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Southern California man with concealed carry permit opens fire, kills 1, wounds another
One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting in San Bernardino County involving a suspect with a permit to carry a concealed firearm, officials announced Monday.
The violence, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, occurred at around 4 p.m. Sept. 20 at an auto repair shop at 13600 Quinnault Road in Apple Valley.
At the scene, deputies located two gunshot victims, 31-year-old Hesperia resident Frankl Portillo and 44-year-old Apple Valley resident Joshua Augsburger.
Despite life saving measures, Portillo was pronounced dead at the scene. Augsburger was rushed to a local hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
Details are limited and the exact motive for the shooting remains unclear, but detectives with the sheriff’s specialized investigations division say the two victims confronted 46-year-old Leon Sanchez, who was armed with a handgun, at the location.
“During the argument, witnesses heard Portillo threaten Sanchez,” the release noted. “As the situation escalated, Sanchez fired at Portillo and Augsburger, striking the two men.”
During the investigation, which is ongoing, authorities learned that Sanchez had a valid San Bernardino County concealed carry permit for the firearm.
The 46-year-old was detained without incident, authorities said, though it’s unclear if he was ever taken into custody.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact SBSD Det. Owenn Domon with the Specialized Investigations Division at 909-890-4904. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact the WeTip Hotline at 800-78-CRIME or leave tips online at www.wetip.com.
As it turns out, those “recyclable” plastic bags at grocery stores weren’t as sustainable as California lawmakers intended.
While the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom acted to ban the thicker plastic bags as of Jan. 1, 2026, state officials aren’t done going after what they describe as the false promises of plastic recycling.
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Sunday that his office is filing suit against ExxonMobil “for allegedly engaging in a decades-long campaign of deception that caused and exacerbated the global plastics pollution crisis.”
“The Department of Justice alleges that ExxonMobil has been deceiving Californians for half a century through misleading public statements and slick marketing promising that recycling would address the ever-increasing amount of plastic waste ExxonMobil produces,” the release said. “Through this lawsuit, the Attorney General seeks to compel ExxonMobil, which promotes and produces the largest amount of polymers—essentially the building blocks used to make single-use plastic—that become plastic waste in California, to end its deceptive practices that threaten the environment and the public.”
On X, formerly Twitter, Bonta promoted his appearance at Climate Week in New York City by taking a more direct shot at the company.
“Plastics are everywhere, causing irreversible damage,” he said. “We’re going to make ExxonMobil clean up the mess it made.”
The plastic bag bill and this lawsuit come after years of issues with plastic bags, which were supposed to be banned a decade ago, and the proliferation of plastics nearly everywhere on Earth and in our own bodies.
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This Southern California beach city says it will 'vigorously' protect coast from surf gang
It’s been years since beachgoers have been able to catch some waves at Lunada Bay in Rancho Palos Verdes without fear of being harassed. Now, the city is trying to take its beach back.
Lunada Bay was infamously taken over by a local gang, the Bay Boys, who engaged in a turf war to ensure that only gang members can surf at the beach. Tactics included the construction of a stone fort, which stood for years, where members allegedly launched rocks from in the direction of innocent surfers.
While that fort was torn down in 2016, harassment persisted. Local surfers have long accused the city of Rancho Palos Verdes of avoiding the issue, but that’s all about to change, officials say.
This week the city announced the settlement of a long-standing lawsuit brought against the city for the alleged lack of action against the Bay Boys. The settlement, which doesn’t affirm any claims made by plaintiffs, is eight years in the making.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2016 by Cory Spencer and Diana Miernik, according to the Los Angeles Times. The two surfers said the Bay Boys slashed car tires and started fist fights will beachgoers.
In settling the lawsuit, the city agreed to do the following:
- Add stone benches in key points along the Lunada Bay bluffs, similar to benches in other coastal areas of the City.
- Improve the existing pathway along the Lunada Bay bluffs.
- Add simple signage to assist with navigation and to ensure the public is aware that the beach access at Lunada Bay is available to everyone.
“This settlement resolves the matter with the addition of modest amenities, which will be designed to maintain the natural feel of the blufftop, and a promise that the City will continue to vigorously enforce the laws protecting coastal access,” said The city’s legal counsel, Christopher Pisano with Best Best and Krieger, LLP. “This is a win for the City given the structure of the beach access laws and the uncertainty of the legal outcome.”
The city will also pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees, of which the amount will be decided by a judge at a later date.
“There is no doubt residents who have been tracking this matter for years will either be relieved or frustrated by this outcome,” said Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Dawn Murdock. “The City has been through a rollercoaster of rulings on this lawsuit, and as we looked into the future, we simply saw nothing but more legal fees and uncertainty. Our focus needs to be on resident priorities and it’s good to no longer have this matter consuming valuable resources.”
According to the Times, the lawsuit also listed 12 Bay Boys members as defendants. They each settled separately.
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