A Los Angeles City Council member has been arrested on allegations he masterminded a $1.5 million pay-to-play scheme tied to the approval of large building projects. Authorities say FBI agents took Councilman Jose Huizar into custody early Tuesday at his home. Prosecutors say Huizar and his cronies, including some already charged who have agreed to…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The nation’s second-largest school district has rejected a proposal to defund campus police. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday against a measure that would have reduced the budget of the 460-officer Police Department by 90% by 2024. Critics say campus police disproportionately arrest Black students. But…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two national parks in California are removing all mention of Robert E. Lee from informational material even though several majestic sequoias are named for the Confederate general. The San Francisco Chronicle and Visalia Times Delta say Sequoia and Kings Canyon parks are removing references to Lee from exhibits and printed and…… MORE
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ News) — Body camera footage has captured the dramatic rescue of a man from a burning car. A Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputy saw the man drive off the road and flip over, in an embankment in the area of Highway 120 and Kings Ferry. The investigation into the accident is ongoing.… MORE
FORT BRAGG, Calif. (AP) – A rugged Northern California coastal city named for a Confederate general may ask voters to change the city’s name. The council of the city of Fort Bragg in Mendocino County debated Monday whether to put the renaming issue on the November ballot and the mayor asked for guidelines to create…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – An official says a professor at a San Francisco Bay Area community college has been put on leave after asking a Vietnamese-American student to “Anglicize” her name because it sounded like a vulgarity. Laney College President Tammeil Gilkerson said that as soon as campus leaders learned of the comments, an unnamed…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic-controlled state Legislature have agreed on a budget deal that would cover the state’s estimated $54.3 billion deficit. Newsom and legislative leaders announced the agreement Monday. People with knowledge of the plan who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss…… MORE
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) – A makeshift noose was found hanging from a tree at the Sonoma Raceway in California and officials said they are investigating the incident. Raceway President Steve Page said a “piece of twine tied in what appeared to be a noose” was found hanging from a tree Saturday behind a former administrative…… MORE
DINUBA, Calif. (KMJ News) — A south valley man is accused of a car jacking, and ramming the vehicle into a sheriff’s deputies patrol unit, in a crime all caught on camera. Deputies were called to the area of Avenue 384 and Road 48 in Kingsburg, where two people reported that a car had crashed…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lyft Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal law when some of its drivers refused to give rides to people using folding walkers or collapsible wheelchairs in the Los Angeles area. The U.S. attorney’s office on Monday says Lyft agreed to pay thousands of dollars to four riders…… MORE
