Salton City, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling heroin Thursday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 8:50 a.m., when a 28-year-old man approached the checkpoint as one of multiple passengers aboard a commercial bus.  Agents sent the bus aside to secondary for […]

Washington, DC–As part of a settlement signed Friday, CNN has agreed to pay $76 million in backpay, the largest monetary remedy in the history of the National Labor Relations Board.  The back pay amount, larger than what the agency collects on average in a typical year, is expected to benefit over 300 individuals. The dispute […]

CALIFORNIA–Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign announced it raised more than $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 with more than 355,000 donations from the Golden State — totalling more than $7 million.  Since launching the campaign, Bernie 2020 has received nearly $19.7 million from California alone.  “Bernie 2020 is built by working people, who […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Political News Editor WASHINGTON — There was a case for killing Major General Qassem Soleimani. For two decades, as the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, he executed Iran’s long game of strategic depth in the Middle East—arming and guiding proxy militias in Lebanon and Iraq that became stronger than either […]

OAKLAND–The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board released their the third annual report required under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 (RIPA).  The report contains an analysis of the approximately 1.8 million stops conducted by California’s eight largest law enforcement agencies during the second half of 2018.  The report also examines civilian […]

SACRAMENTO–California has a new tool in its efforts to build wildfire resilience and improve long-term forest management in the face of climate change. The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has certified a new program that will help minimize wildland fire risk across the state while ensuring the highest level of environmental oversight. The […]

El Paso, TX–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized 106 pounds of marijuana late Thursday. The drugs were hidden in a car being driven by a 17-year-old boy. The seizure occurred just after 9 p.m. when a 2000 Ford Taurus being driven by the young U.S. citizen […]

A California man who was the chairman and managing partner of an energy company was charged in an indictment unsealed December 20 for his alleged operation of a Ponzi scheme involving approximately 50 victims and more than $15 million.  Joey Stanton Dodson, 55, of Indio, California, was charged in an indictment filed in the Northern […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Political News Editor WASHINGTON — The flagship magazine of American evangelicalism, Christianity Today, released a surprise editorial on Thursday calling for the removal of Donald Trump from the presidency. “We believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear, in a way the Mueller investigation did not, that President Trump […]

Seattle, WA–Following Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate, candidate Julián Castro, appeared on MSNBC for an interview with Joy Reid, in which he argued that candidates should defend the thousands of California farmworkers working in poor conditions, rather than the billionaire wine cave owners who depend on them.  “There was a lot of discussion about wine caves […]