California
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he will increase CHP shifts in Oakland and deploy National Guard prosecutors to help crack down on organized crime, carjackings and sideshows.
San Diego sector Border Patrol agents announced the seizure of more than 80 pounds of cocaine in Temecula. The drugs were stashed inside an SUV’s false dashboard, authorities said.
Driving up California’s iconic Highway 1 near Lucia will require a detour through at least 2025 as repairs were recently delayed because of new landslide movement.
A small plane made an emergency landing and forced the closure of southbound lanes on busy Highway 85 in Cupertino. No one was injured.
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were injured early Sunday morning in South L.A. when their vehicle overturned after being struck by a car.
Homicide investigators say they are working on making additional arrests in Karla Terron’s murder. Her body was found in Bakersfield in 2022.
Last month, the California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force seized 1.7 million fentanyl pills. This comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom double the task force staff in June.
World & Nation
Israel is apparently laying asphalt for a road along a demarcation line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria.
Some Los Angeles-area police departments are ramping up patrols around synagogues during Rosh Hashana — though authorities say they have not received specific reports of threats or demonstrations.
A California Highway Patrol officer was being beaten by a civilian on the side of a major freeway when three good samaritans came to his aid.