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The scenes out of California this week have been stark: uniformed Marines and National Guard patrolling Los Angeles, police officers firing rubber bullets at protesters, a sitting senator forcibly removed from a press conference for simply asking a question.
California’s current attorney general, Rob Bonta — whose office on Thursday sued to block the environmental rollback and then squared off with Department of Justice attorneys over the National Guard deployment — told reporters he was on pace to bring twice as many legal actions as during the first Trump administration.
Riots in Los Angeles resulted in 10 deputies being injured by rocks, Molotov cocktails and pyrotechnics as law enforcement prepares for planned nationwide protests Saturday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom picked at old wounds on social media and posted a doctored photo of Sean Spicer, President Trump’s first-term press secretary, and an image of sparse crowds on the National Mall for the parade.
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Seventy percent of Californians disapprove of the president in a new survey. But recent national polls paint a less drastic picture.
The California Legislature approves a proposal Friday to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants without legal status.
A new wildfire was reported today at 2:08 p.m. in Riverside County. California Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.
As a Southern California local, I think there are several tourist attractions worth visiting. However, others aren't quite worth the trip.
Paris St Germain picked up right where they left off in their first match since winning the Champions League last month, turning what was billed as a blockbuster into a 4-0 rout of Atletico Madrid in their Club World Cup opener.