November 14, 2008

Fast-moving fire rages through district of the rich and famous

By Calvin Palmer
Residents of Southern California would no doubt gladly welcome a gray damp November afternoon in Britain today as a fast-moving fire rages through the luxury neighborhoods and coastal foothills in Santa Barbara County.
 
Firefighters from all over California have been drafted in to fight the blaze that has force thousands to flee their homes.
 
Geri [...]

November 14, 2008

Victim of KKK group ceremony killing described as “extremely lonesome”

By Calvin Palmer
The Tulsa woman shot and killed after she tried to leave a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony in Louisiana has been identified as Cynthia Charlotte Lynch.
 
Her former attorney who defended her in a drugs case described the 43-year-old divorcee with close cropped hair as a lonely person who likely reached out to the [...]