A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Donald Trump's administration from withholding federal funding from more than 30 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions including Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago that have declined to cooperate with the Republican president's hardline immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge William Orrick expanded an injunction that he...
Lyle Menendez Denied Parole After 35 Years in Prison for Parents’ Shotgun Murders
LOS ANGELES — Lyle Menendez, imprisoned 35 years with his brother Erik for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills home, was denied parole on Friday, a day after the same decision was rendered against his younger sibling. The ruling was announced by the California Department...
California Cities Lack Unified Response On Homeless Encampments
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Clearing an encampment is one of the most complicated and fraught tasks any California city can take on when responding to homelessness. How they handle that challenge varies widely. CalMatters asked nearly three-dozen cities and counties throughout California...
Trump Crime Crackdown Deploys Troops in Washington’s Safest Sites
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington's National Mall, one of the safest parts of America's capital. On occasion an angry local would hurl verbal...
California Voters Still Support High-Speed Rail, Even If It Never Gets Done
A new POLITICO‑Citrin Center‑Possibility Lab poll shows that 62% of California voters favor continuing work on the state’s high‑speed rail project between the Bay Area and Los Angeles, even though many doubt it will ever be completed. Support is strongest among Democrats, with 79 % backing the project, compared to 55%...
Turkish First Lady Urges Melania Trump to Speak out on Gaza
Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan has written to U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, and urged her to contact Israel's prime minister and raise the plight of children in Gaza, authorities in Ankara said on Saturday. Emine Erdogan wrote that she had been inspired by the letter Melania Trump...
Fresno Crash Sends Car Into Building After Running Red Light
A driver ran a red light Friday at the intersection of Herndon and West avenues, clipping another vehicle before crashing into a nearby building, Fresno police said. No injuries were reported in the incident, and the car involved is being towed from the scene. Police described the crash as minor,...
Fresno City Gets Extension in Herndon 4-Story Apartment Case
Fresno County Superior Court Judge Robert Whalen gave the city another two months to come up with a plan to allow a controversial four-story apartment at the corner of Herndon and Prospect avenues. In a previous ruling, Whalen gave the city until Sept. 12 to decide what environmental requirements would...
Atwater Prison Inmate Charged for Threatening to Kill Prosecutor’s Family
A federal grand jury has indicted an Atwater prison inmate accused of threatening to kill the family of a federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced on Friday. Stanislav Yelizarov, 35, who is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Atwater, was charged with threatening the family of a federal official....
Multiple Passengers Are Killed After Bus Crashes in Western New York
A tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City crashed on a highway outside Buffalo on Friday, killing multiple passengers, including at least one child, and leaving some people trapped beneath the vehicle, officials said. The crash occurred on the New York State Thruway about 30 miles east...