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Ten people have died in Monterey Park, California, following two shootings during Lunar New Year celebrations. Police believe they found the alleged gunman’s body in a nearby panel van, killed by a self-inflicted wound. Five men and five women were slain during Saturday’s celebrations in two dance halls. Police believe that the victims were all in their 50s and 60s and added they were all “probably” of Asian descent. Ten more were injured and taken to the local hospital. Police Chief Scott Wiese called the devastation of the first dancehall a “scene of carnage.” “They came across a scene none ...
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A “straight pride” march that commenced in front of an abortion clinic clashed with a large group of LGBTQ and pro-choice protestors in Modesto, California, on Saturday. The fourth annual straight pride event, put on by the National Straight Pride Coalition, was joined by members of the Proud Boys, the far-right group best known for playing a role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Some of the Proud Boy members in Modesto over the weekend were the same members who participated in the breach of the Capitol, according to reports. The two groups were separated by police, but not ...
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California’s state lawmakers secured about $280 million from the state budget that could be invested into the baseball stadium project in downtown Oakland for the A’s. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-California) and state legislators quietly passed the funds a few weeks ago, and the budget was finally unveiled at the Oakland City Council vote Tuesday. The Oakland City Council has agreed to pass a nonbinding development agreement with the A’s for a new stadium at Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal, a deal that could decide whether the team will remain in Oakland. The team has represented the city for 53 y...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned California’s mandate that charities must disclose their contributors’ names. Chief Justice John Roberts noted that donors’ First Amendment rights should be respected and requiring donors’ information might only be relevant for a “small number of cases involving filed complaints.” He went on to call such impositions on so-called “charitable fraud” as a “widespread burden.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who sided with the minority in the case, said that the ruling could, even if unintentionally, encourage more anonymous money into the political sphere. T...
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California added five more states to the state-sponsored travel ban list imposed due to newly enacted discriminatory laws against LGBT community members. The list now contains 17 different states – Florida, Montana, Arkansas, West Virginia and North Dakota being the newest additions – where California state employees are prohibited from traveling for work to unless specified as essential travel. These states recently passed legislation restricting the rights of people in the LGBT community. Laws passed in Florida, Montana, Arkansas and West Virginia prevent transgender females from athleticall...
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Republican California Gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner said in an interview Wednesday that she is “all for the wall” at the U.S. southern border. “I am all for the wall, I would secure the wall. We can’t have a state, we can’t have a country, without a secure wall,” Jenner told Sean Hannity. Regarding undocumented people already living in the Untied States, Jenner said, “You have two questions here. One is stopping people from coming in illegally into the state. And then the second question is, what do we do with the people that are here? We are a compassionate country, okay? We are a co...
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The New York Post pulled, edited and later republished a story falsely claiming that copies of Vice President Kamala Harris‘ book were included in care packages for migrant children in Long Beach, California. The reporter who wrote the story soon after resigned from the Post saying she was “ordered to write” the article, knowing it was an “incorrect story.” Reporter Laura Italiano wrote, “The Kamala Harris story – an incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against – was my breaking point.” The Post‘s story stemmed from a picture of care packages for m...
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Olympic gold-medalist and transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner announced Friday she will be running for governor of California in the upcoming election following a successful petition to recall current Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). Jenner will be running as a Republican, further crowding the field of the party which orchestrated the original recall vote against Newsom. “Small businesses have been devastated because of the over-restrictive lockdown,” Jenner said in the statement Friday. “An entire generation of children have lost a year of education and have been prevented from going back to school, pa...
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