The Southern Baptist Convention—a Protestant Christian denomination with over 47,000 churches nationwide—rejected Saddleback Church’s appeal this week to remain a part of it after the Orange County megachurch in Lake Forest, California, was ousted for having women in pastoral leadership roles. In February, the convention’s leaders voted to revoke Saddleback’s membership “on the basis that…
Southern Baptists Reject Saddleback Church’s Appeal Over Ouster Due to Women Pastors
June 16, 2023
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4 Killed in Fiery Crash in South Los Angeles
June 16, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—An investigation was continuing June 16 into a fiery, single-vehicle crash that killed four people on the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles. The crash occurred around 11:45 p.m. Thursday near the Slauson Avenue on-ramp, where fire crews found the overturned vehicle on fire with the four people inside the smoldering wreckage,…
Longtime San Diego Attorney Dies After Collapsing in Court
Lawyers and friends are mourning the sudden death of San Diego criminal defense attorney Stephen Cline after he collapsed suddenly in court on June 13. Cline was 58 years old. The cause of his death is currently unknown. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Cline was in the middle of an argument for a pretrial…
Academic Group Recommends Expanding Los Angeles City Council to 25 Members
June 16, 2023
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The controversy over leaked tapes and racially disparaging remarks from city councilors that fueled outrage in Los Angeles last year has spurred a group of the city’s top academic scholars and researchers to reimagine their local government. Eight months later, the Los Angeles Governance Reform Project, a group of university scholars, researchers, and leaders, is asking…
Empathetic Manipulation: A Class on How to ‘Support’ Parents of ‘Gender Diverse’ Children
June 16, 2023
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Commentary On May 5, I attended the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) conference in Santa Clara, California. In my third installment about this conference, I’m going to talk about the class entitled “Parents in Transition, Clinical Considerations When Treating Parents of Gender Diverse Children,” presented by Linda K. Reeves, LMFT (she/her) WPATH GEI Certified…
Every School District in OC Improved Its Fiscal Health in 2022—Except for 2
June 16, 2023
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Orange County, California has 28 school districts, and they all share the fiscal year end of June 30. The timely release of their annual financial statements is usually before the end of the year. However, only 22 of them had their auditors field work completed before Dec. 31, 2022. Huntington Beach Union High School District…
‘It’s Public Safety, Stupid’: As Public Safety Declines, the Doom Loop Rages on Unabated
June 16, 2023
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In February 2022, I wrote this in my article “What If San Francisco Doesn’t Recover:” “If you go downtown during the day, you can see the difference. The office buildings are empty. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic aren’t half of what they used to be. But what other effect does that have on the city? “Well,…
California One Step Closer to Ban TikTok, Other Apps From Government Devices
June 15, 2023
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A bill to ban the use of China-based social media app TikTok and some other social media apps on state-issued or owned devices unanimously passed the California Senate on May 30. Senate Bill 74, authored by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), would prohibit social media applications to be downloaded or installed on such devices if the…
California Legislature Passes Revised $312 Billion Budget Proposal, Awaits Newsom’s Response
June 15, 2023
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Democratic supermajorities in both the Assembly and Senate approved a revised version of the state’s budget on June 15, the final day of the deadline based on constitutional obligation, with the proposal now on the way to the governor’s desk for review. Votes were split by party line, with all senators present and voting 32…
Golden Globes Change Ownership; Hollywood Foreign Press to Dissolve
June 15, 2023
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has sold the rights, assets, and properties of its Golden Globe Awards to new owners, closing a chapter for the struggling nonprofit. Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries, a holding company owned by investor Todd Boehly, announced their purchase of the awards show June 12. The Foreign Press Association will…
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