california
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Spanish-Immersion School in Calif. Vandalized With Pro-Trump Graffiti
On Monday, students and employees tried to clean up the graffiti that was left on multiple walls, a door and a trash can at Cali Calmecac Language Academy in Windsor, Calif., Raw Story reports. The vandalism consisted of messages that read “Trump 2016” and “Build the Wall Higher.” “I know children are nervous about this. It…
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Family Members Overpower Convicted Sex Offender Who Climbed Into Girls’ Bedroom: Report
Family members of two teenage girls in San Bernardino County, Calif., were able to overpower and pin down a convicted sex offender who reportedly sneaked into the girls’ room and tried to sexually assault them, according to the police, the Los Angeles Times reports. Derek Lamont Fowler of Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with burglary…
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Why Hip-Hop Is Dead, Reason No. 435: Watch Calif. Congresswoman Dab During Debate
I hate hip-hop dances and the new “All lives matter” Cam Newton, and I blame both of them for what happened Wednesday evening, when a California Senate race between Democrats Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez included the dab. Sanchez, a congresswoman who represents California’s 46th District, was over her time when the moderator let her…
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All Mansions Matter: Lawsuit Claims That Cam Newton Trashed Rental Property
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is being sued for reportedly trashing a California mansion after his dismal performance in the Super Bowl. According to Yahoo! Sports, Newton is “facing a $270,000 lawsuit over alleged damages to an $11 million home he rented in Beverly Hills.” Newton rented the luxury home during the summer from a…
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Lawyer: Calif. Officers Who Killed Fleeing Black Man Should Face Murder Charges
A lawyer for the family of a black man who was fleeing police called Monday for the two Sacramento, Calif., police officers who killed him to be charged with murder, Reuters reports. John Burris, the lawyer, told Reuters in a phone interview that dashcam video released last week suggests that the officers who shot and…
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#AlfredOlango Was in ‘Shooting Stance’ Aiming E-Cigarette When He Was Fatally Shot, Police Claim: Report
El Cajon, Calif., police say that the mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed during a police encounter was in a “shooting stance” aiming an e-cigarette. According to NBC News, on Wednesday, 38-year-old Alfred Okwera Olango was killed after, police say, he took a shooting stance and aimed at officers what they later…
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Derrick Rose Rape Accuser Must Reveal Identity During Civil Trial, Judge Rules
The woman accusing Derrick Rose of rape will have to reveal her name during an upcoming civil trial, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled Tuesday. According to the Chicago Tribune, because the case is a civil trial and not a criminal case, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald noted that there were strict rules that…
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Deaf Teen Killed by Gunman After Friend Explained in Text: 'We Can't Hear You'
The family of a deaf teen killed by an unidentified gunman is demanding justice and hoping that the killer is found, the Los Angeles Times reports. Najai Welch says that her brother, DeSean Welch, 18, had gone with some of his friends to watch a football game at Rancho Verde High School Friday when a…
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ProPublica Releases Video Showing in-Custody Death of Vachel Howard
ProPublica has released the video of the in-custody death of Vachel Howard that, it says, the Los Angeles Police Department didn’t want released. Howard died June 4, 2012, while in the custody of the LAPD’s 77th Street Station jail. The 56-year-old grandfather of seven had been taken into custody for driving while intoxicated and had…
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Los Angeles Serial Killer 'Grim Sleeper' Sentenced to Death
Los Angeles’ notorious serial killer the “Grim Sleeper” was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl that spanned more than two decades, the Washington Post reports. “I can’t think of anyone that I’ve encountered in all my many years in the criminal-justice system that has committed the kind…