california
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L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies Shoot at Aggressive Dog; Bullets Ricochet and Kill Teen, Authorities Say
Officials say Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies accidentally shot and killed a 17-year-old boy in Palmdale, Calif., early Thursday morning after their bullets ricocheted off the ground when they opened fire at an aggressive dog. According to the Los Angeles Times, the teen was hit in the chest by at least one “skip” round several…
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Is the Sacramento, Calif., Police Department Secretly Airing Its Grievances Through an Underground Facebook Page?
Tanya Faison, a self-described “abolitionist” with Black Lives Matter Sacramento in California’s state capital, has been the repeated target of attacks on a Facebook page purported to be the “unofficial voice to the hardworking men and women of the Sacramento Police Department.” “I’ve had to clean out the list of followers and block people because…
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‘It Was Very, Very Scary’: Bus Drops 5-Year-Old Off at the Wrong School, Terrifying Her Family
A mom in the Natomas area of Sacramento, Calif., was left terrified after her 5-year-old daughter was dropped off at the wrong school in a school bus mix-up. Thankfully, little Myah Fisher was safely located and reunited with her family, but her mom remains frustrated that her little girl could have gone missing while in…
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Dr. Dre Donates $10,000,000 to Build Performing Arts Center for Compton, Calif., High School
Hip-hop icon Dr. Dre has shelled out a cool $10 million to help develop a performing arts center for one of the high schools in his native Compton, Calif., the Compton Unified School District announced Thursday. The center—which will be part of the new Compton High School—will include several creative resources, as well as a…
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Black Teen Finds Photo of Herself Being Lynched Shared in Group Chat
A 15-year-old California high school student discovered a shocking picture of herself with a noose drawn around her neck posted in a chemistry chat room for Los Angeles’ Palisades Charter High School. “Oh, my God, it’s me being lynched,” Aina Adewunmi told CBS Los Angeles. “Looking at an image of yourself like that hurts.” Aina…
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Calif. Middle School Students Get Yearbooks With N-Word on Cover
One California middle school will seriously have to consider how it edits yearbooks after the n-word made it onto the cover of the school’s yearbooks. According to CNN, the racial slur appeared on a historical map of San Diego County that was chosen by book editors and staff at Black Mountain Middle School. However, the…
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Calif. Grandmother Wanted in Fatal Stabbing of 18-Month-Old Granddaughter Detained
Updated Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 9:36 a.m. EDT: Police have confirmed that a Colton, Calif., grandmother wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of her 18-month-old granddaughter has been captured. Nicole Darrington Clark was taken into custody Tuesday morning, although other details are not immediately available. A police dispatcher told the Los Angeles Times that more…
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Calif. High Schooler Uses Blackface for ‘Promposal’ 1 Month After Another Student Used a Lynching Reference
It seems that the ghost of promposals is still haunting us, and while a lot of high school students are guilty of doing the utmost, two students at the same California high school went way too far by using blackface and lynching references in their own promposals. Fact: It’s never cute to be racist when…