The Department of Homeland Security officially launched what it’s calling “Operation Catahoula Crunch” in New Orleans on Wednesday, expanding the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in Louisiana. Federal immigration officers, in coordination with local law enforcement, are aiming to arrest 5,000 people in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi.  The wider operation is called “Swamp Sweep.”  […]

The 37-year-old man who was driving a speeding Tesla Model 3 that caused a deadly multi-vehicle crash in Huntington Beach was identified by authorities on Wednesday. The Tesla driver, who was the lone fatality in Tuesday’s crash, was identified as Huntington Beach resident Ryan Mark Larson by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. A dashcam video […]

The Los Angeles Police Department shot a person in Van Nuys Wednesday morning. The shooting in the 17200 block of Valerio Street was reported at about 7:30 a.m., according to Officer Jader Chaves. Details remain scarce, but Chaves said officers had been called to the area for reports of a man exhibiting signs of mental […]

Former Los Angeles Laker and NBA champion Elden Campbell has died at age 57, according to reports. Campbell spent nearly nine seasons with the Lakers, playing alongside legends Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. He didn’t win his first NBA title until joining the Detroit Pistons in 2004. The Los Angeles Times first reported Campbell’s death, […]

Last year, a US district court sentenced Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking. Orlando was convicted of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and importing 500 tons of cocaine into the United States, where he was extradited after completing his second presidential term in 2022. […]

A fatal collision involving multiple vehicles in the Mid-City area closed several lanes on the 10 Freeway through Central Los Angeles early Wednesday. The crash involving as many as four cars was reported shortly before 2 a.m. on the eastbound side of the freeway near La Brea Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. The […]

Chris Paul says the Los Angeles Clippers are sending him home from their road trip, putting a shocking twist on what is expected to be the veteran point guard’s final NBA season. “Just Found Out I’m Being Sent Home,” Paul posted on social media at around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, adding a peace emoji. The […]

Former child star Zachery Ty Bryan, who played the eldest son in Tim Allen’s hit ‘90s sitcom “Home Improvement,” has been arrested for the sixth time in the last five years. His latest arrest occurred over Thanksgiving weekend in Lane County, Oregon, according to a news release from the Lane County Sheriff’s Department. […]

Venezuela is fracturing the GOP — but not along the usual lines.

At the tail end of this year’s legislative session in Albany, the Assembly and the Senate passed a bill that would repeal an esoteric section of New York’s utility law referred to as the “100-foot rule.” Once Gov. Hochul signs the bill, it will deliver hundreds of millions of dollars every year in savings to gas customers. Unsurprisingly, Big Oil and their lobbyists are working hard and spending harder to spread disinformation about this consumer-friendly bill, because it might cut into their bottom line.