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  • Long-Hidden FBI Files Reveal Slain Gambino Boss Frank Cali’s Rise to Power

    09/21/2022 4:42:15 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    New York Post ^ | September 21, 2022 | Ben Feuerherd
    A trove of long-hidden FBI files shed light on how slain Gambino boss Frank “Franky Boy” Cali ascended from a family soldier in the 1990s to head of the powerful crime syndicate until his shocking killing in 2019. The heavily redacted files, obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information Act request, offer to date perhaps the most revealing look into Cali’s rise to power — as the mafia kingpin was known as a “ghost” who kept an extremely low profile to avoid federal prosecution. Cali — who was gunned down outside his Staten Island mansion at 53 —...
  • Damn....it's brutally hot...

    09/06/2022 12:39:48 PM PDT · by Kevin in California · 112 replies
    The entire state of California is a cinder box right now. Just stepped outside to grab my mail and it was sweltering. Looks like it's 103 right now. Supposed to peak at 106 but I'm guessing 110. Hope you're all staying cool...
  • As California shakes, hospitals and Newsom seek delay for earthquake upgrades

    07/10/2021 7:38:46 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 23 replies
    Hospitals represented by the association argue that existing seismic standards are too costly, are in some ways unnecessary and that their industry needs more time to recover from massive financial losses during the pandemic. In a letter to legislative leaders late last month, the association claimed that even with federal aid, California hospitals lost $8 billion in 2020 caring for COVID-19 patients and expect to lose another $2.2 billion this year. Existing law requires that by 2030, every hospital building is capable of operating following an earthquake
  • California Senators Push Biden to Set End Date for Gasoline-Car Sales

    03/22/2021 5:54:57 PM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 51 replies
    https://www.caranddriver.com ^ | MAR 22, 2021 | COLIN BERESFORD
    Two politicians are urging the president to follow California's lead and set a date when people will no longer be allowed to buy new gasoline-powered vehicles. The shift to electric vehicles is underway, but California's two U.S. senators are looking to expedite it: according to a report from the Reuters news service, the two senators are pressing President Biden to set a date by which new gasoline-powered vehicles will no longer be sold in the U.S. Last fall, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles beginning in 2035. enators Dianne Feinstein and...
  • Personal trainer dad, 34, is arrested after cops found his daughter, 13, and son, 12, decapitated when responding to reports of a gas leak

    12/05/2020 10:18:48 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 67 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Dec 5th 2020 | RACHEL SHARP
    Maurice Taylor Sr., a black 34-year-old, was arrested Friday on suspicion of the murder of his two teenage children The bodies of his daughter, 13, and son, 12, were found inside the family home on the 45000 block of Century Circle, Lancaster, Friday morning Authorities had responded to reports of a possible gas leak at the home An adult female - thought to be the victims' mother - and two other children were also present in the home at the time They appeared to be unharmed and were being questioned by officers It is not clear when the victims died...
  • Legal Proceedings Underway Against Perpetrators of St. Junípero Serra Statue Attacks

    12/02/2020 6:31:04 PM PST · by marshmallow · 4 replies
    The National Catholic Register | 11/30/20 | Mary Rose Short
    Felony Vandalism charges have been filed against five people, in connection with last month’s destruction of a statue in San Rafael, California.SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Marin County prosecutors have filed felony vandalism charges against five people after a mob destroyed a statue of St. Junípero Serra at Mission San Rafael Arcángel last month. If convicted, the vandals could be sentenced to up to three years in prison and fined up to $50,000. Separately, the California Highway Patrol made an arrest in connection with the July 4 toppling of the Serra statue at Sacramento’s Capitol Park. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, whose archdiocese...
  • L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti ‘State of the City’ Address: ‘This Is the Worst It’s Ever Been’

    04/20/2020 11:40:20 AM PDT · by rktman · 32 replies
    Breitbart.com ^ | 4/20/2020 | Joel Pollak
    L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti nearly broke down in tears as he delivered his annual “State of the City” address on Sunday evening in front of an empty City Council chamber. Telling residents “this is the worst it’s ever been,” Garcetti choked up as he said: “Our city is under attack. Our daily life is unrecognizable. We are bowed and we are worn down. We are grieving our dead.”
  • Cops eye John Gotti’s brother after slaying of Gambino boss

    03/15/2019 6:30:34 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 39 replies
    nypost ^ | 03/14/2019 | Larry Celona
    The Gottis are back in town — and the bloodshed could just be beginning. Police are taking a serious look at whether Gambino crime family boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was whacked in an internal war for control — with one of John Gotti’s brothers and a key associate fresh out of prison and possibly looking to seize power, law enforcement sources told The Post on Thursday. While the motive for the Wednesday hit on Cali outside his Staten Island home remains under investigation, cops were probing whether it was part of a brewing American-vs.-Sicilian power struggle — with Gene...
  • Alleged Gambino mob boss gunned down in New York

    03/14/2019 3:06:38 AM PDT · by zeestephen · 62 replies
    AP ^ | 14 March 2019
    A man said by federal prosecutors to have been a top leader of New York's notorious Gambino crime family was shot and killed Wednesday on Staten Island. Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, 53, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body at his home in the borough's Todt Hill section just after 9 p.m.
  • More California crazy laws

    07/16/2018 7:38:50 AM PDT · by rktman · 17 replies
    wnd.com ^ | 7/15/2018 | Barbara Simpson
    California has long been known as the land of “fruits and nuts” – a mentality that permeates every aspect of life there – and it never ends. The latest fiascoes involve “law and order” – or at least, what one would assume deals with the law and the orderly adherence to it. But this is California we’re talking about, and like Alice through the Looking Glass, nothing is what it seems. The state has passed gun-control laws, laws regulating items purchased, requiring ammunition identification that is impossible to do, and even changing the laws to reduce the penalties for crimes....
  • ‘Gun Control Saves Lives!’ Gavin Newsom Touts Gun Control During March for Life Rally

    03/26/2018 10:05:36 AM PDT · by rktman · 27 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 3/25/2018 | Adelle Nazarian
    Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the leading Democrat in the California gubernatorial race, touted gun control as he addressed hundreds of protesters in Santa Ana on Saturday. The protesters had gathered to participate in nationwide “#MarchForLife” protests calling for stricter gun control laws following the tragic school shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school that left 17 dead last month. “We changed the trajectory of the debate, not just in this state but all across the rest of the country,” Newsom said of Proposition 63, a gun control initiative that requires background checks for ammunition and was approved in 2016. “Gun...
  • Study: Calif. Pot Industry Staying Illegal to Escape State’s High Taxes, Onerous Regulations

    03/11/2018 9:59:04 AM PDT · by rktman · 39 replies
    cnsnews.com ^ | 3/8/2018 | Craig Bannister
    California’s trademark high taxes and overwhelming, onerous, costly and confusing regulations are preventing the state from reaping the revenue benefits of legalizing the $7 billion marijuana market, a new study by the California Growers Association concludes. As of Thursday, California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control has sent about 980 warning letters to unlicensed pot sellers and ordered a marketing company to stop advertising vendors who don’t have permits, Bureau Chief of Communications Alex Traverso told CNSNews.com. Less than one percent (0.78%) of the state’s 68,150 marijuana growers have obtained licenses, and as little as 25 percent of the cannabis consumed in...
  • Democrat Rep. Openly Admits He’ll Lie About Gun Facts Whenever He Wants

    02/24/2018 1:23:40 PM PST · by rktman · 71 replies
    westernjournal.com ^ | 2/24/2018 | Erin Coates
    With the gun debate in full force after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week, one Democrat representative admitted to using incorrect terminology for firearms. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., was confronted for his use the term “assault rifle” to talk about the AR-15, and he responded on Twitter. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, assault rifles “can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire.” Assault rifles have also been banned to the public since 1934, according to Independent Journal Review. One Twitter user pointed out the representative’s mistake, and Lieu responded: “I will keep saying assault rifle if...
  • Gavin Newsom Calls out NRA, Suggests Lives Being Saved by Gun Control

    04/27/2017 7:29:21 AM PDT · by rktman · 38 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 4/27/2017 | AWR Hawkins
    On April 25 California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom used a tweet to call out the NRA and suggests lives being saved by gun control. His tweet came on the same day Breitbart News reported that the NRA had launched what promises to be the first of many lawsuits designed to challenge California gun control laws. The Los Angeles Times reports that the NRA has a “series” of suits planned now that Neil Gorsuch is seated on the Supreme Court. Newsom’s tweet appears to be an attempt to convince the NRA that gun control has already won the day. He wrote:
  • California Spending May Doom The Boom

    03/10/2017 10:38:15 PM PST · by 198ml · 33 replies
    IBD ^ | 3/10/17 | Terry Jones
    California has had its share of calamities in recent years: Drought, followed by massively heavy rains. Multiple secession movements. A sharp demographic and economic split between the wealthy coastal elites and rural inland dwellers. Soaring pension liabilities. The departure of thousands of the state's businesses. But none of these have been as disastrous as California's self-inflicted fiscal wounds, which have made the state's finances not only highly volatile but threaten the state's very future as a center of innovation and technology.
  • California man accidentally kills member of own gang who was wearing wrong colors

    07/01/2016 7:14:21 PM PDT · by PROCON · 47 replies
    nydailynews.com ^ | July 1, 2016 | KATE FELDMAN
    A California man allegedly mistakenly shot and killed a member of his own gang who was wearing the colors of a rival gang. Andrew Chavez, 21, was arrested Wednesday on murder charges several days after police began investigating the death of Michael Sanchez in Madera, California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Chavez reportedly shot and killed Sanchez,who was walking home from a bar while wearing the colors of a rival gang, “in cold blood,” the Madera Police Department told the Times.
  • Candidates court last California Republican

    04/09/2016 12:50:50 PM PDT · by ConservativeNewsOnline · 8 replies
    Will the last Republican in California please turn out the light?
  • US Indicts 4 Colombia ELN Rebels for 2000 Kidnapping

    11/13/2013 1:45:17 AM PST · by Cindy · 2 replies
    LATIN AMERICA HERALD TRIBUNE ^ | November 8, 2013 | n/a
    SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON – Four members of a violent guerilla organization were indicted on Friday on conspiracy and hostage-taking charges stemming from the kidnapping of more than 60 people in Colombia in 2000, including three United States nationals."
  • Somali pleads guilty to piracy

    08/27/2010 3:21:26 PM PDT · by markomalley · 13 replies
    UPI ^ | 8/27/2010
    NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Somali man Friday pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk, Va., to attacking the USS Ashland in the first successful U.S. piracy prosecution in 150 years. Jama Idle Ibrahim told the court he believed the Ashland was a merchant vessel he could hold for ransom. The ship was attacked April 10 in the Gulf of Aden. "Today marks the first conviction in Norfolk for acts of piracy in more than 150 years," U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said. "Modern-day pirates must be held accountable and will face severe consequences." Ibrahim, also known as Jaamac...
  • Stranger helps reunite IE man with dog that was taken away

    02/23/2013 8:08:44 AM PST · by Daffynition · 40 replies
    ABCLocal via MSNNow ^ | February 17, 2013 | Leslie Miller
    It's rare that a grown man cries in public, but when Dave Thomas thought he was going to lose his dog, he couldn’t stop the tears. The San Bernardino, Calif., resident had been arrested after failing to appear in court for two traffic violations, and his best friend, Buzz Lightyear, was impounded. Thomas was told he needed $400 to get the dog back — half of it by the following Wednesday — or the adoption process would begin. It was Friday, and he had $6 in his pocket. That's when Maria Sanchez, a regular visitor to the shelter, saw Thomas...