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Leondra Kruger Becomes Youngest Supreme Court Judge in 100 Years By JENNIFER SCHLUETER Last Monday, Leondra Kruger was unanimously approved as the youngest justice of the California Supreme Court in almost a century. The 38-year old had been nominated by Governor Jerry Brown in November, and will be sworn into office by him on January 5, along with Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, who was confirmed as justice in August. Cuellar will replace retiring Justice Marvin Baxtor and Kruger will fill Justice Joyce Kennard’s seat, who had retired in April. Kruger was appointed by California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye; Attorney General Kamala Harris; and Joan Dempsey Klein, “presiding justice of the second appellate district division three,” who rated her “‘exceptionally wellqualified,’ [which is] the highest ranking a judicial candidate can receive,” according to Courthouse News. Patch.com quoted former Assistant U.S. Solicitor General Benjamin Horwich, who had worked with Kruger: “She listens, she thinks, she listens, she thinks and then she listens some
more.” Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the San Francisco-based court, “called Kruger’s credentials ‘truly stellar,’” according the website. Following an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a law degree from Yale University, Kruger worked as an assistant law professor at the University of Chicago, and practiced privately. The website also reported that she then went to Washington, D.C., where she became “assistant to the U.S. solicitor general and acting principal deputy solicitor general,” and later deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Kruger was born and raised in Glendale; however, has never practiced law in California nor been a judge. Thus, Cantil-Sakauye questioned Kruger about these two lacking fields to which Kruger answered that her work with the Justice Department has exposed her to a variety of legal principles and that she hopes to continue learning and “draw on the expertise of her col-
nationwide program. The event paired public safety officers with two youth from each Club site for an evening of holiday shopping at Target. The members were selected based off of their overall improvement since beginning at the Club, as well as for displaying outstanding behavior and citizenship.
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On the evening of the event, a team of police cars, officers, and K-9 units came to the Club to transport the participants to Cypress Target. After asking lots of questions about life as a police officer, the kids were led into their private police cars. As the group
More than 2,200 Anaheim Union students are gearing up to stage the first-ever AUHSD Servathon, which will be held on Monday, January 19, 2015, coinciding with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday and National Day of Service. The Servathon is a fundraiser similar to a jogathon, but instead of getting sponsors for laps, participants get sponsors for hours of community service. The students, who hail from all of the District’s 19 junior high and high school campuses, will be raising money while accomplishing more than 136 different service projects in the five communities that encompass the District— Anaheim, Cypress, La Palma, Buena Park, and Stanton—and surrounding areas. The projects, which range from the traditional, such as campus or beach cleanups to the less customary, such as helping seniors with technology needs or going door-todoor to encourage the use of smoke alarms, are designed to give students experiences that will better connect them with neighborhoods, businesses, the elderly, and younger students. Most Servathon activities will occur on January 19, but there will be a window of service of up to one week. The Servathon’s goal is to raise $75,000 per year to create a funding source for scholar-
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leagues on the court,” as Patch notes. According to the LA Times, Kruger told California Attorney General Kamala Harris that she was excited “to have the opportunity to come back home” to California. “It is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives,” she added. On the seven member court, Kruger will be one of three Democrats. Additionally, she will be the only African American member. Her colleague Cuellar, a law Professor at Stanford University, who Please see page 3
Boys & Girls Club Members Participate in Holiday “Shop with a Cop” Program On Thursday, December 18th four Boys & Girls Club of Cypress members were selected to participate in the Cypress “Shop with a Cop” Program. The program was created in 2000 to foster positive relationships between youth and law enforcement. Now each year over 200 communities participate in the
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Over $285,000 in College Scholarships and Multiple On-the-Spot Acceptances at the 1st Latino College Expo In the midst of college application season, the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF) 1st Latino College Expo was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday, December 13, 2014, where some lucky students got some big bucks to go to college. In conjunction with the event sponsors, US Army, US Bank, Toyota and La Opinion, NCRF and US Army/ROTC awarded six lucky students collectively with more than $285,000 in scholarship money for their college education. This money will be used for tuition, books, housing and monthly living expenses. UCLA graduate and US Army/ROTC Cadet Michael Aries, the recipient of a $123,202 scholarship, is planning to use this money to pay for his graduate studies at USC Keck Medical School in his pursuit of becoming an orthopedic doctor. Cadet Will Simmons was also awarded $159,250. U.S. Army Major Badillo and Captain Ortiz presented both scholarships. Other scholarship awardees were Diego Garcia from Desert Hot Springs High School, who won the NCRF scholarship for $1,500.00; Anna Lopez from Firebaugh High School in Lynwood, who won
$1,000.00 presented by General Manager Damien Mezzota of La Opinion. A’Lai’ja Moore from Firebaugh High School won $750.00 and Bree Terronez from Clovis North High School in Fresno won $500.00; both from NCRF. This inaugural event brought together a group of education recruiters and professionals knowledgeable about the application process, as well as financial-aid advisors who shared valuable information with parents and students on how to find money to attend college. Wall-to-wall students and parents flooded the LA Convention Center exhibit halls and meeting rooms to attend seminars for a chance to connect one-on-one with college representatives and career professionals who shared an array of information on booming majors, hot careers, leadership and finding money to pay for college. It was an opportunity for hundreds of students to get the 411 on how to get accepted to the college of their choice and how the DREAM ACT could help them pay for their education. There were sessions on how to prepare for college, at a time when many high school students are currently writing essays and filling out applications.
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Speaking at the Expo on the topic of Booming Careers included Rayna Plummer, Social Media Manager at CodeBlack Films; Lluvia Benitez, Accountant; Rossana Quesada, Entreprenuer; and Dr. Andrew Jones, Former Chancellor of Orange Coast College. On the topic of Hot Careers, panelist included Quincy Newell, GM/CodeBlack Films; Krystle Corrall, Marketing NBC/Telemundo; Gina Travis, Chiropractor; Dr. Jashana Johnson, Psychologist; Darin Chavez, Attorney; Yesi Ortiz, On-Air Radio Personality and Marc Reyes, Pharmaceutical Sales. Some of the college recruiters were from UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Monterey Bay, Ar-
gosy, Tuskegee, Alliant International University, CSU Long Beach, Fisk University, Mt. Sierra College, University of La Verne, Paul Quinn and Biola University to name a few. Radio Hosts, Nautica de la Cruz from 102.3 KJLH and Cynthia Salinas from Mega 96.3 hosted the scholarship presentation and after show, along with Actor Noel G. and Rapper/Actress YoYo from Yo Yo School of Hip-Hop who voted on the talent competition. Students throughout Southern California came from Serra High School, Diamond Ranch, Manual Arts, Foshay, Chino Valley, Pathways, Highland High School, Dominguez High School and many more.
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Holiday Street Sweeping and Trash Pickup Schedule In observance of the holidays, the City of Cypress will be closed Thursday, January 1st through Friday, January 2nd. Street sweeping will be suspended during this period, but will otherwise remain on regular schedule. The Police Department will not enforce parking restrictions for street sweeping from Monday, December 22nd through Friday, January 2nd. The regular street sweeping and parking enforcement schedules will resume on Monday, January 5th. Through Friday, January 16th, Republic Services will pick up holiday trees for recycling. Tress should be placed at the curb no later than 7:00 a.m. on the regular trash pickup day. Residents living in condominiums or apartments serviced by dumpsters should place their holiday trees near the dumpster for separate collection. Prior to disposal, please remove all tree stands/stakes, ornaments, garlands and lights. Flocked trees will also be collected, but may not be recycled. There will be no trash pick-up on New Year’s Day. In the event that these holidays fall on your regularly scheduled trash collection day, trash pick-up will be delayed by one day. For more information or questions regarding the holiday street sweeping schedule, please contact the Cypress Community Development Maintenance Department at (714) 229-6760. For questions regarding tree recycling or pick up schedules, please contact Republic Services at (800) 2994898.
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Mariano-Florentino Cuellar at the First Annual ACS Student Conference - Photo by Brendan Cohen
also went to Harvard and Yale, will be the only Latino justice. He grew up in a border town in Mexico and, according to several sources, legally walked
across the border every day to attend school on a scholarship in Texas. After his father was granted green cards, Cuellar became a citizen in 1994.
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FBI Investigation Says North Korea hacked Sony On Friday December 19, the FBI provided the media with an update on the status of their investigation into the cyber attack targeting Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In late November, SPE confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that destroyed systems and stole large quantities of personal and commercial data. A group calling itself the “Guardians of Peace” claimed responsibility for the attack and subsequently issued threats against SPE, its employees, and theaters that distribute its movies. The FBI has determined that the intrusion into SPE’s network consisted of the deployment of destructive malware and the theft of proprietary information as well as employees’ personally identifiable information and confidential communications. The attacks also rendered thousands of SPE’s computers inoperable, forced SPE to take its entire computer network offline, and significantly disrupted the
company’s business operations. After discovering the intrusion into its network, SPE requested the FBI’s assistance. Since then, the FBI has been working closely with the company throughout the investigation. Sony has been a great partner in the investigation, and continues to work closely with the FBI. Sony reported this incident within hours, which is what the FBI hopes all companies will do when facing a cyber attack. Sony’s quick reporting facilitated the investigators’ ability to do their jobs, and ultimately to identify the source of these attacks. As a result of the investigation, and in close collaboration with other U.S. Government departments and agencies, the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions. While the need to protect sensitive sources and methods precludes them from sharing all of this information,
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rean banks and media outlets, which was carried out by North Korea. “We are deeply concerned about the destructive nature of this attack on a private sector entity and the ordinary citizens who worked there. Further, North Korea’s attack on SPE reaffirms that cyber threats pose one of the gravest national security dangers to the United States. Though the FBI has seen a wide variety and increasing number of cyber intrusions, the destructive nature of this attack, coupled with its coercive nature, sets it apart. North Korea’s actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves. Such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior. The FBI takes seriously any attempt – whether through cyber-enabled means, threats of violence, or otherwise – to undermine the economic and social prosperity of our citizens.”
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ships administered through the AUHSD Foundation, and to continue funding studentadministered learning grants through the AUHSD Student Service Foundation. As an
their conclusion is based, in part, on the following: •Technical analysis of the data deletion malware used in this attack revealed links to other malware that the FBI knows North Korean actors previously developed. For example, there were similarities in specific lines of code, encryption algorithms, data deletion methods, and compromised networks. •The FBI also observed significant overlap between the infrastructure used in this attack and other malicious cyber activity the U.S. Government has previously linked directly to North Korea. For example, the FBI discovered that several Internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with known North Korean infrastructure communicated with IP addresses that were hardcoded into the data deletion malware used in this attack. •Separately, the tools used in the SPE attack have similarities to a cyber attack in March of last year against South Ko-
incentive for campus buy-in, schools will keep 50 percent of the funds raised, while the other half goes to fund the scholarships, grants, and other civic-engagement programs.
approached the storefront, the members took delight in their arrival with lights and sirens. Each child was given a budget to spend and was assigned to their own police officer to help escort them around the store and help them pick out fun new toys and gifts for the holidays. After the event, Boys & Girls Club of Cypress Site
Director Samantha Johnson stated, “It was really heartwarming to see the police officers taking time out of their schedules to do this for our deserving members. The kids had an absolute blast and couldn’t stop grinning from start to finish. It was an event that these kids will remember for the rest of their lives.”
Boys & Girls Club of Cypress members Anthony L., Mateo P., Edgar U., and Brianne G. and staff members Samantha J. and Alicia P. pose with members of the Cypress Police Department - Courtesy Photo