LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI has arrested a Southern California man who officials said falsely claimed to have developed a cure for the coronavirus and solicited investments in a company he said would market the medication, federal prosecutors said. Keith Lawrence Middlebrook told his 2.4 million Instagram followers that his company would return hundreds […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) has released a video of Snoop Dogg urging residents to “lay low” during the coronavirus crisis. The hip-hop star appears in a public service announcement shared to the governor’s twitter account telling Californians to shelter in place during the global pandemic. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: “My fellow Californians, real important message — I need […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Five of the nation’s largest banks have agreed to temporarily suspend residential mortgage payments for people affected by the coronavirus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. The announcement came as Newsom provided yet another grim statistic about the economic devastation from the […]
Last March, twin brothers from Rancho Cordova, Calif., joined the long list of Black people who have reportedly been harassed by police officers and/or nosy neighbors while minding their own business. The Sacramento Bee reports that Carlos and Thomas Williams have filed two lawsuits against Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County and the officers involved in their 2019 arrests, […]
Illinois and New York state joined California on Friday in ordering all residents to stay in their homes unless they have vital reasons to go out, restricting the movement of more than 70 million people in the most sweeping efforts yet in the U.S. to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The governors of the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, warning that the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the state’s medical system. Making a major announcement. Tune in now. https://t.co/Yjet7ojZqf — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 20, 2020 LIKE […]
A California woman is speaking out about being racially profiled while shopping for essentials during a coronavirus lockdown. Deja Patterson, 24, says she and her mom Theresa, and her cousin Reem, hit up a WinCo Foods in Pittsburg, California, on Monday evening and were accosted over a bag of lemons, MadameNoire reports. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: The women live […]
Nicki Minaj‘s husband has submitted legal docs begging a California judge to allow him to use the Internet. The request comes after the former felon was arrested for not registering as a sex offender. We previously reported… Kenneth Petty was arrested back in November for not registering as a sex offender when he moved from New York […]
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of killing four people in California told detectives in a recorded interview he was fed up with racism against black people and since he was suspected of killing of one white man he may as well kill more. The recording was played Monday in the trial of Kori […]
[Update] LOS ANGELES (AP) — It has all the hallmarks of an only-in-Los Angles crime: A thief stole a hearse — with a body inside — and took it on a wild ride that ended with a chase and a crash on a busy freeway. Authorities say they found the body undisturbed inside a casket […]
A video has gone viral of students at a California High School chanting a xenophobic phrase during a basketball game. Righetti High School students were taunting the St. Joseph High School basketball team, which has three players from Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. territory, and one from France, according to the Santa Maria Times. The […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty firefighters from California returned to the United States on Wednesday after spending nearly a month battling wildfires in Australia. The firefighters based at Angeles National Forest arrived at Los Angeles International Airport and were scheduled to reunite with their families at a city fire station. The group had worked with […]
