LOS ANGELES—Marilyn Flynn, an 84-year-old former dean of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Social Work—who admitted to bribing longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas while he served on the county Board of Supervisors—was sentenced on July 24 to three years probation and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine. U.S. District Judge Dale…
Former USC Dean Sentenced in Mark Ridley-Thomas Bribery Case
Man, Woman Found Shot to Death in Rancho Palos Verdes
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—A man and a woman were found shot to death July 24 inside a bullet-riddled car in Rancho Palos Verdes. Deputies were sent to the 7000 block of Palos Verdes Drive at 6:50 a.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. The two people were found inside a parked, blue Subaru sedan….
Remains of Helicopter Crash Victims Recovered From Alaska Lake
Search and rescue officials in Alaska have recovered the bodies of four Americans who died in a helicopter crash last week when it went down in a shallow lake located in the northernmost borough of the state. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) mourned the loss of the victims in a statement on July…
Man Convicted Of Murdering Brother With Crossbow At City Heights Park
SAN DIEGO—A Northern California man who fatally shot his brother with a crossbow at a City Heights park was convicted of first-degree murder last week. Adam Thomas, 22, was found guilty by a San Diego jury in the Aug. 9, 2021, killing of his 22-year-old brother Trenton Thomas. The defendant was 20 years old at…
Man Faces 26 Years in Prison for Murdering Brother With Crossbow in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—A Northern California man who fatally shot his brother with a crossbow at a City Heights park was convicted of first-degree murder last week. Adam Thomas, 22, was found guilty by a San Diego jury in the Aug. 9, 2021, killing of his 22-year-old brother Trenton Thomas. The defendant was 20 years old at…
Man Arrested in Shooting Death in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—A 39-year-old man was in custody on July 24 in connection with the killing of a man during an argument in the Redwood Village neighborhood. Esteban Elizondo was arrested around 11:30 a.m. on July 23 during a traffic stop of a vehicle in which he was a passenger, according to San Diego police. He…
‘White Privilege’ Nurses Mandated to Undergo ‘Implicit Bias’ Training in Kentucky
Nurses in Kentucky have been forced to undergo “implicit bias” training to indoctrinate them with concepts such as white people being inherently racist. Those who did not fulfill the course were reportedly being threatened with non-renewal of their licenses. The Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) mandated an “implicit bias” course for nurses in January last…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Sends 5th Bus of Illegal Immigrants to Los Angeles
Another bus carrying illegal immigrants arrived on July 22 in downtown Los Angeles from Texas, the fifth such group since June 14, according to Mayor Karen Bass’s office. The bus from Brownsville, Texas, is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to send illegal immigrants to cities, especially New York and Washington, that have claimed to…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Sends Fifth Bus of Illegal Immigrants to Los Angeles
Another bus carrying illegal immigrants arrived in downtown Los Angeles from Texas on Saturday, the fifth bus since June 14, according to Mayor Karen Bass’ office. The bus came from Brownsville, Texas, ABC7 reported, in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to send illegal immigrants to cities that have called themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigration, especially…
CAL FIRE Employs Artificial Intelligence for Firefighting
With California moving into peak fire season, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has partnered with the University of California San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia program to use artificial intelligence for early detection of wildfires. CAL FIRE stated in a news release on July 10 that its goal in the collaboration is to…
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