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  • Squatter took over luxury LA home and stole assets of dead man who was later dismembered, dumped in bay

    03/25/2024 11:29:16 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/25/2024 | Social Links forYaron Steinbuch
    A “greedy and grotesque” LA woman has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for fraudulently obtaining real-estate property in a multimillion-dollar squatting scheme that included dismembering and disposing of a body. Caroline Joanne Herrling, 44, of West Hills was sentenced Friday to 240 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $3,887,051 in restitution for the elaborate racket, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement. “This defendant’s misconduct was both greedy and grotesque, causing profound pain to the victims and their loved ones,” US Attorney Martin Estrada said.
  • What Kinds of Seismic Signals Did Swifties Send at LA Concert?

    03/19/2024 12:20:24 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 20 replies
    Seismological Society of America ^ | 3/18/24 | Journals, News, SRL
    13 March 2024–Seattle may have experienced its own Swift Quake last July, but at an August 2023 concert Taylor Swift’s fans in Los Angeles gave scientists a lot of shaking to ponder. After some debate, a research team led by Gabrielle Tepp of Caltech concluded that it was likely the dancing and jumping motions of the audience at SoFi Stadium—not the musical beats or reverberations of the sound system—that generated the concert’s distinct harmonic tremors. In their study in Seismological Research Letters, Tepp and colleagues show how they were able to identify the seismic signature of individual songs and determine...
  • Wild video captures truck plowing into crowd during LA street takeover, onlookers’ sad reaction (I love LA!)

    03/17/2024 5:51:54 PM PDT · by vespa300 · 21 replies
    BPR ^ | 3/17/2024 | Chris Donaldson
    A wild video of a street takeover in Los Angeles speaks volumes about life in contemporary America and the infatuation with attention in the age of social media. In the footage shown live on the Kick streaming platform, the action begins when a silver pickup truck is spinning donuts around a barrel with fire roaring out of it as a huge group of people are gathered around to check out the City of Angels’ popular spectator sport. While driving in circles, the driver loses control, careening off course and plowing into the crowd that was gathered on the street.
  • Louisiana Joins Constitutional Carry Club in 2024

    03/11/2024 5:18:09 AM PDT · by marktwain · 15 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | March 7, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
    On March 5, 2024, Governor Landry of Louisiana signed Bill SB 1, Constitutional Carry into law, now known as Act No. 1. The new law will go into effect on July 4, 2024. Constitutional Carry is one of eleven interrelated crime bills designed to reduce crime in Louisiana. All eleven bills were passed in the special session on crime called for by Governor Landry SB 2 was another of the crime reform bills SB 2 limits the liability of a person who justifiably uses a handgun in self-defense. It provides immunity from civil liability for damages for injury, death, or...
  • Antisemite Leads L.A. School Board Race by Two Votes

    03/06/2024 10:21:32 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 11 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/06/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    Kahllid Al-Alim, an antisemite running for the Los Angeles Unified School Board (LAUSD) in the first district, leads by two votes in the initial count of Super Tuesday ballots, and appears headed to a runoff in November. As Breitbart News noted last month: [Al-Alim] spread antisemitic hatred online and liked violent, pornographic posts. Al-Alim said that a book by the racist, antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, titled The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, which falsely claims Jews control the economy and exploit black people, should be “MANDATORY” reading. Al-Alim apologized for his posts.
  • Louisiana Constitutional Carry Bill Passes State Senate

    03/01/2024 5:09:46 AM PST · by marktwain · 8 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | February 26, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
    Louisiana will likely become the twenty-eighth state to restore Constitutional Carry (permitless carry). South Carolina is in the process of rectifying versions of a (permitless) Constitutional Carry bill in a conference committee. There is a good chance South Carolina will pass a bill acceptable to both the South Carolina House and Senate. Louisiana already passed a Constitutional Carry bill in 2021. The bill passed with veto-proof majorities, but Governor Bel Edwards (D) was able to sustain a veto with a combination of arm-twisting and promises.In 2023, Louisiana voters elected Governor Jeff Landry (R). Governor Landry has promised to sign a...
  • L.A. Breaks 97-year Rainfall Record as Massive Storm Floods City

    02/05/2024 6:50:29 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 45 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/05/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    Widespread areas of Los Angeles experienced flooding and heavy rainfall on Sunday as a winter storm moved through the area, breaking a 97-year-old record for rainfall in one day. Though the day started clear and bright, with a golden sunrise illuminating the skies, raindrops began falling by midday — and by nightfall, the drizzle had become a deluge. The Los Angeles Times reported: Damage reports piled up late Sunday as a slow-moving storm system steadily pummeled Southern California, and downtown L.A. broke a 97-year-old rainfall record. In Studio City, a debris flow sent mud and other objects flowing down the...
  • 2019 - Cher’s change of heart: Offered to take in dreamers; Now says L.A. overwhelmed

    02/04/2024 4:39:34 AM PST · by Libloather · 39 replies
    World Tribune ^ | 4/15/19 | WorldTribune Staff
    In September 2017, pop icon Cher offered to “take a dreamer” into her home and business. She tweeted: “Those Who Can Must Take a DREAMER In2 Their Home & Protect Them. I’m Ready 2 Do This & Others in MY BUSINESS WILL DO THE SAME. SANCTUARY.” On April 14, 2019, Cher seemed to change her tune on the immigration issue, suggesting that Los Angeles should first take care “of its own.” Cher tweeted: “I Understand Helping struggling Immigrants, but MY CITY (Los Angeles) ISNT TAKING CARE OF ITS OWN. WHAT ABOUT THE 50,000+????????Citizens WHO LIVE ON THE STREETS. PPL WHO...
  • How guaranteed income is changing lives in L.A. County

    01/31/2024 9:17:28 PM PST · by Angelino97 · 55 replies
    Santa Monica Daily Press ^ | January 31, 2024 | Guest Author
    For years, Kipp Kahlia felt stuck. The Long Beach guitarist used to tour the country with reggae artists. But 20 years ago, after contracting intestinal parasites on a trip abroad, Kahlia had to take a step back from gigging. Her health deteriorated and visits to doctors drained her savings. Recently she decided to start a business performing social justice songs at events. But with no extra funds or time, she had to pause the venture. “With all the struggling I was doing, my attitude took a hit,” Kahlia said. “The more you witness yourself being down and out, the more...
  • Louisiana Judge Finds Silencers are NOT Protected by Second Amendment

    01/29/2024 4:48:04 AM PST · by marktwain · 35 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | January 25, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
    On September 7, 2023, Brennan Comeaux was arrested for possessing unregistered silencers without serial numbers. He was appointed a federal defender in Louisiana in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Louisiana is in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.On December 20, 2023, a motion to dismiss was filed by Comeaux’s attorney. From the Motion to Dismiss:By indictment, the government accuses Brennan Comeaux of possessing unregistered firearms in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (Count One) and receiving and possessing firearms unidentified by serial number in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(i). ECF 1. Specifically, the...
  • Billion-Year-Old Black Diamond Rumored To Be “From Space” Up For Auction

    02/04/2022 12:48:50 PM PST · by Red Badger · 39 replies
    https://www.iflscience.com ^ | February 04, 2022 | Dr. Alfredo Carpineti
    The largest cut diamond in the world is about to go up for auction. The extraordinary jewel, nicknamed "The Enigma" is a billions-year-old Fancy Black diamond that is rumored to originate from space. According to the auction house, the stone is a carbonado black diamond, which are extremely rare, occur naturally, and usually date from 2.6 to 3.8 billion years old. It contains nitrogen and hydrogen but also a mineral called osbornite usually found in meteorites, which suggests an outer space connection. What that connection is exactly is unclear, however. Extraterrestrial diamonds from meteorites are tiny, usually nano-sized. This diamond...
  • Billionaire Stephen Deckoff buys Jeffrey Epstein’s private islands

    05/04/2023 7:22:10 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 25 replies
    CNBC ^ | 5-3-23 | Dan Mangan and Dawn Giel
    An investment firm led by the billionaire Stephen Deckoff has bought two private islands in the U.S Virgin Islands previously owned by the late notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, Deckoff confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. Forbes first reported that Deckoff, the founder of the private equity firm Black Diamond Capital Management, purchased the two islands for $60 million, less than half of their initial asking price. One of the islands was used by Epstein to sexually abuse young women for years, according to court filings. “Mr. Deckoff plans to develop a state-of-the-art, five-star, world-class luxury 25-room resort that will help...
  • Pandemic Forever: L.A. County Reinstates Health Care Facility Mask Mandate

    12/31/2023 7:35:28 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 79 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/31/2023 | Joel B Pollack
    Los Angeles County has reinstated a mask mandate for all patients and staff at health care facilities heading into 2024, as a winter surge in coronavirus cases has reached key benchmarks. Local ABC affiliate KABC-7 reported Saturday: “Over the past week in Los Angeles County, there have been notable, yet not unexpected, increases in COVID-19 reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement. “While recent increases are significant, they remain considerably below last winter’s peak and common-sense protections are strongly recommended to help curb transmission and severe illness as the new...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Married FBI lawyer Lisa Page - who had an affair with boss Peter Strzok while investigating Donald Trump's Russia ties - has DIVORCED her husband

    09/14/2023 3:50:40 PM PDT · by Libloather · 51 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 9/14/23 | James Franey
    Lisa Page, the Trump-bashing ex-FBI lawyer who had an affair with a senior official she worked with investigating Russiagate, has split from her husband of 15 years, DailyMail.com can reveal. Divorce papers filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court show the 44-year-old's divorce from non-profit executive Joseph Burrow, 46, was finalized on June 29. Page blamed 'unhappy and irreconcilable differences' when she asked a DC judge to grant her a divorce in May, just days before the anniversary of their 2008 wedding in Naples, Italy. The secret trysts between her and Peter Strzok, one of the Bureau's top counter-intelligence...
  • More than 30 protesters arrested after blocking lanes near LAX

    12/27/2023 2:43:53 PM PST · by rdl6989 · 36 replies
    KTLA ^ | Dec 27, 2023 | Will Conybeare
    Dozens of protesters blocked lanes outside an entrance to LAX, and the Los Angeles Police Department has announced that more than 30 people have been arrested in connection with the demonstration, which was described as “not…peaceful.” The Los Angeles Airport Police Department first reported the protest at the Century Boulevard entrance near Sepulveda Boulevard at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday
  • These cities saw the biggest jumps in retail theft from pre-pandemic until today with NYC, LA and Virginia Beach leading the way

    12/24/2023 10:13:56 AM PST · by Libloather · 16 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 12/24/23 | Kamal Sultan
    Cities across the United States have seen huge increases in retail theft since 2019 with New York City and Los Angeles suffering the most. There have been 8,453 more shoplifting incidents across 24 cities in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2019, according to data from the Council on Criminal Justice. Crime-ridden New York City has seen the biggest impact with a 64 percent increase in retail theft, followed by Los Angeles with a 61 percent jump and Virginia Beach, Virginia, which has seen a 44 percent rise. Dallas and Raleigh, North Carolina, round off...
  • Los Angeles DA Gascón promotes former public defender who called LAPD 'barbarians' and an 'occupying army'

    12/17/2023 4:40:17 PM PST · by Mr. Mojo · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | December 15, 2023 | By Bill Melugin , Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes
    Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has promoted a former public defender to his chief of staff who has called the Los Angeles Police Department "barbarians." Tiffiny Blacknell, who has served in the district attorney's office as a grade 4 prosecutor, special advisor, and chief of communications, was promoted to be Gascón's chief of staff on Friday, multiple sources tell Fox News. Her new role will begin Jan. 16. During the protests following George Floyd's death, Blacknell made a post on X referring to the Los Angeles Police Department as "barbarians," and "an occupying army," and used the "#DefundPolice" hashtag....
  • Angelenos fight back after Gaza protestors shut down their 110 freeway

    12/14/2023 6:57:47 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 64 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 14 Dec, 2024 | Monica Showalter
    The 110 is one of Los Angeles's busiest and most roaringly hellish freeways. Some people consider it the worst, or pretty close. My choice for 'worst' is the 101, but the 110 is right up there. If you have ever been on the 110, you would know that it isn't all that wide, and it's loaded with big rigs roaring down in high-speed convoys, coming and going from the Port of Los Angeles. SNIP So which highway did a band of leftist goofs, this group called "If Not Now LA" who apparently were leftist Jews imagining that appeasing Hamas would...
  • LA business owner slams Democrats after mob loots warehouse: 'Give me a reason to vote for you again'

    12/10/2023 6:45:58 AM PST · by Libloather · 70 replies
    Fox News ^ | 12/09/23 | Michael Ruiz
    A Los Angeles businessman whose warehouse was looted by a mob of young people who crashed their way through the gate in a stolen car is demanding Democratic leaders take crime more seriously. "I voted for Karen Bass. I voted for Biden. I voted for Gavin Newsom. I’m sick of it," Ryan Baggaley told FOX Los Angeles outside his boarded-up warehouse Wednesday. "It’s like, at some point you have to give me a reason to vote for you again." Baggaley, speaking with Fox News Digital, said he and his three brothers run the family construction business that their father founded...
  • Bombshell Report Reveals Stunning Extent Of FBI’s Anti-Catholic Operations

    12/09/2023 4:06:06 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 32 replies
    AMAC Newsline ^ | 8 Dec, 2023 | Aaron Flanigan
    A new report just released by the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has offered shocking new insights into the full extent of the FBI’s efforts to use government power and resources to target, intimidate, and harass Catholics, pro-life activists, and other members of the religious community. The December 4 report found, among other disturbing revelations, that the FBI “abused its counterterrorism tools to target Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists” when agency operatives in Richmond, Virginia, circulated a memo designating so-called “radical-traditionalist Catholic[s]” as potential “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” “The Committee and Select Subcommittee...