A business owner was able to track down an alleged thief who had stolen thousands of dollars of items after putting Apple AirTag trackers on his merchandise. Michael Sullivan‚ the operations manager for Roger's Garden‚ told KABC-TV that the nursery in Newport Beach had been hit by a thief several times‚ and he was caught on video‚ but police were unable to do anything about it. "We have security cameras all over the store including our parking lot‚" Sullivan said. He provided KABC with footage from one incident where the man stole potted plants and trees on Oct. 12. Police responded by increasing their patrol rounds near the business‚ but it didn't help. "We're frustrated. We're losing things‚" Sullivan said. "He's taking a large fountain that's about 150 pounds‚ pots that are $300 each - large‚ expensive things." The man struck two other times in the weeks afterward before Sullivan decided to take action. Some of the pots stolen cost as much as $300 each. On Nov. 16‚ the alleged thief stole some more items including a bench‚ but Sullivan had hidden some trackers in the items‚ hoping the thief would be caught in the snare. He said one of the trackers indicated movement‚ and he contacted the police. "I saw one of the AirTags had moved to a location in Irvine‚ so I had the address at that point. I took a screenshot of it and I sent it to the detectives at 2 in the morning‚" he explained. Police said they went to the address and found what they described as a "a sanctuary of stolen greenery" with many of the alleged stolen items in the man's front yard. "Every single thing in his front yard was like our pots‚ our fountain‚ our plants‚" Sullivan said. "The entire front yard. A bench from out front. The entire front yard was - it was basically decorated with our stuff that we were missing." Police said they recovered about $8‚000 worth of stolen merchandise and filed four felony grand theft charges against him. Sullivan had a message for other thieves. "There seems to be a kind of apathy with a lot of retailers where they sort of like let it happen or look the other way or that's a cost of doing business‚" Sullivan said. "We disagree with that approach. We are going after anyone that takes something from us."Here's a local news report about the incident: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis squared off in a debate last night‚ and one thing was crystal clear: the two could not be more diametrically opposed on every single political issue. Unsurprisingly‚ one subject that was broached was public education — what it should include and what it should not include. Florida has been very open about rejecting the inclusion of gender ideology in its school curriculums‚ believing it is not the role of the school but rather of parents to determine how children should be taught in matters such as sexual orientation‚ gender ideology‚ etc. “The role of the school is to educate kids‚ not indoctrinate kids‚” DeSantis said‚ “and what we've said in Florida is it's inappropriate to tell a kindergartener that their gender is a choice; it's inappropriate to tell a second grader that they may have been born in the wrong body.” “Now California has that–they want to have that injected into the elementary schools‚” he continued‚ pulling out an excerpt from a book commonly found in California elementary schools called “Gender Queer.” Holding the page up to the camera‚ DeSantis revealed several blurred out pornographic images (images that he says “would not be able to be put on air”) that are featured in this “children’s” book. Newsom’s face when DeSantis showcases the graphic images is a combination of haughty and perturbed as he looks down at his feet. “When people on the left say that somehow you're banning books by removing this from a young kid's classroom — no‚ this is not age appropriate‚ and so we're going to stand for the rights of parents‚” DeSantis continued‚ adding that he hopes to do this “nationwide.” “I don't think you can have a situation where some states just trample on the rights of parents. Parents have a fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their kids.” Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations‚ free speech‚ and big ideas with Dave Rubin‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

A female high school volleyball player suffered a concussion that knocked her out of the entire season after playing against a transgender opponent‚ according to the girl's father. A father in California detailed the ordeal‚ which left him feeling "powerless" and his daughter feeling robbed. The father requested not to have his identity revealed for fear of facing repercussions for speaking out against the transgender volleyball player. For the article in Reduxx‚ the father went by the name of "Luis." Luis prefaced the story by explaining how his 17-year-old daughter has had a passion for volleyball. “My daughter has been involved in volleyball since she was in 4th grade‚” Luis explained. “She has always been a kid with her eye on the prize. When she first started asking about playing volleyball she began practicing in the backyard. For hours at a time‚ she’d hit the ball on the sloped roof. Eventually‚ she was able to be a team captain at her school.”The daughter's team was playing against the Half Moon Bay High School team in October. He noticed something peculiar about one of the opposing players. “From a distance‚ it seemed like a boy dressed in a girl’s volleyball uniform‚” Luis said. He texted his wife‚ “I asked if she knew that there may be a boy on the [Half Moon Bay] team. She said yes.”“I told my wife that this was not fair. I felt frustrated that‚ in an indirect way‚ I was now supporting someone’s gender confusion‚" Luis continued. "To boot‚ they were now playing against my daughter and her teammates. I had heard about transgender in sports issues‚ bathroom gender identification politics‚ and trans groups reading to kids at school. Now it was directly hitting home.”Luis was speaking to a fellow parent during the game when suddenly the game stopped‚ and he saw his daughter being led out of the gym while holding her head. “[The other parent] turned to me and said‚ ‘Did you see that? She was hit by that boy?’ I had missed the actual hit‚ but felt the weight of everyone staring at me‚ including the opposing team‚” he recalled.The daughter was suffering from blurry vision and head pain. He said a few parents "voiced their displeasure with the incident" after the game. "With all of the cancel culture crap‚ I was walking on eggshells‚ not wanting to add more fuel to this fire‚” Luis added. “I totally felt alone. Like this was a bad dream. My daughter knew how angry I was. The drive was telling as my daughter asked me not to make it a big deal. But to me‚ it was already a big deal.” Luis took his teen daughter to a doctor — who confirmed that she had suffered a concussion from the spike by the biological male. After being diagnosed with a concussion‚ the daughter was ruled out for the remainder of her senior year. “She felt robbed. I felt deflated and powerless‚” he said.Luis met with school district administrators‚ but they claimed that nothing could prevent males from playing in girls' sports. Luis asked‚ “If I say something out loud‚ will my kid be ostracized at school? If I don’t say anything‚ will I be silently accepting boys playing against girls at schools? Are there parents that would shame me and my family for saying anything? Don’t get me wrong‚ I have empathy for the boy. I don’t know what it feels like for someone to be born male and not identify with that. Life must be difficult.” “But at what point does someone’s gender dysphoria cross the empathy boundary? In my case‚ when my daughter was injured‚” he stated. Reduxx reported that the transgender player is Aaron Lester. Lester dominated the October volleyball game‚ notching nearly a third of the team's kills and powering Half Moon Bay High School to a commanding victory. Lester purportedly began wearing feminine clothing at nine years old. Lester's father told the Half Moon Bay Review in 2017‚ “[His] mom and I had a talk with him. We said‚ ‘We’re totally fine with that‚ but there might be some people who don’t understand. You might get a hard time from some people and you should be prepared for that.’” Luis noted that his daughter is fine‚ but he pointed out‚ “I feel like my daughter would not have injured had Half Moon Bay not allowed a male to play with the girls.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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