Agents arrest man attempting to smuggle illegal drugs in gas tank
US Customs and Border Protection says a man was arrested at the Highway 86 checkpoint for attempting to smuggle illegal…
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California adds laws targeting ghost guns, sales to minors
California, which already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, has added new restrictions on untraceable “ghost guns” and on marketing…
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Single-use plastic waste is getting phased out in California under a sweeping new law
In an attempt to slash the wide-ranging impacts of plastic pollution, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the country’s most sweeping…
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California first to cover health care for all immigrants
California on Thursday became the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country…
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Mosquito Pool in Winterhaven tests positive for Saint Louis Encephalitis
A mosquito pool in Winterhaven tested positive for Saint Louis Encephalitis (SLE), according to the Imperial County Public Health…
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Two arrested at Indio gas station for attempting to smuggle meth, fentanyl
US Customs and Border Protection says two people were arrested for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs through Interstate…
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Three undocumented immigrants rescued in Jacumba wilderness, one in need of medical help
US Customs and Border Protection says agents rescued three undocumented immigrants in the Jacumba…
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California advances bid to create legal drug injection sites
The California state Assembly on Thursday approved a controversial bill allowing Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco to set up places where opioid…
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Customer rates fuel debate around New Mexico power plant
With little ceremony, it was lights out Thursday for one of the two remaining units at a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico that has…
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Rep. Vargas says the Remain in Mexico program is a “cruel” decision that should’ve never been implemented
California Representative Juan Vargas shares his opinion on the termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols or the “Remain in Mexico” program…
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Improving weather aids fight against Sierra Nevada wildfire
Improving weather aided the battle against a Sierra Nevada wildfire that has forced evacuation of several hundred people from their homes and injured…
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California lawmakers to vote on $307.9 billion spending plan
California lawmakers on Wednesday were taking up a $308 billion state budget that will fund a Democratic wish-list of public spending on everything…
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California Highway Patrol says to drive safely for independence day weekend
As Independence Day approaches, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) enforces safe travel by deploying extra patrol officers over the weekend as part…
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Southern California fireworks seizure totaled 7 tons
A cache of illegal fireworks seized in a Los Angeles suburb this week was four times larger than initially reported, authorities…
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Los Angeles County votes to return beach property taken from Black owners in Jim Crow era
A stretch of prime Southern California beachfront real estate was returned to the descendants of its Black owners Tuesday, nearly a century after the…
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Airbnb permanently bans parties at its rental locations
Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term…
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Agents arrest man attempting to smuggle nearly $400K worth of illegal drugs
US Customs and Border Patrol says El Centro agents arrested a man who was attempting to smuggle illegal drugs through Interstate…
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Big landowner closing California forests due to fire danger
California forestlands will be closed to the public starting this week due to extreme drought and risk of wildfires, the owner…
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Heat wave keeps grip on much of California
Heat advisories continued Monday for much of Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley as a ridge of high pressure sat over the West…
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Two arrested for attempting to smuggle nearly $190K of illegal drugs through checkpoint
El Centro Border Patrol says two people were arrested for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs through the Highway 86…
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