By AMY TAXIN and ADAM BEAM HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California’s attempts at forcing its wealthy coastal cities to build more affordable housing spawned two lawsuits on Thursday, showcasing tensions around solving a crisis that has contributed to a surge in the homeless population in the nation’s most populous state. Attorney General Rob Bonta
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Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were hospitalized in unknown condition tonight after being shot and wounded in Lincoln Heights, and a suspect is dead after being barricaded in a residential garage, according to multiple reports. According to reports from the scene near Mission Avenue and North Broadway, police arrived around 4:30 p.m. regarding a
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant indicated it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative-led states. Newsom on Wednesday ordered state officials to not renew a contract with Walgreens to purchase specialty pharmacy prescription drugs
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Four dogs that mauled a man to death at a Jurupa Valley home where he was working on a project for the owner were euthanized, authorities said today. The fatality occurred about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at a house near the intersection of Bellegrave Avenue and Martin Street, according to the Riverside County Department of Animal
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A Murrieta-based nonprofit filed a lawsuit today challenging the constitutional validity of California’s so-called “transgender sanctuary law,” which permits children to come into the state for gender-altering surgeries despite parental opposition or legal actions filed in other states to bar the procedures. “Senate Bill 107 is a dangerous piece of legislation that strips the right
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN California will cease all its business with Walgreens, the retail drugstore chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday, days after the company announced it would not dispense abortion medication in 21 Republican-dominated states. “California won’t be doing business with @walgreens — or any company that cowers to the
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t give a State of the State address this year, shunning the teleprompter that has frustrated him because of his dyslexia in favor of a statewide tour this month, in which he can highlight his major policy goals in a more informal setting. It’s
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, faces
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California is extending the state tax filing and payment due dates to Oct. 16 for Californians impacted by this winter’s storms, aligning with the IRS, which previously extended the federal tax filing deadline to Oct. 16 for the same reason. “As communities across the state continue recovering from the damage caused by the winter storms,
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California’s Covid-19 state of emergency expires today, nearly three years after Governor Gavin Newsom issued the declaration in the wake of his state’s first death from the virus. So what does this mean for local residents and medical staff that care for them? “I think it’s more symbolic than I think really having a tremendous
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Los Angeles County has agreed to pay Vanessa Bryant and three of her daughters nearly $30 million to settle a lawsuit and potential future claims over the sharing of graphic photos taken by first responders at the helicopter crash that killed Bryant’s husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and one of their daughters, according to a
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed today to end the county’s local emergency declarations due to COVID-19 at the end of March, while warning that the move doesn’t mean the virus no longer poses a threat. “Yes, COVID-19 is still with us,” Supervisor Hilda Solis said. “No, we don’t want to abandon those
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San Bernardino County declared a local emergency on Monday as it seeks state and federal assistance following snowstorms over the weekend. Residents in the county’s mountain communities are trapped at home or unable to get back home due to several feet of snow that fell during the storm over the weekend, county officials said. Updated
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Watch the Live Nest Camera Below (Courtesy of the Friends of Big Bear Valley): BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Two bald eagle eggs laid last month in a Southern California nest watched by a web cam are unlikely to hatch, experts said Monday. Mother eagle Jackie delivered the first egg Jan. 11 and the
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Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that a civil rights investigation is being opened into Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RSO). The investigation will determine if the agency engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional policing. “All Californians deserve fairness and respect from the institutions that serve them,” Bonta said. “When some communities don’t see or feel they
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some California lawmakers want to eventually ban all tobacco sales in the nation’s most populous state, filing legislation to make it illegal to sell cigarettes and other products to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007. If signed into law, it would mean by 2073 people wanting to buy
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A man accused of gunning down Los Angeles Catholic Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell at his home in Hacienda Heights was charged today with murder. Carlos Medina, 61, was arrested Monday in connection with the Saturday shooting of the 69-year-old bishop. Medina is the husband of O’Connell’s housekeeper, and he also performed handyman work at the
Continue Reading The husband of a housekeeper who worked for Archdiocese of Los Angeles Catholic Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell was arrested in connection with the bishop’s shooting death at his home in Hacienda Heights. Although the motive for the crime remained uncertain, Luna said neighbors told investigators that Medina had been heard making comments about O’Connell owing
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from their states’ constitutions, a move that follows four states’ bans on forced labor that passed in ballot measures last fall. The goal of these proposals is to remove
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks after powerful storms dumped 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow on California, state officials and environmental groups in the drought-ravaged state are grappling with what to do with all of that water. State rules say when it rains and snows a lot in California, much of
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