US President Donald Trump on Monday justified his decision to deploy National Guard in California amid the ongoing unrest in Los Angeles. In a post on Truth social, Trump said that his administration will always do what is needed to keep our citizens safe.“We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal […]
Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Note: The following piece is inspired by Joshua Keating’s If It Happened There which uses tropes and tones normally used by American media to describe […]
Lightning hits California home as 6-year-old stands nearby A Southern California family had a heart-stopping moment on Tuesday when lightning struck a house just feet away, while they were standing outside recording the storm.Tiffanie Buckner was filming the dark clouds rolling in when a massive bolt of lightning hit a home in the cul-de-sac behind […]
Donald Trump has criticised California Governor Gavin Newsom over various policies (File photos) The US administration under Donald Trump is readying plans to withdraw substantial federal funding from California, with implementation potentially beginning Friday, according to various sources, quoted by CNN.Federal departments have reportedly received instructions to identify specific grants that could be withheld from […]
Debris covers the ground after an explosion on May 17, 2025 in Palm Springs, Calif (AP photo) US federal agents have apprehended a suspect in connection with last month’s car bombing at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, according to statements from three law enforcement officials on Wednesday.Daniel Park, 32, of Kent, Washington, was […]
(Image credits: Facebook handle of California interscholastic federation) The California interscholastic federation (CIF) announced a rule change this week to allow more girls to participate in the upcoming state track-and-field championships following public backlash over the inclusion of a transgender athlete, reported AP.In a statement issued Tuesday, the CIF said it would implement a “pilot […]
Damage to a building is seen after an explosion in Palm Springs, California on 17 May (Image: AP) A 25-year-old man the FBI believes was responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic left behind “anti-pro-life” writings before carrying out an attack investigators called terrorism, authorities said Sunday.Guy Edward Bartkus of […]
Law enforcement investigate a vehicle after an explosion (AP) Authorities in Palm Springs are preparing to update the public at a news conference Sunday morning about their investigation into an explosion at a fertility clinic that appeared to have killed the bomber and injured four other people. The explosion damaged office space, but the clinic’s […]
Bomb blast outside California fertility clinic deemed ‘act of terrorism’ by FBI (Picture credit: AP) A powerful bomb exploded outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least four others in what the FBI has officially declared an act of terrorism.“This is an intentional act of terrorism,” […]
An Indian-origin man scammed DoorDash by creating fake food orders. 30-year-old Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, a Southern Californian man of Indian-origin, has pleaded guilty for conspiring to steal around $2.5 million from food delivery company DoorDash. Devagiri and three others were indicted by a federal jury in August and were arrested in October, Federal prosecutors […]
