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High school students, parents warned about deepfake nude photo threat

Multiple Los Angeles-area school districts have investigated instances of “inappropriate,” artificial intelligence-generated images of students circulating online and in text messages in recent months. Most recently, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced that it is investigating “allegations of inappropriate photos being created and disseminated within the Fairfax High School community,” the school district told Fox News Digital in …

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Anti-Israel agitators’ ‘unlawful’ tactics will ‘not be tolerated,’ California Highway Patrol warns

The California Highway Patrol is warning that tactics used by “unlawful” anti-Israel protesters that temporarily blocked roads and created a traffic nightmare yesterdayon the Golden Gate Bridge and along Interstate-880 in Oakland “will not be tolerated.” The CHP’s Golden Gate Division says 38 people have been arrested following the incidents, in which demonstrators held up a banner with the message …

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Scott Peterson defense drops motion to seal in bid for new trial after prosecutors note files mostly public

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Scott Peterson, the convicted wife killer who has maintained his innocence since before his arrest in 2004, returned to court Tuesday to withdraw a motion to seal a document in the case after prosecutors told the court most of the information is already public. A California jury found Peterson guilty in 2004 of the murders of …

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Newsom refuses to back fellow Dems taking on Google, Big Tech through news link legislation

Gov. Gavin Newsom is staying silent on a Democrat-led bill moving through the legislature that would create a “link tax” requiring big tech companies, like Google, to pay media companies for linking to their pages. Last week, Google began removing news links to news pages while the legislation, dubbed the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), is under consideration. The bill, …

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California homeowner shoots home invasion suspect, another dead in targeted heist: police

A resident in an affluent Southern California neighborhood shot a suspected home intruder Tuesday morning, police said. The homeowner shot the suspect inside a gated home in coastal Newport Beach, authorities said. “The crime appears to be a targeted incident involving a prior connection between the suspects and the victims,” a police statement said. SCOTT PETERSON, KILLER OF PREGNANT WIFE, …

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Bay Area Christians fight city over 'hostile and targeted' cross removal: 'Discriminatory action'

A California club is fighting to get its cross back on what they say is their private property after an atheist group campaigned for it to be removed. Fifty years ago, a devout Christian asked the Albany Lions Club to build and maintain a large lighted steel and plexiglass cross on his private land, to be lit during the Christmas …

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UC Regent says levels of campus antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate are 'absolutely disproportionate'

A member of the University of California’s Board of Regents says the antisemitism levels on university campuses are “absolutely disproportionate” to that of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hatred since the Israel-Hamas conflict began generating intense divides last October. “The antisemitism is absolutely disproportionate. We reject both,” John A. Pérez told Politico in an interview published Sunday. “We reject all forms of …

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California sues beach city over voter ID law backed by majority of residents

California officials are suing the beachside city of Huntington Beach over a voter ID amendment it passed last month with support from a majority of residents. The lawsuit, from California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, challenges Huntington Beach’s voter ID law, Measure A, which amends the city’s charter to allow voter ID requirements …

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Paris Hilton backs California bill to bring more transparency to youth treatment facilities

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on the industry that cares for troubled teens by requiring more transparency from youth treatment facilities. The bill supported by the Hilton Hotel heiress and media personality aims to pry open information on how short-term residential facilities for youth dealing with …

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Anti-Israel agitators block Golden Gate Bridge traffic

Traffic on both lanes of California’s Golden Gate Bridge has been shut down Monday, the California Highway Patrol tells Fox News Digital, as images emerging from the scene showed anti-Israel protesters holding banners with the messages “Stop the world for Gaza” and “End the siege on Gaza now!” A similar demonstration has also blocked traffic on Interstate-880 in Oakland. “Golden …

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