Category: Southern California

One Dead, One Injured in Shooting at San Diego Juneteenth Event

SAN DIEGO—Police were asking for help June 18 from anyone who witnessed a fight and a subsequent fatal shooting last night at a Juneteenth celebration at the sprawling Liberty Station complex in Point Loma. The shooting took place around 6:45 p.m. Saturday in NTC Park at 2455 Cushing Road in the Liberty Station neighborhood, according…


Man Killed in North Hills Shooting

LOS ANGELES—A man was shot to death June 17 in the North Hills area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported at 4:20 p.m. in the 8600 block of Parthenia Place, near Burnet Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison told City News Service. The victim, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead…


Man Arrested in Fatal Long Beach Crash Allegedly Caused by SUV Doing ‘Donuts’

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 20-year-old Carson man turned himself in to police and was arrested for allegedly causing a fatal crash while driving his SUV in circles at a Long Beach intersection, authorities said June 18. The crash occurred at 10:57 p.m. Friday at Willow Street and Caspian Avenue, west of the Los Angeles River, according…


Judge Approves $3.5 Million Accord For Abused Former LAUSD Special Needs Student

VAN NUYS, Calif.—A judge has approved a $3.5 million settlement between the Los Angeles Unified School District and a former special needs student who alleged he was sexually abused and provided alcohol by a teacher’s aide whose job was to assist him in getting to and from class during the 2018–19 school year. The plaintiff…


Thousands Protest at Dodgers Stadium as Team Honors Anti-Catholic Drag Group

Thousands of protestors gathered at the gates of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16 amid backlashes from religious groups after the baseball team invited an anti-Catholic drag queen group to be honored at the venue for its annual LGBT “Pride Night.” The protest, which was co-sponsored by nonprofits Catholic Vote and Catholics for…


Thousands Protest at Dodger Stadium as Team Honors Anti-Catholic Drag Group

Thousands of protestors gathered at the gates of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16 amid backlashes from religious groups after the baseball team invited an anti-Catholic drag queen group to be honored at the venue for its annual LGBT “Pride Night.” The protest, which was co-sponsored by nonprofits Catholic Vote and Catholics for…


Cumulative Impacts From California Exodus Costs State Nearly $500 Billion, Will Get Worse: Economist

Recent Internal Revenue Service data showing a net loss of more than 425,000 people between 2021 and 2022 indicates California is losing residents to states with lower or no income tax, according to a Chapman University professor. “We are losing more of the high-income earners than the low-income earners, and it’s an increasing proportion of…


At Least 8 People Shot at Pool Party in Carson

CARSON, Calif.—At least eight people were shot at a house party in Carson June 17, according to Los Angeles Times. The shooting took place around midnight in the 1500 block of Abila Street, just north of the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). “Several” gunshot victims ranging in…


8 People Wounded in Shooting Outside Carson Party

CARSON, Calif.—Eight people were wounded in a shooting outside a house party in Carson early June 17, two of them critically. The shooting was reported at 12:05 a.m. in the 1500 block of Abila Street, just north of the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). Arriving deputies found…


Road Rage Shooter Gets 410 to Life for Thanksgiving Killing in Costa Mesa

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 42-year-old man was sentenced June 16 to 410 years to life in prison for opening fire on a pickup full of six men in a road-rage dispute in Costa Mesa on Thanksgiving Day that killed one and wounded four. Lee Queuon Walker was convicted May 9 of first-degree murder and five counts…