Jonathan J. Cooper and Brian Melley, Associated Press Updated 2:21 pm PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 Strong winds blow smoke horizontally over the the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean over the city of Malibu, far distance, in Southern California, seen from the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Friday morning, Nov. 9, 2018. less Strong winds blow smoke horizontally over the the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean over the city of Malibu, far distance, in Southern California, seen from the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles ... more Photo: Reed Saxon, AP A wildfire comes down from a hilltop Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, near Newbury Park, Calif. The Ventura County Fire Department has ordered evacuation of some communities in the path of the fire, which erupted a few miles from the site of Wednesday night's deadly mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks bar. less A wildfire comes down from a … [Read more...] about California city reeling from mass shooting besieged by fire
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After daughter’s death in Aurora mass shooting, these parents travel to others to help the survivors
By Keith Sharon | Southern California News Group November 9, 2018 at 11:38 am Their road map could be dotted with blood. Aurora. Sandy Hook. San Bernardino. Isla Vista. Last month, they were in Pittsburgh. Thursday, they arrived in Thousand Oaks. Sandy and Lonnie Phillips have gone to the scenes of 11 mass shootings since 2012. That’s the year their daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was gunned down in a movie theater in Aurora, CO. “It’s hell,” said Sandy Phillips, wearing a pin with her daughter’s picture. “You relive you own shooting all over again.” Her husband interrupted; “It’s completely different every time,” he said. When they arrive, they offer experience. Terrible experience. To anyone who will listen. Sadly, they know well what happens next. “People say there are five stages of grief,” Sandy said. “But the five stages bounce all over the place. And they continue. Righteous anger is OK. (Survivors) have … [Read more...] about After daughter’s death in Aurora mass shooting, these parents travel to others to help the survivors
Another Mass Shooting, but This Time House Democrats Promise Action
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Supported by ByEmily Cochrane and Sheryl Gay Stolberg Nov. 9, 2018 WASHINGTON — Since the collapse of bipartisan gun control legislation in 2013, a succession of gruesome mass shootings has been greeted on Capitol Hill by thoughts, prayers and then inaction. But the killing of 12 people late Wednesday night at a California country and western bar came just 24 hours after Democrats — many of whom campaigned in support of gun control — regained the House majority in the midterm elections. This time, Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democrats’ longtime leader, has promised a legislative response when her party takes control in January. “I do believe” there will be action, Ms. Pelosi said in an interview on CNN on Thursday, “because in this Congress, the one that we’re in right … [Read more...] about Another Mass Shooting, but This Time House Democrats Promise Action
Polls: Populist Anti-Mass Migration Parties Leading in France, Hungary, and Italy
Fresh polling show a massive surge in support for anti-mass migration populist parties in France, Italy, and Hungary with the pro-sovereignty parties now leading their rivals going into next year’s European Parliament election. A Hungarian national poll released earlier this week, conducted by Medián, shows Fidesz, the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, along with their Christian Democratic People’s Party allies, to have increased their already huge lead over their rivals to a total score of 63 per cent, with the second most popular party Jobbik at a mere 11 per cent.In Italy, the popularity of populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini continues to see the League dominate the polls where the party has consistently outperformed their coalition partners, the Five Star Movement, since July. Salvini has been shown to be the most trusted politician in Italy according to a poll from the Giorno newspaper released in July. The Five … [Read more...] about Polls: Populist Anti-Mass Migration Parties Leading in France, Hungary, and Italy
‘Like Hell’: A Thousand Oaks bar was full of life before it became the site of another mass shooting
By Andre Mouchard, Sean Emery and Brenda Gazzar | PUBLISHED: November 9, 2018 at 4:30 am | UPDATED: November 9, 2018 at 4:31 am It was just after 11 p.m. Wednesday night when the man in black arrived at the Borderline Bar & Grill. It was “College Night,” and the crowd inside numbered somewhere between 150 and 200, many of them students at nearby colleges and universities. The man, who police have identified as 28-year-old Marine veteran Ian David Long, stormed the bar with a Glock .45, opening fire on those inside seemingly at random. When it was over, 12 victims and the shooter were dead. More than a dozen others were injured. The victims included a Ventura County Sheriff’s deputy, Sgt. Ron Helus, one of the first responders to reports of shots fired at the club. Hellus arrived at about 11:20, at the same time as an unidentified California Highway Patrol officer. Hearing gunshots inside, the pair ran ran in. Hellus was shot several times before the … [Read more...] about ‘Like Hell’: A Thousand Oaks bar was full of life before it became the site of another mass shooting