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May 22, 2024

Students, staff sickened by chemicals during sheriff's office training exercise in California

A planned public safety training involving chemical agents extended beyond designated training areas and affected the San Bruno community, including a school.

May 22, 2024

UCLA police chief reassigned after widely criticized anti-Israel protest response

The police chief at the University of California Los Angeles is being temporarily reassigned as the school investigates its own "security processes" following weeks of protests.

May 22, 2024

Trump’s candidates sizzled, 'Squad' candidates sputtered: Top takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

Former President Trump's clout in contested Republican primaries remains unrivaled. Meanwhile, progressives went down to defeat Democratic congressional primaries in reliably blue Oregon.

May 22, 2024

Blue state Dems look to buck party's crime policies, get major backing from police groups in swing races

A group of Democrat House candidate in California are looking to buck the party's traditional approach to crime, making a the issue a central theme of their campaigns.

May 22, 2024

20 California students become sick after nearby jail's tear gas training, sheriff says

Twenty children at an elementary school in California became sick after they were exposed to tear gas and pepper spray that drifted onto their campus on Tuesday.

May 22, 2024

Vince Fong advances in special election runoff to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Assemblyman Vince Fong will fulfill the remainder of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's seat in Congress, keeping the GOP's razor-thin advantage.

May 21, 2024

Suspect who fatally shot California UPS driver 10 times in truck was coworker, childhood friend: DA

A UPS employee allegedly killed his coworker, who was also his childhood friend, last week while the victim was making deliveries in Southern California.

May 21, 2024

Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89

Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning 'Godfather Part II' producer who helped launch the careers of Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, has died at age 89 at his home in California.

May 21, 2024

Grandma braves sharks, jellyfish in 17-hour swim to remote island

Pacifica, California, resident Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to ever swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands without a wetsuit earlier in May.

May 21, 2024

Nancy Pelosi interrupted while accepting award by anti-Israel agitator: 'Shame on you!'

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was interrupted by an anti-Israel protester while accepting an award from the Harvard Club in San Francisco on Monday.