By Hannah Sarisohn and Paul LeBlanc | CNN Illinois Democratic state lawmakers voted Thursday to remove nine Republicans from the state House after they refused to comply with the chamber’s mask mandate. The motion to remove the lawmakers — which passed 66-39 — followed an emotional appeal by Democratic state Rep. Lakesia Collins, who pleaded…
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Dozens of current and former Highway Patrol officers have been charged with racking up more than $226,000 in phony hours in an overtime fraud scheme, California’s attorney general said. The charges announced Thursday stem from a criminal investigation of officers in the East Los Angeles station. Between 2016 and mid-2018, 54 officers recorded hours of…
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Faculty, staff and students across the California State University system are demanding Chancellor Joseph Castro resign or be placed on unpaid leave and investigated amid allegations he failed to properly address sexual harassment complaints against a former administrator. The CSU Board of Trustees gathered Thursday for a marathon closed-session meeting to discuss Castro’s handling of…
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If you are late with your tax return, the government gets upset, fines you and may arrest you. When the government is late with its financial reports – nothing happens. That’s the story with California’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. It was released way late, on Feb. 2,…
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PACIFIC PALISADES — Joaquin Niemann had an idea how Riviera Country Club was playing Thursday when he saw no one from the morning draw posting better than a 5-under-par 66. He hit the ball so well in the Genesis Invitational that he didn’t even bother paying attention to anyone…
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The local high school schedule for the CIF-SS playoffs and postseason events on Friday and Saturday. FRIDAY CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games start at 7 p.m. unless noted OPEN DIVISION Final round of pool play Crean Lutheran (0-2) at Corona Centennial (2-0) Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (0-2) at Mater Dei (0-2) Quarterfinals DIVISION 1 JSerra…
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By AAMER MADHANI | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will face her highest-stakes foreign policy assignment yet this weekend in Germany, where she will try to keep European allies unified amid growing concern over the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. She will attend the annual Munich Security Conference as President…
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SoCalGas on Thursday, Feb. 17 released details of its proposed “Angeles Link” project to create what the utility says would be the largest hydrogen energy infrastructure system in the United States. The utility said the project — which was submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday — could displace up to 3 million…
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By Colleen Slevin and Kirsten Grieshaber | Associated Press DENVER — U.S. military pilot Gail S. Halvorsen — known as the “Candy Bomber” for his candy airdrops during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended — has died at age 101. Halvorsen died Wednesday following a brief illness in his home state of Utah,…
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A Newport Beach police supervisor raised concerns several weeks ago that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office was trying to “cover-up” racially charged comments made by DA Todd Spitzer, according to a newly-released memo he sent to a judge. Court Depweg, an acting lieutenant in the police department’s detective division, informed a judge in a…
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