President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called a “minority” in the US Senate for blocking legislation that would have expanded background checks on those seeking to buy guns.

A federal appeals panel ruled today that the government must provide bond hearings for arriving non-citizens, certain criminal non- citizens and detained asylum seekers who have been held in the Southland for more than six months in order to determine whether continued detention is warranted.

A federal appellate panel reversed fraud and money laundering convictions against a now-jailed former South Gate treasurer and a local businessman, sending the case back to a lower court for new proceedings.

David Zeidberg, Avery Director of at the Huntington Library, will deliver the keynote address at the Tuesday, April 16 meeting of the San Marino City Club at the San Marino Center.