This is California state parole agent Joshua Byrd, who was shot and killed in the line of duty in Oakland yesterday afternoon.

According to the Governor’s Office, Byrd began his career with CDCR in June 2014 as a cadet at the correctional officer academy.

He went on to serve as a correctional officer and later as a correctional sergeant before becoming a parole agent with the Division of Adult Parole Operations - Oakland Office in October 2024.

He is survived by his wife and three children. In his honor, flags at the State Capitol and other state facilities will be flown at half-staff. This marks CDCR’s first line-of-duty death since 2018.

Rest In Peace, Hero💙🖤

Please, pray for the Houston Police sergeant who was shot in the line of duty overnight.🙏🏻

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: A police sergeant is recovering in the hospital after investigators said a gunman shot him while responding to a call late Thursday night in southeast Houston.

Once both officers arrived, one of them was shot in the leg. The officers were able to fire back at the gunman. Both the officer and the initial shooter were able to get medical treatment at the scene before they were taken to the hospital in stable condition.

“I wanna say that our prayers and thoughts are with the sergeant that is recovering in the hospital right now,” Asst. Chief A. Rodriguez said during a news conference. “And we know that these guys work hard out here, day in and day out, to protect the citizens of Houston on a daily basis. So we hope for a speedy recovery from our sergeant that is recovering currently in the hospital, and we wish him well.”

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/07/18/hpd-sergeant-shot-while-responding-to-call-near-hobby-airport-in-se-houston

The worst of the worst—MS-13 animals, rapists, child predators—were allowed to flood our country. Not anymore.

President Trump is rounding them up and sending them out.

No mercy for criminals. No sanctuary for monsters. While the left makes excuses, Trump takes action.

The White House

"We need detention beds. Thank Goodness we got the Big Beautiful Bill passed," says Tom Homan on expanding ICE resources.

"We got to get 100,000 beds, maybe even more — we have the money to do it... we're not waiting, we're moving quickly."

President Trump built the greatest economy in the history of the world in his first term, and he’s doing it all over again.

✅Biden's inflation crisis is defeated
✅Wages are growing
✅Prices are falling
✅Trillions in private investment
✅$113 billion in tariff revenue

Karoline Leavitt

Such an incredibly sad situation.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/kentucky-church-shooters-spine-chilling-message-before-killing-two-during-hunt-for-his-kids-mother

DEVELOPING: White House touts tracking down more than 10,000 unaccompanied children who crossed border

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3474279/trump-administration-tracks-7500-missing-unaccompanied-migrant-children/

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: LASD Homicide is Assisting Hawthorne PD with Shooting Death Investigation, 11000 blk S. Inglewood Ave., Hawthorne

Details: https://local.nixle.com/alert/11741355/

NEW: ICE ERO Houston arrested Pedro Trejo Reyes, a 67-year-old criminal alien and convicted child predator from Mexico, July 16. Trejo, who has been convicted of DWI and aggravated sexual assault of a minor for raping and impregnating his 12-year-old niece, was deported the next day.

ERO Houston

ICYMI: KISS CAM CATASTROPHE

Chris Martin calls out couple on kiss cam at Coldplay concert, sparking affair accusations and uproar across the internet.

National forecast: We are watching for some unsettled weather to finish off the work week and head into the weekend. Some of these storms have the potential to be severe.

BREAKING: Explosion at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility leaves three dead.

🧢 KABC Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/nCxfyMHNxHs?feature=shared

Reports of an explosion at the Biscailuz Center (BC), home to LASD’s Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB), Arson, and other specialized units.

UPDATE: two sources to KTLA's Eric Spillman say the LASD was moving an unexploded ordnance which was recovered last night.. when it exploded today.. killing three deputies

Please keep the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in your thoughts and prayers. 🙏🏻

When is Karen going to apologize for more lies?

Karen Bass Claimed ICE Kidnapped a Los Angeles Mother on Her Way to Work. Prosecutors Say It Was a Hoax.

https://freebeacon.com/california/karen-bass-claimed-ice-kidnapped-a-los-angeles-mother-on-her-way-to-work-prosecutors-say-it-was-a-hoax/

I just spoke to US Attorney Bill Essayli about what appears to be a horrific incident that killed at least three at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles.

Our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more. Please pray for the families of the sheriff’s deputies killed.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi

The Governor has been briefed on the reported explosion at the LA County Sheriff’s Special Operations Bureau in East Los Angeles.

The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is in contact with the Sheriff’s Department and closely monitoring the situation, and has offered full state assistance.

Emergency officials will provide updates as more information becomes available.

Governor Newsom Press Office

Our friend acting ICE director Todd Lyons, has revealed that the Trump administration is changing how they approach immigration policy... And this is the way it should be done.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-memo-details-trumps-plan-to-abolish-bond-hearings-keeping-illegals-locked-up-until-deportation

Weekly Wrap-Up looking OUTSTANDING!

271 Arrests 
3,600lbs. of Meth
877lbs. of Cocaine
80lbs. of Fentanyl
371 Rounds of Ammo
12 Pistols
80 Vehicles
$4.7M in Merchandise
$175K in Currency
599 Prohibited Animal Products
228 Pests

#OFOproud🇺🇸

(A)Executive Asst. Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino