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☆ In California, two Asian Americans fight for a seat in the House — and with each other
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

As the midterms loom, one key House race in California is drawing significant attention both to Asian Americans in the district, and from them. The race features a rare matchup between two Asian Americans, and the result hinges on Asian Americans, who make up about a third of the district’s voters. “I think here, we’re seeing a wake-up call,” Connie Chung Joe, chief executive of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, told NBC News. Within the electorate, almost half are of Vietnamese descent, one of the few Asian American groups that tends to lean right. It’s something, Joe said, that white candidates, for example, can “take for granted.”But Wong added that accusing another Asian American candidate of being disloyal “hurts the whole Asian American community.”As fiery as the race has been, it’s also reflective of a political maturation within the Asian American community, experts say.

☆ Fact Check-California teen’s death linked to fentanyl, not COVID-19 vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Claims that the death of a 17-year-old girl in Fullerton, California was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine are unsupported by evidence. Trinity Cornejo’s mother has publicly pointed to a fentanyl overdose being the probable cause of her death. Now that the CDC has, incredibly, added the mRNA jab to the childhood schedule; watch the body count accelerate,” reads a tweet (here). Reuters has previously debunked claims about the COVID-19 vaccine and child mortality (here) (here) (here). According to news reports citing her family, evidence so far points to a fentanyl overdose as the cause of death of Trinity Cornejo, a 17-year-old girl in Fullerton California.

California high school senior Landon Jones, 18, said he’s been bullied by his classmates since the fifth grade. “Does Landon live here?” the young man can be heard saying. His dad responds, “Yes, why?”“Someone said to come up here,” the young man can be heard mumbling, before loudly yelling, “because he’s a faggot!” and running off the property. Jones’ dad said the young man ran off and got in on the passenger side of a black Lincoln Navigator before it drove off. LGBTQ middle school students reported higher instances of bullying (65%) than those in high school (49%).

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released a scathing new report which found that prosecutors and sheriffs in Orange County, California had improperly used a jail house informant program in ways that routinely violated the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. The 63-page report caps a nearly six-year civil rights investigation, known as a "pattern or practice" probe, by the Civil Rights Division into the Orange County District Attorney's Office and the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Although the investigation focused on prior misconduct, the report said that to this day, Orange County has still not corrected all of the problems. "Restoring trust in Orange County law enforcement will require recognition and remediation of the harms caused by the law enforcement practices described in this report," the report says. It adds that although Orange County has taken some steps to better handle its informant program and provide better disclosures to defendants, "more work remains to be done."

☆ Anna Sorokin, of 'Inventing Anna' fame, goes out and about for the first time since release from jail
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Anna Sorokin was released from ICE custody Friday and went out for the first time Wednesday to see her parole officer. Although she is under house arrest and banned from social media, Sorokin says 'wait and see' what's next for her. Sorokin's exploits prompted a Netflix series, "Inventing Anna," released in February 2022. She was taken to the FBI's lower Manhattan headquarters to complete paperwork before arriving at a residential building in the East Village, the New York Post reports. Sorokin gained infamy thanks to a 2018 New York Magazine piece detailing her crimes, which was followed by a 2022 Netflix series titled "Inventing Anna."

☆ Art Laboe, beloved California DJ who popularized ‘oldies but goodies,’ dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Laboe died on Friday after a short bout of pneumonia, his spokesperson Joanna Morones confirmed to CNN. Laboe helped desegregate Southern CaliforniaLaboe, born Arthur Egnoian, started DJing in 1943 as a teenager, he said in an interview with the Orange County Register. Most recently, he hosted “The Art Laboe Connection” on station KDAY. In September, the 79th anniversary of Laboe’s radio debut, the nonprofit station dublab flipped the script on Laboe and sent dedications to him. Over an hour and a half, fans called in to give Laboe songs (and kisses): One requested “18 With a Bullet” because Laboe played it for her when she turned 18.

☆ Anna Sorokin: Real-life 'Inventing Anna' released from jail
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Anna Sorokin, the fake heiress Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” is based on, was released from ICE detention on Friday. The judge’s ruling also said ICE may use an ankle monitor to keep tabs on Sorokin. A spokesman for ICE said Sorokin was being released Friday after the judge’s ruling. Sorokin was released from jail in February 2021 after serving nearly four years on theft and larceny charges. Earlier this year an attorney representing Sorokin told NBC News that he feared her deportation when he couldn’t reach her, but word later emerged that she was still in ICE custody.

☆ A California woman accused of running over a man she thought was trying to hit a cat is charged with murder
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A California driver was charged with fatally mowing down a man whom she accused of trying to run over a cat, authorities said Wednesday. Hannah Star Esser, 20, was charged with murder and is being held on $1 million bail in the Sept. 25 encounter in Cypress, a Southern California suburb southeast of Los Angeles, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Prosecutors say Esser confronted Luis Anthony Victor, 43, because she believed he was trying to hit a cat with his car. In a statement, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer described the killing as a "random act of violence targeting a stranger." She is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 13 and could face 25 years to life in prison.

☆ Self-proclaimed 'incel' charged with pepper spraying women in Southern California hate attacks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A 25-year-old man has been charged with pepper spraying women in hate attacks in Southern California, prosecutors said Tuesday. Johnny Deven Young faces multiple charges including assault and illegal use of tear gas with enhancements for using a deadly weapon and hate crimes, the Orange County District Attorney’s office. Prosecutors said Young posted videos of himself pepper spraying and harassing women online and declared himself a so-called “incel,” a member of an online community of men who call themselves involuntary celibates and express rage against women. “These charges send a very strong message to that entire community that we will not tolerate violence against women in any form,” District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement. Young was arrested in San Mateo County and returned to Orange County, where he appeared in court on Monday.

☆ North Carolina authorities searching for teen accused of killing high school freshman and ex-football player
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A 17-year-old was accused of murder Tuesday in the deaths of two North Carolina high school students who vanished over the weekend and were found dead, authorities said. Woods was a freshman and Clark was a former football player at another high school west of Durham, their school districts said in separate statements. Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said his investigators identified the suspect with the help of other law enforcement agencies. WRALMen riding four-wheelers found the bodies of Woods and Clark in western Orange County on Monday afternoon, the sheriff's office said. Woods was a ninth-grader at Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough, Orange County Schools said in a statement.

☆ Allysia Finley — Member, Editorial Board at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Allysia Finley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Allysia FinleyAllysia Finley is a member of the Journal's Editorial Board. Ms. Finley joined The Wall Street Journal in 2009 after graduating from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies. During college, she edited the opinions section for The Stanford Review and wrote columns for The Orange County Register.

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