Los Angeles protest camp cleaned up following MPs shooting
[ad_1] Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies closed a month-old protest camp in downtown Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday in a move that activists criticized as retaliation for the recent protests against a shooting involving an MP. The encampment first appeared in Grand Park across from City Hall in June amid protests over […]
California fires: dramatic nighttime airlift saves hundreds
[ad_1] The call arrived at the California National Guard at 3:15 p.m. Saturday. A rapid bushfire had smothered the only road to a popular recreation area in the Sierra National Forest. Hundreds of campers have been trapped. The stream fire, which started about six miles west on Friday night, had skipped the San Joaquin River […]
ICE arrests more than 300 people in Los Angeles area in month-long operation
[ad_1] Over the summer, even as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department withdrew from cooperation with immigration and customs officials, federal immigration officials arrested more than 300 people in the area. as part of a one-month national operation. The operation, which ran from July 13 to August 20, focused on those who were arrested or […]