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In a long sought victory for health care and immigration activists, California will become the first state to offer all undocumented immigrants. The Associated Press reports Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a $307.9 billion operating budget, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people ages 26-49, and pledges to make low-income adults eligible for the […]
Bruce’s Beach will be returned to its rightful owners. The seaside property, located in Manhattan Beach, California, was previously owned by Willa and Charles Bruce—a Black couple who purchased the beach for $1,225 in 1912. The family would turn the land into a full-fledged resort for Black residents during a time when many beaches were racially segregated. They offered […]
A California gas station manager was fired this week after setting the price for premium fuel at just 69 cents per gallon. John Szczecina, who managed a Shell gas station in Rancho Cordova, told reporters he mistakenly misplaced a decimal point when listing the price, which was supposed to read, “$6.99.” “I put all three prices on […]
Jason Alexander, the ex-husband of Britney Spears who crashed her wedding this week, was already wanted on two felonies including grand theft, TMZ reports. Alexander is alleged to have stolen jewelry from a woman who let him rent a room and has a felony arrest warrant in Napa County for allegedly stealing the $2,000 bracelet. The incident, which […]
A 16-year-old was arrested this week after allegedly trying to recruit students for a mass shooting at Berkeley High School in California, per local police. Regional outlet KTVU reported Wednesday the suspect was arrested on May 30 when he turned himself in, with the initial tip having been received that prior Saturday. In a press […]
A California substitute teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually molesting four girls in the classroom. KABC reports that Peter Morales, a 69-year-old substituting at Adams Elementary in Santa Ana, was arrested May 6 on suspicion of child molestation. The Santa Ana Police Department made the arrest at the school. Morales is accused of “inappropriately touching” four girls between the ages of […]
A Bay Area police officer is facing a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly masturbated at a home where he was responding to a domestic disturbance situation. According to a press release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, Matthew Dominguez, 32, was arrested last week and charged with a misdemeanor indecent exposure. The charge stems […]
One person has died after multiple people have been shot at a Laguna Woods church, NBC Los Angeles reports. The suspect is now in custody after being detained at the scene, per the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities report that they were alerted to the shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church after a 1:26 p.m. call, and that one person was dead […]
A Georgia man has ben found guilty on two charges in connection with a shooting that took place over a game of UNO in December 2020. Per a report from regional outlet Fox 5 Atlanta, Taylor Grant was found guilty by a Cobb County jury of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during commission […]
A California woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for faking a cancer diagnosis and swindling donors out of $105,513, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Amanda Christine Riley of San Jose faked a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis and said in 2012 she required donations to cover her medical expenses. The 37-year-old went so far as to blog […]
