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☆ A judge has ordered the owners of get-rich-on-Amazon startup Wealth Assistants to have their assets frozen
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Clients paid upfront fees ranging from $35,000 to more than $100,000 to have their stores run by Wealth Assistants. AdvertisementThe complaint also alleges that Carroll — who was Wealth Assistants' founder and CEO — and the Days violated securities laws because the business opportunity they sold through Wealth Assistants could be considered unregistered securities. Related stories"Plaintiffs' evidence shows that each of the Individual Defendants made intentional misrepresentations in connection with Wealth Assistants' services," the order reads. It follows another lawsuit that was brought against Wealth Assistants in California Superior Court in San Bernardino County in January. Wealth Assistants claimed that the digital bank froze its accounts without warning or explanation in October and is still withholding its funds.

Persons: —, — Ryan Carroll, Max K, Michael Day —, Max O, Carroll —, Judge Wesley Hsu, Carroll, Nico Banks Organizations: Service, Court, Central, Central District of, Wealth, Business, Washington, Banks Law Office, Bank Locations: Central District, Central District of California, DC, California, San Bernardino County, Tennessee, mstone@insider.com

☆ Judge denies lawyers' request to freeze the assets of Wealth Assistants and its executives amid ongoing fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe judge overseeing a case brought by more than 60 former clients of Wealth Assistants has denied their lawyers' request for a preliminary injunction against the company. Lawyers representing Wealth Assistants' former clients sought to freeze assets belonging to CEO Ryan Carroll, his mentor and business partner Max K. Day, Day's nephew Max O. AdvertisementMany Wealth Assistants clients said they were drawn by the opportunity to generate passive income through an Amazon store. Business Insider previously reported that Wealth Assistants filed a lawsuit on January 5 against Thread Bank, a digital bank based in Tennessee. Several former Wealth Assistants clients filed a motion to intervene in that suit earlier this month.

Persons: —, Ryan Carroll, Max K, Day's, Max O, John Pacheco, Nico Banks, Carroll Organizations: Service, Lawyers, Business, Amazon, Amazon . Business, Court, Banks Law, Thread Bank Locations: California, San Bernardino County, Washington, DC, Tennessee, mstone@businessinsider.com

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man whose family's gender reveal ceremony sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter in 2020 has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Friday. A smoke-generating pyrotechnic device was set off in a field and quickly ignited dry grass on a scorching day. On Friday, the San Bernardino County district attorney announced that Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. had pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of recklessly causing a fire to an inhabited structure. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesAngelina Jimenez pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of recklessly causing fire to property of another. Flames blackened nearly 36 square miles (92 square kilometers) of land in San Bernardino and Riverside counties before the blaze was contained on Nov. 16, 2020.

Persons: Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr, Angelina Jimenez, Charles Morton, Morton, Jason Anderson, “ Organizations: BERNARDINO, Calif, El, Big Bear Interagency, U.S . Forest Service, San, San Bernardino National Locations: Southern California, El Dorado, El, Ranch, Yucaipa, San Bernardino Mountains, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, Riverside, California

CNN —The CEO of a major Nigerian bank, along with his wife and son, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border late Friday night, according to a World Trade Organization official. Both of the helicopter’s pilots were also killed, according to authorities. The aircraft, which was operated by California-based charter company Orbic Air, took off around 8:45 p.m. PT and crashed just after 10 p.m. near Interstate 15 in Halloran Springs, California, Graham said. The NTSB is investigating the cause of the crash and was on the scene in Halloran Springs, California, Saturday night collecting evidence, Graham said at a news conference. Authorities have yet to publicly identify the people killed but condolences have began pouring in for the Wigwe family and Ogunbanjo.

Persons: Herbert Wigwe, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, Ngozi Okonjo, Iweala, Michael Graham, Graham, Witnesses, Godwin Obaseki, ”, ” “ Wigwe, ” Obaseki, Wigwe Organizations: CNN, California -, World Trade Organization, Access Bank, Nigeria Stock Exchange, WTO, Airbus, National Transportation Safety, Orbic Air, NTSB, Authorities, Bank, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Locations: Nigerian, California, California - Nevada, Palm Springs , California, Boulder City , Nevada, Las Vegas, Halloran Springs , California, Nigeria’s Edo, Nigeria, San Bernardino County, Graham

☆ Nigeria's Access Bank Group CEO Among Six Dead in California Helicopter Crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Six people, including the group chief executive of one of Nigeria's largest lenders, were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Friday, authorities said. Six people were on board the helicopter when it crashed around 10 p.m. near Nipton, California, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Access Bank Group CEO Herbert Wigwe's death was confirmed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization, in a post on X, along with that of Nigerian Exchange Group's former Chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo. "Terribly saddened by the news of the terrible loss of Herbert Wigwe, Group CEO Access Bank, his wife and son as well as Bimbo Ogunbanjo in a helicopter crash," Okonjo-Iweala said on X. The helicopter was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California, according to multiple reports.

Persons: Herbert Wigwe's, Ngozi Okonjo, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, Herbert Wigwe, Bimbo Ogunbanjo, Iweala, Surbhi Misra, Jyoti Narayan, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Reuters, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, Access Bank, World Trade Organization, Exchange, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, FAA, Eurocopter EC, National Transportation Safety Board Locations: Southern California, Nipton , California, San Bernardino County, Halloran, Las Vegas, Nevada, California, Bengaluru

Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesNear the Hollywood Hills, floodwaters carried mud, rocks and household objects downhill through Studio City, city officials said. Downtown Los Angeles received nearly 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain by Monday night, nearly half the yearly average of 14.25 inches (36 centimeters). The danger wasn’t over despite a projected dip in the rainfall, warned Ariel Cohen, meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service bureau in Los Angeles. “We’ll get any help on the way as soon as you guys request it,” he told Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a telephone call. Associated Press journalists Michael R. Blood and Eugene Garcia in Los Angeles and Amy Taxin in Orange County contributed to this report.

Persons: ”, Keki Mingus, “ I’ve, ” Drake Livingston, Livingston, Ariel Cohen, “ It’s, Tony Sanz, ” Crews, “, Nathan Lopez, Gavin Newsom, Joe Biden, “ We’ll, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, ___ Watson, Michael R, Eugene Garcia, Amy Taxin Organizations: ANGELES, National Weather Service, Authorities, Hollywood, Downtown, Los Angeles Fire Department, San Bernardino County Fire Department, Rancho, Santa Cruz County . Police, Gov, Los Angeles Mayor, Associated Press Locations: Southern California, Los Angeles, Northern California, Studio City, Beverly Crest, Downtown Los Angeles, LA, Los Angeles County, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, Rancho Dominguez, Compton, Long Beach, San Francisco Bay, Carmichael, Sacramento, Boulder, Santa Cruz County, Yuba City, San Francisco, San Diego, Orange County

The state’s illegal market had flourished for decades, anchored in the storied “Emerald Triangle” region in the northern end of the state. Dicus said in 2023 his department served 411 search warrants for illegal marijuana grow sites countywide and recovered $370 million. “The reality is that Proposition 64, in the fine print, took illicit marijuana and moved it from a felony to a misdemeanor. In 2020, seven people were fatally shot at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a rural town in neighboring Riverside County. “We've invited organized crime to come back into California and compete for an illicit market.”

Persons: ”, Jerred Kiloh, “, Kiloh, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, Gavin Newsom, Dicus, we’ve, ” Dicus, Griffen Thorne, ” Kiloh, “ We've Organizations: ANGELES, United Cannabis Business Association, Authorities, El Mirage, San Bernardino County Sheriff, ” Democratic, Cannabis Locations: California, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County, Riverside County

☆ More than 60 former Wealth Assistants clients sued the get-rich-on-Amazon startup, claiming they were defrauded out of millions
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lawyers representing Wealth Assistants' former clients are seeking to freeze assets belonging to Carroll, Max K. Day, Max O. When Wealth Assistants informed its clients in October that it planned to shut down, it provided a list of alternative providers clients could work with to manage their stores if they promised not to sue Wealth Assistants. According to the lawsuit, some former Wealth Assistants clients later started receiving emails from Wholesale Universe saying that Wealth Assistants had purchased an inventory package for them to use with Wholesale Universe. Advertisement"Wealth Assistants and Wholesale Universe made that transfer for the purpose of preventing Wealth Assistants' current and future creditors, including Plaintiffs, from accessing Wealth Assistants' assets," the complaint reads. Wealth Assistants claimed that the digital bank froze its accounts without warning or explanation in October and is still withholding its funds.

Persons: —, Ryan Carroll, Max K, Max O, Carroll, Yax, Daddy Jules, Max Day, Troy Marchand, Bonnie Nichols, Marchand, Nichols Organizations: Service, Business, Amazon, Amazon . Business, Court, Lamborghini, Trading, Oak Properties, MKD Investment, Private Management Company, Max, HouTex Farm Equity Partners, Business Financial Solutions, Evo Maxx, Management, Wholesale, Tennessee, Bank, Wealth, Bank of America Locations: California, San Bernardino County, Oak, mstone@insider.com

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday against five suspects in the fatal shootings of six men at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert after what investigators said was a dispute over marijuana. The suspects each face six felony counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. “This mass murder, done in a dark secluded desert, clearly illuminates the violence and crime that exists as a direct consequence of illegal marijuana operations,” District Attorney Jason Anderson said in Tuesday's statement. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said Monday that the bodies were found in an area known for black market cannabis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles. Dicus said in 2023 his department served 411 search warrants for illegal marijuana grow sites countywide and recovered 655,000 plants and $370 million.

Persons: — Prosecutors, Jose Nicolas Hernandez, Toniel Beaz, Duarte, Mateo Beaz, Jose Gregorgio Hernandez, Jose Manuel Burgos Parra, Toniel Beaz Duarte, Mateo Beaz Duarte, Office didn't, Michael Warrick, Warrick, Jason Anderson, Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, Dicus, Baldemar Mondragon, Franklin Noel Bonilla, Kevin Dariel Bonilla, Franklin Bonilla Organizations: BERNARDINO, Calif, —, San, San Bernardino County, Attorney's, Public, Office, Authorities, El, Trailblazer, Bernardino County Sheriff Locations: Southern California, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, ”, Bernardino County, Los Angeles, Apple, Los Angeles County, Albarran, Adelanto, Hesperia, California, Riverside County

☆ Mojave Desert killings: 5 arrested after authorities find 6 people shot and killed in drug dispute
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Christina Maxouris | Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Authorities in southern California have arrested five men in connection to the grisly killings of six people discovered shot – and some of whom were also burned – last week in a remote area of the Mojave Desert. The killings appear to be connected to illegal marijuana, authorities said, though they did not release many details, as the case is being reviewed by the district attorney’s office. Warrick said the man told them in Spanish he had been shot but did not know where he was. Authorities served multiple search warrants throughout the investigation and recovered several firearms and other evidence, the news release said. “We are confident that this appears to be a dispute over marijuana, which resulted in the murders,” Warrick said.

Persons: –, Michael Warrick, Warrick, ” Warrick, Adelanto, ”, Franklin Noel Bonilla, Kevin Dariel Bonilla, Toniel Baez, Duarte, Mateo Baez, Jose Nicolas Hernandez Sarabia, Jose Gregorio Hernandez Sarabia, Jose Manuel Burgos Parra, “, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon D, Dicus, ” CNN’s Cheri Mossburg Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Deputies, California, Patrol, Baldemar Mondragon, San, San Bernardino County, Attorney’s Office, San Bernardino County Sheriff Locations: California, San Bernardino County, Spanish, Adelanto, Los Angeles, Albarran, San Bernardino

EL MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Deputies found five people dead in a Southern California desert community on Tuesday night, authorities said. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies were called to an area off Highway 395 in El Mirage for a wellness check around 8:15 p.m. and found the bodies, sheriff’s spokesperson Mara Rodriguez said in an email. El Mirage is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles. Authorities did not release details about how or when the people died or who they were. Images from the scene show yellow tape stretched across a dirt road with police vehicles in the distance.

Persons: sheriff’s, Mara Rodriguez, El Organizations: Calif, —, El Mirage, Authorities Locations: Southern California, San Bernardino County, Los Angeles

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A proposed high-speed passenger train between Las Vegas and Southern California got another boost on Tuesday with Biden administration approval to issue $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds for the $12 billion project. The announcement benefiting the Brightline West project followed a $3 billion U.S. Department of Transportation grant in December and government authorization in 2020 for the company to sell $1 billion in similar bonds. "We appreciate the confidence placed in us by DOT and are ready to get to work,” Brightline founder and Chairman Wes Edens said in a statement. The 218-mile (351-kilometer) Brightline West project aims to whisk passengers at 186 mph (300 kph) or more in electric trains on new tracks along the Interstate 15 corridor — cutting in half a four-hour freeway trip between Las Vegas and suburban San Bernardino County near Los Angeles. No date has been announced for work to start, but officials have said it might be operational by the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

Persons: Biden, ”, Wes Edens, Sen, Jacky Rosen Organizations: LAS VEGAS, . Department of Transportation, Brightline Holdings, Los Angeles . Planners, Nevada -, Nevada U.S, Democrat, Summer Locations: Las Vegas, Southern California, Florida, U.S, Miami, Orlando, San Bernardino County, Los Angeles, Nevada, Nevada - California, Congress

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A planned high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area got a Biden administration pledge on Tuesday of $3 billion to help start laying track, Nevada elected officials said. But Rosen said electric-powered trains could be carrying passengers by the time Los Angeles hosts the Summer Olympics in 2028. “Connecting Las Vegas and Southern California by high-speed rail will create tens of thousands of good-paying union jobs, boost our Southern Nevada tourism economy, and finally help us cut down on I-15 traffic," Cortez Masto said Tuesday in a statement. Calls for a high-speed rail line whisking tourists through the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas date at least to 2001, said U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat who represents the Las Vegas Strip. Other places where high-speed trains have been proposed include the 240 miles (386 kilometers) in Texas between Dallas and Houston, and a 500-mile (805-kilometer) system linking Los Angeles and San Francisco that has faced swelling costs, funding questions and other delays.

Persons: Sen, Jacky Rosen, Rosen, “, ” Wes Edens, Joe Biden, Catherine Cortez Masto, Biden, Cortez Masto, Dina Titus Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Brightline, Angeles, Nevada -, U.S, Rep, Democrat, Las, Brightline Holdings Locations: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nevada, U.S, Florida, California, Victorville , California, San Bernardino County, Rancho Cucamonga, Nevada - California, Southern California, Southern Nevada, Florida's, Miami, Orlando, Texas, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco

☆ Evan Ellingson, former child actor from ‘CSI: Miami,’ dead at 35
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Evan Ellingson, a former child actor known for roles in “My Sister’s Keeper” and “CSI Miami,” has died. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Coroner’s division online records, Ellingson died on Sunday. Ellingson starred in the movie alongside Abigail Breslin, Jason Patric and Cameron Diaz. He made his television debut in 2001 playing “young Chuck” in the TV movie “Living in Fear,” according to IMDb. As a child actor, he went on to star in 19 episodes of the ABC sitcom “Complete Savages” between 2004 and 2005, and he appeared throughout Season 6 of the Fox TV series “24” alongside Kiefer Sutherland.

Persons: Evan Ellingson, “, ”, Ellingson, Jesse Fitzgerald, Abigail Breslin, Jason Patric, Cameron Diaz, Chuck ”, Kiefer Sutherland, ” Ellingson, “ Titus, Kyle Harmon Organizations: CNN, “ CSI Miami, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, ABC, Fox, “ General, CSI Locations: San Bernardino County, Fontana, Los Angeles County, Iwo Jima, Miami, ”

☆ Inside Poland Spring’s Hidden Attack on Water Rules It Didn’t Like
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

The BlueTriton bottling plant in Poland Spring, Maine, this month. Water Clashes NationwideBlueTriton finds itself pitted against local water boards, environmentalists and other groups across the country. Aquifers Water bottling facility BlueTriton facility Aquifers Water bottling facility BlueTriton facility Aquifers Water bottling facility BlueTriton facility Water bottling facility Aquifers BlueTriton facility Water bottling facility Aquifers BlueTriton facility Water bottling facility Aquifers BlueTriton facility Sources: U.S. Geological Survey; Continental U.S. aquifer map data from GebreEgziabher, Jasechko and Perrone, Nature Communications (2022) Mira Rojanasakul/The New York TimesIn California, BlueTriton has publicly criticized and vowed to fight a cease-and-desist order issued by the state’s water board to stop diverting millions of gallons of water from a spring in San Bernardino County. Poland Spring water was first packaged as a local elixir in the mid-1800s. The original Poland Spring water source.

Persons: BlueTriton, ”, Elizabeth M, Frazier, haven’t, Christopher Kessler, Bottlers, Ms, Frazier didn’t, Anthony Moffa, Mark Lawrence, Lawrence, Mira Rojanasakul, State Legislature’s, Margaret M, “, John Mullaney, Roger Crouse, Cheryl Dieter, Metropoulos, Nestlé, John McGowan, Natalie DiPentino, DiPentino, Poland Spring, BlueTriton’s Organizations: The New York Times, Times, Democratic, Energy, Utilities, Technology, Maine State House, ”, Industries, University of Maine School of Law ., Democrat, Water, . Geological Survey, Continental, Nature Communications, New York Times, State, Poland, U.S, Geological, Water Science, Industry, Maine Water Utilities Association, United States Geological Survey, Rock Capital Partners, Metropoulos, Moody’s Investors Service Locations: Maine, Poland, Poland Spring , Maine, South Portland, Michigan, Colorado, Augusta, In Colorado, Arkansas, United States, Continental U.S, GebreEgziabher, California, San Bernardino County, In Michigan, Lincoln, Lincoln , Maine, New York, BlueTriton’s Poland, Chaffee County , Colorado

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities rescued a 17-year-old boy in Southern California after he was kidnapped and held hostage for four days by captors who threatened to harm him if his family did not pay a $500,000 ransom. The teen was rescued Friday after law enforcement tracked him and his three kidnappers to a motel in Santa Maria, a city about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The men repeatedly called her over the four days and threatening to harm her son if the family did not pay. Law enforcement used a Facebook Marketplace posting and the doorbell camera footage to track the victim and the suspects to Santa Maria. Authorities found the boy lying on the floor in a corner of the motel room.

Persons: Martin Estrada Organizations: — Authorities, Attorney's Locations: SANTA MARIA, Calif, Southern California, Santa Maria, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County, Sant Maria, Nogales , Mexico, New York, U.S

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school. Bonta argues the policy will forcibly out transgender students in violation of their privacy rights and threaten their well-being. Chino Valley contends the policy seeks to involve parents so they can provide support their children need. He also questioned whether elementary school students as young as 4 and 5 years old should be treated the same as high school teens involved in confidential counseling. He then worked with school board members and the California Family Council to draft the policy that was voted on in Chino Valley.

Persons: —, Thomas S, Garza, Rob Bonta, “, Sonja Shaw, Shaw, Bonta, Delbert Tran, ” Tran, Anthony De Marco, De Marco, Bill Essayli, Essayli, Gavin Newsom Organizations: SANTA ANA, Calif, San, Chino Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino Superior, Chino Valley Unified, Republican, California Family Council, Gov Locations: SANTA, Southern California, San Bernardino, California, Chino, Chino Valley, Los Angeles, Sacramento

☆ California Attorney General Seeks to Block Transgender Notification Policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Shawn Hubler | More About Shawn Hubler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The attorney general, a Democrat, said the policies amounted to the “forced outing” of transgender students. The other districts include Anderson Union High School District in Northern California and the Murrieta Valley and Temecula Valley school districts in the Inland Empire. Mr. Bonta filed his lawsuit in San Bernardino Superior Court asking for a temporary injunction against the Chino Valley policy and seeking a permanent order blocking it. He argues that the policy violates the California Constitution because it discriminates against transgender students, denies their right to education and violates their right to privacy. “This is another ploy to stop all the districts around California from adopting a common sense legal policy.

Persons: Bonta, Tony Thurmond, Sonja Shaw, Mr, Thurmond, Ms, Shaw, ” Organizations: Unified School District, Democrats, Anderson Union High School District, Inland Empire, San Bernardino Superior Court, New York Times Locations: Chino, San Bernardino County, California, United States, Chino Valley, Los Angeles, Northern California, Temecula Valley, Inland, San Bernardino

☆ X took 2 days to remove the account of the man suspected of California Pride-flag killing of Laura Carleton
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

X apparently took two days to delete the account of the man suspected of killing Laura Ann Carleton. The killing happened because Carleton had a Pride flag outside her California clothing store, officials have said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe man suspected of killing California business owner Laura Ann "Lauri" Carleton over the Pride flag outside her store apparently used X to share his homophobic views. The platform took two days to remove his account, according to CNN. The suspect and owner of the now-suspended X account was eventually identified as Travis Ikeguchi, according to USA Today.

Persons: Laura Ann Carleton, Carleton, Laura Ann, Lauri, Alejandra Caraballo, Travis Ikeguchi, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: CNN, Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic, Wayback Machine, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Southern California ., USA, European Commission Locations: California, Pride, San Bernardino County, Southern California, Southern California . Carleton

☆ Opinion | Political Christianity Has Claws
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I went to the feed as well and found it chilling, and not simply because of the obvious hatred for L.G.B.T. It was chilling to me in part because it wasn’t substantially different from the sentiments I see and hear all the time from right-wing Christians in the age of Trump. Mixed in with the account’s strident anti-L.G.B.T. rhetoric and conspiracy theories were posts endorsing Christianity, including some that would otherwise suggest a compassionate heart. The account reposted, for instance, a post that read: “When your heart is hurting and you have nothing left to pray, speak the name of Jesus.

Persons: Travis Ikeguchi, Laura Ann Carleton, Shannon Dicus, “, Carleton, ” Ikeguchi, L.G.B.T, Jesus, ” Organizations: San, “ Investigators, San Bernardino county sheriff’s, Trump Locations: Cedar Glen, Calif, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino county

☆ Twitter took two days to suspend accused Pride flag killer's account
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —X has suspended an account that posted numerous anti-gay and antisemitic posts and was used by the man accused of killing store owner Lauri Carleton over her display of a Pride Flag. But the account had remained live two days after law enforcement publicly confirmed its existence on the platform formerly known as Twitter. The social media company finally suspended the account Wednesday evening. The X account used by the suspect contained a pinned tweet with an image of a Pride Flag set on fire. It was not clear if the suspension of the account was a result of CNN’s query.

Persons: Lauri Carleton, Alejandra Caraballo, —, We’ll, ”, X, Elon Musk, — CNN’s Michelle Toh, Juliana Liu Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law, San Locations: San Bernardino County

Ikeguchi had also made “several disparaging remarks” about the flag before shooting Carleton, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The store’s flag has been torn down several times before, but it was always replaced with a bigger flag, Carleton’s daughter, Ari Carleton told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday. “I know that she passed standing up for something she believed in,” Ari Carleton said. Hollywood director Paul Feig paid tribute to Lauri Carleton, calling her a wonderful friend. Lauri Carleton and her husband were married for 28 years and share “a blended family of nine children,” according to the website.

Persons: Laura Ann “ Lauri ” Carleton, Travis Ikeguchi, Ikeguchi, “, Carleton, Sheriff Shannon Dicus, ”, Ari Carleton, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, . Carleton, Kelley Robinson, Gavin Newsom, Dicus, ” Ari Carleton, Lauri Carleton’s, Paul Feig, Lauri Carleton, Bort, Lauri, ” Feig, ” Lauri Carleton’s, “ Lauri, ” Matthew Clevenger, Clevenger, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s, Carleton, ., Human, Twitter, ArtCenter College of Design, Lake Arrowhead Locations: Southern California, Cedar Glen, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County, California, ” California, Pasadena , California

☆ Tropical Storm Hilary has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone but is still bringing life-threatening flooding and strong winds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Joe Sutton Rob Shackelford | Nouran Salahieh | Joe Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Hilary has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone that’s still bringing life-threatening flooding and gusty winds to much of the Southwest US, leaving streets like raging rivers and residents ordered to leave their homes. “Areas that normally do not experience flash flooding will flood,” the National Weather Service said. Strong and gusty winds are expected to persist across portions of the western US Monday, particularly in and near areas of higher terrain. Cars were stuck in floodwaters in the Spanish Hills area, the National Weather Service reported. The Los Angeles Unified School District – the nation’s second largest school district – will be closed Monday because of the storm.

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☆ Tropical Storm Hilary releases fury on Southern California
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hilary's center was expected to move quickly across Nevada on Monday, with the storm forecast to dissipate later in the day, the weather service said. [1/5]Gushing flood water and debris are seen during Tropical Storm Hilary, in Angeles National Park, California, U.S. August 20, 2023. CALTRANS/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsIt crossed the border on Sunday afternoon, hitting San Diego county with its first tropical storm ever recorded and becoming the first to pelt Los Angeles county since 1939. Officials said Los Angeles county's 75,000 homeless people were especially vulnerable, as were hillside canyons and areas recently denuded by wildfires. As a precaution, the two largest school districts in the state, in Los Angeles and San Diego, canceled school on Monday.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Hilary, Bass, Joe Biden, I've, Sean Julian, Daniel Trotta, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: National Weather Service, Los Angeles Mayor, Park, CALTRANS, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, San Diego, U.S, Officials, Rancho Mirage, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, Nevada, Mexico's Baja California, Mexico, Angeles, Park , California, U.S, San Bernardino county, Ventura, San Diego, Rancho

☆ California braces for more flooding after Hilary drenches Los Angeles with record rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gina Ferazzi | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesCalifornia was bracing for more flash flooding on Monday as the first tropical storm to hit the state since the 1930s dumped record rainfall in the Los Angeles area over the weekend. No fatalities have been reported from the storm or the earthquake, according Los Angeles County officials. The quake has not caused any significant damage in Los Angeles, according to officials. Los Angeles Unified, the second largest school district in the U.S., cancelled all classes Monday. Palms are hit by strong wind and rain from Tropical Storm Hilary in the deserts of Southern California on August 20, 2023 in Palm Desert, California.

Persons: Hilary, Gina Ferazzi, David Mcnew Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Getty, National Weather Service, Weather, NBC, Sun Valley . Los Angeles Unified Locations: Coachella , California, California, Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico, Southern California, Ventura County, fromTropical, Indio , California, Southern Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, San Bernardino County, NBC Los Angeles, Sun Valley . Los Angeles, U.S, Palm Desert , California

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