The state of Florida picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border Monday and took them by private jet to California’s capital city at taxpayer expense for the second time in four days, California officials said, prompting allegations that migrants were misled and catching shelters and aid workers by surprise.
California’s attorney general said the state of Florida appears to have arranged for a group of South American migrants to be dropped off outside a Sacramento church.
California Democratic Party leaders contrasted themselves against Republicans in an effort to rally their own supporters at the California Democratic Convention in Los Angeles Saturday.
A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from prison on parole. The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016.
Insurance giant State Farm is no longer accepting new applications for business or personal property coverage in California. “We take seriously our responsibility to manage risk,” the company said in a statement posted to its website Friday.