California News – 11-02-2021

San Jose Police cannot respond to 911 calls due to a staffing shortage

  • According to a local report in San Jose, Police said that officers could not respond to an illegal street show because the department did not have any resources available
  • The illegal street show happened on October 30 in downtown San Jose near 6th and St. John Streets

California court ruling says drug companies not liable for the opioid crisis

  • A California state judge ruled on November 1 that 4 drug companies cannot be held liable for the state’s opioid crisis
  • The drug companies are Allergan, Endo, Johnson & Johnson, and Teca which were accused of using misleading marketing to push up the sale of prescription opioids
  • Judge Peter J. Wilson said, “The Court finds that plaintiffs have failed to prove an actionable public nuisance for which defendants, or any of them, are legally liable,”

American Airlines Flight attended assaulted by California man

  • A 20-year-old California man named Brian Hsu is facing criminal charges coming from the violent assault of an American Airlines flight attendant
  • The flight was scheduled from New York to Orange County, California but was diverted to Denver after the alleged assault
  • According to court documents, Hsu struck the attendant in the head multiple times between two separate instances

By K Buenavista

Mr. Buenavista is a writer that specializes in breaking down complex topics into easy to understand formats that appeal to a wide range of news seeking readers, without missing the important details. He handles a majority of the daily news reporting at Easy-Ad, and has written on many other websites. He resides in Southern California.