For nearly two decades, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez was a low-profile jurist handling routine immigration and drug cases in San Diego federal court. One meme reads, “Blessed are thee among jurists and blessed the fruit of your gavel.” A sticker depicting U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez as a saint is sold at Hiram’s Guns/Firearms Unknown in El Cajon. …
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority outreach worker Monica Palma, center, visits with Kim M. and her dog Dee-O-G who live homeless under the Santa Monica Freeway along Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles on July 8. “We have not gotten into the homeless business; it’s an effort to curb the quality-of-life issues.” The pair know many of the people who are …
CNN — Chris Van Gorder says he’s seeing a telling trend in the hospitals he runs. In a call with state hospital leaders earlier this month, the head of California’s emergency medical services authority, Dr. David Duncan, described the steady stream of patients coming to Imperial County as “gas on the fire.” “We’ve got this continual flow of Covid coming …
