California State

California: the land of sunshine, innovation, and, well, some of the highest taxes in the United States. From the beaches of Los Angeles to the tech hubs of Silicon Valley, residents find themselves navigating a complex landscape of state taxes. Here’s a rundown of 23 taxes that might make Californians and onlookers alike do a double-take.

California Residents Up in Arms: 23 Taxes Bleeding the Golden State Dry

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Josue Torres

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that in a significant move to alleviate the financial burden on residents, the state has cleared water and wastewater utility bills for 4 million Californians.

California forgives water utility bills for 4 million residents

Fox Business

Restaurants in California are able to keep their surcharges but they are going to have to clearly advertise them so consumers know the total of a purchase beforehand.

California restaurants can charge service fees but there's a catch

Santa Monica, CA

New York Post

A beloved California bar manager died after he was punched when he asked several rowdy patrons to leave the pub.  

Leonard Hector Korpie, 26, allegedly delivered a single punch to the manager during a scuffle outside Jameson’s Pub in Santa Monica around midnight Tuesday, according to police. 

The manager, whose identity was not revealed, lost consciousness and was not breathing when police arrived. 



Ex-firefighter treasurer indicted for grand theft

Police attempted to resuscitate the manager with CPR until the Santa Monica Fire Department arrived and tried other “lifesaving measures.”

The unidentified bar manager was then rushed to the hospital, where he...

California bar manager dead after being punched by customer who was asked to leave: police

Detroit, MI

Rochester Hills, MI

The gunman who opened fire at a Michigan splash pad, wounding nine people — including two little kids , lived with his mother and suffered from mental health issues, authorities said.

Cops also revealed that the gunman, identified Sunday as 42-year-old Michael William Nash, he may have planned additional attacks before killing himself during a police standoff on Saturday.

Police say Nash lived with his mother and had no criminal history, according to the Detroit Free Press. 



Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said there’s reason to believe that the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills may not have been the gunman’s only target — and that...

Gunman who shot 9 people — including 2 kids — at Michigan water park lived with mom, may have planned more attacks

The Guardian

Six members of motorcycle club’s Bakersfield chapter charged with kidnapping, robbery, assault and others

Entire Hells Angels chapter in California arrested on string of violent charges

Orange County, CA

Lake Forest, CA

A decades-old mystery is finally solved. A woman whose remains were discovered nearly 41 years ago by children in Southern California has been identified by authorities. The remains, which were discovered in 1983 in what is now Lake Forest, Calif., a city roughly 45 miles outside of Los Angeles, were positively identified by authorities as Maritza Glean Grimmett, according to the Orange County, Calif., Sheriff’s Department.

A longtime mystery is solved, 41 years after kids found a woman’s skull in California

Detroit, TX

(The Center Square) – Federal agents working at ports of entry in northern U.S. cities and in small towns along the U.S.-Canadian border are continuing to thwart illegal activity. Federal agents working in Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati and in a small border town of North Dakota continue to interdict fentanyl,...

Fentanyl, weapons, other drug seizures at northern border setting records

Pinellas County, FL

Knewz

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in Florida has released body cam footage depicting the aftermath of an alligator attack that left a 41-year-old woman dead. Knewz.com has learned that the alligator responsible for the woman’s death, measuring 13 feet and 9.5 inches, was subsequently euthanized and cut open to remove the woman’s remains. […]

Horrifying Scenes Show Panic After Deadly 13-Foot Alligator Attack in Florida

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

Hollywood, FL

Miramar, FL

The Independent

The cold case murder of a firefighter who had his throat cut “from ear to ear” in Florida has been cleared after 37 years, detectives have announced.William “Billy” Halpern was found beaten, stabbed, and strangled in his home in Miramar on October 21 1986. His body was discovered by his girlfriend at the time.Police believe 28-year-old Halpern was killed because he inadvertently learned information that someone did not want to be released.On Tuesday, Detective Danny Smith of the Miramar Police Department announced that the case was cleared after a suspect – Harry Collier – was identified. Collier was murdered himself...

A Florida firefighter had his throat slit ear-to-ear in 1987. Police just ID’ed his killer

Georgia State

Manatee County, FL

 A Florida man fatally shot his mother and two other women he knew in separate locations before dying in a gunfight with deputies hundreds of miles away, a sheriff said Tuesday.Officials identified the shooter as Javontee Brice, 28. Authorities believe Brice killed the women Monday night in Manatee County, south of Tampa, and was headed to Georgia to confront an ex-girlfriend when he was stopped by deputies from Hamilton County.During the stop, Brice got out of his car firing a handgun and was fatally shot by the deputies, Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said at a news conference. Hamilton...

Florida man kills mother and 2 other women before dying in gunfight with deputies, sheriff says

Arizona State

Nogales, AZ

(The Center Square) – US Customs and Border Protection agents continue to seize record amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, weapons and ammunition at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona.

Seizures in the month of May continued the trend of agents catching alleged smugglers attempting to bring drugs into the US and weapons to Mexico.

Cartel and gang operatives have a pattern of smuggling people and drugs into the US and weapons, ammunition, cash and other contraband using stolen cars, to Mexico, law enforcement officials told The Center Square.

Last month, CBP agents seized more than three million fentanyl pills in one load,...

Arizona border agents seize enough lethal drugs to kill millions of people in just a few stops

New Mexico State

Hundreds are forced from their homes and one person is killed as blazes tear across a mountain range.

Villagers 'scared to death' by New Mexico wildfires

New Jersey State

Morris County, NJ

Mendham, NJ

The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit received recognition from the New Jersey Homicide Investigators Association (NJHIA) for their outstanding work on the Baby Mary cold case. The award was presented at the 29th Annual Advanced Homicide Conference at Princeton University on June 13, 2024.

Major Crimes Unit  Honored for Solving Baby Mary Cold Case

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Colorado State

Utah State

BroBible

The United States Drug Enforcement Agency had a remarkably two-week run in June when it seized over 170,000 fentanyl pills in Utah. That number represents over 25 percent of the entire total of fentanyl seizures in Utah in 2023 per a press release. Officials now expect the DEA in Utah to break a record for […]
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DEA Seizes Whopping 170,000 Fentanyl Pills In Record-Setting Two-Week Run In Utah

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New California tax on guns and ammunition

California is now the first state with an 11...

New California tax on guns and ammunition

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