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Kelly Thomas supporters gather in Fullerton to protest jury’s ‘not guilty’ verdict

By Tim Worden. Published Jan. 13, 2014 at 4:15 p.m. Updated Jan. 14, 2014 at 8 a.m. In an emotional show of support, Ron Thomas, father of Kelly Thomas, spoke to a crowd of more than 100 supporters Monday night saying that he will bring justice to Kelly, a homeless man who was killed in […]

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DA Rackauckas urges jury to use common sense to find officers guilty in death of Kelly Thomas

Jury began deliberations Thursday to decide fate of two former Fullerton police officers charged with the murder of Kelly Thomas SANTA ANA – Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas on Thursday implored the jury to use their common sense to come to a conclusion that Fullerton Police officers Manuel Ramos and Jay Cincinelli used excessive […]

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Remembering 2013

Looking back, I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I wanted to use the new year to thank God and remember my top 5 2013 memories: 1. The Daily Titan Some of the best times of my life were spent up at College Park Room 670, the Daily Titan newsroom. I enjoyed […]

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Questions remain a year after the Cal State Fullerton lockdown

A year later, a robbery suspect who prompted an eight-hour lockdown remains at large — and unidentified It was a cloudy winter day, nearly the shortest day of the year, and students were busy preparing for the end of the semester. A few were even cramming for finals. That all changed shortly before 4 p.m. It’s […]

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House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Human Trafficking at CSUF

 Victims and Orange County officials used a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs committee Monday at Cal State Fullerton to ask Chairman Ed Royce for more help fighting human trafficking. “Trafficking is a global problem, but unfortunately for us not a faraway problem,” Rep. Royce said. In the past two years, the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, […]

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Portrait

Here’s a portrait of my friend I took yesterday while doing a photo shoot for a company and a panorama he took showing the studio from the subject’s point of view.

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The media’s rapid coverage of the #NavyYardShooting

Even as SWAT teams, snipers and armed Metropolitan Police officers were swarming the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., news of the #NavyYardShooting was trending worldwide on Twitter. At least one gunman, but perhaps two more, killed multiple people and injured several others on Monday morning at or near the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters […]

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The Life and Death of a Bill at a State College

“Cal State Fullerton Email Policy” is a bill that was never meant to be. Its first public appearance, in a Sept. 5, 2002 Cal State Fullerton Academic Senate document, simply informs the senators that an email policy is being drafted. Its next appearance, two weeks later, however, foreshadows the bill’s muddled future: “The proposed e-mail (sic) […]

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A reporter is being forced to testify against his source

U.S. Circuit Court says reporter must testify against CIA leaker A New York Times reporter who wrote a book on national security using an anonymous CIA agent who leaked him classified documents is being forced to testify in court. The U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, in Virginia, said on Friday that reporter James Risen, […]

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Journalism is adapting in the 21st century

You don’t have to work at a news organization with a fancy news van to be a journalist. A journalist is one who writes about current topics, local or national, and can be a blogger, a CNN reporter, or just a citizen writing down government proceedings. The caveat, however, is that a journalist adheres to […]