Ventura County sanctuary kept a lion-tiger hybrid and other exotic animals without permits, D.A. says

An animal sanctuary in Ventura County was fined more than $50,000 for keeping a lion-tiger hybrid and other exotic animals without permits, according to the district attorney’s office.
Effort to ban ICE agents from wearing masks moves forward in L.A. County

L.A. County supervisors voted Tuesday to move forward with an ordinance that would ban ICE agents and other law enforcement officers from hiding their identities with face coverings while on duty.
Robert Silverstein, who fought City Hall over Hollywood development and won, dies at 57

The Pasadena-based lawyer battled the city over Hollywood redevelopment, a Target shopping center and a pair of skyscrapers planned next to Capitol Records.
Arson suspect accused of tossing firebomb at downtown federal building

Jose F. Jovel was taken into custody after an incident around 8 a.m., where an individual tossed a Molotov cocktail-style firebomb at the front of a federal building in L.A.
China-Russia–Led Bloc Launches Anti-Terror Drills In Iran: How Big A Deal Is It For Tehran?

Iran’s first Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) counterterrorism drill is less about joint military strength and more about sending a signal: Tehran wants the world to see it as strategically relevant, even if the exercise itself demonstrates little
Appeals court upholds ruling preventing Alina Habba from serving as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey

On Monday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court decision that disqualified Alina Habba, President Trump’s former personal attorney, from serving as the acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey – affirming that her
WHO releases first guidance on long-term use of GLP-1 drugs for obesity

The World Health Organization on Monday issued its first comprehensive recommendations on using GLP-1 medications to treat obesity, signaling a major shift in how the condition is addressed globally. The guidance — published in JAMA — supports
State lawmakers targeted a Santa Barbara development. Then came the fallout

In a highly unusual situation, a housing project in Santa Barbara must undergo reviews after a state bill included language apparently targeting the development.
Arellano: Trump’s message to ‘nice’ Americans: You’re all illegal now
If you dare show decency to people without papers, you want to ‘destroy everything that America stands for,’ and ‘you won’t be here for long!’ per the president. Not even your passport or your birth certificate will
Chabria: Amid national sorrow, Trump stops pretending it’s about the ‘worst of the worst’
After the shooting of two National Guard members, the push by Trump and America First Republicans to blame crime on brown and Black immigrants has reached a critical point.