By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is swimming against the current to get seven Western states to agree to divvy up the Colorado River’s water in a way that would protect the river basin and the West’s largest single water source – and do it before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, according
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Two Riverside high school students who faced repercussions for wearing T-shirts expressing opposition to a transgender student receiving accommodations on the girls’ track-and-field team are federally suing the Riverside Unified School District over alleged freedom of speech and other civil rights violations, it was announced today. “We will not allow boys to take over
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The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14.5 tons of cocaine in San Diego today, which the agency said was seized in recent months from seafaring drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew of the USCG cutter Munro unloaded the 29,000-plus-pound haul of narcotics — which would have been worth an estimated $335
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes and pushed businesses to cut jobs. “With
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The City Council voted today to formally establish Los Angeles, the second-largest municipality in the nation, as a “sanctuary” for migrants, prohibiting city resources or personnel from being used to help federal enforcement of immigration laws. The council voted 13-0 to approve the Sanctuary City Ordinance, which codifies protections for migrants in the country
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A gang-affiliated drug trafficker who joined more than a dozen others in acquiring and selling methamphetamine throughout the Inland Empire and elsewhere was bound for federal prison today to serve a 15-year sentence. Javier Xavier Rodriguez, 57, of Riverside pleaded guilty in March to multiple felony counts, including conspiracy to import meth, possession of controlled
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The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 today to explore a pilot program to distribute fentanyl detection devices to residents at no cost. Council members voted to instruct the Office of Procurement and relative departments to report on such a program funded by the city’s opioid settlement account. Council members Monica Rodriguez and Hugo Soto-Martinez
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Gov. Gavin Newsom will put off making a decision on the Menendez brothers’ bid for clemency until incoming Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case, the Governor’s Office said today. “The governor respects the role of the district attorney in ensuring justice is served and recognizes that voters have
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A Knott’s Berry Farm ride got stuck for more than two hours today, leaving about two dozen riders suspended several stories in the air until park workers managed to manually lower the ride to the ground. The Sol Spin ride got stuck about 2 p.m. at the theme park at 8039 Beach Blvd., said Orange
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One Los Angeles County resident has died and at least one other has been sickened in a multi-state E.coli outbreak tied to organic carrots, health officials said today. The county Department of Public Health confirmed Monday it is investigating two local cases of E.coli linked to the outbreak of Grimmway Farms carrots. “One local case
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BRENTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200 stitches and other treatment. Talmika Bates will receive $967,000 from the city
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POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Three people were hurt aboard a single-engine plane that crashed Sunday near a Southern California dragstrip where fans were gathered for the finals of a racing event, authorities said. At least two parked vehicles on the ground were struck when the Piper PA-32 crashed around 11:40 a.m. near the dragstrip in
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. The risk of clade I mpox to the public remains low, the agency said. The person diagnosed with clade I mpox had
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U.S. Coast Guard officials intercepted a boat carrying 21 migrants off the coast of Newport Beach, authorities said today. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal spotted the 34-foot boat Thursday evening outside Newport Harbor, and determined it was “operating suspiciously,” according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard officials boarded the vessel around
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As expected, a 27-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the hate crime killing of a gay former classmate in Foothill Ranch six years ago. Samuel Lincoln Woodward was convicted in July for the Jan. 3, 2018, fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein. The hate-crime enhancement
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A racist term for a Native American woman will be removed from nearly three dozen geographic features and place names on California lands, the state Natural Resources Agency announced Friday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022 signed a bill into law that bans use of the word “squaw” in future place
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Two convicted felons who attempted to kill a Hemet man in a gang-related attack tied to an unpaid debt stemming from methamphetamine distribution were sentenced today. Carl Ray Flores, 48, and Brian Ramiro Inocencio, 28, both of Moreno Valley, were each convicted last month of attempted murder, witness intimidation, conspiracy and firearm assault, along with
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected California’s lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over a local measure allowing officials to require voter identification at the polls. Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico Dourbetas ruled that existing state law does not block the local measure, which was approved by voters earlier
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CalMatters California’s offshore wind industry could be a casualty if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to sign an executive order to “end” the offshore wind industry. He cannot do it with the stroke of a pen. But Trump can deeply wound the state’s next-generation renewable energy source by cutting off funding just
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that something wasn’t quite right. In what it has dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance
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