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ICE agents entered a UCLA hospital. It wasn’t a raid, officials says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Westwood on Tuesday afternoon to seek emergency care for a detainee, drawing a crowd of protesters concerned about…

Newsom, Democrats announce $321-billion California budget deal

California leaders reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night on the state budget, which hinges on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s demand that the Legislature pass a housing reform proposal. The eleventh-hour negotiations…

Stockton man who pledged support for ISIS caught in undercover sting

When Ammaad Akhtar, 33, of Stockton, got in touch with someone he thought was a member of the Islamic State in February 2025, he expressed his support for the terrorist…

California man arrested with fake gun, uniform and badge, police say

Police in California’s Central Valley arrested a man on suspicion of impersonating a federal agent last week. Deputies said they found in his possession a collection of crude law enforcement…

L.A. County official in hot water after she appears to call on gangs to defy ICE

Cynthia Gonzalez, the vice mayor of Cudahy, a suburb of southeast Los Angeles County, is coming under fire for a video she posted on social media in which she appeared…

Most nabbed in L.A. raids were men with no criminal conviction

As Los Angeles became the epicenter of President Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem flew to the city and held a newsconference, saying the…

LAPD allowed to use drones as ‘first responders’ under new program

Citing successes other police departments across the country have seen using drones, the Los Angeles Police Commission said it would allow the LAPD to deploy unmanned aircraft on routine emergency…

Orange County D.A. dismisses gang injunctions against hundreds of people

Orange County’s top prosecutor moved to dismiss all active gang injunctions Tuesday, making it the latest California jurisdiction to move away from the controversial court orders in recent years. Dist.…

Newsom v. Trump judge orders L.A. troop deployment records handed over

The Trump administration must turn over a cache of documents, photos, internal reports and other evidence detailing the activities of the military in Southern California, a federal judge ruled Tuesday,…

Palm Springs bomb accomplice suspect dies in federal custody

A Washington state man facing terrorism charges related to the bombing of the Palm Springs fertility clinic in Palm Springs has died in custody inside a federal detention facility in…