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House committee launches investigation into California’s high-speed rail project

A bipartisan congressional committee is investigating whether California’s High-Speed Rail Authority knowingly misrepresented ridership projections and financial outlooks, as alleged by the Trump administration, to secure...

Immigration agent fires shots at vehicle with people inside in San Bernardino operation

San Bernardino police responded to what they described as “an officer-involved shooting” involving federal immigration officers Saturday morning. When police officers responded to the area...

Farmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect them

Though it was not yet noon, the temperature was already inching toward triple digits, and it felt even hotter for the scores of farmworkers...

9th Circuit keeps freeze on Southern California ICE patrols

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a stinging blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project Friday night in a fiery opinion...

9th Circuit upholds block on background checks for California ammunition buyers

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that California’s policy of background checks for bullet-buyers violates the 2nd Amendment, effectively killing a 2016...

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