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As fears grow surrounding the Trump administration’s announcement that it will deport millions of undocumented immigrants, victims worried about their immigration status may not come forward to report crimes or cooperate with police, legal and academic scholars say.Trump has promised to oversee the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. As of Jan. 30, just over a week since his inauguration, ICE has arrested over 5,500 undocumented immigrants, the agency reported.“This is an unprecedented amount of immigration enforcement in the United States, at least in recent decades,” said Carmen Gutierrez, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated PressA government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people rippled through the federal government Friday as agencies scrambled to make changes to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contracts and emails.The Office of Personnel Management directed agency heads to have staff remove pronouns from their government emails, disband employee resource groups, and terminate grants and contracts related to the issue.The directive was sent Wednesday, and the changes were ordered to be instituted by 5 p.m. Friday. It also asked agencies to remove the term “gender” from government forms and…

LOS ANGELES — In mid-January, Rafi and Christine Mansourian sat in the lower basin of the Galen Center, two among dozens in attendance clutching a popsicle-stick fathead of reserve guard Avand Dorian.USC’s game against Wisconsin on Jan. 18 was dubbed an “Armenian Heritage Celebration,” a chance to honor Dorian, making waves as a sophomore who’d walked onto head coach Eric Musselman’s first-year program as the first Armenian player in USC men’s basketball history. Dorian was the star of AGBU Manoogian-Demirdijan School, an Armenian college-prep school in Winnetka, and a grassroots effort quickly spread among the Armenian community in Los Angeles…

Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by San Bernardino County health inspectors from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30. Boba Fiend Tea House, 10590 Baseline Road, Suite B, Rancho Cucamonga Closed: Jan. 23 Reason: Operating without a valid health permit La Michoacana, 4111 N. Sierra Way, San Bernardino Closed: Jan. 24 Reason: No water Reopened: Jan. 24 Related Articles Local News | San Bernardino County restaurants shut down by health inspectors, Jan. 16-23 Local News | San Bernardino County restaurants shut down by health inspectors, Jan. 9-16 Local News | San Bernardino County restaurants shut…

A pause in monthly mortgage payments for those experiencing financial hardship. Protections for tenants opening their doors to wildfire victims and their pets. More wages for the incarcerated people fighting fires. These are just some of the ideas proposed by California legislators in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic fires that tore through the Los Angeles area at the start of 2025. These — and other bills — are in addition to the $2.5 billion in disaster aid legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom already approved, funding that was fast-tracked and could be, partially or fully, recouped by the federal government.…

By Felicia Mello for CalMattersRobert MacKenzie is an assistant fire chief—but not the kind who works for your local fire department. As the Palisades Fire bore down on Southern California last week, the private fire crew he oversees headed out to help defend homes for their customers: Insurance companies that offer wildfire protection to wealthy homeowners and others with the coverage built into their policies.Working with lists of high-risk properties provided by insurers, the team from Capstone Fire and Safety Management aims to arrive at houses before a fire does, then make changes to the structure that will give it…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration officials are moving to fire FBI agents engaged in investigations involving President Donald Trump in the coming days, two people familiar with the plans said Friday.It was not clear how many agents might be affected, but officials acting at the direction of the administration were working to identify individual agents who could be terminated, said the people who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.Among the politically explosive investigations involving Trump over the last four years are inquiries into his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election…

The world according to Jim:• Question of the week: Which has caused the most furor from coast to coast – a) the Dodgers’ spending decisions; or b) the Kansas City Chiefs’ supposed cozy relationship with the NFL’s game officials? …(There is a third answer: c) railing against each is a waste of breath and energy.) …• And while we are talking about the Dodgers – the gift that keeps on giving for not only their fans but sports opinion merchants (i.e., the engagement farming industry) throughout North America – we have this from Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, who in an…

Thousands of Costco workers prepared to strike with a midnight deadline drawing closer Friday while the workers’ union and the company negotiated.The Teamsters union represents 18,000 Costco workers in six states: California, Washington, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and New York.It’s unclear if the strikes would close stores. Costco has 219,000 U.S. employees and 617 U.S. stores. The company said its labor agreement with the Teamsters applies to less than 10% of those stores.According to UFCW Local 1167 in Bloomington, Costco’s has 27 Teamster-affiliated stores in Southern California. They include locations in Alhambra, Azusa, Burbank, Chino Hills, Coachella Valley, Corona, Fountain…

A Culver City man will plead guilty to operating the drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft while crews battled the deadly Palisades fire earlier this month, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 31.Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, is expected to admit to a misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of the drone as part of a plea deal that also requires he pay full restitution to the government of Quebec — which owns the plane — and complete 150 hours of community service in support of the Southern California wildfire relief effort, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office…