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Election Day: Newsom expected to cruise to victory in California primary

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Election Day: Newsom expected to cruise to victory in California primary

Lower than a 12 months after handily beating again a recall effort, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is again on the poll in Tuesday’s main the place the main focus this time received’t be on if he wins, however by how a lot.

Republicans didn’t recruit a candidate who can come near him on title recognition and fundraising. However in a race with 26 candidates on the poll — and an anticipated low turnout at a time when California voters are upset with excessive gasoline costs and inflation, rampant homelessness and rising crime — Newsom may need bother reaching the 62% who voted towards recalling him.

“I feel the one loss for the governor is failing to win actually, actually huge,” stated Jessica Levinson, a political commentator and election legislation professor at Loyola Marymount College. “That is nearly the definition of a noncompetitive race.”

Democrats management the White Home and Congress and the get together in energy typically loses floor in midterm elections. If Democrats lose floor in California, it’s extraordinarily unlikely to be within the races for governor and U.S. Senate.

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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was appointed by Newsom to take over Kamala Harris’ seat when she grew to become vp, is on the first poll twice. Voters will determine whether or not Padilla ought to fill the rest of Harris’ time period, which expires in January, and in a separate election whether or not he ought to get his personal six-year time period.

Just like the race for governor, the GOP’s endorsed candidate is little identified. Mark Meuser is an lawyer whose work with the right-leaning Dhillon Legislation Group included 22 lawsuits towards Newsom claiming he overstepped his authority in imposing coronavirus restrictions.

Criticism of Newsom’s dealing with of the pandemic drove final 12 months’s recall. Newsom, who imposed the nation’s first statewide COVID-19 shutdown order, countered that his actions saved lives and has pointed to statistics displaying California’s per capita dying fee was higher than Texas, Florida and most different states.

Newsom has mounted a low-key reelection effort to this point this 12 months. He’s taken credit score for a string of file price range surpluses throughout his first time period in workplace and used a few of the cash to pay for the well being look after individuals dwelling within the nation illegally, to subsidize medical health insurance premiums for the center class and ship money funds to most taxpayers.

Ought to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution he has vowed to show California right into a sanctuary for ladies looking for abortions. He additionally pledged to signal a legislation permitting personal residents to sue gun makers and sellers to implement the state’s ban on some assault weapons.

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Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who was endorsed by the state GOP, is seen as likeliest to complete second within the crowded area. A wild card might be Michael Shellenberger, an creator and activist who’s working with out a political get together choice and got here in third in a latest ballot carried out by the College of California-Berkeley.

Dahle, a farmer first elected to the state Legislature in 2012, has blamed most of California’s issues on the Democratic Social gathering’s dominance of state authorities, the place they management all statewide workplaces and have big majorities within the Legislature. He says the Newsom administration has not completed sufficient to stop and fight wildfires whereas criticizing Democratic leaders for not investing in new water storage programs to higher defend the state towards drought.

“It doesn’t matter what workplace you’re working for, it’s going to be a troublesome 12 months to run with a D behind your title in California,” stated Ellie Hockenbury, spokesperson for the California Republican Social gathering. “Our highest-in-the-nation gasoline costs proceed to climb, crime continues to surge, homelessness continues to be a disaster and longtime residents proceed to relocate to extra welcoming states.”

Newsom did look susceptible a 12 months in the past, after greater than 1.7 million voters signed a petition to recall him from workplace following immense criticism after he attended a birthday dinner at a elaborate restaurant throughout a coronavirus lockdown he imposed.

The recall election attracted dozens of candidates however no Republican with the type of broad attraction that swept Arnold Schwarzenegger into the workplace within the state’s final — and solely — profitable recall of a governor. Main GOP candidates included former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, conservative speak radio host Larry Elder and former Olympic decathlon champion turned actuality TV star Caitlyn Jenner.

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Newsom received by such a large margin that none of them opted to problem him on this 12 months’s basic election.

“Voters can get actually mad at a Democrat and actually be sad, however to truly do away with them, (candidates) have to be providing one thing that average voters within the state discover interesting,” stated Eric Schickler, co-director of the Institute of Governmental Research on the College of California-Berkeley. “Given the power of polarization (and) partisanship, that’s a excessive hurdle to recover from.”

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Video shows teens attempting to burglarize San Bernardino County home

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Video shows teens attempting to burglarize San Bernardino County home

Surveillance video captured the moment a group of teens attempted to burglarize a home in San Bernardino County.

The suspects targeted the home on the 1100 block of Cedar Court in Upland around 11:30 p.m. on Monday night.

The homeowner, Jamie Asanovich, had left to make an Uber Eats delivery while her elderly mother was still inside the house.

But just minutes after driving away, her Ring doorbell camera alerted her that someone was at their front door.

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“My mom called and she said, ‘Someone’s at the door knocking,’” recalled Asanovich. “I could see him on the Ring doorbell and I said, ‘I’ll be there in a minute. Don’t answer the door.’”

Within minutes, Asanovich’s mother called her back, feeling scared as three suspects had jumped over the fence and into their backyard.

The grandmother turned on a yard light and saw the suspects begin removing a window screen and attempting to enter the home.

Asanovich turned her car around and immediately rushed back home while calling the police to report the in-progress burglary.

As she approached her home, she spotted the suspects running to a getaway car and speeding away. She decided to follow them while letting the police dispatcher know their every move.

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“When they got into the freeway, I kind of lost them because their lights were off,” Asanovich said.

She exited the freeway at Archibald Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga and spotted the suspects’ car turning into an apartment complex near 19th Street and Hermosa Avenue.

Upland police officers arrived at the complex shortly after and arrested five teen suspects inside the vehicle. The driver was an 18-year-old female and the other four suspects were juveniles.

“We did find some flashlights, a screwdriver and a hammer,” said Sgt. Jacob Kirk with Upland Police. “Some of the juveniles were site-released and one of them was booked into juvenile hall and the adult was booked. It was for attempted residential burglary.”

Police said the juvenile who was booked was on probation for a previous theft-related charge at the time.

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Even though the victims weren’t hurt, Asanovich and her mother remain stunned and shaken.

“My mom turned a light on and that’s when they got scared and jumped over a fence and that’s when I got [back home],” Asanovich said. “But I think, ‘What if the window was open and they actually got in? What were they going to do to her?’”

Asanovich believes the suspects may be local high school kids who knew that her daughter was out of town in Hawaii.

Police have not confirmed a motive behind the attempted burglary, but Asanovich hopes the teens will learn their lesson before attempting to commit future crimes.

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Los Angeles County businesses endangered child workers, must pay nearly $400K

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Los Angeles County businesses endangered child workers, must pay nearly $400K

A pair of Los Angeles County businesses must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for putting juvenile employees as young as 15 into dangerous situations and working them in excess of hours and times allowed by law.

A&J Meats of the City of Industry and The Right Hire of Downey “jointly employed and endangered children as young as 15 by tasking them to use sharp knives, allowing them to work inside freezers and coolers, and to scheduling them to work at times not permitted by law, all in violation of federal child labor regulations,” the U.S. Department of Labor said in a news release.

Specific violations include:

  • Working children for more than three hours on school days
  • Working children past 7 p.m. on school days
  • Working children more than 18 hours in a week while school is in session

The companies must repay more than $327,000 in profits and pay almost $63,000 in fines. The businesses and A&J owner Priscilla Helen Castillo also must submit to annual Fair Labor Standards Act training and be independently monitored for violations for three years.

“A&J Meats and The Right Hire knowingly endangered these children’s safety and put their companies’ profits before the well-being of these minors,” Western Regional Solicitor of Labor Marc Pilotin said in the release. “These employers egregiously violated federal law and now, both have learned about the serious consequences for those who so callously expose children to harm.” 

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If you have questions or concerns about possible workplace violations, you can call 1-866-4-US-WAGE (487-9243) regardless of where you are from. The department can speak with callers in more than 200 languages.

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L.A. Sheriff’s outreach program offering support for homeless population

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L.A. Sheriff’s outreach program offering support for homeless population

In Rosemead, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, in cooperation with several other county agencies, have hit the streets to connect unhoused people with shelter and services.  

Deputies from LASD’s Temple Station and the department’s Homeless Outreach Services Team have been engaged in the initiative alongside L.A. County Probation and the Los Angeles Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse in an effort to provide “comprehensive support, including mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and housing assistance,” an LASD news release stated.  

“No one gets better in a homeless encampment,” Lt. Bill Kitchin told KTLA’s John Fenoglio. “From day one, their health deteriorates while they are there.”  

These specially trained deputies, along with their partner agencies, are working to get homeless residents help if they want it.  

At a Rosemead homeless encampment, Deputy Chris Lewis pointed out the dangerous living conditions.  

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“Somebody actually lives over there on that mattress,” he said. “You can actually see the condition that this encampment is in. It is not a safe environment for anybody to be staying in.”  

There are those, however, living on the streets, like one man identified only as Gilbert, who do not want the help.  

L.A. deputy at the scene of a homeless encampment in Rosemead on June 24, 2024. (KTLA)

“I’d rather struggle out here,” he said. “I don’t like shelters. I don’t even like neighbors. It’s a little too loose for me.”  

According to the latest data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, there are 75,518 unhoused residents in L.A. County. In Rosemead, city officials say there’s been a spike in crime committed by the unhoused population.  

“We want to make sure that they understand that we’re here to try to support them while also supporting our communities,” Deputy Lewis explained. 

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A 17-year LASD veteran, Lewis says he and his team usually encounter homeless residents struggling with mental health and substance abuse problems.  

During Monday’s outreach, the deputy met a man named Donald, who had been sleeping in the park. When Lewis offered help, Donald took it.  

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L.A. deputy at the scene of a homeless encampment in Rosemead on June 24, 2024. (KTLA)

“That’s definitely going to be a success story,” he said. “You could see that Donald was already letting you know he had some mental health concerns. Us coming out here and connecting with him, we were able to get him some of those mental health resources.”  

Despite the hurdles, Deputy Lewis said the homeless outreach has been truly rewarding.  

“The truth is that we are given the opportunity and the time to truly help our communities out,” he explained. “You’ll see when we go out and talk to these people. We spend a little more time with them to find out what is their major concern and what can do to help them.”  

Lewis added that the reward is seeing a person go from living on the streets to getting housing or reconnecting with their family and getting back to life.  

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