A Southern California woman says DHS billed her $1.82M while her green‑card case remains pending, spotlighting a revived rule that lets agencies impose daily fines.

A welder at Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas says a swinging carbon-steel pipe left him with head and back injuries; his lawsuit seeks more than $1 million.

Nicole Wertheim, a longtime FIU benefactor, died at 82 aboard a residential ship as Miami honored her philanthropy.

Six Flags St. Louis will require guests 16 and under to be accompanied by an adult 21+ this weekend. The park tightened ID and face-covering rules as it reopens under new operators.

San Carlos is weighing a citywide ban on RV street parking after businesses and sheriff deputies reported repeated complaints and hundreds of citations. Council members signaled support during a study session Monday.

El Paso’s Amigo Man will head the 90th Sun Bowl Parade on Nov. 26 with a "Famous Sports & Movie Scenes" theme, and organizers named Estine Davis a posthumous honorary grand marshal.

Downtown Carlsbad will see broad road closures this Sunday as the Carlsbad Village Street Faire fills Grand Avenue with hundreds of vendors, food and live music.

The Family Safety Center will open an on-site clinic May 12 offering trauma‑informed forensic exams and urgent care for survivors of interpersonal violence. Local partners will staff the new space.

Crews have begun shoring and repairing gym roofs at Shelby Park and Easley after structural inspections closed the spaces in February. Programs have been relocated and no reopening date is set.

A Bay Area refugee had a decades-old conviction vacated in April, but a federal deportation order still threatens him and his U.S.-citizen family. Local advocates and lawmakers are pushing legal and legislative fixes.

More than 200 Brookfield Zoo staff authorized a strike after rejecting the zoo's final contract offer. Negotiators meet May 1 as the contract expires.

Google has released the first $5M from a $25M Energy Impact Fund for West Memphis, directing money to weatherization, home repairs and community grants to cut utility costs. Local nonprofits and a Google‑ICF‑Entergy partnership will run the work.

Parents and teachers say a proposed SMMUSD plan would move instrumental instruction to 5th grade and shrink upper-elementary pathways, prompting petitions and oversight hearings.