Latest Epstein files include emails between Ghislaine Maxwell, LA28 Olympics head Casey Wasserman
The latest cache of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein includes personal emails exchanged between Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 Olympics organizing committee, and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.
Planned Parenthood, reproductive healthcare could receive $90 million in new state funding
California will bolster funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers of reproductive health with a one-time infusion of $90 million, leaders of the state Legislature announced Friday.
‘We want a change to happen.’ L.A. County students walk out over ICE raids
Middle and high schoolers walked out of classrooms across L.A., Long Beach and Pasadena districts to protest the Trump administration’s ICE crackdowns. UCLA, USC, Cal State and other college campuses also held protests.
Cal Fire to probe Ventura County response to tractor blaze that reignited into Mountain fire
Cal Fire will examine the Ventura County Fire Department’s response to a small wildfire that subsequently rekindled from the charred skeleton of a tractor — eventually growing into the destructive Mountain fire.
Mistrial declared in trial of man accused of killing off-duty Monterey Park officer
A judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the murder case of Carlos Delcid, a 23-year-old San Pedro man accused of shooting and killing an off-duty police officer when the cop refused to give up his car.
Austin Beutner’s daughter found beside a highway in Palmdale the night she died
Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene to assist paramedics, who treated Emily Beutner, 22, at the scene.
Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit China
A federal jury on Thursday convicted Linwei Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets after an 11-day trial in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of
Shutdown nears as lawmakers brace for next round of ICE negotiations
Over the next two weeks, Democrats and Republicans will weigh competing demands on changes to Department of Homeland Security operations.
Halfway through winter, heat is melting the California snowpack
The snowpack in California stands at just 59% of average for this time of year. Extraordinary warmth has meant that storms bring more rain and less snow.
Trump administration’s climate skepticism effort violated federal law, judge rules
The administration staffed up a new group that published a report downplaying the severity of global warming. The EPA leaned on that report in its proposal to repeal the endangerment finding.