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Supreme Court leaves in place state bans on some semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity gun magazines
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear arguments in a pair of significant Second Amendment challenges involving certain semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, a move that leaves both of those laws in place. One of the appeals dealt with Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic weapons such as AR- and AK-style rifles.
CNN
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9th Circuit deals blow to qualified immunity, revives lawsuit against LAPD officer
A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that shielded a Los Angeles police officer from liability in a fatal shooting, a decision that experts say could have broad implications for future cases in which law enforcement officials attempt to claim protection from civil lawsuits under the doctrine known as qualified immunity. The ruling Monday by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was the latest twist in a lawsuit against LAPD officer Toni McBride over an on-duty shooting that occurred in April 2020.
Los Angeles Times
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California prison guard must face some claims over sharing photos of grisly crime scene
Part of a suit filed over the killing and mutilation of a man by a “psychopath” in a California prison will advance after a Thursday ruling by a federal judge. U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Thurston ruled that the suit can proceed against Officer Joseph Burnes and other prison guards on a substantive due process claim, expressing that it does “shock the conscience.”
Courthouse News Service
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He didn’t pull the trigger. California Supreme Court sides with accomplice in felony murder case
Hundreds of people convicted of murder in California didn’t kill anyone. They were handed long sentences because they drove a getaway car or kicked down a door in a robbery that ended in murder - and the state used to allow prosecutors to charge accomplices with first-degree felony murder. That changed in 2018, when California legislators required a higher standard for an accomplice’s murder conviction.
CalMatters
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Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules
Think it's all right to hold your cellphone while driving, as long as you're just looking at a navigation app? Think again. A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the state law prohibiting drivers from texting or talking on a cellphone while driving also makes it illegal to hold a phone to look at a map on the screen. The driver doesn't need to be swiping or tapping at the navigation application to break the law, the court ruled.
Los Angeles Times
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Trump persecution of WilmerHale ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm WilmerHale, the latest legal blow to the president’s efforts to cow the legal profession into representing issues he favors. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found Trump’s March 27 order - directing agency heads to review WilmerHale attorneys’ security clearances, government contracts with the firm and attorney access to government buildings - “must be struck down in its entirety as unconstitutional.”
Courthouse News Service
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Term of failed plea deal not enforceable against ex-Dodger
A provision in a plea agreement, that provided that the defendant would waive all evidentiary objections to the admission of the factual basis underlying his charges at any ensuing trial if he is found to be in knowing breach of the terms of the contract, is not enforceable against a former Los Angeles Dodgers player who changed his mind after signing and declined to plead guilty, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday.
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
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Trump-appointed judge blocks Alien Enemies Act deportations in Los Angeles area
A judge in California on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants in the Los Angeles area, ruling that the government hasn't promised adequate due process. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John Holcomb - who was nominated by President Trump in 2019 - is the latest to limit the administration's controversial practice of rapidly deporting people accused of being members of the gang Tren de Aragua under the 1798 law, which allows removals during an "invasion" or "predatory incursion" of the United States.
CBS News
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‘Baby Reindeer’ legal battle: Fiona Harvey pours scorn on Netflix claim that “cheeky music” showed series was not actually a “true story”
Fiona Harvey has ridiculed Netflix for claiming that viewers were able to disregard Baby Reindeer’s “true story” billing because of its jaunty music and absurd scenes. In the latest stage of the legal battle over Baby Reindeer, Harvey’s lawyers claimed that the smash-hit series has “destroyed” her life after she was identified as Martha, the Jessica Gunning-portrayed character who stalks Donny, the protagonist played by creator Richard Gadd.
Deadline
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Unanimous Supreme Court rules against Mexico in guns case
A unanimous Supreme Court dismissed Mexico's claim that U.S. gun manufacturers aided and abetted the pipeline of weapons from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels. "Mexico's complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant gun manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers' unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers," Justice Elena Kagan, one of the court's three liberals, wrote for the court.
NPR
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Ninth U.S. Circuit overturns conviction in case involving teenager’s deadly fentanyl overdose
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a man charged with distributing fentanyl-laced pills that killed a Palos Verdes-area teenager, finding the trial judge erred in excluding evidence that another purported dealer, who contacted the minor before his death, had previously sold counterfeit pills containing that same substance and had in his contacts the names of 50 people who allegedly died from overdoses.
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
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Supreme Court sides with straight woman in decision that makes it easier to file ‘reverse discrimination’ suits
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a straight woman in Ohio who filed a “reverse discrimination” lawsuit against her employer when her gay boss declined to promote her. The ruling will make it easier to win such suits in some parts of the country. Despite the politically divisive debate playing out over workplace diversity efforts - a fight that has been fueled by President Donald Trump - a unanimous coalition of conservative and liberal justices signed onto that decision.
CNN
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Baldwin Park officer ran into hail of bullets to aid other officers, officials say. Suspect charged
A 22-year-old man who gunned down a Baldwin Park police officer after allegedly killing his neighbor Saturday night will face multiple murder charges, prosecutors said Tuesday. Eduardo Medina-Berumen was charged with two counts of murder with special circumstances, two counts of attempted murder and possession of an assault weapon in connection with the bursts of gunfire that killed Baldwin Park Police Officer Samuel Riveros and Darius Wong.
Los Angeles Times
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Former Los Angeles County retirement system employee charged with grand theft, conflict of interest
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that a 42-year-old former interim chief security officer for the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has been charged with pocketing nearly $20,000 via a company he created while on the job and failing to disclose the conflict of interest under penalty of perjury.
L.A. County District Attorney’s Office News Release
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LAPD reserve officer and brother arraigned for felony insurance fraud
Eric Benjamin “Ben” Halem, 37, of Porter Ranch, a former full-time Los Angeles Police Department officer and current LAPD reserve officer, and his brother, Jacob Halem, 32, of Tarzana, were arraigned on felony insurance fraud charges following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance. The investigation found the brothers allegedly filed a fraudulent auto insurance claim in an attempt to obtain benefits they were not entitled to receive.
California Department of Insurance News Release
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LA deputy to serve 4 months in prison for excessive force as new US attorney steps in
A former Los Angeles County deputy who was found guilty of using excessive force against a woman in 2023 had his sentence significantly reduced after the Department of Justice intervened. Trevor Kirk, 32, was sentenced to four months in prison Monday after a judge agreed to U.S. Attorney's request and dismissed Kirk's felony charge. In June 2023, Kirk was caught on video grabbing Jacy Houseton, throwing her to the ground and placing his knee on her neck before pepper-spraying her in the face.
NBC4
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Long Beach school aide charged with possession of child pornography
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that a Long Beach school aide who worked with children with disabilities was charged today with felony possession of child pornography. Jaylee Brackman (dob 6/8/02) of Long Beach is charged in case 25CJCF03263 with one felony count of possession of child or youth pornography. Brackman pleaded not guilty during her arraignment today. Her preliminary hearing setting is scheduled for June 17 in Department 41 of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
L.A. County District Attorney’s Office News Release
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Two foreign nationals indicted for plot to silence U.S. dissident and smuggle U.S. military technology to China
Federal grand juries in Milwaukee and Los Angeles each returned indictments charging two foreign nationals, Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the United Kingdom and a U.S. lawful permanent resident, with interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit interstate stalking (Los Angeles) and conspiracy, smuggling, and violations of the Arms Export Control Act (Milwaukee).
Office of Public Affairs News Release
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Chinese Nationals charged with conspiracy, smuggling dangerous biological pathogen into the US
Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, citizens of the People’s Republic of China, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Cheyvoryea Gibson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Detroit Division and Marty C. Raybon, Director of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
U.S. Attorney’s Office News Release
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Ex-DEA agent charged with pointing gun at co-worker and motorist in separate incidents
A former Drug Enforcement Administration agent charged last year with stockpiling illegal weapons and domestic violence now faces additional charges for pointing a gun at a fellow federal agent and waving a firearm during a 2024 road rage incident, records show. James Young, 53, faces up to 29 years in prison after prosecutors charged him with five counts of assault with a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a gun at another motorist and causing a hit-and-run accident, according to an amended criminal complaint filed last month.
Los Angeles Times
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Therapist accused of molesting boy with autism during session in teen’s bedroom
A behavioral therapist has been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy with autism during an in-home therapy session in California. Salvador Armando Arriaga, 32, has been charged with one felony count of committing a lewd act on a child under 14 “as well as an allegation that he went into the child’s home with the intent to molest him” in September, according to an Orange County District Attorney’s Office press release shared on May 28.
People
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Defense alleges media bias in deputy shooting
Defense attorneys for Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, the man accused of killing Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, have requested the court fund a media expert to determine whether their client can receive a fair trial. Salazar has been charged with the 2023 ambush-style shooting of Clinkunbroomer while the deputy was stopped at a red light at Sierra Highway and Avenue Q in Palmdale.
Antelope Valley Press
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California man charged with making death threats against Trump on Facebook
A 73-year-old Southern California man has been charged with making a series of death threats against President Donald Trump on Facebook last year around the time of the presidential election. "This defendant is charged with threatening the life of our president - a man who has already survived two deranged attempts on his life,” U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement Tuesday.
Courthouse News Service
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'The people spoke loud and clear': California Attorney General Rob Bonta says Prop 36 should be funded
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday he thinks the crime measure voters overwhelmingly approved in November should be funded. California voters in November passed Proposition 36, which increased the penalties for repeat thieves and fentanyl dealers. While the ballot initiative itself did not come with a specific funding mechanism to fully implement the new law, it establishes a treatment-mandated felony that allows offenders to have the new felony expunged if they complete mental health or drug addiction treatment.
KCRA
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Newsom insults California voters by not funding Proposition 36
This just seems wrong: Californians overwhelmingly approved an anti-crime ballot measure in November. But our governor strongly opposed the proposition. So he’s not funding it. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders, however, are now under pressure to fund the measure in a new state budget that’s being negotiated and must pass the Legislature by June 15. A core principle of democracy is the rule of law. A governor may dislike a law, but normally is duty-bound to help implement and enforce it.
Los Angeles Times
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Local journalist's drone lawsuit sets precedent for police transparency in California
Police departments across California will now be required to release some videos captured by department-owned drones, a San Diego judge ordered earlier this month. The legal precedent stems from a four-year legal battle that's finally coming to an end for La Prensa publisher Art Castañares. “This is a huge victory for access to records that have been hidden from the public for years by police departments categorizing too many records as investigative,” Castañares said after the court ruling was released.
CBS8
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Los Angeles County’s chief executive will be one of California’s most powerful political gigs
After California became a U.S. state in 1850, its Legislature grappled with how state and local governments would be structured. One decree was that counties, beginning with Los Angeles, would have five-member boards of supervisors. Almost everything about California’s governance has changed in the last 175 years - even the size of its Legislature, which an 1879 constitutional amendment set at 80 members in the Assembly and 40 in the Senate.
CalMatters
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LA Alliance withdraws subpoenas for Mayor Bass, councilmembers in homeless court hearing
In a surprise move, attorneys for the LA Alliance for Human Rights on Tuesday, June 3, withdrew their subpoenas seeking testimony from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and two council members, saying they feared the city would use the fight over their appearances to delay a court case on homelessness. The Alliance's attorney, Matthew Umhofer, told reporters the group feared the city would appeal any decision to compel the testimony of the elected officials, which could stall the hearing for months while the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in.
Los Angeles Daily News
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State bar exam is plagued by problems, AI questions
California's first bar exam to be prepared by a private contractor accomplished one of its main goals in February: lowering financial costs for the deficit-plagued state bar. And its passage rate of 55.9% was the highest for a February exam in many years, compared with rates in the low to mid-30s earlier in the decade. But the performance reviews have not been favorable. Computer programs frequently stopped and started while transmitting questions.
San Francisco Chronicle
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San Francisco schools urge judge to block AmeriCorps grant cuts over DEI
The intent of President Donald Trump’s executive orders could determine the budget of an entire school district. The San Francisco Unified School District asked a federal judge on Friday to stop AmeriCorps, a federal agency that oversees grants and funding for underserved populations nationwide, from taking back any funds it has already awarded to the district for programs that have diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
Courthouse News Service
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Attorney Bonta issues Builder’s Remedy legal alert: Local governments must comply with California housing law
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a legal alert to help California local officials understand the importance of the consistent statewide interpretation and application of California’s Housing Accountability Act (HAA) - including local governments’ responsibility to timely process Builder’s Remedy applications.
Attorney General Bonta News Release
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LA City Council approves revised $14 billion budget, which now heads to Mayor Bass
The Los Angeles City Council today finalized a revised budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which now heads to Mayor Karen Bass' desk for her consideration. More than a week after the council preliminary approved the revised $14 billion spending plan, members took a second and final vote on the matter Friday. Elected officials voted 11-2 to advance a budget resolution, which reflects the changes council members made to Bass' initial proposal.
City News Service
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Firefighters attend Saugus graduation to celebrate daughter of murdered firefighter
At the Saugus’ class of 2025 graduation, colleagues of murdered firefighter Tory Carlon came to support his daughter as she accepted her high school diploma. Tuesday night, Saugus High School held its graduation for the 2025 class at Cougar Stadium at College of the Canyons. The prestigious event was just one of many major high school graduations in the Hart District. Among the more than 500 students who received their diplomas was Brynn Carlon, the daughter of firefighter Tory Carlon.
KHTD
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Deputies confirm operation to target illegal street vending
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials Friday confirmed they conducted an operation Thursday evening that focused on illegal street vending, which was an issue raised by Castaic residents during a recent meeting organized by L.A. County officials. Thursday’s operation involved a citation on the other side of the SCV, Deputy Robert Jensen, a station spokesman, confirmed Friday.
The Signal
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L.A. County to pay $2.7 million to teen assaulted in ‘gladiator fight’
Los Angeles County is poised to pay nearly $2.7 million to a teenager whose violent beating at a juvenile hall launched a sprawling criminal investigation into so-called "gladiator fights" inside the troubled facility. Video of the December 2023 beating, captured on CCTV, showed Jose Rivas Barillas, then 16, being pummeled by six juveniles at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall as probation officers stood idly by.
Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles County declares June 2025 Gun Violence Awareness Month in wake of officer's murder
Los Angeles County officials are ramping up their efforts to tackle the epidemic of gun violence with a slew of measures aimed at bringing the community together for prevention and awareness. According to a report by the LA County, Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda L. Solis are at the forefront of declaring June 2025 as Gun Violence Awareness Month.
Hoodline
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Jury awards California prosecutor $3 million after she says she was forced out of her position
A jury in California on Thursday awarded more than $3 million in damages to a former Orange County prosecutor who alleged the county's district attorney targeted her and forced her out of her position after she tried to protect women in the office from retaliation for accusing a supervisor of sexual harassment.
Associated Press
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LA County deputies carjacked near downtown courthouse
Investigators are searching for the suspect who carjacked two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies Wednesday morning. It happened at 5:05 a.m. near the Spring and Temple intersection in downtown LA, next to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. The two deputies were in a work truck equipped with a boom lift when the suspect got into the driver's seat and started to drive away.
KCAL News
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Hundreds of bikes disappeared while in transit to L.A. County. Detectives say they cracked the case
Five men pulled off the theft of hundreds of bicycles, snatching them in a carefully orchestrated scheme while the bikes were in transit to L.A. County from a distributor, according to L.A. County sheriff's investigators. Truck drivers were redirected, and box trucks and passenger vehicles were used to transport stolen cargo to waiting warehouses, according to detectives with the sheriff's Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team.
Los Angeles Times
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Arrest made in hate crime attacks on Westlake transgender woman, LAPD says; 2 suspects at large
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a series of hate crime attacks on a transgender woman in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday. Police said the man who was arrested is one of three men seen on surveillance video dragging the woman out of her Westlake business and beating her. Two other suspects in the case remain at large, said LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, who announced the arrest. The name of the person in custody, who was apprehended on May 27, was not immediately released.
ABC7
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Dating apps tied to kidnappings of US citizens in Mexico: US Embassy
Dating apps have been tied to the kidnappings of some U.S. citizens in Mexico, the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Mexico warn. According to officials, U.S. citizens visiting Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, and Nuevo Nayarit, Nayarit, have been kidnapped by people they’ve met on dating apps. Victims and their loved ones have been extorted for large sums of money in exchange for the return of the kidnapping victims.
NBC4
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Family demands justice after teen beaten, attacked at Palmdale concert
The family of a 17-year-old boy is demanding justice after he was kicked and beaten during a concert in Palmdale. The incident was caught on cellphone video and shared online. The family is calling it a hate crime, but some people who attended the concert say otherwise. In the video, you can hear references to the N-word, which is why the mother of Elijah Green and local activists want a hate crime investigation. But concertgoers say they don't believe the boy was attacked because of his race.
Fox11
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, newly returned to US, appears in court on charges of trafficking migrants
Mistakenly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared in a Tennessee courtroom Friday, hours after he was brought back to the United States to face criminal charges for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S. More than two months after the Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia from Maryland to his native El Salvador, a federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the United States.
ABC News
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Illinois cops gave ICE access to more than 5,000 surveillance cameras nationwide
A public records request from the Danville, Illinois, police department obtained by 404 Media revealed that local and state police around the country searched automatic license plate reader (ALPR) camera data more than 4,000 times for immigration related reasons between June 1, 2024, and May 5, 2025. Despite an Illinois law prohibiting the use of ALPR data for immigration enforcement, these records suggest that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has informally gained access to camera networks across more than 5,000 communities nationwide.
Reason
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Trump promises 'large scale fines' after California trans athlete wins two state titles
President Donald Trump said he plans to impose "large scale fines" on California as his Justice Department threatened to sue the state's public schools after a transgender athlete was allowed to compete and won two medals in last weekend's track and field state championship. Trump promised the financial penalties in an overnight June 3 post on Truth Social after AB Hernandez, a transgender high schooler, placed first in the high jump and triple jump in California's track and field finals.
USA Today
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FBI arrests man in New York linked to explosion at California fertility clinic, officials say
The FBI arrested a Washington state man accused of providing chemicals to make explosives for last month's bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, federal authorities said Wednesday. Daniel Park, 32, was taken into custody on Tuesday night at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport upon his return from Poland, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli told reporters.
Associated Press
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California sheriff warns of cartels amid accusations of overstepping authority in tribal land cannabis raids
A Northern California sheriff is speaking out after a Native American tribe accused him of overstepping his authority when his office conducted raids on cannabis farms on tribal land last year amid his warning that drug cartel organizations had a "toehold" in the area. Mendocino County Sheriff Matthew Kendall told Fox News Digital his office has received pleas from tribal members asking for action to combat illegal cannabis farms as well as crime on the reservation.
Fox News
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CA Assembly rejects effort to block new 65 cent per gallon carbon fee
The California Assembly voted against a measure that would have prevented the state’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard from going into effect, which some experts say would add 65 cents to the cost per gallon of gas if implemented as planned in July. The rule, which requires producers of fuels that release more carbon than a tightening standard to purchase credits from producers of fuels that release less carbon than the standard, would also impact the parts of Nevada and Arizona that rely on California refineries.
The Center Square
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Private prisons and local jails are ramping up as ICE detention exceeds capacity
The federal government is holding more than 48,000 people in immigration detention, about a 20% increase since January. That is already thousands beyond what Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is funded for, yet the administration has signaled its work is far from over. President Trump's border czar Tom Homan has said he wants to see 100,000 in detention. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently confirmed that the administration doubled the arrest quotas immigration officers must meet - from 1,800 to 3,000 each day.
NPR
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California prisons have a narcotics problem. Now, more people will face canine searches
Anyone entering a California prison - including visitors, staff and attorneys - will be subject to a canine search under a new policy rolling out today across the state. CalMatters obtained a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation memo from March 10, announcing the statewide implementation of the policy. It said the canine searches are meant “to combat the introduction of illegal drugs and contraband into (prisons) and reduce the overall level of narcotics, contraband, and criminal activity within the incarcerated population, thereby enhancing the safety and security of all institutions,” the memo stated.
CalMatters
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L.A. lawyer and son-in-law of Tom Girardi pleads guilty to contempt of court
Days after a judge sentenced legal titan Tom Girardi to seven years in prison for stealing from clients, his son-in-law - formerly a high-ranking attorney at his now-defunct firm - pleaded guilty to a federal charge in Illinois. David Lira, 65, of Pasadena admitted Thursday to one count of contempt of court for defying a Chicago judge’s order concerning the distribution of settlement funds to clients whose relatives had perished in a 2018 Indonesian plane crash.
Los Angeles Times
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Former Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel recommended for parole after decades in prison for 1969 murders
Former Charles Manson follower and California's longest-serving female inmate Patricia Krenwinkel was recommended for parole after serving more than five decades for multiple killings in 1969, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. Krenwinkel, now 77, was first recommended for parole three years ago, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked her release, saying she was too much of a public safety risk.
CBS Sacramento
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Tom Girardi sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for defrauding clients
Disgraced plaintiff attorney Tom Girardi was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on Tuesday following his conviction last year for stealing millions of dollars from his clients' settlements to fund a lavish lifestyle for himself and his reality-TV wife Erika Jayne. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton rejected the request by Girardi's lawyers to let him serve his sentence in the closed memory care facility in Southern California where he has been residing since his arrest.
Courthouse News Service
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Southern California father sentenced for brutal assault that left toddler with permanent brain injuries
A North Hollywood father was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for a brutal assault that left his 14-month-old son with permanent injuries. The assault took place on March 22, 2022, and the child was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery for permanent head and brain injuries, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The boy’s father, Cesar Daniel Cabrera Jr., 23, had “confessed and admitted to the abuse” during police questioning. He was taken into custody by LAPD.
KTLA
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