California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement officers from covering their faces
The California Legislature on Thursday passed a pair of bills to prohibit on-duty law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from masking their faces, and requires them to identify themselves.
NFL and UFC athletes try ‘game-changing’ psychedelic to treat brain injury

Ibogaine is a Schedule 1 drug in America with no legal medical uses. But the results, several athletes say, are game-changing.
Arellano: Against the backdrop of the Hollywood sign, the Border Patrol takes a hellaweird group photo

The crown for the worst stunt involving the Hollywood sign now lies with the Border Patrol.
Colorado police identify 16yo student who shot two high schoolers and died from self-inflected gunshot wound

Authorities confirmed on Thursday that the student who opened fire Wednesday at a high school in suburban Denver, injuring two other students, died Wednesday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident was reported shortly after 12:30
Pali High football: A team of wildfire nomads searches for normalcy

After Palisades Charter High School’s campus burned in January’s Palisades fire, the future of the school’s football program was in question. Could it survive the upheaval?
Yes, that’s a human brain on a cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts under Trump

UCLA’s cutting-edge researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props.
California’s incarcerated firefighters, who make about $30 per day, could get a big raise

On Thursday, California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour while assigned to an active fire, a raise of more than 700%.
High-speed rail project slated to received $20 billion in state funding
California’s high-speed rail project is slated to receive $20 billion from the state over the next two decades. Los Angeles-area leaders don’t want the region to be overlooked.