray…

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  • DUI suspect in crash that killed two girls in Rialto pleads not guilty

    DUI suspect in crash that killed two girls in Rialto pleads not guilty

    A driver who allegedly was drunk and sped through a red light in Rialto, causing a three-car crash that killed two young girls, has pleaded not guilty to several charges, including vehicular manslaughter. Alexis Garcia, 28, made his first court appearance Friday on charges filed by the San Bernardino County district attorney. They consisted of…

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  • Federal judge denounces President Biden's pardon, saying he misrepresented son's criminal case

    Federal judge denounces President Biden’s pardon, saying he misrepresented son’s criminal case

    The judge who presided over Hunter Biden’s federal tax case in Los Angeles criticized President Biden on Tuesday for pardoning his son this week, saying he misrepresented the facts of his son’s criminal case when he announced the move. In a brief order, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi faulted Hunter Biden’s lawyers for failing to…

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  • Newsom and Schiff sharply criticize president for pardoning Hunter Biden

    Newsom and Schiff sharply criticize president for pardoning Hunter Biden

    Two of California’s most prominent Democrats sharply criticized President Biden’s controversial pardon of his son Hunter, with Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff and Gov. Gavin Newsom both expressing disappointment Tuesday. “With everything the president and his family have been through, I completely understand the instinct to protect Hunter. But I took the president at his word,”…

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  • He said he was a D'Habsburg and orchestrated a $5.9 million con

    He said he was a D’Habsburg and orchestrated a $5.9 million con

    Sylvein William Maximilian D’Habsburg XVII, 48, of West Hills, has agreed to plead guilty to running a $5.9-million Ponzi scheme where he convinced seniors to invest in his businesses and then spent their money on luxury cars and rare antiques, authorities said. With such a grand name, it could be easy to assume that the…

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  • Man smuggled guns to North Korea from Long Beach, prosecutors charge

    Man smuggled guns to North Korea from Long Beach, prosecutors charge

    Although Shenghua Wen entered the United States on a student visa, eventually settling in San Bernardino County, law enforcement officials say he had a more nefarious purpose: exporting shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea. Federal authorities on Tuesday arrested Wen, 41, at his Ontario home, alleging he acted as an…

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  • Orange County domestic dispute ends in deadly police chase

    Orange County domestic dispute ends in deadly police chase

    A 25-year-old woman is dead and two other people are in the hospital after a man fleeing Fountain Valley police in a truck slammed into their vehicle Monday evening, authorities said. Police arrested Huntington Beach resident Timothy Bradford Cole, 43, after his Dodge Ram allegedly smashed into a white BMW at the intersection of Ellis…

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  • Toddler dies in 'gun-related accident' involving 7-year-old brother

    Toddler dies in ‘gun-related accident’ involving 7-year-old brother

    A toddler was killed in the parking lot of a shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga on Monday in what authorities called a “gun-related accident” involving the child’s 7-year-old brother. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies responded at 3:53 p.m. to a report of a shooting in a parking lot of the Foothill Crossing Shopping Center in…

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