MAYVILLE – Jury selection is underway for a trial of a Jamestown man who is accused of attempting to kill a librarian has been charged with second-degree attempted murder and two counts of second-degree attempted assault entered the village library and stayed there until closing time When a staff member told him and other people that they were closing the library Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey DiPalma taken into custody and identified shortly after the attack he allegedly said he tried to kill the librarian which is why the charge went from assault to attempted murder DiPalma alleges that the attack was unprovoked he’s angry and he took it out on her,” he said During Guadarrama’s interview with police he apparently made some comments about how he didn’t like the way she was looking at him Guadarrama allegedly stabbed a chaplain with a pencil The charges from the incidents at the jail and the library have been consolidated and both incidents will be brought before the jury once it is seated DiPalma said the defense has pleaded not guilty “by reason of mental defect which is considered the insanity defense.” A hearing took place last year where it was determined Guadarrama was competent to stand trial “Whether he’s competent to stand trial is an issue for the judge Whether he was competent to commit the crime is a question for the jury,” DiPalma said This isn’t the first time Guadarrama has gotten in trouble with the law DiPalma said the suspect was on probation at the time of this offense for two separate attempted arsons in the city of Jamestown Guadarrama is facing up to 25 years for the attempted murder charge MAYVILLE – Even though the county sales tax is nearly guaranteed to remain at 8% Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of New York | https://www.post-journal.com | PO Box 3386 Transforming education in Brazil with Inspira Raul Guadarrama joined Advent in 2018 and is a Director in Boston He is a member of the Portfolio Support Group Raul works with management teams to improve performance and deliver results needed to realize the investment thesis where he led a team that developed products and utilized big data to identify and solve customer pain points he worked at Amazon.com in various roles across their operations Raul began his career at the Boston Consulting Group where he supported Fortune 100 clients across multiple geographies and industries Raul received his BS in Industrial Engineering from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico and received an MBA from Harvard Business School Variably cloudy with scattered thunderstorms Texas to Cesareo Guadarrama III and Gloria Vela Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content Volunteers helped ReIgnite Int’l Ministries bring to life a reenactment of Jesus’ journey to his crucifixion on Friday The group marched down Austin Street from Cedar to Central Park to bring their message of Jesus’ sacrifice Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Receive email alerts anytime there is breaking news or a severe weather alert Receive the daily weather forecast and the weekly outlook in your inbox each morning Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account « Back Mar 26, 2025 | | 0 You must be logged in to post a comment I agree with the Comment Policy Copyright © 2025 Westport Journal, Bridge Street Media, 16 Bridge St., Westport, CT 06880. 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She needed to decide whether to order custom floating lily pads for the fish pond, and to review where the turreted sailcloth tent and dance floor would be constructed. Guadarrama said, “The Knot was, like, the final nail in the coffin.” “Now batting, two friends engaged in a platonic baseball lesson, about to discover an unspoken attraction.”Cartoon by Jon AdamsCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied In 2018, XO Group, the Knot’s corporate parent, was acquired by its biggest competitor, a company called WeddingWire, in a private-equity-backed deal worth almost a billion dollars. By then, Roney and Liu were out. The Knot Worldwide became a privately held company. After Guadarrama signed his advertising contract with the Knot, he started receiving a flood of inquiries from couples. Many of the messages seemed bland or formulaic. “Hello—we are getting married,” one groom wrote. A bride asked, “Could you send over some more info about the products and services you offer?” Guadarrama always responded immediately, and repeatedly followed up. At first, he was optimistic. But, week after week, he never heard anything in return. Documents I obtained from the Federal Trade Commission reflect that, since 2018, more than two hundred formal complaints have been made about allegedly fraudulent activity on the Knot and WeddingWire. One vender wrote, “I paid around $12,000 and got absolutely nothing to show for it.” Another said, “My business is on the verge of going bankrupt. I would happily pay for the service [if] it was providing me what was promised, but it has not.” They have sent me nothing but fakes brides for years Mike Cassara, a wedding photographer, influencer, and podcast host, told me that he and his co-host, Lauren O’Brien, regularly receive D.M.s on Instagram from wedding venders who complain about “fake brides” and “bad leads” from the Knot. He told me, “Their stories are endless! If this was five people, I’d question it. If it was ten people, twenty people, even a hundred people, I’d question it. But we’ve had thousands of people saying the same thing: ‘They’re ripping me off.’ ” “These recipe videos are giving me a lot of great ideas for what I want to order for dinner.”Cartoon by Daniel KanhaiCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied who is Davidson’s sister and also worked at the Knot—the trio call themselves “the Knot Whistleblowers”—have an end-to-end encrypted e-mail account to field tips they say that they have contacted more than a hundred and fifteen current and former employees and secretly recorded many of the conversations with the aim of persuading the S.E.C. the trio stands to make up to thirty per cent of any potential recovery thanks to a program that rewards whistle-blowers for coming forward.) and she played me several of the recordings all of which she insists were obtained legally (“We put our Nancy Drew hats on,” she said.) In one tape LaFera can be heard chatting with a former Knot executive at a restaurant in New York The two had met up to share war stories from their time with the company and LaFera had worn hidden mikes that were taped to her shoulders “Getting out was the best thing,” the former executive said Another recording featured a former employee who oversaw a team of sales reps at the Knot “We actually send out messages on behalf of these couples that don’t even realize we’re doing it.” He went on You’re just not able to convert them.’ But it’s actually These aren’t legit at all.” (Harkensee denied that this conversation took place “We do not send leads on behalf of couples without their consent.”) the New York Post published an article about Davidson’s initial allegations “The Knot has been accused of systematically swindling clients for years,” the piece read Forbes followed up: “How Wedding Giant the Knot Pulled the Veil Over Advertisers’ Eyes.” That year the trio reached out to the office of Charles Grassley senator from Iowa who is an advocate for whistle-blowers (Grassley is also known around Capitol Hill as something of a matchmaker Per the Washington Post: “Forget dating apps Grassley’s office has produced 20 marriages.”) Last week sent a letter to the acting chairman of the S.E.C and the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission “I have recently been alerted of alleged deceptive business practices by the Knot from several Iowa small businesses that suspect they have been defrauded,” he wrote “What steps have you taken to investigate the allegations and I’m sure all these small businesses would as well.” In the living-room bridal atelier in Hudson Sergio Guadarrama elaborated on the setback that had led him to the Knot he was cast on the reality show “Project Runway.” The appearance backfired; he came across as a villain “People came up to me randomly in the street and said you’re that fucking guy,’ ” Guadarrama recalled Moving upstate had seemed like the best way to get a fresh start Guadarrama and Johnson sent their first payment to the Knot—about five hundred dollars money that should have gone toward their rent “That was a lot of fucking money at the time especially when we had no money coming in,” Johnson said Guadarrama called the phone number listed on a lead He said that the woman who picked up told him I contacted all the suspicious leads that Guadarrama had received from the Knot one woman told me that she would not have sent a message to him because she had already bought her dress—and her ex-fiancé lived in Hudson “It makes zero sense that I would want to go to Hudson,” she said Then she logged into her account and found that a message had been sent to Guadarrama likely via the pop-up template outreach feature “I never heard of Celestino Couture.” She wouldn’t have contacted the business because when Guadarrama received her supposed inquiry she had already made plans to buy a wedding dress in Europe Guadarrama tried to cancel his contract with the Knot but the company refused to let him out of his yearlong commitment he closed his bank account to prevent the Knot from continuing to withdraw payments the spokeswoman said that “contract terms are clearly disclosed by our sales representatives,” who are “trained to specifically mention that no number of leads are guaranteed.” Other venders told me that they’d cancelled their credit cards; some uploaded banners to their Knot profiles that read “DON’T USE THE KNOT” and filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau trace the increasing number of lead complaints to the private-equity acquisition Liu stepped down from the Knot’s board a few months before the deal (Roney left the company in 2014.) “We felt like twenty years of our lives had been flushed down the drain,” Liu said “It’s a tragedy to us what’s become of our life’s work,” Roney added the Knot was generating about twenty million dollars in cash flow each year; as part of the deal’s financing the Knot Worldwide took on hundreds of millions in debt “To pay the interest on that much debt would essentially cripple a business,” Liu said Any company in that position would need to cut costs and generate a lot of revenue Liu wouldn’t comment directly on the allegations of fake leads or fraud would mean that “the experience of the consumers is gonna suffer.” He added a Knot employee named Thomas Chelednik addressed a ballroom full of wedding venders at a Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach He said that the company was not sending fake leads to people “We’re in a moment where I think celebration and communication and community matter more than ever,” Moskowitz said which were read aloud by a colleague: “A planner named Dolly asked ‘What are you doing to stop the fake leads created by the company and giving false hope to venders?’ ” Moskowitz suggested that the venders were mistaken but you don’t hear back—and that can be incredibly frustrating,” she said but I just want to name it as ‘ghosting.’ ” She went on ” and announced that the company is testing a new tool that she hopes will address the problem “We are continually improving our spam-filter capabilities.”) Before Guadarrama and Johnson extricated themselves from their contract with the Knot they were selling their possessions to get by—“our clothes But their circumstances have since changed had been window-shopping for chocolates and antique glassware in Hudson when she wandered into one of Guadarrama and Johnson’s boutiques but before she left Johnson commented on her engagement ring “Did you know we also make wedding dresses?” he asked She had spent six months trawling Instagram Verbeek scrolled through Guadarrama and Johnson’s Instagram page Guadarrama and Johnson received an e-mail from Verbeek: “I was hoping to be able to book a bridal consultation.” Excited An earlier version of this article incorrectly described Carley Roney and David Liu’s role in a reality show about wedding planning A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? 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six convictions for theft or larceny (Sept 2021); and twice for refusing to provide identification to law enforcement (Jan “I have served in law enforcement for more than 30 years and few things surprise me but the level of disrespect that this criminal alien has shown for our system of laws and for the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to uphold those laws is shocking,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford “After repeatedly entering the country illegally and getting behind the wheel intoxicated she has victimized hard-working Texans over and over again by stealing their money and property and then attempted to avoid accountability by refusing to provide law enforcement with identification after she was caught By carelessly flaunting our system of laws her actions endangered everyone in the community and have wasted significant taxpayer-funded government resources.” For more news and information on ICE’s efforts to enforce our nation’s immigration laws in Southeast Texas follow us on X at @EROHouston For media inquiries about ICE activities, operations, or policies, contact the ICE Office of Public Affairs at ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov Posted by | Feb 7 ATASCADERO — The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce proudly recognizes the contributions of Eryk Nappi and Jose Guadarrama two key team members whose dedication is fueling the growth and success of local businesses.  Business Services Program Manager Eryk Nappi is a catalyst for business growth in Atascadero. Nappi’s work with organizations such as Cal Poly and the SLOCal Career Center allows him to connect businesses with top-tier consultants offering strategic advice and resources to drive success Nappi is instrumental in helping businesses navigate workforce development and grant opportunities — especially those tailored to minority and women-owned businesses His tireless efforts ensure local businesses are equipped with the tools and strategies they need to thrive program manager for the “Get Your Business Online” initiative, is empowering businesses to expand their digital presence By providing free website creation and digital literacy training Guadarrama has helped over 180 businesses in North SLO County build their online identities saving them more than $180,000 in design fees His work is changing the game for businesses helping them gain confidence in navigating the digital landscape.  “Meeting with Jose gave me confidence to understand that anyone can manage and operate their own website while continuing to learn and grow online,” said Chef Luis Diaz of Buenos Diaz Food Truck. “After all we all rely on Google and social media to discover everything from date night spots to tomorrow’s lunch. Through the program and take pride in my food truck. It’s been a game-changer for Buenos Diaz Food Truck.”  Nappi and Guadarrama’s contributions to Atascadero’s business community are undeniable They are not only providing critical resources but also empowering local entrepreneurs to flourish in an ever-evolving marketplace The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce remains committed to being a catalyst for business growth Through the dedicated efforts of team members like Nappi and Guadarrama the Chamber continues to empower local businesses with the resources and support they need to flourish Articles published by The Atascadero News may be publicly submitted press releases or other forms of media not specifically authored by a member of our News Staff Atascadero News is the community’s top-ranked news source for Atascadero mailing 20,000 monthly copies to our community most-trusted news source for our community Good News • Real News • Your Hometown News Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress 2025 at 5:08 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Abe Lobsenz and Mattie Guadarrama have been named Staples High School's Class of 2025 Valedictorian and Salutatorian CT — Staples High School has named Abe Lobsenz and Mattie Guadarrama as the valedictorian and salutatorian of its Class of 2025 Both students have distinguished themselves academically and beyond earning recognition in a variety of fields is the first Staples valedictorian to hold a state record in competitive powerlifting He set Connecticut state records in the 145-pound weight class with a 340-pound squat "The gym is a great place to express yourself physically," Lobsenz says "It’s a good feeling to push the limits of what your body can do which is important for everything you do." Lobsenz has been actively involved in mathematics and science He captained the Staples math team through the regional meet and is a member of the Connecticut state math team His participation in a competition at Pennsylvania State University included answering questions displayed on the center court Jumbotron Lobsenz also serves as an editor for Staples' STEM Journal and has had a 12-page mathematical paper published His coursework includes Advanced Placement Spanish and Rhetoric and Persuasion which he credits for helping him develop confidence in public speaking Math instructor Anthony Forgette and physics teacher Joanne Klouda played influential roles in his academic journey who took his first AP course in junior year advises younger students to focus on balance and personal interests rather than loading up on honors classes too soon "There is never wasted time in math," says Lobsenz but is considering attending the University of California-Santa Barbara attracted by its flexible academic program and honor societies for science and social studies He has also played on the Staples tennis team and pursues music outside of school Guadarrama did not set out to achieve the highest GPA but focused on personal growth and exploration He emphasized the importance of patience in selecting courses and engaging fully in the learning experience "I didn’t want to be in the spotlight," Guadarrama says "It can be tempting to do what other people do "I didn’t know what to take as a freshman," he added The most important thing is to figure out who you are Guadarrama will attend the University of Pennsylvania where he is considering a major in mechanical engineering "It’s applicable to a lot of different things," Guadarrama says Both students will deliver speeches at Staples' graduation ceremony sharing insights from their diverse experiences Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. KENOSHA — Wednesday was National Coffee with a Cop Day and Kenosha police officers stopped by 7 Brew Coffee as they hope to build relationships with the community Kenosha police officers Jonathan Guadarrama and Josh Goldberg engaged with customers while they waited and delivered their orders they asked customers how they were doing and answered questions about policing "It was a very fun day," Officer Guadarrama said "It's something we're not really used to as police officers—having positive interactions at all times with the community." Officer Goldberg said this gives the community a chance to have a normal conversation with them in a setting that isn't always available "It allows us to interact with everyday people and they can ask us questions they would never ask an officer," Officer Goldberg said "They would never go up to an officer on the street and just have a conversation with them." Watch: 'Coffee with a Cop" allows officers to connect with community: The ultimate goal is to create a positive connection between police and the community most of the time we deal with people when they're having not the greatest day in their life so it's nice to build that trust with the community," Officer Guadarrama said said they hope to keep finding ways to connect with the community "We're all about the community and cultivating kindness so being able to bring the officers here to be with us was really awesome," Beller said Stream local news and weather 24/7 by searching for “TMJ4” on your device Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more. Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip Report a typo Corby Shumate, 30, of 18425 Beaver Hollow Road in Garfield, was arrested Monday in connection with aggravated assault. Shumate was being held Monday in the Benton County Jail with no bond set. Ron Wood has been a professional journalist in Arkansas for about 40 years. He has covered state and federal courts in Northwest Arkansas since 1995. Over the course of his award-winning career, he has covered a wide range of beats including city and county governments, police and fire, regional planning and transportation, education and business. Copyright © 2025, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. (NWA Media) This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk the co-owner of an advertising agency in Phoenix I was already in my pajamas when the fire alarm at our Disney Resort hotel went off at 9:30 p.m Hurricane Milton was predicted to strike in the early hours of the morning and guests were instructed to be in their rooms by 8:30 p.m But when the alarm sounded, everyone evacuated to the lobby and gathered in groups The only cries were from the little ones waking up from their sleep The Disney staff said the fire station had already arrived they said it was some kind of short circuit apart from the wind and rain lashing at our windows I know other parts of Florida were badly damaged but I thought positively that it was going to miss us I also felt a resort was one of the safest places to be in a hurricane because they'd been through it before and knew what to expect We chose not to cancel and arrived on Saturday Disney was really good about keeping us in the loop through its app They were monitoring the situation and giving updates The only change we made was extending our stay from Friday to Saturday because our flight back to Phoenix was canceled and rescheduled Disney offered a 40% discount on our two rooms for hurricane relief They would have cost more than $1,000 each on a typical Friday night There was a nice bar. We hung out doing puzzles and playing card games like Uno that we'd bought at the gift store We get along fine — I'm here with my husband when you're with your family in such a confined space you have to dig deep for patience sometimes I'm planning a walk around the hotel grounds Its employees are working hard to keep us safe and ensure we still have a great vacation Do you have an interesting story about Hurricane Milton to share with Business Insider? Please send details to jridley@businessinsider.com with semicircular vaults and spans the Guadarrama River on the road that linked the Campillo and Monasterio farms It was built in the 17th century as a replacement for a wooden bridge with part of its parapets detached and threatening ruin The restoration has allowed to know the fourth eye of the bridge and return the fallen ashlar to its original place has four eyes with semi-circular vaults of a single thread of voussoirs The three intermediate piers have cutwaters upstream to reduce the current pressure on the supports its sides being protected by separate parapets There is a smooth impost at the height of the board on which the parapet rests made of rectangular pieces At the ends of the parapet there are great ashlar buttresses crowned by a spire the remains of the entrance door are preserved During the last decade of the sixteenth century Philip II bought a series of properties with the aim of creating two new recreational farms near the Royal Site of El Escorial the monarch ordered the construction of three wooden bridges on the road linking the Campillo and the Monastery between 1595 and 1596 the prior of the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial requested King Felipe III to rebuild the wooden bridges In 1621 the works of conservation and improvement of the road began under the direction of Juan Gómez de Mora The old bridges are replaced by more solid ones built in ashlar masonry Much of the parapets and the pylons that finished it were detached this important exponent of early seventeenth century engineering was completely hidden by undergrowth and the board covered with earth a large part of the parapets and the buttresses that finished off it were detached and only one remained in place The work of restoration began with the cleaning and clearing of the structure Subsequently began the restoration tasks themselves providing adequate support to the access jambs and volumetrically recovering the north jamb Thanks to the recovery of original materials found in the river bed it was possible to replace a large part of the paving stone and to place the pieces of the parapets following the trace marked by the ashlars of the imposts that finished off the sides of the deck a comprehensive cleaning and sanitation of the factories was carried out to which a protective layer was applied in order to reduce water absorption The intervention has not only made it possible to halt the deterioration of the bridge and largely return it to its original appearance but it has also made it possible to discover structural aspects that were previously unknown with the intention of modifying the original grade it has been found that the size of the bridge was larger than expected (1986): "Sets and paths around the Monastery of San Lorenzo el Real " in Population and monastery. Community of Madrid Society of Development and Reconstruction of the Royal Coliseum Carlos III (2010): "Casas reales de Campillo y Monesterio" JJ (2009): History of the royal forests of San Lorenzo de El Escorial Brochure of the festivities of San Lorenzo del Escorial (2002): History of San Lorenzo del Escorial (1995): El Escorial: from the community of Aldea to Villa de Realengo (2007): The historic fence of the forests of the Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial JL (1995): The Architecture of the Royal Sites (1983): Madrid architecture of the seventeenth century (1990): Historical evolution of the Northwest itineraries in the Community of Madrid The Stade de France witnessed a new champion emerging from Thailand on Monday morning (2 September) Chaiwat Rattana dethroned Tunisia's three-time defending champion Walid Ktila as the new Paralympic champion in men's 100m T34 on day four of Para athletics competition at Paris 2024 Games Inspired by Thai wheelchair racing legend Prawat Wahoram Rattana touched the finish line in 14.76 for a Games record and 0.38 seconds ahead of Ktila in a fascinating final It is what I’ve always wanted," said the 28-year-old Thai athlete who won his first 100m T34 gold at Asian Para Games 2018 and followed it up at Paris 2023 Worlds “It is an honour to win the gold for Thailand.” admittted that he had difficulty during the race but fought until the end I will be going to retake my gold medal at the world championships There was also a new world record morning session when Ethiopia's Yayesh Gate Tesfaw along with her guide Kindu Sisay Girma improved her world record (set at Kobe 2024) and took the gold medal racing in 4:27.68 at the women’s 1500m T11 final First I carried the flag (at the Opening Ceremony) and now I have the gold and a world record “I knew I had the world record already and I am happy to break it again in the Paralympic arena and at the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024," said Girma who won her first Paralympic gold at Stade de France on Monday morning "This medal has a big value because a year ago during the world championships Among other medallists in the morning session Brazil's Claudiney Batista dos Santos clinched his third successive gold medal in men's discus throw F56 final with a Paralympic record throw of 46.86 Uzbekistan's Bobirjon Omonov defended his men's shot put F41 gold with a Paralympic record throw of 14.32 Medallists from day four of Para athletics competitions at Stade de France Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application passed peacefully surrounded by her family in her home on the morning of September 16 She treated everyone like family as if they were her children with open arms and a welcoming loving home Our beloved Gloria wrote some beautiful words about the way she viewed life: “Life is a gift from God the breath of God in us is what gives us life because no one knows where the air comes from life is something wonderful that God gives us let us take care of it with love as well as our soul we must strengthen it with prayer and in good deeds.” Gloria is survived by her husband of 52 years Jose Trinidad Guadarrama and her eight children She also is survived by her sister Virginia (Vicente) Flores and her brother Emilio (Oliva) Sanchez Granddaughter María Guadalupe Esquivel Services will be held at noon on Monday, September 20, 2021 at Saint Thomas Aquinas,725 South 250 East, Hyde Park, Utah. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 11:00- 11:45 am. Burial will be at the Hyde Park Cemetery. Memories may be shared with the family at www.whitepinefunerals.com Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Dear Reader,Unfortunately our comment platform isn\'t available at the moment due to issues with our paywall and authentication vendor housekeepers and car wash workers living paycheck to paycheck are out of work in Los Angeles County as fires damaged homes and businesses Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox When Hermelinda Guadarrama and her daughter went to work to clean Netflix Hollywood’s offices last week they had no idea that it might be their last day their employer told them to go home as the Sunset Fire ignited she called them again and again and finally got a response from one ‘I don’t know if I’m going to be able to hire you or not Now Guadarrama and her two daughters are completely without income  Guadarama said she has no idea if the homes of her other employers are still standing or if they evacuated and her next rent payment is only two weeks away “Maybe we didn’t lose our apartment (to the fires) Guadarrama is one of potentially thousands of service workers in Los Angeles County who are now out of work because they were employed by the tens of thousands of people who were displaced or lost their homes and businesses in the fires that burned Pacific Palisades Their stories illustrate that the impact of the firestorms goes far beyond the devastating loss of wealthy and middle class communities’ homes: Low-income and undocumented Black and brown residents and immigrants have also lost their livelihoods landscapers and car wash workers living paycheck to paycheck trying to feed their families with less each year as the cost of living rises The U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday that the Los Angeles region will receive $10 million in emergency grants to create temporary jobs and on-the-job training for displaced workers and the state decided to use another $10 million in federal funds for the same purpose shelter operations and community health support As many as 35,000 jobs held by Latinos could be lost permanently because of the Los Angeles County fires according to research by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Although Latinos are just 23% of the population across the three major evacuation zones they make up 36% of all workers in those areas Latinos hold 34% of jobs despite representing just 7% of the population After the 2018 Woolsey Fire tore through Malibu, the advocacy group Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California surveyed nearly 200 housekeepers gardeners and domestic workers in the area More than half responded in 2020 that they had permanently lost their jobs; others reported losing on average 15 days of work Community organizers say the losses highlight how the climate crisis harms vulnerable communities the most. Nearly 90% of house cleaners in California are Latino It’s an especially grim outlook for undocumented immigrants who often don’t qualify for federal unemployment or disaster aid that U.S immigrants’ advocates have campaigned for the state to extend unemployment aid to undocumented workers — during the pandemic then during winter storms that put farmworkers out of work for weeks and then during wildfires The original version of the 2022 bill would have given  undocumented workers who lost their jobs as much as $300 a week in benefits for as long as 20 weeks The program would have provided $330 million in benefits yearly and cost as much as $237 million to start according to estimates by the state Employment Development Department and requires funding that was not included in the budget.” The unemployment insurance system is funded by state and federal taxes on employers; since the pandemic, California’s system has been $20 billion in debt Because of federal restrictions on eligibility the state would likely need to pay for benefits for undocumented immigrants with its own funds “The idea of unemployment insurance is really prudent at this moment because every time there is a catastrophe the most vulnerable workers end up paying the price,” said Veronica Alvarado deputy director of the Warehouse Worker Resource Center “What we’ve seen in the hypocrisy of California has been that there is a population that gets to be exploited The lack of an unemployment system for immigrants means community organizations are stepping in to offer cash assistance. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles has launched a campaign to request donations for a relief fund that will offer cash assistance to families The organization is also assisting mixed-status and low income families who have lost homes in the fires and may be hesitant to seek government aid “Black and brown communities are on the frontlines of the climate crisis and again and again,” said Vladimir Carrasco the coalition’s director of climate justice programs We lean into mutual aid to be able to distribute info and resources We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again.” Thirteen staff members are surveying community members in evacuation centers It’s too early to identify how many people have lost income but partner organizations are already reporting that the need exceeds the available funds Carrasco said he expects at least a thousand people to request cash aid the Instituto de Educacion has been in contact with 80 domestic workers and day laborers who have lost all or much of their income director Oscar Mondragón said several workers had already lost jobs after the Franklin Fire forced evacuations in December and damaged dozens of buildings worked as housekeepers for Pacific Palisades homeowners until the fires last week there’s no calls for jobs at all,” he said The nonprofit or government aid could help people like Rhamone Ricardo a Jamaican immigrant and Altadena resident who owned a car-detailing business in his community The business and his apartment building are still standing but everything around them is burned to the ground “There’s no communities so there’s no car wash Ricardo said he moved to Altadena 17 years ago and started the business It represented years of hard work to establish himself and build a reputation for offering friendly quality service to his community “I’m just stuck between a rock and a hard place,” he said “There’s nothing you can do but try to keep going.” Guadarrama said she’s waiting anxiously by the phone for a call from Netflix about returning to work she’ll have to start applying for jobs in factories She’s made business cards that she will distribute in hopes someone will hire her we have nothing that can help us,” she said We don’t want companies to close the door on us.” who works cleaning and housekeeping jobs in Malibu was on her usual route up the coast on Jan She spent the morning cleaning and taking out the trash at a store in the Palisades then cleaned a home in Malibu in the afternoon it looked like people were fleeing or preparing to leave When Chavez Tomas finished cleaning and left the house Homeowners were hosing down their houses and Pacific Coast Highway was impassable She and other workers sheltered at an apartment down the road owned by one of her occasional clients It was the third wildfire in the Malibu area that she had experienced as a housekeeper and by far the most traumatic an “unforgettable” person who checked on her family during the pandemic and helped them with rent and groceries And she’s mourning the destruction of a neighborhood where countless immigrant women saw reflected in the wealth and success of others the store where Chavez Tomas worked as a cleaner is gone She doesn’t know the status of the house she cleans in the afternoons and while applying for cleaning jobs she’s thinking about other options She could paint houses or garden or sell tamales and tacos “All the people who were working for their dreams all those who had built their businesses … it all ended in a second,” she said The two victims were identified by authorities as Pedro David Guadarrama Ceron Get important news about your town as it happens Get the top stories from across our network Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from daily updates Edgar Guadarrama Jaimes, a Coopersburg father and husband, died in a motorcycle accident last Wednesday Guadarrama Jaimes was pronounced dead at the scene of the Interstate 78 crash according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office Two other drivers involved in the accident were not injured His obituary from Stephens Funeral Home says the 30-year-old served in the United States Air Force and was a server at the Coopersburg Diner a loving father to his beautiful daughter," the diner said on Facebook His obituary says he is survived by his wife Lindsey (Turner) Guadarrama his parents Edgar Guadarrama and Georgina Jaimes and his sisters Elany and Evelyn Guadarrama In a GoFundMe campaign set up to assist his family organizers said the 30-year-old Senior Airman was the "life of the party." "He had such an impact on everyone when it came to being an example of not only being an amazing human being friend and also an airman," wrote organizer Jean Charles "He was a true role model to most especially to his sweet baby girl Ellie that he left behind along with his wife we are raising funds to support his family with expenses to lessen the financial burden as he now watches over his wife and daughter." A memorial service was held in Allentown on Monday Click here to view the fundraiser on GoFundMe.com or here to read the obituary from Stephens Funeral Home.  Daily HeraldJon Wolfe frames a scene as Sofia Guadarrama films with an iPad and Elizabeth Castillo reads the script at Dixon Middle School in Provo on Thursday Guadarrama and Castillo are part of the crew for "Just One Look," a short horror film From an idea conceived four years ago to late-night shoots last summer to post-production touches a short horror movie filmed at a nearly century-old middle school in Provo “Just One Look,” is ready for local cinephiles The film follows a group of college students who venture into a school after hours for some nighttime fun — but their game of looking in windows for thrills takes them on an adventure full of unexpected twists and turns Writer and director Jon Wolfe said he was drawn to Dixon Middle School in Provo after he and producer Cameron Holdaway drove by the building one night and thought something about its exterior architecture gives off a sinister vibe Ironically, the timing seemed to align as Dixon just wrapped up its final school year “We know that the school is closing and we thought we cannot let the school go without having a scary movie being filmed here,” Wolfe told the Daily Herald The Provo City Board of Education voted in 2021 to close the current campus, built in 1931 due to its age and extensive renovation needs Courtesy Jon Wolfe and Sarah Utley MillarThe movie poster for the film "Just One Look," which was shot at Dixon Middle School in Provo The group also filmed in other areas of Provo that people who watch the film may recognize The film with a seven-member cast was shot over the course of about four days last July along with Sofia Guadarrama (director of photography) Elizabeth Castillo (gaffer/key grip) plus actors and extras returned earlier this year to make some minor adjustments Holdaway says this experience has taught him the importance of being able to wear multiple hats as an indie filmmaker I also acted sort of like a human multitool So I would help do some of our special effects whether it be like making a door open really creepily so I would help with doing some sound effects and things like that,” he said Although “Just One Look” may fall into a subgenre of horror films Wolfe says they didn’t want to rely on stereotypical conventions that every scary movie uses “We kind of wanted to do our own thing and kind of make it more unique the predictable elements of most horror movies And so we’re hoping that we can surprise people with our own unique take on the horror genre,” he explained On Saturday, the public can get their first look at the short film on-site at the school, located at 750 W. 200 North. The free movie premiere will start at 7 p.m. In keeping in true fashion of scary movies, Wolfe says attendees may be in for some surprises. Without going into too much detail, he shared, “One of the characters walks in here (the auditorium) and the room looks a certain way.” Beyond Saturday’s premiere, Wolfe and Holdaway are hoping to get more eyes on the movie at indie film festivals. “The (festival) circuit is a very important way for us to get our names out there. And hopefully the movie has a life after the premiere, rather than just playing a couple of times and then being archived somewhere,” Wolfe said. Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Utah, LLC | www.heraldextra.com | 1200 Towne Centre Blvd. STE 1058, Provo, UT 84601 Marcos Guadarrama is the nightly news anchor for our KLEW News sister station in North Idaho. He anchors the 5, 6 & 11 p.m. weekday newscasts. He also reports, anchors, and covers weather for CBS2 from time to time. He started his news career in Boise back in 2021. In his time at CBS2 Marcos has covered the deadly Boise Town Square mall shooting as well as the disappearance of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan in Fruitland. He's also extensively covered the Idaho Legislature. Marcos graduated from Boise State University, receiving a bachelor's degree in media arts with a minor in political science. While in college he was involved in student media, working for the student-run newspaper 'The Arbiter' as a staff writer and news editor. He also wrote, reported, and anchored for Boise State Television, the student-run news program. Marcos is passionate about news and wants his viewers and readers to receive timely, credible, and relevant information. He enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. Feel free to email him at mguadarrama@idahonews.com if you have a story idea or just want to say hello. After each game this season, Sonny Guadarrama has been the last player back to the locker room. The crowds aren’t big at Austin Bold FC matches, but seemingly everyone wants to get close to Sonny. Autographs, selfies, handshakes; he does it all with a smile. The 32-year-old midfielder is finally playing for a team in his hometown, and it’s not something he takes lightly. “Here I play a game and the whole week I see people who are going to ask me questions about the game,” he said. “Little kids are honest. They’ll tell you, ‘You didn’t play a good game,’ or ‘Why’d you miss that shot?’ ” “Austin, Texas,” he would tell anybody who asked, and some who didn’t, during his 10 years living in Mexico, playing for and against some of the country’s biggest clubs. “The best city in the world.” These days, he sometimes receives messages from people he hasn’t seen in years, visiting the Texas capital for the first time. “You were right,” they’ll say, perhaps attaching a photo from Formula One, the Austin City Limits Festival or a day on the lake. Guadarrama grew up in Cedar Park, the third of four children born to Sergio, a Mexican immigrant, and Sandra, whose family has lived in the Austin area for several generations. The three boys – Sergio Jr., Willy and Sonny – were kicking a ball from the time they were in diapers. In the backyard was a concrete slab with short walls that Sergio, who works in construction, built for the boys to practice. He quickly realized the walls needed to be built higher, and eventually closed it in altogether – creating a makeshift indoor practice facility complete with floodlights and an outline of a goal painted at each end. “A lot of fights. A lot of tackling. Crying. Complaining,” Sonny said, recalling the battles with Willy that produced two of the city’s best young players. “Arguing with my dad with him as the referee. Everything was a competition.” From the Leander youth leagues to the club scene, soon everybody knew about the Guadarramas. Sonny stood out early – quickly catching up to Willy and his friends despite a three-year age difference. “Maybe we wouldn’t have eaten,” Sandra said. “One way or the other (Sergio) was going to find them a team to play in.” Soccer took up every weekend. If there wasn’t a tournament, Sergio would drive his sons to Mexico for adult pick-up games in Reynosa, Piedras Negras, Ciudad Acuña, Monterrey and “a little farther, too.” He did his best to make sure they had role models, with Liga MX matches on TV and memorable trips to see the 1994 World Cup in Dallas and the 1996 Olympics in Birmingham, Ala. “Probably around the age of 12 I thought, ‘This is what I want to do,’ ” Sonny said. Backed by Suhnholz, he started getting called to youth national team camps at under-14, joining the generation that included Freddy Adu, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore. He stayed on the fringe until U-20, traveling to South Korea in 2006 for a tournament less than a year out from the U-20 World Cup in Canada. And while his brother Willy followed the traditional American path to pro soccer, playing four years at Campbell University before getting drafted to MLS by the Kansas City Wizards, Sonny had a different plan. “I knew I didn’t want to wait so long to play my first pro game,” he said. So after his freshman 2005 season at Campbell, where he and Willy, a senior, combined for 34 goals (Willy led NCAA Division I with 21), Sonny went to Torreón, Mexico for a tryout with Santos Laguna. It was his third professional tryout, and this time the coaches were charmed. “He was very quick, very skillful,” said David Patiño, who was coaching the Santos third team at the time. “He had a very strong work ethic also, that’s very hard to find in a good player. He had the values of the American society that’s all about competition and hard work.” Sonny quickly rose through the ranks and made his debut with the first team in November 2006 against Pachuca, about four months after he joined the club. “It was the best you can feel,” Sergio said. “He made it all the way.” He went from Santos to Mérida (2008-10), then Atlante (2010-16) – with loan stints back at Mérida and with Necaxa and Dorados de Sinaloa. All the while, he kept an eye on the game back home, helping with camps on his visits and even launching his own developmental team, Academia de Preparacion Profesional de Austin (APPA) Águilas. After returning home for good in late 2016, he started coaching for Lonestar. He decided he could make an even greater impact if he continued to play, giving his players the type of role model he always had to look on TV or in other places to find. He got back on the pitch with San Antonio FC in 2018, and has found his form this season with the Bold – with two goals and an assist in the team’s first 13 matches. Each time out, he sees familiar faces. “That part has been like a mini revival of what I’ve done,” he said. “Every game is special now.” WHAT: Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Third Round WHO'S PLAYING: Austin Bold FC vs. San Antonio FC WHERE: Bold Stadium at Circuit of the Americas AT STAKE: The winner advances to the fourth round and will face an MLS opponent, potentially at home. REMATCH: The Bold hosted San Antonio in its home opener, winning 1-0 before a sellout crowd of 5,803 fans at Bold Stadium. Kléber scored the goal that night for Austin. PLAYER TO WATCH: Goalkeeper Diego Restrepo is one of three Bold players (Sonny Guadarrama, Kris Tyrpak) who played for SAFC. Restrepo has five clean sheets this season in all competitions. BOTTOMS UP: The Bold is offering $2 domestic cans and draft beers at the match. Send help right to the people and causes you care about Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Read Featured Stories Dennis Guadarrama arrives at his office in the ICU of Roger Williams Medical Center he finds something he’s never encountered before Three COVID patients are suddenly in need of ventilators at the same time They are all breathing like they’ve just run a 100-yard dash and still can’t get enough oxygen They’re not in the ICU itself — that’s full its dozen-plus patients already on ventilators Guadarrama has been called to the step-down unit a nearby hallway of 10 or so rooms for others with less severe COVID Except Guadarrama has learned that the disease can turn quickly and Guadarrama is recalling it this week to convey what the current surge is like in COVID units around the country.  He is now working in a hospital in Texas where the ICU beds are full again It reminds him of the pandemic’s first month in Rhode Island; especially that morning He can picture it as if it’s still happening The hospital’s head of critical care is out with COVID that attending physician in charge, is quarterbacking “It was battlefield medicine,” Gudaramma recalls “It reminded me of a war zone.” They decide to focus on the youngest of the three crisis patients — an overweight woman in her 30s with other conditions She is so panicky from lack of oxygen she is flailing “Let’s get her stabilized.” That means sedating her so they can intubate No one wants a tube pushed down their throat while awake Other staffers wheel in a ventilator as those around the bed put an IV in the woman’s arm thrashes her arms to the point the IV gets pulled out The team decides to put the IV in her groin instead But she’s still delirious and flailing This is where medicine demands physical strength Guadarrama and a respiratory therapist hold her down while the attending doctor works to get a line in They know it increases their exposure to the virus but this is what it’s like for frontliners in hospitals in 2020 inspired to explore medicine by his grandfather a fire chief who spoke often of saving people on EMT runs Guadarrama enrolled in Boston University med school did rotations at Roger Williams in Providence then began internship and residency here in 2015 living in Cumberland with his wife Lindsey who is a physican assistant, and their two rescue dogs Guadarrama was working in the Roger Williams ICU when the pandemic’s first surge began in April but none more than when the three patients needed intubation all at the same time they get the IV into the first patient and the sedation takes hold the anesthesiologist begins the transition to a ventilator by inserting a tube down the woman’s windpipe Guadarrama pauses to look out the door and sees a half dozen staffers across the hall in the room of the second of the three patients Guadarrama is alarmed to see the same situation She’s also panicking from being unable to breathe — to a point they can’t get an IV in her arm Guadarrama throws himself over the patient to help immobilize and save her It allows the team to get the line in her upper leg An anesthesiologist threads in an intubation tube Guadarrama then helps attach an ambu bag to it squeezing to give the woman air while the ventilator is set up But a stepdown floor is not as fully stocked as an ICU so when they’re ready to swap the bag for the ventilator they find there’s no temporary clamp for the tube So Guadarrama uses his thumb to seal off its open end “It’s a lot of MacGyvering sometimes,” he says The staffers there can only hope their protective gear will do the job Guadarrama is especially concerned about the danger to nurses; he’ll tell you they’re on the front lines more than anyone Now the attending rushes off to check on the third crisis patient leaving Guadarrama to make sure the woman just intubated is syncing with the vent the attending comes back to say the third patient is holding for the moment The COVID mortality rate on a vent is high so it’s a victory to keep people off it That kind of moment is one of the main heartbreaks for Guadarrama — when he realizes there’s no choice but to intubate, and has to tell patients what’s about to happen “I’ve had this conversation way more than I’d like in the past couple months,” he says Those talks now take place at his current posting in Lubbock Texas, at the 500-bed University Medical Center Guadarrama said he’d had such a talk with a patient his previous shift Guadarrama told him that with his hyperventilating he couldn’t sustain much longer without a vent was also overweight with diabetes and hypertension Guadarrama explained that given his condition He then added: “If you want to call someone…” The man phoned his daughter and Guadarrama stepped out to give him the moment aware this could be the patient’s last moments of consciousness stood at the head of the bed and promised they would give him the best possible care Guadarrama told me that with this latest surge such moments are now occurring daily in most hospitals — Lubbock But he noted there’s a difference between Texas and New England in how each regards COVID Guadarrama drove from Cumberland to Boston for a last jog on the Charles River near his alma mater BU Boston would have been filled with people and the parking impossible He and his wife took their dogs to Lincoln Woods and found it closed when a Rhode Island state trooper pulled him over because of his Texas plates to ask if he was self-quarantining “People are taking it seriously here,” he said “We went to a Walmart,” he told me “and I think we were the only two wearing a mask.” Guadarrama asked the grocery manager about it The manager said he’d given up trying to enforce it since many customers became threatening if challenged “My employees aren’t policemen,” he explained Guadarrama knows that despite Rhode Island’s previous watchfulness the state is in the midst of one of the nation’s worst surges of many factors stemming from the state's reopening Rhode Island’s past vigilance gives it more hope of getting ahead of it I asked Guadarrama if his many months in COVID ICUs have changed him He sometimes dreams of hearing ventilator alarms And though he holds in his emotions at work he finds himself breaking down at times afterwards — in the shower or when his wife simply asks how his day went He even said he and other talked young doctors have shared concerns about what would happen to their families if they got COVID themselves and didn’t survive Dennis Guadarrama does not regret this difficult year Gabriel Eduardo Olivas doused himself with gasoline Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that Jeremias Guadarrama and Ebony Jefferson, the Arlington, Texas, police officers who fired Tasers at Olivas, igniting him and burning his house down, are protected by qualified immunity a court-invented doctrine that shields government officials from federal civil rights claims unless their alleged misconduct violated "clearly established" law While Olivas' family argued that Guadarrama and Jefferson used excessive force a unanimous 5th Circuit panel concluded that their actions were reasonable in the circumstances where they found Olivas "leaning against a wall and holding a red gas can." According to the family's account—which the 5th Circuit was supposed to accept as true in the context of this ruling—Elliott shouted to the other officers he is going to light on fire!" Elliott discharged pepper spray in Olivas' face "The fire spread from Olivas to the walls of the bedroom and the house eventually burned to the ground," the 5th Circuit notes where he eventually died from his injuries The officers thus precipitated the very outcome they were ostensibly trying to prevent Ramirez sued the officers under 42 USC 1983 which allows people to seek damages when government officials violate their constitutional rights She argued that using Tasers in these circumstances was clearly reckless and that the officers should instead have used other techniques to control the situation "It is undisputed that a Taser can cause death in more situations than would use of soft hand techniques or impact weapons applied to certain portions of a person's body," the complaint says Since Elliott said he was standing about six feet from Olivas he "could have easily" subdued the blinded man by "rushing and grabbing" him and "other officers in the room could have done the same." By firing their stun guns even after they were warned of the likely result Guadarrama and Jefferson violated the Fourth Amendment which prohibits excessive force during searches and seizures When Guadarrama and Jefferson asked U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman to dismiss the lawsuit based on qualified immunity, he concluded that more information was needed to determine whether that doctrine applied, opening the door to pretrial discovery Guadarrama and Jefferson appealed that decision to the 5th Circuit "The severity of the threatened crime, i.e., felony arson, was considerable," the appeals court says "Olivas posed a substantial and immediate risk of death or serious bodily injury to himself and everyone in the house He had been threatening to kill himself and burn down the house there were at least six other people in the house Notwithstanding Ramirez's argument that other kinds of force would not have posed the same deadly risk the 5th Circuit says it is hard to see what else the officers might have done "Although the employment of tasers led to a tragic outcome we cannot suggest exactly what alternative course the defendant officers should have followed that would have led to an outcome free of potential tragedy," it says "We emphasize that the reasonableness of a government official's use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable official on the scene Would a "reasonable officer," knowing Taser probes give off sparks that could easily ignite gasoline especially after a colleague had emphasized it Given Elliott's clear warning about what would happen if his colleagues fired their Tasers "20/20 hindsight" was hardly necessary to anticipate "a tragic outcome." The company that makes Tasers warns that their use "can result in a fire or explosion when flammable gases or materials are present." It says "use of a [Taser] in presence of fire or explosion hazard could result in death or serious injury." Ramirez's complaint notes that the officers underwent training in which they "were reminded of what they already knew regarding use of a Taser electronic control weapon in a situation in which flammable substances and/or vapors are present." In those circumstances "a Taser should not be used." Hence when Jefferson and Guadarrama "chose to shoot their Tasers at Mr The concept was not new to them but one they had learned years before." The 5th Circuit presents Olivas as a dangerous felon a would-be arsonist who was threatening to kill his family and the officers on the scene the court was supposed to accept in the context of this appeal—paints a different picture telling family members that he would kill himself by lighting himself on fire after dousing himself with gasoline," the complaint says Olivas was distraught and seeking attention Olivas never ignited a lighter or any other device to catch himself on fire Defendant police officers arrived at his home Olivas (knowing that he was drenched with gasoline) Olivas to catch fire and die after lingering in excruciating pain for days." The lawsuit suggests that the officers also erred in failing to "remove people other than Mr Olivas from the home" rather than "confronting and Tasing Mr Olivas with family members in the house." Had the cops evacuated the house they could have avoided the alleged threat to those relatives which the 5th Circuit viewed as a justification for using what predictably turned out to be deadly force While the 5th Circuit endorsed the claim that Olivas was planning to burn down the house Guadarrama initially thought Olivas might be splashing gasoline around the house but "after arriving at the residence" he "learned that the residence had not been doused with gas." The 5th Circuit was unfazed by these contradictions "Accepting the pleaded facts as true and construing them in the light most favorable to Plaintiffs neither officer's conduct was unreasonable nor was the force they employed clearly excessive," it says "Given the horrendous scene that the officers were facing involving the immediate potential for the destruction of lives and property the force used—firing tasers—was not unreasonable or excessive and consequently we hold that the officers did not violate the Fourth Amendment and are thus entitled to qualified immunity." the 5th Circuit has forthrightly declared that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit police from firing Tasers at a suicidal "We respectfully disagree with the panel's conclusion," says T "This conduct so obviously violated the Constitution that no prior case with similar facts was necessary." Malone says he is seeking both a panel rehearing and review by the full court "Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5," a footnote in the decision says, "the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent." According to that rule "The publication of opinions that merely decide particular cases on the basis of well-settled principles of law imposes needless expense on the public and burdens on the legal profession." But the rule adds that "opinions that may in any way interest persons other than the parties to a case should be published." Publication may be warranted if the decision "concerns or discusses a factual or legal issue of significant public interest." critics of qualified immunity probably will disagree [This post has been revised to correct the plaintiff's name.] Get a daily brief of the most important stories and trends every weekday morning when you subscribe to Reason Roundup Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" (KBAK/KBFX) — Four people were arrested following a probation search Friday March 18 according to the Kern County Probation Department.Around 1:30 p.m officers executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of Churchill Drive Officers arrested the following on multiple weapon officers said they located a loaded .40 caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun with a 50-round drum magazine and a loaded .45 caliber 1911 semi-automatic handgun also reported stolen.A half-pound of cocaine and over $26,000 in cash was found by officers Suarez was arrested on theft and drug related offenses Gutierrez was arrested on theft and drug related offenses was arrested for theft and drug related offenses Having previously played in Liga MX and Liga Ascenso in Mexico for much of his career Austin native Sonny Guadarrama has rejoined Bold FC after making 34 appearances over the past two seasons for the club | Photo courtesy Steven Christy / OKC Energy FC Texas – Austin Bold FC announced on Wednesday the return to the club of local standout Sonny Guadarrama “You’ll be hard pressed to find an Austin Bold fan that doesn’t also love Sonny G he embodies the team and community values that we’ve been building since the beginning,” said Bold FC Head Coach Ryan Thompson “We welcome him back to the Bold with open arms and are excited to see what he achieves this season.” Guadarrama cultivated his skills and love for soccer in Austin where he was a three-time All-District MVP at Cedar Park High School while also playing youth soccer with the Austin Flyers and Austin Capitals He began his professional career in 2006 with six-time Liga MX champions Santos Laguna Guadarrama moved to Ascenso MX club Mérida FC. where he scored two goals in 31 appearances in parts of three seasons appearing in 50 matches and scored five goals for the club from 2010-16 while also spending time on loan to Venados he appeared in 18 matches and registered a pair of assists He joined Austin for its inaugural season at Circuit of The Americas in 2019 and over the past two seasons made 34 appearances for the club