Over Half of New CA Driver's Licenses go to Illegals:  More than half of the driver's licenses issued in California this year went to illegal immigrants, reflecting the new law's success that extends licenses to people regardless of residency status.  Jeremy B. White of the Sac Bee reports that as of June, 687,000 illegal immigrants applied for licenses, and the DMV has issued 397,000 so far, which accounts for 52 percent of the total licenses issued.  Immigration advocates pushed the new law, which passed in 2013 and went into effect this year, to ensure that illegals "already on the roads undergo DMV training and buy auto insurance."

TN Shooter Had Depression, Used Drugs:  A person close to the family of the Kuwaiti-born man, who opened fire on two military sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee last week killing five people, says that he was treated by a psychiatrist for depression during adolescence, fought drug and alcohol use recently, and allegedly traveled to Jordan last year to "clean up."  Jay Reeves and Michael Biesecker of the AP report that the family of 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, fatally shot by law enforcement during one of the shootouts, believes his personal issues are at the root of last week's shootings, emphasizing his recent struggles including a drunken driving arrest and loss of employment due to a failed drug test.  Counterterrorism investigators continue to probe the engineering graduate's overseas travels to determine whether he was inspired or directed by any terrorist organization.  His family explains that although critical of U.S. policy in the Mideast, "His feelings didn't seem extreme."

Prop 47 Touted as Cause for Chino's Burglary Spike:  The police department in Chino, California has seen a spike in residential burglaries this year, receiving 88 reports of home burglaries compared with 65 during the same period in 2014.  Kevin J. Keckeisen of Champion Newspapers reports that Chino Police Chief Karen Comstock and Chino Hills Police Capt. Robert Guillen have noted the impact on crime since the passage of Proposition 47 in November 2014, which reduces certain felonies to misdemeanors, many of which are property and drug crimes.  Comstock says that criminals have become wise to the boundaries of the law, taking care to steal items valued at less than $950 in order to avoid being booked into jail.  Ultimately, "Prop 47 has been advantageous to the criminal offenders.  It has not been advantageous to the law abiding citizens in communities."

2.5 Million Illegal Immigrants Came to U.S. Under Obama:  Under President Obama, approximately 2.5 million illegal immigrants have flowed into the U.S. from 2009 to 2013, according to new analyses from the Center for Migration Studies and the Pew Research Center.  Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner reports that the millions of illegal immigrants either snuck into the country illegally or overstayed temporary visas.  The Center for Immigration Studies says that had the U.S. not allowed so many new illegal immigrants to settle in the country since 2009, the total number would have fallen by 2.5 million, but the surge of new arrivals has resulted in the opposite effect.

AB 109, Prop 47 Contribute to Spike in Glendale Crime:  Violent and property crime have increased in the southern  California city of Glendale through June of this year when compared to the same period last year, according to the Glendale Police Department.  Alene Tchekmedyian of the LA Times reports that property crimes increased by 7 percent, with an 11 percent increase in grand- and petty-theft cases, and violent crime increased by 10 percent.  Police officials believe that the state's realignment program known as AB 109, which diverts low-level offenders from state prisons to county jails, and Proposition 47, a voter-approved initiative that reduces penalties for several criminal offenses, are responsible for the spike in overall crime around the city.