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Man, 80, Sets Record for 'World's Toughest Race'

Bob Becker is oldest to finish grueling 135-mile Badwater run in Death Valley

(Newser) - At age 80, Bob Becker has become the oldest person to finish the Badwater 135, an ultramarathon often dubbed the "world's toughest race." The grueling course traverses 135 miles of California's Death Valley, with temperatures hitting 118 degrees Fahrenheit at the starting line, per CBS...

Man Arrested After Creepy Teddy Bear Left at Bus Stop

The bear appeared to be made out of human flesh, but was not

(Newser) - A man has been arrested for allegedly leaving a very creepy teddy bear at a Southern California bus stop, ABC 7 reports. Per the San Bernadino Sheriff's Department, Hector Corona Villanueva, 23, faces charges of reporting an emergency knowing it to be false and intentionally and wrongfully planting evidence...

2K National Guard Troops Are Leaving Los Angeles
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2K Troops From LA
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Trump Releases 2K Troops From LA

Newsom says president is using remaining National Guard troops as 'political pawns'

(Newser) - President Trump's administration is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles to support immigration enforcement activities, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced Tuesday. The president ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines in early June...

Judge Halts Tactics Used in California Immigration Raids

Trump administration ordered to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week accusing President Trump's administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing immigration crackdown. The...

Farmworker Dies After Fall During California ICE Raid

Death follows chaotic immigration raid at Ventura County cannabis farm

(Newser) - A longtime farmworker died after falling from a greenhouse while trying to escape a federal immigration raid at a California cannabis farm Thursday , drawing renewed scrutiny to enforcement tactics and their consequences in agricultural communities. The United Farm Workers union says Jaime Alanís, in his late 50s and...

FBI Puts Up $50K Reward After California Farm Raid

FBI is looking for someone who appeared to fire a pistol toward agents

(Newser) - After a clash at an immigration raid on a California farm, the FBI has begun offering a $50,000 reward in the hunt for the person officials said appeared to fire a gun toward immigration agents. US Attorney Bill Essayli announced the reward, posting part of a news video on...

Protesters, ICE Agents Clash at California Farm Raid

Tear gas fired by agents, and FBI is investigating reports that a protester fired a gun

(Newser) - A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid on a Southern California farm, with authorities throwing canisters that sprayed what looked like smoke into the air to disperse the crowd, the AP reports. Vehicles from Border Patrol and US Customs and Border Protection blocked the...

'You Need to Get Out,' Surgical Staff Tells ICE Agents

Government says clinic employees 'attempted to obstruct an arrest' during standoff

(Newser) - Federal immigration agents chased a Honduran landscaper into a surgical center in Southern California, only to encounter employees—in blue scrubs—rushing to his defense. The confrontation occurred Tuesday in the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, KTLA reports. "Get your hands off of him. You don't even have a...

'Very Large Branch' Kills Boy at California Summer Camp

It fell onto children, adults who had gathered under oak tree

(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy was killed and at least four other people were injured when a huge branch fell from an oak tree at a summer camp in California on Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says the tragedy happened when children at Camp Wildcraft, an art and nature...

Huge LA Tunnel Collapses With Workers Inside

Woman says her brother 'thought he was going to die underground,' but all 31 make it out safely

(Newser) - Thirty-one construction workers inside a huge industrial tunnel in Los Angeles made it to safety after a portion of it collapsed Wednesday evening, an outcome officials called a blessing after they initially feared much worse. The cave-in appears to have occurred between the tunnel boring machine 5 miles in from...

Police: Toddler Died in Hot Car While Mom Was in Spa

Police say car shut off automatically while kids were inside

(Newser) - A California mother is facing involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty charges after the death of her 1-year-old son, who authorities say was left in a hot car while the woman received lip filler injections. Maya Hernandez, 20, is accused of leaving her two young children in her 2022 Toyota...

California Bishop Suspends Mass Obligation Over ICE Fears

Catholics are generally obligated by their faith to attend Mass on Sundays

(Newser) - San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on two parish properties in the diocese, the AP reports. The dispensation is a move usually reserved for extenuating circumstances,...

Days After Jake Paul Bout, Boxer Is Arrested by ICE

Julio César Chávez Jr. faces deportation, US officials say

(Newser) - Julio César Chávez Jr., a Mexican boxer who fought a high-profile match against Jake Paul last weekend, has been arrested in California by ICE agents and faces expedited deportation, federal officials said. The Department of Homeland Security said Chávez has been living in the US unlawfully and...

Newsom Signs Bills Rolling Back Key Environmental Law

Move aims to speed up housing development in California amid mounting shortages, homelessness

(Newser) - California has dismantled a pillar of its environmental legacy, speeding up development projects in a bold move to address its deepening housing crisis and homelessness. State leaders on Monday rolled back the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a law that for more than 50 years has been both a...

Military Chief Wants National Guard Fighting Fires, Not in LA

US Northern Command leader asks Hegseth to return 200 troops after migrant protests

(Newser) - The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty, two US officials told the AP on Monday. President Trump ordered the deployment...

Teen Motocross Star Repeatedly 'Run Over'

Aidan Zingg dies at 16 following Mammoth Motocross event

(Newser) - "Remember the name," MotoSport.com wrote of Aidan Zingg, a 16-year-old up-and-coming Motocross star from Washington. Ten days later, Aidan—who signed with Kawasaki's prestigious Team Green and sponsors including Oakley, Bell, and Renthal—suffered "fatal injuries" at the Mammoth Motocross event in Mammoth Lakes, California,...

Burglars Bust Into Home, Let All the Bears In

After thieves damaged California home and the homeowner fled, the bears sauntered right in

(Newser) - It may be a natural response to flee to a different location if your home is being repeatedly targeted by burglars. That's what one 64-year-old woman in Northern California says she was forced to do after a string of thefts at her remote Lovelock residence, starting in April, per...

Burglars Ransack Brad Pitt's LA Home

Cops don't have many details on Wednesday break-in at actor's Los Feliz residence; Pitt wasn't home

(Newser) - Brad Pitt recently opened up about some difficult times he's had over the years, and he added another undesirable experience onto the pile on Wednesday night. That's when, per the LAPD, three burglars broke into the 61-year-old actor's home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles,...

Boy, 14, Fell Into 'Altered Mental State,' Walked Off Mountain

Zane Wach is in medically induced coma after getting disoriented on Mount Whitney hike with dad

(Newser) - A teen is fighting for his life after he stepped off a ledge on California's highest peak during a hike with his dad. Ryan Wach tells SFGate he took son Zane, 14, on June 10 for what he says was the boy's first mountaineering expedition on Mount Whitney....

Estranged Husband Kills Mom of 7 and Her Date

Gloria Zamora spoke of her divorce on a podcast days before she was gunned down

(Newser) - A mother of seven in the midst of a messy divorce went out on a date Saturday only to be gunned down along with her date. Authorities say the estranged husband of fitness influencer Gloria Zamora shot the pair outside a sushi restaurant in Fontana, California, before he was shot...

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