Southern California

Teens Arrested in Connection With Group Attack on Marines Over Memorial Day Weekend

A group of minors was apprehended following a severe attack on three off-duty U.S. Marines at the San Clemente Pier in Southern California over the Memorial Day weekend. The incident, which involved a crowd of dozens of young people, led to the arrest of five minors on felony assault charges. The incident is currently under investigation by local authorities.
Mayor Chris Duncan of San Clemente confirmed that four additional minors will be held accountable for their roles in the violent altercation, though they will not be detained. Specifics regarding the charges they face have not yet been disclosed. The arrested individuals, comprising four boys and one girl, could be charged with felony assault with a deadly non-firearm weapon and are currently held at the Orange County Juvenile Hall….

3 Arrested in Seal Beach Robbery

SEAL BEACH, Calif.—One man was in custody May 30 and two others are facing charges in a Seal Beach robbery.
Police were dispatched about 11:30 p.m. Friday to the Seal Beach Pier and the 10th Street parking lot regarding the robbery, Seal Beach Police Department Lt. Julia Clasby said.
The suspects pulled in behind another vehicle in a black Honda and two of the suspects confronted a victim, who jumped into his vehicle and locked himself inside, Clasby said.
One suspect slashed the rear driver’s side tire and another suspect started pounding on the driver’s side window, Clasby said. The victim drove the car over a parking block to get away, Clasby said….

Debate Over Public Safety in San Clemente Continues After Marines Beaten

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During the Memorial Day weekend, on the San Clemente Pier, a large group of teenagers attacked and beat two non-uniformed United States Marines who simply requested that the crowd discontinue igniting fireworks. The irony of beating enlisted soldiers on this May weekend is not lost on the residents of Orange County. A video of the melee has gone viral and is an embarrassment to the 3 million Orange Countians who have been impugned by this deplorable act.
It’s early, but something tells me that some form of calamity was expected. San Clemente residents have been asking for more public safety, and on April 18, the City Council formed the Private Security Subcommittee. The goal was “to provide the full body of the City Council information about the use of private security to enhance the existing public safety efforts.” This was pursued as the City Council had “authorized the use of a private security firm for up to three months and up to $100,000 per month on a limited term basis while longer-term solutions are analyzed.”…

Facing Sweltering Summers, California’s Newsom Floats Plan for State to Buy Energy

SACRAMENTO—For most of the year, California’s quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar, and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses.
Then it gets hot, and everyone in the nation’s most populous state turns on their air conditioners at the same time. That’s when California has come close to running out of power in recent years, especially in the early evenings when electricity from solar is not as abundant.
Now, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to buy massive amounts of renewable energy to help keep the lights on. The idea is to use the state’s purchasing power to convince private companies to build large-scale power plants that run off of heat from underground sites and strong winds blowing off the coast—the kinds of power that utility companies have not been buying because it’s too expensive and would take too long to build….