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CALIFORNIA—The United States Department of Justice announced on Friday, March 19 that Chu-Chiang Ho, 44, has been sentenced by a United States District Court for 18 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.7 million for illegally smuggling automobile headlights from China that he knew did not meet the safety requirements. Ho, also known as Kevin Ho, admitted that he...

SAN FRANCISCO—June 2021 was the hottest June on record for the United States with an overall 4.2-degree temperature increase. The San Francisco National Weather Service implemented Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories on Friday, July 9. The average temperature in June across the U.S. was 76 degrees, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June 2021 surpassed the record...

SACRAMENTO—California Governor Gavin Newsom has changed his mind on the California light rail during the California State of the State Address on Tuesday, February 12. “You may not be clapping at the end of this, so sit down,” Newsom said to the crowd at the beginning of his address. He stated that building a $77 billion light-rail from San Francisco to...

RIVERSIDE—California Highway Patrol Officer, Andre Moye Jr. was shot and killed during a shootout on freeway 215 on Tuesday, August 13. During a routine traffic stop, Officer Moye pulled over a White GMC pick-up truck. Officer Moye was in the process of calling to have the truck towed and impounded, when the driver of the truck opened fire with a...

UNITED STATES−President Donald Trump announced the implementation of the Defense Production Act on Wednesday, March 18. The bill will give the federal government the authority to request manufacturers to ramp up the production of  needed medical supplies like surgical masks, ventilators, respirators, and allow  the expansion of hospital capacity in an effort to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) which originated...

CALIFORNIA—Video footage has just been released of a woman walking into St. James Gate Bar in Belmont and allegedly coughing on the bartender when told to wear her mask. Other individuals in the bar reported that they noticed the woman as soon as she walked in because she was bumping into everyone and not practicing social distancing. The incident occurred...

SAN FRANCISCO—On July 24, the Department of Public Health expanded face covering requirements in the city and county of San Francisco. The updates address a surge in recent COVID-19 cases and aligns with the city guidelines put forth by the California Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new rule "require anyone age 10 and...

LOS ANGELES—On August 19, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti authorized the City to disconnect utility service at a house where multiple large parties have occurred, violating public health orders. Garcetti announced the decision via Twitter:  “Today I authorized the City to disconnect utility service at a house in the Hollywood Hills to stop the large parties held there in flagrant violation...

BERKELEY — On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, Italian Trattoria La Siciliana will be closed and merge with Agrodolce in North Berkeley. Agrodolce’s website states: “From the family that brought you Trattoria La Siciliana – a fixture of Berkeley’s Elmwood district for the past twenty years – Agrodolce is a sister restaurant located in the heart of Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. We are...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) annually organizes a local tradition of bells chiming on cable cars on Saturday, October 24 in San Francisco. The tradition of chiming the bells started in 1873, when operators of the cars wanted a safer, quicker way for pedestrians to travel over the San Francisco hills, like the famous Russian Hill. The SFMTA tweeted on...