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Congratulations Assemblywoman-Elect Jessica Caloza Caloza, now the first Filipina American in the State Assembly, secured a decisive victory in District 52 with 67.1% of votes (75,485), defeating Franky Carrillo’s 32.9% (36,985). She aims to address critical issues such as economic equity, homelessness, gun violence, education reform and climate change. - Yahoo News Congratulations Assemblywoman-elect Jessica Caloza @jessicacaloza !! FIRST Filipina American to serve in the state legislature 💐 #CountdownToParity #PathToParity #ToastToParity #BuildtheCABench pic.twitter.com/lFrWkNzdf0 — Close the Gap California (@closethegapCA) November 8, 2024

I still want my nunchaku legalized! There’s variation in Asian American communities when it comes to gun ownership, says L.A. Times journalist Jeong Park. “After Monterey Park: The Impact of Gun Violence on our Communities” is an hourlong special that originally aired on “L.A. Times Today” on Spectrum News 1. Nunchaku skillz Bruce Lee Kicking Ass Fridays - Nunchaku Skillz pic.twitter.com/8wKm2zbcWH — Bruce Lee (@brucelee) May 5, 2023 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one Filipino-American online community in California, if not the USA. 🇺🇸 Please click this to follow www.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Maraming salamat po kabayan. 🇵🇭 

Metro Nashville PD: An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. MNPD Update An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd. pic.twitter.com/vO8p9cj3vx — Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 27, 2023 A female shooter killed six people Monday at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, a police spokesman said. Officers who responded to the school fatally shot the shooter, who appeared to be a teenager, the spokesman said. Watch officials hold a press conference on the shooting. wow. a woman makes a passionate case for gun control during a press conference about the Nashville school shooting pic.twitter.com/tQDdSrBZZ6 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2023 Highla...

Rob Bonta and Nathan Hochman face-off for California attorney general Candidates Rob Bonta and Nathan Hochman answer five questions on their backgrounds and on the issues. 00:00 Why is your resume better than your opponent’s? 01:07 How should the state get guns from people who shouldn't have them? 02:07 Is the felony theft threshold of $950 too high? 03:45 How should the attorney general enforce housing laws? 05:02 What kind of attorney general should Californians elect this year? Democratic incumbent Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will face Republican Nathan Hochman to lead the state's top law enforcement agency. https://t.co/OiYpqCP13K — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 12, 2022

Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another, was found not guilty of intentional homicide and four other felony charges in a deeply divisive case that fed a national debate over vigilantism, gun rights and the definition of self-defense. https://t.co/5MDh8OyguO pic.twitter.com/8kz9duMhyQ — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 19, 2021 The jury weighing Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate acquitted Rittenhouse on all counts after deliberating for nearly three and a half days. . @TheReidOut Blog: The jury’s decision in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a dangerous endorsement of a violent vision. https://t.co/1dnswp4Nll — MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 19, 2021 Judge Schroeder blocked lawyers using "victim" in front of the jury to describe the people Kyle Rittenhouse killed or wounded. He approved describing them as "looters" and "rioters" and said a defense lawyer could "demonize them if he wants," according to @chicagotribune . pic.twitt...

Over 1,400,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980. 19 Follow @Pinoybuilt

Benicia High School locked down due to shooting threat BHS was on lockdown today. My eldest called me at 11 AM to let me know that their school was on lockdown and that a kid was taken away.  The kid, a freshman, supposedly had a gun and a list of people to shoot.  She and her friends, and probably most of BHS students, took to Twitter to get the latest news. Below is what I found. Daniel Bowyer brought a gun to school, he had a list of people he wanted to kill and he had drugs on him. pic.twitter.com/O5sMIuC2WY — ßi§hârii Ťhë §cammëř (@bisharitaylor) September 26, 2016 Ofcrs on scene investigating threat at BHS. Ofcrs have secured the school. Precautionary lockdown. Will update with further. — Benicia Police (@BeniciaPD) September 26, 2016 Lockdown at BMS and Mary Farmar has been lifted. Only BHS remains on lockdown. Officers on scene investigating. Updates to follow. — Benicia Police (@BeniciaPD) September 26, 2016 BHS lockdown has been li...

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