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<p>The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US surpassed three million this week as the rates of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise in several states, including in California.</p>
<p>California set new records of confirmed cases per day on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, and Los Angeles County reported a new record number of cases on Tuesday.</p>
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<p>The population of the United States grew during the past ten years only because of high birth rates among minority groups and immigration from foreign countries, according to new data estimates released by the US Census Bureau.</p>
Every time the country has confronted a case of police brutality or excessive force by officers, police agencies have responded with the same defense and explanation for the intolerable behavior: it was only a few “bad apples” and not a systemic problem.
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<p>The San Diego City Council voted on Tuesday to extend a citywide hold on evictions that was set to expire on June 30th and will give renters more relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>The Council had previously put in place a moratorium on evictions through June 30th and the extension will now protect both residential and business renters through the end of September. Landlords are not allowed to evict renters for non-payment of rent during the moratorium.</p>
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<p>A federal judge has ordered that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) release children being held at three family detention centers by July 17th to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 among those populations.</p>
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<p>A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump Administration cannot divert money appropriated by Congress for the military to instead be spent on building a border wall.</p>
<p>The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Trump’s use of $2.5 billion Congress had appropriated for the military as unconstitution and is unlawful.</p>
In three and a half years, Donald Trump has now surpassed the total number of federal judges George W. Bush appointed in two full terms.
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<p>A picture of the noose found this past weekend in the race car garage area of the only black driver in the highest level of stock car racing has been released after the FBI concluded it was not left as a hate crime.</p>
<p>The noose was first reported to have been found in the garage area used by Bubba Wallace, Jr. on Sunday before the race at Alabama’s famous Talladega Superspeedway.</p>
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<p>A convicted murderer that gunned down a San Diego Police officer during a 1978 traffic stop was granted parole today on his 18th parole hearing despite opposition from San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan and San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit.</p>
<p>The convict, Jesus Cecena, 59, was only 17 when he was pulled over for a traffic violation in the Skyline neighborhood of San Diego.</p>
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<p>Un asesino convicto que mató a tiros a un oficial de policía de San Diego durante una parada de tráfico en 1978, obtuvo hoy la libertad condicional en su 18ª audiencia de libertad condicional, a pesar de la oposición de la fiscalía del condado de San Diego, Summer Stephan, y del jefe de la policía de San Diego, David Nisleit.</p>
<p>El convicto, Jesús Cecena, de 59 años, tenía sólo 17 cuando fue detenido por una violación de tráfico en el barrio Skyline de San Diego.</p>