Two suspects were arrested for allegedly offering prostitution services at their Riverside County massage parlor.

The suspects were identified as Li Guan, 40, from Monrovia, and Xao Tao, 47, from San Gabriel, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies received an anonymous tip that prostitution was reportedly occurring at a massage parlor located in the 27400 block of Jefferson Avenue in Temecula.

On Nov. 27, authorities from the sheriff’s department and the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force served a search warrant at the business.

Evidence found at the scene led to the arrests of Guan and Tao. Both suspects were taken into custody for solicitation of prostitution and booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center. 

At least one victim discovered at the scene was offered resources and connected with victim advocate case managers.

“Human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation remain significant concerns in our community,” said the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. “These crimes often involve manipulation, coercion, and exploitation, leading victims to engage in illegal activities against their will.”

Authorities emphasized that human trafficking is not a “victimless” crime. 

“Research shows that a majority of trafficking victims are women or children, many of whom have histories of abuse or trauma,” officials said.

Any suspicious or criminal activity can be reported by calling Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776-1099 or 911 for an emergency. Anonymous tips can be provided to We-Tip at 1-800-782-7463 or online at wetip.com.

The University of Austin (UATX) welcomed its first cohort of students this fall, and instead of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the private liberal arts university is touting freedom of speech, open debates and merit-based admissions.

“They talk about safe spaces. We want to create an environment that’s safe for ideas to be explored and where there’s not risks to the student for taking positions as they explore,” UATX Vice President Michael Shires told Fox News Digital. 

The university, which is currently unaccredited, was founded in 2021 by a group of academics and public figures, including former New York Times reporter Bari Weiss, who were concerned about the decline of free speech across college campuses.

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While its inaugural students are not eligible for federal financial aid, the university has had significant support from private donors, including billionaire Bill Ackman and activist Harlan Crow, allowing it to offer free tuition to its first cohort. 

“As we look ahead, obviously this is a time when people are trying to figure out how to foster free speech on campus,” Shires said. “Oct. 7 was a critical juncture in the last year and a half that really showed some of the holes in the environment we’re in.”

While the university was founded prior to Donald Trump’s re-election, Shires said the “Trump administration is an exciting time for us to build an institution in an environment where there’s value on open discourse and dialogue.” 

Trump has signaled he would also roll back DEI and “woke” policies within federal agencies, including dismantling the Department of Education, signaling a potential for more schools to adopt UATX’s model. He has also said he would sue and tax “excessively large private universities” who implement “woke” policies.

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The threat of what constitutes hate speech has been a major concern for many public universities in recent years – leading to the rise of what critics call censorship and cancel culture – but Shires said defining the term depends “what are the value systems you’re applying to those.” 

“And you know, for us, that’s our goal, is to create an environment where there’s civil discourse and where, basically, respect for the other person, and you’re debating and maybe even disagreeing on ideas,” he said.

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UATX employs the Chatham House Rule to encourage open classroom discussions. Under the rule, students can share ideas or information they hear in class but cannot attribute them to specific individuals.

At institutions like Harvard, only 3% of faculty identify as conservative, while more than 75% identify as liberal, undergirding the ideological gap that UATX founders aim to address.

According to Shires, while the school has an admissions constitution that accepts students based on a variety of merit measures, he said UATX’s “students are all over the place, ideologically, politically, philosophically.”

“We are an institute, so we don’t believe the institution should have a position or an orthodoxy or an ideology,” he said.

Over the last four years, several universities have faced legal challenges concerning their DEI policies, including the California Community College system, Northwestern University Law School, Stanford University and Fordham University. In March, the University of Florida announced its plan to eliminate the chief diversity officer position and DEI staff, earmarking the funds to be spent elsewhere in the university.

Police in Los Angeles are looking for a driver who fatally struck a 57-year-old man in the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday night.  

According to a news release issued by the LAPD, the unidentified victim was crossing Terra Bella Street at Dorrington Avenue around 9:20 p.m. when a Dodge Charger traveling westbound on Terra Bella at a high rate of speed struck the pedestrian. 

The pedestrian, only described as a Hispanic male, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision. 

Police say the driver of the Dodge Charger fled westbound and did not stop to render aid to the victim as required by law. No other information surrounding the suspect’s vehicle was released. 

Anyone with information that may aid the ongoing investigation is asked to contact Valley Traffic Division Investigator Takishita by calling 818-644-8116. 

During non-business hours and on weekends, call 1-877-527-3247. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers (1-800-222-8477) or visit www.lacrimestoppers.org. 

In April 2015, the Los Angeles City Council amended the city’s administrative code to create the Hit-and-Run Reward Program Trust Fund, which offers a reward of up to $50,000 to community members who provide information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of a suspect.