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Students form human swastika on San José high school football field

A viral image of San José students forming a human swastika while lying on their high school’s football field has roiled the Silicon Valley community and prompted an outcry from…

One dead, at least 12 arrested, after police shooting in Anaheim

A 19-year-old man died late Saturday after a shooting during a police stop in Anaheim, officials said. Police said the shooting took place after officers from a gang unit approached…

Pacific Palisades residents preserve community with block party

At the block party on Duende Lane, Elissa Atwood was delighted Saturday morning to greet neighbors she hadn’t seen in months, hoping their reconnection would help preserve the sense of…

Elizabeth Holmes is apparently angling for a Trump pardon

For a while, it seemed Elizabeth Holmes was everywhere. Peering wide-eyed and black-turtlenecked from a shelf load of magazine covers. Honored as a “Woman of the Year” by Glamour. Touted…

Is RFK Jr. better on women’s health than Newsom? We’re about to find out

It’s a bad look when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ahead of you on scientifically sound health policy — women’s health, to make matters worse — but that’s exactly what…

Social worker stabbed in attack at San Francisco General Hospital dies

A social worker died Saturday from wounds sustained in a knife attack at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center earlier in the week, raising concerns over safety at…

Eastside Santa Barbara holiday parade canceled over ICE raid fears

Lines of folklorico dancers, norteño musicians and lowrider bikers normally burst with cultural pride at the Milpas Street Holiday Parade on Santa Barbara’s Eastside. But this year, organizers canceled the…

Man holding toddler is shot dead by sheriff’s deputies in Paramount

An armed man holding a two-year-old toddler has died after he was shot in a standoff with sheriff’s deputies Thursday in Paramount. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies…

Christmas Tree Lane will light up tonight, carrying on beloved tradition in fire-ravaged Altadena

Rising from the ashes, the Altadena Christmas Tree Lane Association’s Winter Festival is gearing up for a record crowd today as it celebrates its 105th anniversary of lighting a near…

Some say California prisons should have more single-cell units

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of…