Erick Antonio Hernandez fatally stabbed fellow employee Emmanuel Bravo at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles last October, and has been sentenced to 36 years to life in prison. Neva McDaniel, the former Club Manager of Portales (N.M.) Country Club, has been arrested on 54 counts of embezzlement after admitting to stealing more than $25,000…

An argument between co-workers at the Los Angeles club escalated into a confrontation in the kitchen area during which Emmanuel Bravo, 28, was stabbed with a kitchen knife. Bravo was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, and Erick Antonio Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of murder the next morning. “It’s a tough time; we’re obviously working through a lot,” the club said in a statement. In another incident, an “innocent bystander” was shot when an argument broke out at a party at Quail Creek CC in San Marcos, Texas.

In response to a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece, one man who said he’s “never belonged to any country club” said he still felt preserving green space and quality of life is more important than “taxing [clubs] to death.” A member of Wilshire CC in Los Angeles said the club’s tax relief is warranted because of how many people it has steadily employed over the years.

Proposition 13, passed overwhelmingly by California voters in 1978 to stem steeply rising property taxes, has yielded great benefits for “elite social and country clubs,” wrote columnist Jim Newton. While noting there was nothing “illegal or even improper” about the situation, Newton, who specifically cited the tax situations of Wilshire CC, The California Club and the Jonathan Club, called for possible amendment of the statute to rectify club-related inequities.

The Club Managers Association of America has named 18 new members to the Honor Society, which is open to club managers who have achieved 400 additional credits beyond the Certified Club Manager designation.

The CCM designation indicates that a club management professional has completed a rigorous course of study and training, and shows a dedication to proficiency and expertise in club management. The two classes are the final group of managers to earn their CCM under the Club Managers Association of America’s previous requirements, as new requirements became effective following the first administered CCM exam in January 2014.