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Police arrested a Los Angeles man on Friday after he made a revenge prank call — a “swatting” — to police in Kansas about a potential hostage incident that resulted in the police killing an innocent man.

A Border Patrol agent patrolling the border on an ATV was hospitalized after being assaulted with a large rock. The attack occurred a few miles east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a known human smuggling area.

A federal court has ruled that a high school in California cannot force a protesting player to stand for the national anthem.

A team of first responders in Colorado sprung into action Friday after a Clydesdale went on very thin ice and fell into an icy pond.

California New Year’s Day partiers can only buy legal recreational marijuana at 44 locations across the state, as cities like Los Angeles are suffering problems setting up taxes and dealing with union infighting.

Migrants from countries like Eritrea, Cameroon, and Mexico have flooded the U.S. southern border in San Diego to such an extent in recent days that U.S. border officials have been unable to process them without long lines forming on the Tijuana side of the border.

Officials identified the U.S. citizen murdered while visiting Mexico as a tourist during the Christmas holiday as a city administrator from California. Gunmen killed the Californian in the Mexican coastal state of Guerrero. The state of Guerrero has become a hotspot for cartel violence in recent years.

Southern California’s population continues to grow slowly, as the area swaps legal residents leaving for legal and illegal aliens arriving.

Michael Scott Wilson was arrested at his home on White Hall Drive for allegedly rigging his door to electrocute his wife and unborn child.

Apple has announced they will be offering replacement batteries for older iPhone models for $29 following the recent scandal revealing that software updates purposefully slow down older iPhone models.

Dec. 29 (UPI) — Laboratory-confirmed cases of contagious flu are on the rise in the United States, with 11 deaths attributed to the virus in San Diego County, Calif., alone.

The Los Angeles Times points out an odd bit of presidential trivia as 2017 comes to a close: President Donald Trump is the first president since Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower not to visit the State of California in his first full year in office.

As President Donald Trump’s first year ends with successes in both foreign and domestic policy, Democrats and #NeverTrump Republicans are plagued by “nightmare envy,” since the dictatorship they warned about has failed to materialize.

A new study released at UCLA finds “gender nonconforming” young people in California are more than twice as likely to have psychological problems than those comfortable with their biological sex.

A new study released at UCLA finds 27 percent of California’s young people between the ages of 12 and 17 self-report that others view them as “gender nonconforming” at school.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told CNN’s New Day on Thursday morning that President Donald Trump’s new tax reforms are “a dagger in the heart of New York and California” because they cap the state and local tax (SALT) deduction.

A “surge of excitement” for a couple in Taiwan reportedly ended with one of a 51-year-old man’s family jewels in a rice bowl and a trip to the hospital.

60 percent of young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 use online streaming services as their primary way to watch television, according to a report.

A high-profile Houston attorney’s date night ended when a woman allegedly refused to leave his home and destroyed two original Andy Warhol paintings in her wake.

Google is working with select hotels to stifle competition, which is making travel more expensive for consumers, according to a report.

California unions are demanding that 100,000 marijuana production, packaging and distribution workers organize in anticipation of the legalization of recreational weed on January 1.

California’s teachers are receiving low grades for how effective they are in the classroom, according to a 2017 survey.

More pregnant mothers in California are lighting up than ever before, according to a study released Tuesday.

Strong pubic-sector employment growth has helped California’s unemployment rate fall to a record low of 4.6 percent as 2017 comes to a close.

A Pennsylvania woman was in shock upon receiving an electric bill for more money than most billionaires see in their lifetimes.

NBC News notes that the entire city council of Palm Springs, California, is now lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ), as of last month’s elections — the first time that has happened anywhere in the United States. The city,

California Highway Patrol officer Andrew Camilleri died over Christmas after his vehicle was struck by a man under the influence.

An audit by the California State Auditor shows Los Angeles County has only issued concealed carry permits to 197 of its 10.2 million residents.

“High-level Amazon and Microsoft directors” face charges following a sex trafficking sting that was based on emails sent to brothels.

A San Antonio area homeowner responded to a Christmas decoration thief by displaying large images and video of his misdeeds on his front lawn.

California is facing the prospect of a very dry winter, a year after one of the wettest winters on record, renewing fears of a devastating drought that gripped the state from 2011 to 2016.

California Gov. Jerry Brown celebrated a Sanctuary State Christmas by pardoning two convicted criminal aliens to prevent their deportation next week by the Trump administration.

HOUSTON, Texas — A grandmother stopped a would-be Christmas week jewelry robbery by shoving the perpetrator out the door of the store. The suspect attempted to shove his way through as the employees entered to prepare the Galleria-area shop.

The person who sent Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin a box of manure in response to President Donald Trump’s tax reform has been identified as Dr. Robert Strong, a psychologist for the Los Angeles Department of Children’s Health.

A multi-billion dollar Las Vegas resort that had skidded to a halt over the economy, regulations, and outlook has been given a rebirth after the passage of President Donald Trump’s tax reform bill, according to reports.

Almost 2,000 Ventura County, California, residents paid tribute Saturday to fallen firefighter Cory Iverson, who died on December 14 while fighting the Thomas fire.