Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said a traffic stop of his city vehicle felt racially motivated; Los Angeles School Police say officers issued a citation for a moving violation.

A Palisades couple has sued LAUSD and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, saying a district ‘secrecy’ policy kept them from knowing their child’s gender identity before the teen’s 2024 suicide. The suit arrives amid federal findings and recent court rulings on parental notification.

A daylong convening Monday in Honolulu will bring military leaders, business groups and community organizations together to discuss the future of military‑leased lands.

Subpoenas in a whistleblower suit produced almost no texts between Hydee Feldstein Soto and a deputy, prompting claims that messages were deleted or withheld.

Mayor Barbara Lee wants to cut Oakland’s street homelessness by half in five years using prevention, new interim beds and Measure W funds. The plan’s price tag and politics complicate delivery.

A Controller’s Office letter says Genentech is due about $19.87 million in refunds, with deductions to October–November apportionments that could affect schools and cities.

Ben Cohen used a chainsaw on a mock Pentagon at SXSW to promote his Up In Arms campaign and to show how brand stunts can become political pressure. The moment tied the Free Ben & Jerry’s push to a broader call to reallocate Pentagon funds.

An El Paso ER doctor who co‑founded a binational clinic says raised border barriers and enforcement have produced catastrophic injuries and left hospitals bearing steep costs.

Sen. Cortez Masto toured CSN’s North Las Vegas Early Childhood Education Lab and pressed for federal bills aimed at expanding affordable child care and raising caregiver pay. The visit came as CSN navigates a temporary Charleston campus closure tied to a nearby redevelopment project.

A Marine Corps report attributes an Oct. 18 demonstration mishap to a rare fuze failure after fragments rained onto a closed stretch of I‑5; a CHP vehicle was struck and no one was hurt.

England Airpark commissioners approved a lease to convert barracks into a short‑term migrant family center near the runway, a move that has drawn sharp criticism. The site could be up and running within weeks if contracts are signed.

DHS sent a Washington man a $1.82M civil penalty for failing to leave after a removal order, his lawyer says. Rule changes in 2025 and legal challenges raise due‑process questions.

A statewide Prop 64 youth‑prevention program is at the center of a fight over roughly $370 million in cannabis‑tax grants. Officials call it prevention; critics call it political organizing.