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…
How Wall Street hedge funds are gambling millions on Eaton fire insurance claims
In a high-stakes gamble, Wall Street hedge funds are offering to buy claims that insurers may have against Southern California Edison if the utility is found liable for causing the…
Trump orders California to remove gender identity from sex education
The Trump administration has given California 60 days to remove gender identity materials from sex education curriculum or risk losing more than $12.3 million in federal grants that helped pay…
Looming raises for L.A. County employees could cost $2 billion, CEO says
Los Angeles County’s looming agreement with its biggest labor union is expected to cost a little more than $2 billion over three years — the latest hit to a budget…