Victims, Families Call for End to Violent Crimes
The survivor of childhood abuse, a woman attacked by her personal trainer, and the father of a murdered veteran were among those calling for an end to violent crimes April 19.
Stories of victims and survivors were shared during a Crime Victims Right’s Rally in Santa Ana to remember the lives lost and altered by violence.
“We are joined together by our humanity, by our empathy, by our confliction, by love for each other and for our brothers and sisters,” Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Todd Spitzer said. “We will not allow any sources of evil to overtake our community.”
UpdatedThu, Apr 15, 2021 at 8:13 am PT
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Fabian Rodriguez cleans a table in an outdoor tented dining area of Tequila Museo Mayahuel restaurant in Sacramento in this November file photo. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)
CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom was quick to drop the hammer on closing California when the first coronavirus cases hit West Coast shores last year, and restaurants and bars were among the first businesses forced to close.
But not all were eager to comply, and many simply struggled to follow the zigzagging rules over the last year. As a result, some 234 eateries, breweries, wineries and bars were either given a citation or notified for violating coronavirus restrictions in the state, according to data from the California Department of Public Health.
The Silent Epidemic: The Growing Threat of Fentanyl in Southern California
When Gail Smith lost her son to a drug overdose in 2016, she joined an Orange County club of which nobody wants to be a member.
“My son Kenny died of an accidental overdose of heroin mixed with fentanyl,” Smith told The Epoch Times. “We were told that there was enough fentanyl to kill 10 elephants.”
Smith’s story is familiar to an increasing number of families and friends throughout Southern California who have lost a loved one to an accidental overdose of fentanyl one of the most powerful opiates ever to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Orange County Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to rename a Sheriff’s Department training facility after controversial former Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, who died of breast cancer earlier this month.
The Katella Training Facility in Orange will now be known as the “Sandra Hutchens Regional Law Enforcement Training Center.”
Supervisors approved the item after each praised Hutchens for her decadelong term as sheriff.
“She came into the department at a very difficult time,” said Supervisor Don Wagner. “She restored honor, not to the badge, not to the department, because the men and women of the department had never lost it under prior leadership, but she did restore it to leadership.”