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California drivers experienced a significant shift in traffic regulation in 2024 concerning the right-turn-on-red rule. This new update affects motorists...
A federal grand jury has indicted Jessa Zayas, 34, a hospice nurse and CEO, on six counts of health care...
Two known members of a Wasco street gang have been convicted in a violent 2022 assault involving firearms, gang intimidation,...
A determined group of North Bay immigrants and supporters set out this weekend on a 35-mile march to Sacramento to...
A Mexican national has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after U.S. authorities discovered over $2.8 million worth...
Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement chief, issued a blunt warning over the “border czar”: immigration raids will continue...
A massive cocaine trafficking network that used high-speed boats to smuggle drugs from South America to the Canary Islands has...
Six men accused of trafficking large quantities of cocaine into the U.S., Europe, and the Caribbean using a "narco sub"...
Senate Bill 672, the Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act, passed the California Senate on Tuesday with a 24-11 vote along...
Washington, D.C. – After a months-long legal and diplomatic standoff, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident erroneously deported to El...
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