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ACLU of Nevada Files Suit Against LVMPD for Cooperation with ICE

October 13, 2025 3:42 pmOctober 13, 2025 3:43 pm

Today, the ACLU of Nevada filed a lawsuit challenging the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) 287(g) agreement with ICE. The agreement allows ICE to use local law enforcement to assist in carrying out its federal immigration enforcement agenda. Under...

CA Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Again for Cutting Disaster Prep Program

July 20, 2025 8:15 amJuly 20, 2025 8:15 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta last week joined 19 other states suing the Trump Administration for canceling the FEMA grant program intended to help localities protect against natural disasters. The lawsuit, filed July 16 in the United States District Court...

Senator Schiff Demands Trump Administration Reinstate $33 Million in Federal Earthquake Retrofitting Funding

May 23, 2025 7:00 amMay 23, 2025 7:01 am

In a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week, US Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) demanded that $33 million in recently cancelled Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds for earthquake retrofitting be reinstated. Currently, FEMA is...

Let’s Unpack Gov. Newsom’s New Executive Order to ‘Harden Homes Against Wildfires’

February 9, 2025 3:30 amFebruary 10, 2025 9:11 am

Big government authoritarianism: That’s what California Governor Gavin Newsom is to the residents in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and other parts of Los Angeles whose homes were burned to the ground in January. Pacific Palisades residents – some who lost their...

President Biden Announces Federal Government Will Pay For 100% Of LA Fire Response Costs For 180 Days

January 10, 2025 7:47 amJanuary 11, 2025 7:38 am

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the federal government will be paying for 100% of the initial disaster response costs, covering everything from debris removal to first responder salaries. Since January 7th, Los Angeles County has continued to be...

Biden Approves More Disaster Relief, Disaster Declarations For Fires in Southern California

January 8, 2025 4:49 pmJanuary 8, 2025 4:49 pm

President Joe Biden quickly approved a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires currently raging across nearly 30,000 acres in Southern California on Wednesday, shortly after Governor Gavin Newsom requested it. In only the past few...

Rancho Palos Verdes Gets Some Help – Finally

November 1, 2024 7:31 amNovember 1, 2024 7:31 am

Gordon Leon was driving a Bobcat fixing his sewer line from his house to the drain on the street when he took a minute to talk to the California Globe about the recent announcement that Rancho Palos Verdes has obtained...