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Man arrested on suspicion of fatal shooting in Huntington Beach
A 48-year-old man was behind bars Monday, Jan. 19, on suspicion of fatally shooting another man at a home in Huntington Beach on Sunday night, authorities said. The victim was found with gunshot wounds in the 4500 block of Scenario Drive about 11:30 p.m., Huntington Beach Sgt. Anthony Pham said. He died at a hospital. Police responded after receiving a call of shots fired, Pham said. “Based on interviews and evidence at the scene,” police arrested Robert Emery of Huntington Beach on suspicion of murder, Pham said. Whether the victim was found inside or outside the home was unclear. He was identified by the coroner as Tyquan Devone Maurice Rawlins, 35, of Long Beach. The shooting occurred in a neighborhood of single-family homes west of Bolsa Chica Street and east of Sunset Beach. Related Articles Anaheim man arrested, suspected of threatening Vice President J.D. Vance during Disneyland visit last summer Westminster police vehicle crashes into uninvolved car during chase Vigil honors woman, teen killed in Lakewood murder-suicide Newport Beach doctor sentenced to 6 months in drug case Man arrested after fatal attack in Beverly Hills

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Laws protecting endangered plants are now endangering lives and property
Earlier this month, the outgoing chief of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District wrote a blistering letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Department of Parks and Recreation Director Armando Quintero. “Governor Newsom, this letter is a direct request for your intervention,” Chief Paige Meyer wrote. The fire chief asked for immediate executive action to address wildfire risk after the California State Parks largely blocked a life-saving wildfire mitigation program. The fire district developed and funded a “comprehensive, science-based” plan to identify and mitigate wildfire risk in areas the state itself had identified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. But because some of the land was State Parks-owned, the plan didn’t work out as planned. Due to restrictions on what could be cut, where and under what conditions, the wildfire mitigation that was planned for 300 acres was completed on only 22. “Final project costs totaled $120,691.44,” the chief wrote, “with approximately 75 percent consumed by State Parks-mandated environmental compliance, monitoring, and oversight requirements, leaving only 25 percent applied to actual wildfire mitigation work on the ground.” This battle is happening in California right now, a year after a fire that reignited on State Parks-owned land burned down Pacific Palisades and Malibu. Laws that protect endangered species of plants are now endangering lives and property. Perhaps different administrators could interpret those laws differently and enforce them sensibly. But something has to change, and fast. The financial cost of not changing the enforcement of these plant-protecting laws is incalculable. However, teams of attorneys are working on those calculations right now. Multiple lawsuits have been filed to recover damages from the fires last January and we all will pay the price, one way or another. There are really only three sources of funds to compensate the victims of catastrophic wildfires: insurance customers, ratepayers and taxpayers. Conveniently, they’re the same people. Californians have already seen huge increases in premiums for property insurance. Some companies canceled policies or stopped writing new ones until state regulators allowed rate increases based on the risk of catastrophic wildfires. And now the cost of insurance is a catastrophe all its own. With regulators’ approval, electricity rates include surcharges to recover the cost that utilities pay for wildfire damage. And taxpayers are on the hook if lawsuits against the city, county or state are successful. Liability is already a significant budget drain in Los Angeles. Southern California Edison is offering settlements to victims who are willing to give up the right to sue the company. That won’t help with the lawsuit filed last year by the County of Los Angeles. “Edison failed to de-energize all of its electrical equipment in and around the area of the Eaton Canyon on January 7, 2025,” the complaint states, noting also that Edison “admitted in a public filing with the California Public Utilities Commission that a fault was detected at approximately 6:11 p.m. on its Eagle-Rock-Gould transmission circuit” about the time the Eaton Fire ignited “under the base of its transmission towers in Eaton Canyon.” Investor-owned utilities such as SCE have unlimited liability due to “inverse condemnation.” This means that in exchange for having certain rights to have their equipment located on public and private land, they are liable for 100% of the damage from a fire that is started by their equipment, even if they were not negligent. Related Articles Jon Coupal: Why does California even bother with a budget? Jon Coupal: Why even bother with a state budget? Susan Shelley: The Supreme Court could make election night great again Is the middle class ‘shrinking’ or ‘struggling’? The difference is important. California politicians wrongly fixate on education spending instead of results Decades ago, the state utilized fire mitigation…

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