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January 8, 2025

Second Los Angeles-area fire breaks out as firefighters battle raging Palisades inferno

California brush fires struck on Tuesday, with a second fire breaking out near Pasadena, forcing some residents to flee by foot as evacuation routes are stunted highway closures.

January 7, 2025

Lakers coach JJ Redick, Palisades resident, offers 'thoughts and prayers' after family evacuated due to fires

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick, a resident of the Pacific Palisades, said his family was forced to evacuate due to the wildfires in the area.

January 7, 2025

California criminal suspects caught on camera learning about new tough-on-crime measures: 'Oh s---!'

Several California criminal suspects seemed shocked to learn they would not be cited and released but going to jail instead.

January 7, 2025

California to consider law banning trans athletes from girls' sports after countless scandals cause outrage

California State Assemblymember Kate Sanchez will propose the Protect Girls’ Sports Act to the state legislature after a year plagued by scandals.

January 7, 2025

Tutu-wearing monkey picked up near highway in 'bananas situation'

Sheriff’s deputies in Missouri discovered a spider monkey wearing a tutu near Route 21 on Monday.

January 7, 2025

California parents plead with Gov Newsom to keep daughter's 'maniac' killer behind bars

The parents of a 13-year-old girl who was run over by a suicidal driver in Malibu in 2010 are appealing to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop the felon from being released on parole.

January 6, 2025

Pregnant American teacher plummets to her death during overseas vacation

Pregnant California science teacher Clara Thomann, 33, fell 164 feet into a gorge while hiking on a Grecian island of Crete on Dec. 23.

January 6, 2025

Biden to dedicate two new national monuments on 850K acres of tribal land in California

President Biden is expected to designate two new national monuments in California this week, which will bar roughly 850,000 acres of tribal lands from development.

January 6, 2025

California man says 'I'm the DUI' during arrest for drunken driving less than an hour into 2025: bodycam

A California man was arrested on New Year's Day after telling police he was "the DUI" during a traffic stop for potential drunken driving.

January 6, 2025

Residents in this Bay Area city are begging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to send in CHP to combat crime

A Vallejo, California woman has put out a petition to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to deploy more California Highway Patrol officers to her city.