Under Trump pressure, UC bans student governments from anti-Israel boycotts
The University of California on Wednesday said student governments and all other “university entities” are banned from boycotting Israel, a direct response to a Trump administration directive that institutions engaging…
Dodgers DEI efforts are target of federal civil rights complaint
A legal group co-founded by Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Dodgers…
CHP officer dies on duty after suddenly losing control of cruiser
CHP Officer Miguel Cano was on duty in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. He and his partner were en route from an arrest, taking a DUI suspect to the…
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…