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Two of California’s most prominent Democrats have harshly criticized President Biden’s controversial pardon for his son Hunter, with Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff and Gov. Gavin Newsom expressing disappointment Tuesday. “Given everything the president and his family have been through, the instinct to want to protect Hunter is completely understandable. But I took the president at his word,” Newsom told Politico, adding that Biden He cited the fact that he had repeatedly and explicitly vowed in recent months not to pardon his son before granting him a broad pardon on Sunday. “So, understandably, I am disappointed and cannot support this decision.”The…

A former school janitor who was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing multiple students was acquitted on all charges, according to a complaint filed in District Court earlier this week. He has filed a lawsuit against Bernardino County and the Sheriff’s Department. Pedro Martinez, of Hesperia, was arrested by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officers in January 2019 on suspicion of sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy at Maple Elementary School, where he worked. At the time of his arrest, investigators said they found additional victims that corroborated the first victim’s claims. They also said there may be…

Sylvain William Maximilian Dabsburg XVII, 48, of West Hills, ran a $5.9 million Ponzi scheme in which he convinced elderly people to invest in his businesses and then funneled the money into luxury cars and rare antiques. He has agreed to plead guilty to operating the scheme, authorities announced. .With such a grand name, one might assume that this man is a descendant of the Habsburg dynasty that ruled Austria from 1282 to 1918, but that would be incorrect. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice said Mr. Dabsburg, who had legally changed his name from Sylvain Scalleone, was…

A large sewage spill closed the waters near Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on Tuesday. According to the OC Health Care Agency, a break in the main lift station’s sewer line caused approximately 3,375 gallons of sewage to spill into the ocean. The spill forced the closure of an open coastal area extending from 1,500 feet upstream to 1,500 feet downstream of Salt Creek. Health officials said the burst sewer pipe has since been repaired, but will remain closed as a precaution. During this period, visitors are not allowed to swim, surf, or dive in the affected waters. The…

A 25-year-old woman is dead and two others are hospitalized after a man fleeing Fountain Valley police in a truck crashed into her car Monday night, authorities said.Police arrested Timothy Bradford Cole, 43, of Huntington Beach, after his Dodge Ram crashed into a white BMW at the intersection of Ellis and Magnolia streets just after 10 p.m., Fountain Valley police said. did.Police said Cole was speeding, ran a red light and collided with a BMW that was heading south.The three people inside the BMW were rushed to a local trauma center, but one of them, a 25-year-old woman, died on…

South Korean opposition lawmakers moved Wednesday to impeach President Yun Seok-Yeol after he shocked East Asia’s democracies by imposing martial law, only to lift it hours later after intense pressure. Six opposition parties, led by the Democratic Party, which controls the National Assembly, filed articles of impeachment against Yun on Wednesday afternoon local time, jointly taking swift action against what the Democratic Party called the Yun administration’s “unconstitutional and illegal declaration of martial law.” I responded. Democratic Party chief spokesperson Cho Seung-rae said the party would also begin impeachment proceedings against Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Interior Minister Lee Sang-min,…

A man whose family was subjected to a racist abuse on a LAX shuttle bus said his children are struggling to cope with the discouraging incident. In a video shot on November 23, Pervez Tawfik recorded a woman hurling racial insults at her family after they returned to Los Angeles International Airport from a trip to Cancun, Mexico. Tawfik said the woman was sitting next to her 11-year-old son on a United Airlines flight while she was returning home to Massachusetts with her loved ones. The man said the woman asked the boy about his heritage. As the family boarded…

For millions of fast food customers in the United States, the price of convenience is piling up. Online food delivery has become a trillion-dollar, yes, trillion-dollar business. But there are hefty fees for each order that can quickly take away the cost of an otherwise ready-to-eat, affordable meal, making it quickly edible and unaffordable. According to Chowhound, delivery services often include fees that aren’t immediately obvious. They range from service fees to small ordering fees to higher menu prices compared to in-store purchases. “You may be able to get a meal directly from the cheapest fast food chain in the…

A San Fernando Valley man posing as a European aristocrat is guilty of running a Ponzi scheme targeting the Filipino community, including many elderly church parishioners, and receiving nearly $6 million from them in the process. agreed to acknowledge. Sylvain William Maximilian Dabsburg 17th of West Hills will plead guilty to one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced in a news release. Mr. Dabsburg’s name is reminiscent of a European aristocrat, but he has been legally changed to this name, and “he is not a descendant of the Holy Roman Emperor or the Austrian Emperor,” a…

A group of six former Apple employees have been indicted on charges that they stole thousands of dollars from the tech giant through fraudulent charity schemes over a three-year period, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release Tuesday.Siu Kei “Alex” Kwan, 37, of Castro Valley. Yassie “Haison” Yuen, 34, of San Jose. Yat C. “Sunny” Ng, 35, of Milpitas; Wentao “Victor” Li, 38, of Hayward. Lichao Ni, 39, of Sunnyvale, and Zheng Chang, 31, of Union City, are charged with grand larceny, conspiracy to commit grand larceny, perjury and tax evasion.According to prosecutors, from July…