Without providing clear guidance on how to do so or how it will help, the United States government is advising Americans abroad to depart immediately from 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Qatar, as its deadly offensive in Iran continues.  Americans abroad remain stuck in place. Thousands of flights have been cancelled and there’s uncertainty […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested this week that Israel is functioning as an “apartheid state” in its treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, directing his sharpest criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Newsom’s comments came during a Tuesday evening forum in Los Angeles promoting his new memoir, Young Man in a […]

A progressive challenger who has embraced comparisons to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is narrowly trailing North Carolina incumbent Rep. Valerie Foushee in a contest that seems likely headed to a recount after Tuesday’s primary. Foushee currently leads Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam by about 2,200 votes in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, which encompasses deep-blue […]

In her second day of hearings before Congress, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem refused during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday to acknowledge that federal agents have and continue to violently detain US citizens in Minnesota and across the country. Forget about that, Noem suggested—blame Democrats. “Today [Democrats] are defending citizens because they know they […]

Special Enforcement Bureau deputies are responding to a barricaded, armed suspect inside a Santa Clarita home Wednesday morning. Authorities were called to the residence on the 22600 block of Pamplico Drive in the Saugus neighborhood around 9:45 a.m. after receiving reports of an armed individual. Sky5 was over the scene at 10:30 a.m., where a […]

A local youth soccer team is in mourning after one of their own players passed away before he had the chance to enter his teenage years. Platinum IE, a soccer club for boys and girls in the Inland Empire, posted on social media that 12-year-old Adriel Enriquez “suddenly and unexpectedly” died after practice on Feb. 26. A […]

A 76-year-old man was booked for murder after officers found a woman shot to death inside a Huntington Beach home on Tuesday. Police were called to the 19000 block of Brookhurst Street around 10 a.m. after several callers reported hearing gunfire in the neighborhood. When no one answered the door at the home where the […]

A fatal crash involving a pickup truck blocked multiple lanes of the 101 Freeway in Sherman Oaks early Wednesday, snarling traffic during the morning commute. The California Highway Patrol received reports of an overturned vehicle on the northbound side of the freeway near the 405 Freeway just after 3 a.m. A SigAlert was issued a […]

A Los Angeles woman was formally charged with 25 felony counts of real estate fraud Monday in connection to a dozen falsely filed mechanics liens accusing Los Angeles County homeowners of millions of dollars in unpaid contracting work The suspect, 58-year-old Rita Ortiz, now faces more than 24 years in state prison, if convicted. Los […]

A shooting suspect rammed into an LAPD cruiser as he tried to flee from a produce market in downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday morning. Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1300 block of 7th Street around 1:30 a.m. When they located the male suspect, he drove off in a white Honda SUV, […]