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L.A. ‘under siege’: Brown-skinned people targeted, tackled, taken, and it must stop, federal suit says

LOS ANGELES — Masked, unidentified agents have been “systematically” cornering brown-skinned people in a show of force across Southern California, tackling those who attempt to leave, arresting them without probable…

John McCarthy July 2, 2025

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‘I’m a pimp’: California man charged in sexual attack against pedestrian

HAYWARD — A San Francisco man has been charged with attacking a woman as she walked home at night, in what police believe was a failed attempt to force her…

John McCarthy June 29, 2025

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Beating of sea lion caught on camera. Now, man pleads guilty

A sick sea lion resting on a California beach was kicked in the head and beaten with a large piece of driftwood, prosecutors say. Now, 32-year-old Christopher Hurtado, of Santa…

John McCarthy June 18, 2025

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California woman caught with 44 pounds of marijuana at CEK airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A California woman was arraigned on marijuana smuggling charges in U.S. District Court on St. Thomas on June 9 , authorities said. Jaclyn Raquel Quiroz, of California,…

John McCarthy June 13, 2025

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Trump’s California troop deployment is impeachable, CBC chair says

WASHINGTON — The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said President Donald Trump should be impeached over the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles in response to recent…

John McCarthy June 10, 2025

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California man gets just 8 months for threatening to kill postal employees

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Simon Peters, 42, of California, was sentenced on Friday, June 6, 2025 to 8 months’ imprisonment, followed by 30 months of supervised release, for threatening to kill…

John McCarthy June 9, 2025

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Los Angeles police order immigration protesters in downtown to go home

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day…

John McCarthy June 9, 2025

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Protesters rally against immigration agents for second day in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Federal agents in Los Angeles faced off against demonstrators for a second day in a row on Saturday following immigration raids a day earlier, prompting a…

John McCarthy June 7, 2025

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Man ‘turns into a beast,’ holds woman captive for two years, prosecutor says. He gets 394 years in prison

It started out as a friendship, but prosecutors allege it quickly turned into a nightmare kidnapping after Ian Edard Kroe held a 74-year-old woman captive in a hotel for two…

John McCarthy June 4, 2025

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Native American Church’s sacred plants destroyed during raids

SAN BERNARDINO — A Native American Church affiliate in Southern California says a sheriff’s department seized and destroyed “thousands” of psychoactive plants revered as sacred, interfering with members’ religious practices.…

John McCarthy June 3, 2025