An investigation is underway after a 42-year-old inmate in Southern California condemned to life without parole was fatally stabbed over the weekend, prison officials announced.  

Investigators at the California Department of Corrections’ Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, eastern Riverside County, said that on June 22 around 7 p.m., three inmates attacked Luis Padilla, leaving him with multiple stab wounds.  

“Staff immediately sounded the alarm,” a CDCR news release states. “The three assailants fled the area but were quickly located and detained without incident.”  

Life-saving measures were performed on the 42-year-old, and he was transferred by medical staff to Ironwood State Prison’s triage and treatment area.  

Padilla, who was transferred to the facility from Los Angeles County in 2001, was pronounced dead at 7:38 p.m., prison officials said.  

At the scene of the attack, investigators found two inmate-manufactured weapons.  

The three suspects in the fatal attack, 28-year-old Samual Ricardez, 23-year-old Jonathan Orduno and 26-year-old Juan Madrigal, all transfers from San Diego County serving life without parole, were moved to restrictive housing while Investigative Services Unit and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office investigate.  

Ironwood State Prison, which opened in 1994, houses more than 3,100 minimum, medium and maximum-security inmates.  

The Los Angeles Lakers on Monday formally introduced new head coach JJ Redick.

Redick, a 15-year NBA veteran, was selected after UConn head coach Dan Hurley turned down the role earlier this month.

Redick replaces fired coach Darvin Ham, who lasted for two seasons before a first-round exit from the playoffs earlier this year.

Redick, who lacks the coaching experience typically found at the highest level of basketball, is best known for his work as a sharpshooter on six teams, including the Los Angeles Clippers, and his current role as a broadcaster, analyst and podcaster.

One of his podcasts, “Mind the Game,” hosted with Lakers star LeBron James.

It was for younger players, however, that Redick was selected, according to Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka.

“It became evident that one of JJ’s passions was bringing some of the incredible things he’s done in basketball thinking and basketball content to player development as we build out that,” Pelinka said. “I think that’s something that’s going to be really exciting for our fans to see, how we take a new and unique approach of Lakers excellence with player development and combining that with high-level strategy and high-level attention to detail on the basketball court.”

More than a dozen passengers had to be rescued when an amusement park ride got stuck in mid-air in Ventura County over the weekend.

911 calls began flooding into the Ventura County Fire Department when the ride at Conejo Creek Park South got stuck around 8 p.m. Sunday.

“Firefighters responded to a technical rescue at the Conejo Creek Park as approximately 18 people were trapped on an amusement park ride,” the Fire Department stated in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The Fire Department posted an image of the ride, which places passengers inside a spinning enclosed compartment.

All of the riders were rescued within 30 minutes of the first 911 calls, according to the Fire Department.

There were no injuries reported.

Conejo Creek Park South hosts the Conejo Valley Days festival, which runs June 20 through June 30.