Several Southern California police departments regularly feed information into a massive database used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help with deportations, potentially violating state law, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. In the report released earlier this month, the ACLU of Northern California identified the police departments of Bell, Downey, La Habra…
The next move in the college admissions scandal will unfold in a Boston federal courtroom April 3, when Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and other defendants are set to appear in court. Federal prosecutors announced that the actresses as well as Loughlin’s husband, fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli,…
By February, the snow made many neighborhoods here feel subterranean. Twenty-foot walls of white, corniced by the wind, leaned over the plowed roads. Residents worked feverishly to keep the snow from swallowing their homes. They dug tunnels and narrow passageways to the street, opened portals to…
On the mantel in a South Los Angeles home, the lovingly arranged keepsakes reflect a family’s pride. Damion Lester Jr. smiles broadly in his senior class portrait, decked out in the blue cap and gown of nearby George Washington Preparatory High School. His certificate of high honors for his A grades…
By Sammy Caiola, The USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative In the outpatient waiting room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Spanish and Chinese chatter spills from pharmacy windows as other patients doze on chairs or play on their phones. When the overhead speaker beckons, they step forward with stacks of paperwork and walk out…
The California GOP congressman, the butt of jokes for last year’s midnight run to the White House, where he claimed to have seen documents showing that Obama officials had spied on members of the Trump transition, seems to be going off the rails now that Democrats are in charge of the House.
About 100 people participated in a vigil and solidarity rally organized by members of the Muslim community and several other community groups at New Horizon School in Irvine Thursday, March 21, in memory of the 50 people who were shot and killed last week by a self-proclaimed white supremacist in Christchurch, New Zealand. The mass…
A month ago, monster trucks were kicking up dust and mud at Angel Stadium; by Sunday, March 24, the field will be a lush, meticulously manicured backdrop for baseball – ready for two pre-season matchups with the Dodgers and then the Angels’ 81 regular-season games. Getting the ballfield ready for opening day is a process…
When Mariah Bell of the U.S. clipped South Korea’s Lim Eun-soo in an official practice session at figure skating’s World Championships this week in Japan the incident sent the sport and the global media into a state of hyperventilation at the prospect of Tonya and Nancy 2.0. Lim suffered cut to her left calf from…
Cal State Fullerton professors, students and local residents are taking to social media to express concerns that a project to update the campus Master Plan could include demolishing the Fullerton Arboretum or taking out the farm and orchard area to build dormitories — a claim university officials deny. Two “Save the Fullerton Arboretum” Facebook petitions…
