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Dr. Gregg DeNicola is one of the first doctors in Southern California to develop a cohesive treatment plan for COVID-19 that includes the widely debated drug hydroxychloroquine—and he told The Epoch Times he’s seen only positive results. “A couple [patients] look you in the eye and say, ‘I think I’m going to die,’” DeNicola said. But none of the Laguna Beach-based doctor’s 95 COVID-19 patients have died yet, and he credits hydroxychloroquine with helping to save them. The use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, has divided opinion since it...

In downtown Chicago, people crawled through the partially shattered exterior window of a Nike store and ran out carrying brightly colored athletic gear and sneakers. On Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, they ignited garbage cans and broke locks on luxury stores, sweeping up armfuls of designer handbags and jeans. And as night fell on Minneapolis, the heart of widening protests set off by the death of an African-American man in police custody there, business owners stood outside their doors and pleaded with agitators to spare the enterprises that many said they had spent their life savings to build. “I was...

Watching CNN and they are showing from a helicopter on Ocean Ave. showing rioters throwing barricades to the rioters, antifa people.

BREAKING NEWS! Huge Crowds Of People Looting Stores In Santa Monica CA! LIVE COVERAGE/with Tommy Sotomayor Tommy gives his opinion during the riots.

Sheriff Villanueva Orders County-Wide Curfew for Los Angeles County In the midst of national chaos, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors proclaimed the existence of a local emergency: Civil unrest. The effects of public calamity caused disaster and extreme peril to the safety of people and property. Because of the dangers which often occur under cover of darkness and the difficulty to preserve public safety during these hours, a curfew was ordered, as allowed by Government Code Section 8634. At the direction of Sheriff Alex Villanueva, and until further notification, a county-wide curfew was imposed. Effective as of 6:00...

NBA star J.R. Smith beat the living daylights out of a man who allegedly smashed his car window during the wild protests in L.A.

The violent unrest gripping the nation spread Saturday night to a suburb of San Diego, where rioters burned two banks to the ground and looted and destroyed many other businesses. Peaceful protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis turned into riots as night fell on La Mesa, a suburb of about 60,000 people east of San Diego, leaving a trail of destruction. They torched the Chase and Union banks next door to each other, Fox 5 reported.

With the smell of gun powder thick in the air, several hundred protesters threw fireworks and other explosives Saturday night at police while marching in Santa Ana, walking into traffic and shouting “black lives matter” in remembrance of George Floyd. Some in the crowd at Bristol Street and Wilshire Avenue begged the rowdy demonstrators about 8:30 p.m. to stop hurling the explosives, saying, “what are you accomplishing?” Michelle Usher stood in front of the officers shouting, “Stop throwing things at these men! Nobody should get hurt here tonight. This is my city!” A man in the crowd who declined to...

Despite some unfavorable polling, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi still thinks the Occupy movement has been politically helpful to Democrats. In an interview with TPM on Friday, she said there’s no recent precedent for the sort of election House Democrats are going into. In 1994 and 2010, Congressional Republicans ran against Washington controlled by Democrats. In 2006, Congressional Democrats ran against Republican corruption and President George W. Bush. This time around, President Obama will carry the national message for the party while individual candidates use it as they see fit to win in their districts. That national message, Pelosi said,...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to violence and vandalism that have grown from what had started out as peaceful protests Saturday, San Francisco officials late Saturday night imposed a curfew starting immediately, running until 5 a.m., and beginning again at 8 p.m. Sunday. The California National Guard is also on standby as of late Saturday night to respond to lawless behavior in the city, San Francisco officials said during a hastily called video news conference late Saturday night. Vandalism and attacks on police officers accelerated after nightfall Saturday, after several hours of relatively peaceful protests. Late Saturday night, police were...

What began as a protest in Beverly Hills Saturday over the in-custody death of George Floyd led to looting of the Alexander McQueen clothing store on Rodeo Drive, attacks on three police vehicles and multiple incidents of vandalism. Police used tear gas to break up the remaining 200-300 people gathered at Rodeo and Santa Monica Boulevard around 8 p.m., after the gathering was declared an illegal assembly. More than 2,000 people came to Beverly Hills as part of a nationwide series of demonstrations, Keith Sterling, the city's public information manager, told City News Service. The sign-carrying demonstrators reached Beverly Hills'...

Trees in the front yard of a Beverly Hills home caught fire Saturday night. Earlier Saturday evening, Black Lives Matter protesters made their way to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Rodeo Drive is a 2-mile long street filled with luxury retail stores such as Chanel, Gucci, Dior, Cartier and fine dining restaurants....The rioters looted a Gucci store and defaced high-end shops with graffiti on Saturday afternoon. They were chanting, “eat the rich!” as they marched down Rodeo Drive. Did the protesters make their way to the luxury homes in Beverly Hills and start a fire?

'Two Federal Protective Services officers stationed at the Oakland Downtown Federal Building suffered gunshot wounds. Unfortunately, one succumbed to his injury,' the police department told CNN. Meanwhile, a 19-year-old protester was shot dead in Detroit last night, while soldiers in North Carolina and in New York were ordered to be ready to move in within four hours and troops in Colorado and Kansas within 24 hours. . . . Overnight, Trump also commented on a tweet by Former Democrats for Trump about how Minneapolis was ruled by Democrats, saying: 'Time for a change! #2020', which was retweeted more than 25,000...

According to ABC7, every business in Fairfax District has been looted and destroyed. Below are recent scenes from Fairfax VIDEO......

Mayor Eric Garcetti has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to mobilize the National Guard to help Los Angeles deal with worsening looting, vandalism and violence on the streets. The move comes less than an hour after the mayor expanded expanded a curfew, first set for downtown, to the entire city from 8 p.m. Saturday to 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he is also seeking help from the National Guard. The decision came as the situation in the Fairfax District deteriorated, with shops, including Nordstrom and the Apple store, vandalized and looted. A small police kiosk in the mall was...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Several LAPD cars have been vandalized as thousands of protestors converge in the Fairfax District, calling for change after the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday. At least two police cruisers were set on fire. The demonstration, planned by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, drew crowds to Pan Pacific Park by afternoon. At last word, the crowd had taken over the intersection of Third Street and Fairfax Avenue, blocking traffic.

The Golden State is showing its brass with more unemployed people than the entire population of Alabama. So, California’s leaders decided that this was an urgent time to bail out illegal aliens. California’s illegal alien population is its shadow economy and with many of the industries that employ them shut down, the Democrats who depend on ghost districts populated by illegals decided that something had to be urgently done to keep the illegal aliens from fleeing back across the border.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield police said 10 people were arrested and the Fallen Officer Memorial was vandalized during protests Friday night in downtown over the death of George Floyd. In a statement, officials said “a majority of the protesters obeyed the law” and left the scene of protests that began around 5 p.m. Friday and continued into the early morning hours Saturday. But some from the crowd threw rocks and bottles at officers. The department said the group, estimated at 200 to 300 people, eventually entered the streets and blocked traffic on Truxtun Avenue. Police said the 10 people...

Chief Justice Roberts joined the the liberal bloc of the Supreme Court in deciding Governor Newsom has the right to deny churchgoers the right to assemble during this pandemic. Once again, Roberts’ logic is muddled as he this time sided with the far left against the First Amendment of the United States. The Hill reported: "The Supreme Court issued a rare late-night ruling on Friday against a California church challenging their state’s stay-at-home order. In a 5-4 vote, Chief Justice John Roberts broke from other conservative justices to rule in favor of the state. The case was brought by the...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two officers were injured after confrontations with protesters who marched through Downtown Los Angeles Friday evening over the death of George Floyd. The demonstration started out as a mostly peaceful protest, but escalated around 7 p.m. with some protesters seen confronting police and vandalizing property, vehicles and businesses including a Starbucks on Spring and 6th streets. The protesters walked though streets chanting "I can't breathe" and onto the 110 Freeway near the L.A. Live venue. Some protesters began to sit on the northbound 110 Freeway near 6th and 7th streets and stop traffic. The California Highway...