Desert Star Weekly June 3, 2020 issue!

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June 3, 2020 Vol. 16 No. 42

Protests Turn Violent

A crowd kneels with their hands up facing a police line during a demonstration in downtown Oakland on May 29. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters By Desert Star Staff There are now two official states of emergency in California — one statewide due to the coronavirus pandemic and one in Los Angeles County in response to protests following the

death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police a week ago today. In short: • Protests raged in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, a 46-yearold black man who died after

an officer pinned Floyd’s neck under his knee. • The Hennepin County Attorney announced May 29 that Derek Chauvin, the officer who restrained Floyd, has been charged with murder and manslaughter.

• Investigations into the incident and the other officers involved are ongoing. It’s the latest in a long series of fatal encounters between black men and white police. Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Los Angeles to

2020 Graduates Celebrated in Drive-Up Event

NBC PS-Nico Payne Seniors at Desert Hot Springs High School had the opportunity to walk across the stage in their caps and gowns this morning. All three Coachella Valley districts will be holding drive-up celebrations for grads, but all graduations will be held virtually. After being off-campus for quite some time, grads were able to create a memory on stage Thursday morning at Desert Hot Springs High School. Graduates may not be taking the stage in a normal fashion, but here in Coachella Valley, drive up celebrations have started, and seniors will have an opportunity to put on their cap and gown. “At first, the situation

was really grim, and it looked like the only thing we would be able to do was virtual graduation,” said Caroline Cota, Principal at Desert Hot Springs High School. Then things quickly changed. “It became evident that we’d be able to do some sort of a staged ceremony, we had to come up with a plan that would provide social distancing for our families and try to bring our kids as close as we could to the stadium,” explained Cota. A stage was then set up, and students had the opportunity to take a photo and commemorate their

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be in a state of emergency shortly before midnight Saturday, deploying members of the National Guard to help the county respond to arson, looting, vandalism Continues on Page 8


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