SACRAMENTO–Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is transferring $521,000 from the Rapid Response Reserve Fund – established in the first bill he signed into law – to the Catholic Charities of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties​, assisting asylum seekers fleeing extreme poverty and rampant violence in Central America. “California is a state of refuge,” said […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Washington, DC Correspondent BALTIMORE, MD – The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Maryland filed a motion in court on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, providing evidence why former U.S. Coast Guard officer and self-professed white supremacist, Lt. Christopher Hasson, 49, accused of planning a widespread terrorist attack on politicians and media personalities […]

SACRAMENTO–The Senate Government Organization Committee Tuesday approved Senate Bill 465 by Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) that would ensure local governments continue to receive funding for offsite emergency response planning, training, and exercises related to the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).“The continued storage of SONGS’ waste at San Onofre poses an ongoing danger […]

The Department of Justice said today that two more pharmaceutical companies – Astellas Pharma US Inc. (Astellas) and Amgen Inc. (Amgen) – have agreed to pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare copays for their own products, through purportedly independent foundations […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Washington, DC Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC – The release this past Thursday of a redacted version of the original Robert Mueller Special Counsel Report by Attorney General William Barr has concluded he can neither charge nor clear President Donald Trump. Only Congress can now resolve the allegations against him, which sets […]

SACRAMENTO–Senator Scott Wilk, R- Santa Clarita, announced Monday that Senate Bill 153 (SB 153), a measure to ensure California is well positioned to begin the cultivation of industrial hemp, unanimously cleared the Senate Committee on Agriculture. “I am very pleased to see SB 153 moving with bipartisan support. Industrial hemp is a natural fit for […]

A Wisconsin woman pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, federal prosecutors said.   Waheba Issa Dais, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, based upon her conduct in support of the […]

An Indian national has been extradited to the United States from Singapore to face charges related to his role as an operator of a call center network that targeted U.S victims.  The massive India-based telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering conspiracy defrauded thousands of U.S. residents out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Hitesh Madhubhai […]

SAN FRANCISCO–The Coast Guard rescued two people from a sinking boat approximately three miles off the coast of Año Nuevo State Park, Thursday. The owner of the 57-foot Chris-craft, Never Say Never, contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders at approximately 5:30 p.m., reporting that his boat was taking on water. The command center watchstanders […]

SANTA ANA–Laguna Hills man has been arrested on federal charges alleging he oversaw a scheme that smuggled counterfeit Apple and Samsung cell phone components from China that were sold in the United States, generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue. Chan Hung Le, 44, was arrested Tuesday morning by special agents with U.S. Immigration […]