Mayor Karen Bass said LA28 chair Casey Wasserman should step down, and some Angelenos have since demanded she resign amid Palisades fire fallout.

Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez introduced SB 1105 to protect Californians who document federal immigration enforcement and to limit local police cooperation in profiling‑based operations.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Education Department from withholding roughly $4.9 billion from California after the state sued over FERPA findings about gender‑identity records.

Roughly 150 Redlands students staged anti‑ICE walkouts and the district marked participants truant, pulling extracurricular privileges until makeup work or Saturday school is completed.

TRAC data show San Francisco immigration judges approve asylum far more often than judges in Los Angeles; local reporting ties the gap to judge turnover, backlogs and representation.

A private nonprofit tied to Gov. Gavin Newsom has underwritten tens of thousands in travel and event costs, raising questions about transparency and donor access.

A Los Angeles judge denied a union challenge to the DA’s hires of former public defenders, calling most of the dispute moot and leaving staffing questions to civil‑service processes.

Court papers say West Covina and ex-fire captain Curtis McCart reached an "unconditional" settlement in a suit alleging age and disability discrimination.

The Long Beach City Council unanimously directed the Health Department to turn a new Black community assessment into partnerships and hiring proposals, with staff ordered back in 120 days.

Sen. Suzette Valladares introduced SB 1060 to require a 1,000-foot buffer between large residential treatment centers and schools, a response to protests over a Victorville campus.

California lawmakers asked Netflix and Paramount for written promises to preserve Los Angeles production jobs and union bargaining as the WBD bids accelerate. The letter gives the companies a Feb. 15 deadline to respond.

An immigration judge has ended deportation proceedings for Narciso Barranco after his viral June arrest in Santa Ana. His family says an ankle monitor was removed and a Parole in Place bid is underway.

California secured a $2.75M settlement with Disney after finding its streaming opt‑out tools left user data exposed. The company must fix opt‑out controls and ad‑targeting notices.