MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have killed one of the world’s most wanted drug-traffickers, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” founder and leader of the notorious Jalisco New…
Read more Mexican army kills ‘El Mencho,’ Mexico’s most-wanted drug kingpinCalifornia and three other states sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its plans to slash $600 million from programs designed to prevent and track the spread of HIV,…
Read more California, other states sue over Trump administration’s latest cuts to HIV programsProtesters against immigration enforcement actions took to the streets in cities and towns across the country on Saturday after a federal officer shot and killed a woman in…
Read more Protests against ICE planned across the US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, OregonCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta held a rare evening press conference Thursday, announcing new legal action against the Trump administration. Bonta said California was joining other states suing…
Read more California AG announces lawsuit over frozen family assistance fundsCalifornia joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia on Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being defunded…
Read more California, other states file suit to prevent shutdown of federal consumer agencyAlex immigrated to the U.S. as a toddler and has long felt haunted by his undocumented status. In 2017, when he turned 15, he was finally old enough…
Read more DACA was once a lifeline for undocumented youth. It’s leaving the next generation behindIf the ads are any indication, Proposition 50 offers Californians a stark choice: “Stick it to Trump” or “throw away the constitution” in a Democratic power grab. And…
Read more Both sides say democracy is at stake with Prop. 50 — but for very different reasonsWASHINGTON — The hurried push to revise California’s congressional districts has drawn national attention, large sums of money, and renewed hope among Democrats that the effort may help counter a…
Read more As Californians decide fate of Prop. 50, GOP states push their own redistricting plansGov. Gavin Newsom issued a stark warning Monday that food assistance benefits for millions of low-income Californians could be delayed starting Nov. 1 if the ongoing federal shutdown…
Read more Newsom warns Californians’ SNAP benefits could be delayed because of federal shutdownParts of Alabama are experiencing extreme drought conditions right now. The Forestry Commission has put the entire state under a fire danger advisory. The lack of rain is…
Read more Drought impacts Halloween pumpkins and Christmas trees in Alabama and leaf peeping in other statesWASHINGTON — Chicago is emerging as the latest testing ground for President Trump’s domestic deployment of military force as hundreds of National Guard troops were expected to descend on the…
Read more Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed amid militarized campaignWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard a free-speech challenge to state laws against “conversion therapy” and sounded likely to rule the measures violate the 1st Amendment. California…
Read more Supreme Court sees a free-speech problem with laws that ban ‘conversion therapy’ for minorsOf all the finger-pointing and recriminations that come with the current federal government shutdown, one of the most striking elements is that the Trump administration blames it on…
Read more The White House says California uses a ‘loophole’ to give undocumented immigrants Medicaid. Experts disagreeThe federal Office for Victims of Crime announced in the summer that millions of dollars approved for domestic violence survivors and other crime victims would be withheld from…
Read more Trump uses repeated funding cuts to pressure California, complicating state’s legal fightThe U.S. Justice Department sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Thursday for failing to hand over the state’s voter rolls, alleging she is unlawfully preventing federal…
Read more Justice Department sues California, other states that have declined to share voter rollsLast week, Keck Medicine of USC announced the closure of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital obstetric services on Nov. 20. They cited a 40% decline in deliveries over the…
Read more Opinion: Why are so many California hospitals closing their labor and delivery units?Latinos in California face significant disparities in income, homeownership and education compared with their counterparts in other states with substantial Latino populations such as Texas and Florida. Our…
Read more Opinion: Despite noble intentions, California’s environmental law is hurting LatinosCalifornia’s population rose last year for the first time since 2020, according to new state data. The state’s population increased by 0.17% — or more than 67,000 people…
Read more California’s population increased last year for first time since 2020In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new political advertisement, two anxious young women in an SUV drive toward the Alabama state line. The passenger says she thinks they’re going to…
Read more Newsom calls out Republican abortion policies in new ad running in Alabama
