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Reps. Kim, Rodgers, Watson Coleman & Wasserman Schultz lead bipartisan resolution honoring Girl Scouts

U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize Sunday, March 12, 2023 as Girl Scouts Day, commemorating the 111th anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts of the United States and honoring the tremendous Read More

Assembly Public Safety Committee kills parole transparency bill

Assembly Democrats voted unanimously to kill Assemblymember Diane Dixon’s (R-Newport Beach) Assembly Bill 15. The bill would have shined a light on why inmates are released early from prison. “I’m disappointed Public Safety Committee killed a common sense measure.” Said Dixon. “My bill would have created much needed transparency when Read More

Aquarium of the Pacific hosts 18th Annual International Children’s Festival March 18-29

The Aquarium of the Pacific’s eighteenth annual International Children’s Festival is a special festival for kids. Celebrating the amazing talents of children, this festival features cultural presentations and performances by children. West African dance, martial arts performances, a drum circle, Mexican folk dance, Irish dance, Korean dance, origami, Cambodian dance, Read More

South Coast Repertory announces 2023 Pacific Playwrights Festival lineup

South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Paula Tomei) announces the lineup for the 25th Pacific Playwrights Festival. The highly anticipated showcase of new works, part of the theatre’s play development arm—The Lab@SCR—runs May 5-7. Single-tickets and discounted ticket packages for the 25th PPF are available at Read More

Assemblyman Tri Ta introduces legislation to expand veteran services and ensure no veteran is left behind

Assemblyman Tri Ta announced introducing AB 684 to expand veteran services and ensure that no veteran is left behind. If enacted, the legislation will provide a stipend to California counties to maintain a veteran service officer on each active United States military base in their county. “County Veteran Service Officers Read More

Orange County Treasurer Freidenrich recognizes March 5 – 11, 2023 as National Consumer Protection Week

Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich is joining government agencies nationwide to commemorate National Consumer Protection Week from March 5 – 11, 2023. Treasurer Freidenrich will be providing tips and resources relating to consumer protection information to protect Orange County residents from falling prey to scams, fraud, and identity theft during Read More

Stabbing suspect struck by gunfire as a result of an officer-involved shooting in Long Beach

On March 5, 2023, at approximately 6:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 5200 block of Atlantic Avenue regarding a stabbing in progress, which resulted in an officer-involved shooting. Preliminary investigation revealed the suspect stabbed the victim multiple times. As the officer arrived on scene, the suspect was stabbing the Read More