Author: Michelle Mears
Michelle Mears is a reporter in Southern California who has covered news in Riverside and San Diego County for 20 years.
Americans Evacuated from China to Escape Coronavirus Taken to March Air Reserve Base
American diplomats and citizens evacuated from the epicenter of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in China landed at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. It was reported 201 people were on board a U.S Government chartered flight from Wuhan, China. The...
On The Heels Of AB 5, Congress Proposes Bill To Overturn ‘Right to Work’ States
House Democrats have proposed a new law, which many compare to California’s Assembly Bill 5, to favor labor unions by implementing sweeping “Right to Work” laws. Authored by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and called The Protecting the Right to Organize...
Encinitas Loses Fight Against City Hall On Becoming a Squatters Paradise
Although The HEAP Grant is worth $256,369, only $12,208 will go directly toward the homeless. The remainder goes towards operating costs and salaries. A coalition of concerned residents in Encinitas, a small coastal town in San Diego County, are nursing...
Crystal Geyser Found Guilty Of Dumping Arsenic Into California‘s Waterways
On January 9, the company that bottles Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water pled guilty to two felonies in U.S. District Court. According to the U.S. District Attorneys office the corporation, pled guilty to one count of unlawful storage of...
Former Rep. Katie Hill’s Younger Brother, A Veteran, Found Dead Saturday In His Home
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department sent out a new release that the man who was found unresponsive at his home Saturday in Santa Clarita was Daniel Brett Bennett. Bennett was in the Navy and the younger brother of former Congresswoman...
A San Diego County Beach Community Questions The Intentions Of A Proposed Parking Lot for Homeless
If you build it they will come. Residents in a coastal beach town in North San Diego County are fighting to prevent a regional program for the homeless from anchoring itself inside a dense residential neighborhood, zoned agricultural and...