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California Democrats are building a wall of money to defend the congressional seats they took from Republicans in 2018, new Federal Election Commission financial reports show *** In the Central Valley, Rep. Josh Harder, D-Turlock (Stanislaus County), took in $789,093 in the quarter that ended March 31, leaving him with $3.5 million in campaign cash. His Republican opponent, veterinarian Ted Howze, raised $71,147 in the first quarter, leaving him with $100,575 in the bank. *** Brian Maryott, a San Juan Capistrano city councilman, is challenging Democratic Rep. Mike Levin in a district that bridges San Diego and Orange counties. But...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (CBSLA.com) — The mayor of San Juan Capistrano is recovering Monday after being attacked while walking with his wife over the weekend. Mayor John Taylor and his wife were leaving a Christmas event around 11:30 p.m. Saturday when the attack happened, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said. The couple was walking along Old Los Rios and Del Obispo Streets when they heard someone walking behind them, authorities said. As Taylor and his wife moved off to the side, Taylor was punched in the face and knocked to the ground by two heavy-set Hispanic suspects. The men continued...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A Chinese woman living in Connecticut tried to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it to her native country, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. Qing Li, 39, was arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport on Sunday as she checked in for a China Air flight to Beijing, according to investigators for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A federal judge ordered the woman, who was living in Stamford, Conn., temporarily held in New York pending hearings in San Diego. Her attorney in New York, Paul Goldberger, did not...

Join Homefront America and The Swallows Inn at San Juan Capistrano for a BBQ & Western Dance Fundraiser to benefit Cpl. Gentile & Other Injured Heroes SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2006 @ HIGH NOON SWALLOWS INN, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (Donations are gratefully accepted at the door) Cpl. Gentile's Story: In April 2004, six days after his 21st birthday, CPL. Gentile, USMC received a gun shot wound to his right neck when his squad was ambushed in Ramadi. This caused extensive injuries to the right side of his face; and loss of visual acuity in his right eye.Since the incident, this...

I Invite all fellow freepers to attend the West Coast Premiere of my romantic comedy, THE BED. This full-length play opens at the Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano January 6, 2006 and runs for two weeks. (please see: http://www.caminorealplayhouse.org/season_2005.html ) THE BED is a tribute to strength, commitment, and undying love. Set in New York in the early 1980s, this tender story opens on the wedding night of Joe and Sara Isaia. While Sara eagerly anticipates an extravagant wedding gift from her new husband, Joe presents her instead with a refurbished three-quarter sized bed. Although a disappointment at...