Moon Police: Readiness Key to Reacting, Protecting Yourself From Active Shooter

On the heels of several deadly mass shootings, a member of the local Critical Incident Response Team offers insight into reacting to an active shooter.

Just after 9 a.m. Thursday, a 16-year-old boy carried a 12-gauge shotgun into Taft Union High School in Kern County, California.  The boy walked into a classroom halfway through first period and fired, striking and critically wounding a classmate, according to reports. Police took the teenage shooter, whose name has not been released, into custody moments after the incident began. More than a dozen mass shootings in public settings, including one that killed 22 Connecticut elementary students, made headlines in 2012. Thursday's active-shooter was the first of the new year.  "First and foremost, people need to realize that an active shooter is something that cannot be prevented," said Moon Police Officer Frank Starko. "These are people …

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The Moon Mom: Was Steve Jobs a Role Model?

What can Steve Jobs' unconventional path to success teach our children?

He was adopted. He dropped out of college and lied to a coworker. He fathered a child out of wedlock and denied paternity for some time. He has hinted at drug use. Does this sound like someone who ended up a billionaire and possibly the greatest inventor of our time? These are just a few facts about Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc, who died  last week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His influence on the way we listen to music, send and receive information, make phone calls, read books and probably more things I can’t think of is a perfect example of the American dream. The day he died, I said to my daughter, “Steve Jobs passed away today. Isn’t that sad?” to which she replied, “Who is that?” The irony is that she had a MacBook …

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Nia Stanley

10:44 am on Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Dear Owen, Thank you for taking the time to comment. However, I think you may have misintepreted what I'm saying. Research has shown that being adopted can have negative emotional impact on children, yet it didn't hinder Mr. Jobs' success. Also, I in no way implied that him dropping out of college made him 'terrible', quite the contrary. He defied the odds and as I said, was a true example of the…   more ›