Could Georgia high school shooting have been prevented?

Did school officials receive a timely warning that could have prevented the Georgia high school shooting that took the lives of four people?

According to the Associated Press, Rabecca Sayareth – the mother of a classmate of the boy arrested in the shootings –said  that she warned the school that Colt Gray, 14, was “having a crisis” and they needed to find him.

The photo call came in at 9:50 a.m. and the shooting started at 10:20 a.m. “The school failed them, they could have prevented these deaths and they [didn’t].”

There were different responses as well. “I’m not going to referee or second-guess what happened with the authorities the other night,” said U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock. “I applaud our first responders. When others are running away from danger, they run toward the danger in order to do the best they can.”

Presidential debate looms ahead

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are in preparation for their televised debate on ABC Tuesday night.

Rules of the debate include a ban on notes or props, and the silencing of microphones when the other candidate is speaking.

The debate could be crucial to the outcome of the election. A New York Times/Siena poll shows a close race, with Trump supported by 48 percent of those surveyed to 47 percent for Harris.

An average of recent polls has Harris leading 47.1 percent to 44.3 percent.

Chargers open with win; Rams lose late

The Los Angeles Chargers opened the 2024 NFL season with a 22-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium on Sunday.

Quarterback Justin Herbert threw for 150 yards and one score. J.K Dobbins rushed for 135 yards and a TD.

For the Raiders, Gardner Minshew passed for 257 yards and a score, but was intercepted once. Las Vegas also fumbled the ball away way twice.

A late 17-point rally to tie the game wasn’t enough for the Los Angeles Rams in Detroit, as they lost 26-20 in overtime to the Lions.

David Montgomery scored the winning TD in extra time from one yard out. 

For the Rams, Matthew Stafford passed for 317 yards and one score. He was intercepted once. The Lions’ Jared Goff passed for 217 yards and had one TD pass and was intercepted once.

Dodgers win, Angels lose (again)

Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-0 in Chavez Ravine on Sunday afternoon.

With the win, the Blue Crew is 86-57 and  now lead by six games over the NL West second place team, the San Diego Padres, who lost 7-6 to the San Francisco Giants.

The Los Angeles Angels lost 7-4 to the Texas Rangers in Arlington. Rookie pitcher Caden Dana was rocked for seven hits and five runs (including three homers) in one inning of work. The Halos are now 59-84 and remain in last place in the AL West, 2.5 games behind the fourth place Oakland A’s.

Weather: Worst of heat wave over?

The forecast for our West Orange County area says that cooler times are coming. After several days with daytime highs in the 100s, the outlook is for a descent into the 70s. Monday should top at 96 with an evening low of 68, tumbling to 86 (63) on Tuesday. Both days should be sunny.

But Wednesday will cool to 75 (62) under partly cloudy skies.