In July 1963, Jan and Dean’s Surf City spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first surf rock song to top the charts. Co-written by Brian Wilson, the tune describes a halcyon place where there’s always a party brewing and the …
President Donald Trump’s deployment of thousands of California National Guard members to Los Angeles is weakening the state’s ability to respond to major wildfires, California officials say in court papers. Trump has ordered roughly 4,000 guard members to …
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June 13, 2025 LOS ANGELES, Calif.–Democrat U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids …
A lower court judge’s order instructing President Donald Trump to return control of 4,000 California National Guard troops he had federalized to Gov. Gavin Newsom was temporarily blocked late Thursday in the federal appeals court. The 9th U.S. Circuit …
California is suing the Trump administration over its demand that the state change its transgender-inclusive school sports policy. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. The administration, …
Law enforcement officials removed California’s Democratic Senator Alex Padilla from an official briefing on Thursday (June 12), amid the escalating row between the state and the US federal government over immigration raids and protests in Los Angeles. …
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