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“The historical truth is that Serra repeatedly pressed Spanish authorities for better treatment of the Native American communities,” read a statement issued by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops. Serra was an 18th century Franciscan friar who founded the first nine missions in California during the era of Spanish colonization. “He made great sacrifices to defend and serve the indigenous population,” read the statement. “If that is not enough to legitimize a public statue in the state that he did so much to create, then virtually every historical figure from our nation’s past will have to be removed for their failings measured in the light of today’s standards....

The board votes came during a passionate meeting in which a group that represents jockeys argued that the whips were not connected to the horse deaths and that any drastic changes should be delayed for more study. Board members rejected that idea, with two saying they personally witnessed whips being overused on some of the horses that died at Santa Anita and that if the sport of horse racing is to survive, changes are necessary....

Each pastor preceded the Sunday services by saying he could be fined $1,000 by local officials for proceeding with plans to hold worship events inside, and one pastor said congregants could also be fined for attending. “The first 1,000 people could feasibly tomorrow receive a citation,” Pastor Rob McCoy with Godspeed Calvary Church in Newbury Park, California, said in a video message shared with the public on August 8. McCoy encouraged patrons to weigh the risks and rewards of attending and said he’d received calls from many people who told him they “couldn’t wait” to be fined....

Los Angeles County has reported over 14,000 new cases of the virus in the last two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of new cases is far higher than the state’s mandate of no more than 25 per 100,000 residents. However, the county was able join the majority of California in phase two of the state’s reopening plan due to meeting other thresholds, including a testing positivity rate of no more than 8 percent....

The Zogg Fire, which also broke Sunday, has burned 7,000 acres and evacuation orders have been issued for multiple parts of Shasta County, according to the latest report by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). A Red Flag Warning is in effect through Monday for much of northern California, with “gusty winds and low humidity creating critical fire weather conditions,” Cal Fire noted. “A Fire Weather Watch is in effect Monday across the Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego Mountains, Santa Clarita Valley and San Diego Valley due to gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity....

Gov. Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have released stringent new regulations in an attempt to curb growing cases amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Gatherings are defined as social situations that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place. When people from different households mix, this increases the risk of transmission of COVID-19,” the CDPH said in a statement....

It is California’s most recent attempt to become a trailblazer in reducing climate emissions. The proposal names transportation as California’s largest contributor to greenhouse gases and other forms of air pollution. The Advanced Clean Fleets regulation follows on the heels of a different ruling passed by the same board last month establishing a plan for 100 percent of new cars and light trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035....

Trorice Crawford, 32, admitted his participation in the criminal ring that operated over the course of several years, from 2015 to 2019, and which pilfered, or attempted to, millions of dollars from unsuspecting targets. The charges were set forth in a sealed, 14-count indictment filed in June that implicated Crawford and several other members of the conspiracy including its alleged ringleader, Robert Wayne Boling Jr., an American citizen raised as a military dependent and now living in the Philippines, where he is currently in police custody....

The confrontation between the Orange County sheriff’s deputy, who was off-duty at the time, and a group of teenagers at Ralphs Skate Park in San Clemente, California, took place on Saturday night, NBC Los Angeles reported. Footage of the incident appeared to show the man, wearing a white hat, pull a gun after a 16-year-old boy raises his skateboard in the air, CBS Los Angeles reported. The boy, wearing a black T-shirt, is later seen holding his hands in the air....

The court determined that corrections officials that have drafted regulations that “exclude from nonviolent offender early parole consideration any inmate who ‘is currently serving a term of incarceration for a ‘violent felony’” were correct in doing so. The case that the court ruled on stemmed from an attempt to expand on an initiative approved by voters in 2016 that allowed for inmates to apply for early parole in an effort to reduce the prison population....

Derrick Evans assumed office on December 1 as a Republican member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates after placing first in a two-member district with 8,227 votes. He live streamed video on Wednesday in which he surged through a door in the interior of the Capitol building. In the footage, which was later deleted, he was heard shouting: “We’re in, we’re in. Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” Evans is among Trump followers who are holding flags and he is seen in the Capitol Rotunda where he shouts: “No vandalizing....

Call of Duty: Cold War developer Treyarch has recently responded to fan criticism, stating it hears it and plans to change things. The developer claims that it will be delivering a Call of Duty: Cold War update soon. Treyarch’s lead designer, Tony Flame, stated explicitly in a recent tweet that players can expect the update to tackle weapons, Scorestreak, and more come Season 1’s arrival. If the update doesn’t arrive then, then it will arrive sometime sooner....

Some exciting things came to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in today’s update, including a new playlist, a Gunfight Tournament, and some much-needed fixes. Amongst all of the fixes to stability, Sticks & Stones, and everything else in the update, however, many players have let the new multiplayer feature slip by them. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 3 Trailer Catches Players Up on the Story So Far...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launched Season 1 yesterday, and players jumped into an integrated Warzone for the first time. As players enjoyed the new Season 1 content, developers have spent their time fixing back-end errors that prevented players from accessing the game. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Changes Theater Mode’s Location In one of the biggest fixes, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s “Zed 398 Swift Clover " glitch has been resolved....

Now that the game’s been out for a bit, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer meta has begun to settle on the power weapons. For hardcore players, this list may not come as a surprise. Many of multiplayer’s most powerful weapons are pretty clear, and even when some of them are nerfed, they’re still incredibly strong. For now, this is the game’s current meta in the Pre-Season. It’s already been confirmed that some big changes to the whole multiplayer experience are coming in Season One, but for now, here are the strongest weapons to use in Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer....

Here is how to unlock the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War wonder weapon for the Die Maschine Zombies map. Step 1: Turn On the Power and Build the Pack-A-Punch Like with most Call of Duty Zombies maps, the very first things Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies players will want to do is turn on the power. There are big purple arrows painted on the walls that will lead players directly to the power, which is located in an underground lab....

When completing objectives in Outbreak and looting each region, players will find a staggering amount of intel. With Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies’ intel doing a lot of the legwork for the Dark Aether story, though, it is worth collecting and listening to. While there are now over 200 intel pieces hidden in Outbreak, Season 5 only adds a few more items to collect. Their locations are as follows....

For the uninitiated, Gun Game is a mode that first appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops. In Gun Game, all players start out with the same weapon, and each kill allows them to advance to the next weapon in the ladder. The first player to get a kill with all of the weapons in Gun Game is the winner. It’s a simple concept that has proven popular enough to be retained in most Call of Duty games since Black Ops, so it’s nice to see that it’s returning for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as well....

As seen below in the trailer courtesy of the YouTube channel for PlayStation EU, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s four maps on display are the environments of Neon, Noir, Renaissance, and Dominion. While Neon, Noir, and Renaissance will offer fans fresh experiences, as they are newly designed areas for Infinite Warfare, Dominion provides an update on an old classic, with Infinity Ward having made the map a re-envisioning of Modern Warfare 2’s Afghan....

RELATED: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s ‘Alone’ Mission Builds a Great Friendship Between Soap and Ghost Some experts have decided to stick with the M4 even after getting to the top and staying there. It is often listed among the top-tier weapons in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and this is for a good reason. With the right loadout, it can carry a player from the first level to the last....