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FIRST ON FOX: A free market business group whose legal arm is led by two-time former U.S. Attorney General William Barr has filed a federal lawsuit against California over its climate regulations for phasing out diesel-powered heavy-duty vehicles. The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce – which was launched in 2022 to fight government regulations – filed the lawsuit this …

Marion “Suge” Knight, the Death Row Records founder and a central figure in hip-hop’s infamous East Coast-West Coast feud in the 1990s, issued an ominous warning to his former rival Sean “Diddy” Combs in a phone call from prison last week. “I tell you what, Puffy, your life is in danger because you know the secrets, who’s involved in that …

The sheriff-coroner of California’s San Bernardino County is decrying the alleged actions of one of his deputies as “alarming and inexcusable” after the 45-year-old was arrested on multiple felony weapons charges following an investigation into his connections to a local biker gang. Christopher Bingham has been taken into custody and is now being held on $500,000 bail after investigators found …

Spring took a back seat again Friday as a wintry weather system brought more low-elevation snow, hail, rain and unusually cold temperatures to California. A cold and unstable air remained in place after a late-season low pressure system spun into the state a day earlier and spawned unseasonable conditions at a time when spring break is underway and the outdoor …

California Democratic leaders announced Thursday they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state’s staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals. Gov. Gavin Newsom had enjoyed unprecedented surplus budgets of more than $100 billion throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But the past two years have saddled him with …

A crew of burglars broke into a money storage facility in Los Angeles on Easter Sunday and got away with as much as $30 million in cash in what may be one of the largest heists the city has ever seen. The heist is believed to have taken place at a GardaWorld facility in Sylmar, a suburban neighborhood located in …

A rare tied primary election result is set to put three candidates on the November ballot in California’s 16th Congressional District. Nearly one month after the March 5 election, unofficial results show that two Democratic candidates have tied for second place in the nonpartisan “jungle” primary. State Assemblyman Evan Low and Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian each have 30,249 …

Sometimes people do trashy things, but it is unusual to see someone disguised as a garbage bag stealing a package that was left at a front door. That is exactly what happened outside Omar Gabriel Munoz’s home in Sacramento County, California, on March 29. Munoz’s door camera footage shows a person crouched underneath a garbage bag approaching the front door …

Squatting laws have become a frequent target of exploitation by savvy criminals who fraudulently move into vacant homes across the nation. Experts warn that the problem could be compounded by the ongoing immigration crisis, with migrants catching wind of the laws and taking advantage of them. “I have thought about invading a house in the United States,” migrant Leonel Moreno …

Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a mental health facility when he escaped on Tuesday, San …