Today’s edition of quick hits.
Today’s edition of quick hits: * The latest on the San Jose mass shooting: « Sheriff Laurie Smith of Santa Clara County told reporters that the gunman, identified by law enforcement authorities as Samuel James Cassidy,57, had two semiautomatic handguns with him and 11 full magazines…. The sheriff said the gunman had been ‘very deliberate’ in killing his colleagues at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. » * Reasonable questions: « California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded with frustration and anger Wednesday after a gunman killed eight workers at a San Jose light-rail yard, asking, ‘What the hell is going on in the United States of America? What the hell is wrong with us?' » * Important: « The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for the potential evacuation of thousands of Afghan nationals whose work for the US could make them Taliban targets when the American military withdraws from the country, according to four administration officials.