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Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Turbulent times bring out O.C. protesters while sending others into hiding
Good morning. It's Wednesday, June 18. I'm Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week's TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events from around the county. Perhaps in part bolstered by the knowledge there were plenty of like-minded people willing to join them, legions of Orange County residents turned out Saturday afternoon to take part in the nationwide 'No Kings' protest, a coordinated act of defiance timed to coincide with the day the President Trump-ordered military parade was taking place in Washington, D.C. to mark the Army's 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday. Daily Pilot reporter Andrew Turner, the only staffer working Saturday, was dispatched to cover the protest in Laguna Beach. He seemed a little taken aback by the magnitude of the effort when he was greeted by throngs packed along the South Coast Highway sidewalk in the heart of downtown. 'This is no small gathering,' was the understated text he sent me on his arrival, as if he'd expected maybe 50-60 souls demonstrating. Instead, there were more than 2,000 protesters armed with signs expressing their displeasure with the current administration. Similarly, our contributing freelance writer/photographer Susan Hoffman, a Newport Beach resident, was wondering to herself how she could possibly provide us with an estimated crowd size she encountered when she ventured out to Coast Highway and Jamboree Road on our behalf. 'There were way too many to count,' she told me later. Both described the local demonstrations as peaceful, consistent with media reports from around the nation. Susan's text to me Saturday afternoon, just after she sent Andrew her contribution to fold into this account of the coordinated proves that he was writing for us: 'I have to say the [Newport Beach protesters] were extremely positive, kind, very nice to talk to... the kind you want to know better.' In Huntington Beach, where the crowd was likely much larger, given the fact Surf City has more than twice the number of residents as does Newport and about seven or eight times the number of Laguna, things became a bit more competitive, shall we say, as there was a counter-protest in support of the president, The Times reported. Also, according to Huntington Beach police, a felon with active arrest warrants who was carrying a loaded handgun was taken into custody during the event. He had allegedly threatened to knock someone out in the middle of the street at about 3:30 p.m., a few blocks from the pier. The gun was discovered as they were making the arrest. The day of protest, planned more than a month ahead last week's ICE raids in Los Angeles and Orange counties, may have drawn more people than it otherwise might have, those who were disturbed by the pace of the actions and reports of how they were carried out, the federalization of the National Guard and the decision to bring out a show of even more force in the form of Marines. Indeed, according to the photos we saw, plenty of the protest signs carried references to all of the above. We've been keeping an eye on ICE activity in Orange County. One incident, which also happened to be reported by Andrew Turner, took place just over a week ago at a car wash in Fountain Valley. According to the manager there, without showing a warrant or a list of people they were hunting for, uniformed individuals, their faces covered, just walked in at 9:30 a.m. on a Monday, rustled up seven of the nine workers on site and hauled them off. 'They don't ask any questions,' the car wash manager said. 'They only grab, grab, grab the guys, take them to the van. They don't give you a chance to speak. They don't have a chance to say, 'Oh, let me see [if] I got my papers.' … They only grab the guys and take them. No questions. It's not fair.' Also last week, rumors spread that ICE agents were questioning workers and guests at Disneyland. Reporter Gabriel San Román looked into that for this story that appeared in Sunday's Daily Pilot/TimesOC. Officials with the amusement park and the city discounted those rumors. However, he reported, 'the city acknowledged cellphone videos of an SUV pursuing a man two miles down the street [from Disneyland] at Pearson Park the following morning was credible evidence of federal immigration enforcement.' Pearson Park, the reporter noted, is in a Latino neighborhood, which suggests racial profiling. He interviewed Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava, who told him she 'saw the Pearson Park video on Instagram, got dressed and headed out to vet the claim. She spoke to a young Latino who recounted how federal agents dressed in black with their faces covered approached him and another man at the park.' 'They asked him for identification,' Rubalcava told San Román. 'When he told them he was born in the U.S., they told him 'prove it.'' Lucky for him, he had his Social Security card on him. San Román reports that Orange County Rapid Response Network's hotline has been receiving tips of ICE activities. 'Sandra De Anda, the group's network coordinator, emphasizes a 'salute' method for its team of volunteer ICE watchers to assess the 'size, action, location, uniform, time and equipment' details of a raid in confirming it,' according to his report. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that immigrant-owned Mexican supermarket chains and food merchants, noticing customers' fears of being targeted by ICE agents, are standing up for them. That includes the popular Northgate, a company that had its very beginnings in Anaheim in 1980, as well as Vallarta Supermarkets. 'We're really afraid of what's happening, and just being able to at least give [customers] a smile,' Lizette Gomez, Vallarta's director of marketing, told the Times reporter about the chain's efforts to qualm fears. 'As long as we're there to at least give them some sort of hope — that it's really dark right now, but it'll hopefully be good at the end.' • The Zinn Education Project's #TeachTruth campaign made its way to the Laguna Beach farmers market on June 7 (the fifth annual organized Teach Truth Day of Action), according to this article by my colleague Andrew Turner. To explain the reason behind the campaign, the Project's website says, '...across the country, legislatures, the president, and corporate power are pushing laws and policies to criminalize teaching honestly about U.S. history and to restrict students' ability to ask questions and engage in critical thinking.' To counter such actions, people are asked to set up booths at public spaces to educate others 'about the chilling effect of these laws and how they threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy.' In Laguna, the reporter spoke to Heather Hanson, a European history teacher at Laguna Beach High whose informational table also offered farmers market patrons a look at some of the books that have been banned, including George Orwell's 'Animal Farm,' J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye,' and Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five.' • Speaking of reading, library-related Measures A and B on the June 10 ballot put before Huntington Beach voters both passed. People in favor of bringing to a halt the City Council's intentions to set up a 21-member review board to approve children's books for the public library, Measure A, prevailed on a vote of 34,758 to 24,760. The second measure, which would require both the Huntington Beach City Council and a majority of Surf City voters to approve any outsourcing of library operations, won, 36,002 to 23,466. • Also included in the June 10 election was the race to fill a seat on the Newport-Mesa Unified school board that pitted the woman who had been appointed to the board on a 4-2 vote in January, Kirstin Walsh, against Andrea McElroy, whose supporters were behind a petition drive that overturned Walsh's appointment and forced an election. McElroy's GOP-backed campaign was successful; according to the county registrar she garnered 2,815 of the votes to Walsh's tally of 2,423. Anyone interested in watching YouTube video of the January meeting when McElroy, Walsh and one other candidate were interviewed can find it here. • The countdown has begun for this year's Orange County Fair, which gets underway July 18. Just in time for the big event, the OC Fair & Event Center's board has named a successor to the retiring Michele Richards, who served as CEO. James Canfield, who was most recently the general manager of an Alabama convention complex, will step into Richards' shoes on July 1. Canfield has held similar roles in Palm Springs, Pasadena and Long Beach. • Disbarred Newport Beach attorney Michael Avenatti, who gained fame representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her litigation against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 95 months in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars from his former clients. It was a re-sentencing for Avenatti, who in 2022 been given 14 years, a ruling that was overturned by an appellate court. Avenatti was seeking 78 months, with 39 of those months having already been served. • More than 100 fire personnel battled a blaze on the 3500 block of Cadillac Avenue in Costa Mesa that was reported at 5:15 p.m. Sunday and left a structure that houses three businesses so heavily damaged it was red-tagged to prevent people from entering it. • After someone reported a leaf blower had been stolen from a gardener's truck, Huntington Beach police chased down and arrested a wanted felon, a 27-year-old Florida man, and his accomplice in the alleged theft on Friday. The search forced a shelter-in-place order at Dwyer Middle and Smith Elementary schools. • Carl and Alice Obert, 98 and 96-years-old, respectively, celebrated a remarkable 77 years of marriage earlier this month with cupcakes and Champagne. According to the Daily Pilot story about this milestone event in their lives, experts estimate that only about 1,000 couples in the United States at any given time have been married 75 years or longer. The Oberts, wed on June 5, 1948, still live in the Huntington Beach home they purchased in 1963. • The eclectic L.A.-based band Ozomatli, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a '30 Revolutions' tour, will be playing a free concert at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley on Thursday at 6 p.m. to kick off the OC Parks Summer Concert Series. The band will return to Orange County on Aug. 3 for an OC Fair show at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, along with X and Los Lobos. • Lions Park and Luke Davis Field in Costa Mesa will again be the venue for the 79th annual Fish Fry and Carnival put on by the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club that starts the evening of Friday, June 27 and runs through Sunday, June 29. Guests can enjoy fish and chip dinners, carnival rides and games, blues and rock bands, a beer and wine garden, vendor booths and more. Admission is free; fish dinners are $15. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Until next Wednesday,Carol We appreciate your help in making this the best newsletter it can be. Please send news tips, your memory of life in O.C. (photos welcome!) or comments to
France 24
14-06-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Protests against hardline immigration tactics spread across the US
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Time Magazine
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Time Magazine
Senator Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed From Kristi Noem Event in L.A., Slammed to Ground and Handcuffed
Senator Alex Padilla of California on Thursday was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a startling episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration's expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles. Video footage released by Padilla's office shows the Democratic Senator approaching the podium during Noem's remarks: 'I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary,' he said before several men, including officers wearing FBI insignia, physically pushed him back. Moments later, Padilla was shoved to the floor face-down in a hallway outside the briefing room, handcuffed, and temporarily detained in an adjoining room. 'Hands off!' Padilla shouted during the scuffle, which unfolded in front of reporters and staff in a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where protests have raged for nearly a week over a Trump-ordered crackdown involving ICE, National Guard troops, and U.S. Marines. According to a statement from Padilla's office, the Senator was in the building for a scheduled briefing with military officials and had been listening to Noem's remarks when he attempted to raise concerns. 'He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground, and handcuffed,' the statement read. 'He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.' Asked about the confrontation during the press conference, Noem initially criticized Padilla's interruption, according to footage from Fox News. 'I think everybody in America would agree that that was inappropriate,' she said. Noem added that she had not been contacted by Padilla prior to the event and did not know he planned to be there, but added that she would try to speak with him later: 'When I leave here, I'll have a conversation with him and visit and find out, really, what his concerns were,' Noem said. About an hour later, Noem confirmed that she had spoken with Padilla. 'We had a great conversation. Sat down, talked for 10, 15 minutes about operations in L.A., some activities of the Department of Homeland Security, and so I thought it was very productive,' Noem told reporters after the news conference. 'I wish that he would have reached out and identified himself and let us know who he was and that he wanted to talk. His approach was something that I don't think was appropriate.' Asked why he was forcibly removed from the press conference, Noem deferred to law enforcement, adding 'but I will say that it's—people need to identify themselves before they start lunging at people during press conferences.' The Department of Homeland Security characterized it differently: 'Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem,' the statement said. 'Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers' repeated commands. [The Secret Service] thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately. Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla after and held a 15 minute meeting.' Noem, whose department oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been a key figure in executing the Trump Administration's controversial immigration agenda. The physical removal of a sitting U.S. Senator sparked immediate backlash in Washington and across the country. 'You're literally watching our democracy disintegrate,' Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut told TIME. 'And if these Republicans don't stand up at this moment for a United States Senator being manhandled, put on the ground and handcuffed… this doesn't happen in America.' California's other Democratic Senator, Adam Schiff, told reporters that there should be an investigation into the conduct of the officers who pushed Senator Padilla face forward onto the ground. 'Alex Padilla had every right to go into that room and demand answers. That is what a Senator does,' Schiff said. 'For him to get that kind of abusive treatment, every Senator who works in this Capitol should be offended by this and outraged by this.' The confrontation is the latest flashpoint in a growing legal and political battle over the Trump Administration's immigration policies. More than 2,000 National Guard troops are currently on the ground in L.A. after being deployed by Trump earlier this week. About 500 of those troops have been trained to accompany ICE agents on operations. The military deployments have coincided with nightly protests across the city and a curfew in parts of downtown. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that the curfew would remain in effect 'as long as they are needed.' A federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments Thursday in a case brought by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seeking an emergency order to block the use of troops in immigration enforcement. The lawsuit argues that the use of military personnel in civil law enforcement operations undermines democratic norms and violates state sovereignty. In 2020, Newsom appointed Padilla, California's secretary of state, to fill a Senate seat left vacant by Kamala Harris' election as Vice President. In a statement Thursday after the incident with Padilla, Newsom called the Senator 'one of the most decent people I know' and described the events as 'outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control.' Harris shared on social media the video of Padilla being ejected from the press conference, condemning the episode. 'United States Senator Alex Padilla was representing the millions of Californians who are demanding answers to this Administration's actions in Southern California,' she posted on X. 'This is a shameful and stunning abuse of power.' The incident comes just two days after Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Democrat from New Jersey, was indicted on federal charges by the Trump Administration alleging she assaulted and interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center. Video of the incident appeared to show McIver slamming her arm into two agents as she protested the attempted removal of Newark's mayor, who had accompanied her on what she described as an oversight visit. Several Democratic Senators said they were concerned that the Administration could move to prosecute Padilla, though he has not been charged with any crimes. 'We see time and time again with this Administration trying to precipitate a response by the misuse and the abuse of force,' Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said on the Senate floor. 'This is more akin to authoritarian governments when you see a democratic nation having their Executive begin to arrest mayors, begin to arrest judges, begin to arrest a United States Senator who is simply asking for answers to their questions… This is something that we should not tolerate.'
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘There's no invasion': California AG on Los Angeles protests
(NewsNation) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for judicial intervention in the Trump-ordered military presence in the Los Angeles protests was unsuccessful Tuesday. Newsom asked a federal judge to limit the National Guard's response to anti-ICE protests in his state by 4 p.m. ET. Trump had deployed the National Guard without the governor's request Sunday after days of immigration protests. Although a federal judge did not grant the immediate halt, a hearing will take place Thursday. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state sued Trump because 'of the irreparable harm and irreversible injury that we would suffer.' Anti-ICE protests in LA expand to New York, Chicago 'There's existing law that governs what the president can do and can't do. The president has invoked a specific statute to call in the National Guard that he believes authorizes him … and that law requires that there be a rebellion there,' Bonta said Tuesday on 'Elizabeth Vargas Reports.' 'There's no rebellion. It requires that there be an invasion. There's no invasion.' He said he's confident the judge will rule in California's favor by limiting the military's presence in response to the protests. Some protesters have thrown rocks and bottles at police, set cars on fire and committed other violent acts during the demonstrations, which first prompted law enforcement response. 'When you have peaceful protests, you have agitators, and those who use the cover of the protest to engage in unlawful conduct, it's wrong. They should be held accountable. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,' Bonta said. 'That's largely been happening, and it and none of that was being done by the National Guard or the Marines. It was done by local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs and hard-working members of the police departments who are getting the job done on the ground.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
France 24
10-06-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects charges in coup trial
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