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#Arson #Fire #BlackChurches #HoldenMatthews #ATF #FBI  The son of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday in connection with a series of arson attacks at three historically black churches in the span of just 10 days. Authorities in St. Landry Parish took 21-year-old Holden Matthews — son of St. Landry Parish Deputy Roy Matthews — into custody around 5:30 p.m. following a joint investigation by the state Fire Marshal’s Office and the FBI, KATC-TV reported. Cops have refused to release any information about Matthews, who is white, or a possible motive, but sources told the local television station that the fires appeared to have been intentionally set. St. Landry officials said they would be providing an update at a press conference Thursday morning. The NAACP believes the fires — which occurred at St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre on March 26, Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas on April 2, and nearby Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on April 4 — were

President Trump left Washington, D.C., Saturday morning for California after the death toll from California's Camp Fire climbed to 71 and the number of people unaccounted for jumped to more than 1,000. Mr. Trump is set to visit Northern California, where the destructive Camp Fire is raging. Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, both Democrats, have welcomed Mr. Trump's visit, declaring it's time "to pull together for the people of California." They will join Mr. Trump on his visit, according to the governor's office, although details of Mr. Trump's itinerary were not released as of Saturday morning. Earlier this week, Mr. Trump threatened to cut off federal payments to California in a post on Twitter. "There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests.