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A bill introduced last week will seek reparations for the families of those who were displaced from their homes after Dodger Stadium was built on the land. Dodger Stadium opened in Chavez Ravine in 1962, and it is the third-oldest MLB stadium, behind only Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. When it opened, though, around 1,800 families, most of whom were …

Beachgoers from Santa Barbara to San Diego should be wary of a potential increase in shark attacks along the Southern California coastline, after a renowned program that monitors sharks’ whereabouts may cease. The Shark Lab at California State University at Long Beach voiced concern that its state funding will be cut by June, and it is actively seeking to raise …

Wealthy Californians in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Beverly Hills are reportedly enraged after a $5 million home was invaded by squatters and became a source of rowdy parties. Beverly Grove is home to the elite of the elite in California. A-list celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and LeBron James, entrepreneurs, hedge-fund investors, heiresses, and studio executives own homes …

The federal government is asking a court to halt California’s enforcement of a rule requiring prison guards to be clean-shaven, saying it amounts to religious discrimination for Sikhs, Muslims and others who wear beards as an expression of their faith. The civil rights complaint filed Monday by the U.S. Justice Department says the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s prohibition …

Police in California released video of a pursuit that ended with a suspect clinging onto a moving car in what looked like a carjacking attempt, prior to being shot. Video released Saturday by the Lathrop Police Department shows the Jan. 27 pursuit of suspect Juan Valdez, 40, after a woman called 911 to report her friend was being threatened by …

California’s former Controller Betty Yee announced Wednesday she will run for governor in 2026, vying to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom against other major Democratic contenders in what will be the first open race for the state’s top office since 2018. If elected, Yee would be the first woman to become California’s governor. She is a San Francisco native born …

Prosecutors in California say the Romanian mafia has given a new look to an old scam — debit card skimming — by placing devices to steal personal information on self-checkout machines in grocery stores. Debit card skimmers have long been problematic at gas stations and ATMs. Now a highly organized network of crooks is branching out. “They’ll have people sitting …

Stanford University faculty and students have debated standardized testing as the prestigious higher education institution considers reinstating the test in the admissions process. “The tests themselves– they’re not ridiculously hard. They test basic algebra and geometry, the kind of thing you’d learn in ninth or 10th grade,” Stanford freshman Antonio Alonso-Stepanov told Fox News Digital. “And you just need to …

Los Angeles burglars are using sledgehammers to tunnel their way into local businesses. Early Monday morning, suspects burrowed through three businesses and six walls in a strip mall to make their way into Denny Lesser Jewelers in Chatsworth, according to Los Angeles police and Denny Lesser himself. “I heard a loud noise in the back,” Lesser, who went into his …

Popeye remains the world’s greatest spinach salesman nearly a century after he made his comic-strip debut on the eve of the Great Depression. The sailor man’s legend is recounted every March 26, celebrated as National Spinach Day in the United States. Popeye was a gruff but noble comic-strip hero with bulging forearms. SPINACH VS. KALE: WHICH IS ‘BETTER’ FOR YOU? …