Active-duty troops begin arriving at US-Mexico border in Texas and California to combat migrant crisis
Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border
Pentagon is sending up to 1,500 active-duty troops to U.S.-Mexico border
LA fires updates: Trump makes wild claims about California wildfires and snubs Newsom ahead of visit
Trump makes wild claims about California wildfires and snubs Newsom ahead of visit - The Border 2 fire has torn over 5,300 acres in San Diego County ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to survey w
He escaped violence in Mexico. Why California DACA recipient still lives in ‘paralyzing fear’
Matias Bernal grew up undocumented in the Central Valley after escaping Mexico as a teen. Like many DACA recipients, he faces the constant uncertainty of deportation.
Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader from Tijuana extradited to California
An alleged high-level cartel leader who was arrested by Mexican authorities following a 2020 shootout on the streets of downtown Tijuana has been extradited to San Diego, where he is facing a
California hiker shot by bandit crew along Mexican border
American hiker shot by suspected Mexican cartel while on US soil
U.S. Border Patrol El Centro Sector officials confirmed that a hiker was shot and robbed by “suspected cartel members" while exploring an area of San Diego County near the U.S.-Mexico border with a group.
American hiker shot twice by suspected cartel terrorist near US-Mexico border
A suspected cartel terrorist attacked and shot an American hiker multiple times near the San Diego-Mexico border, according to the US Customs and Border Protection. Border patrol said a group of hikers were bombarded with gunfire,
Is there still gold in California? Why the gold rush lives on 200 years later
More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.
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As President Trump declares a border emergency on Day 1, California’s targeted immigrants lie low
Along the California-Mexico border, immigrants at risk of deportation are seeking to live undetected through an unprecedented crackdown. But a returning President Trump issued a barrage of Inauguration Day executive orders designed to pull the military into border enforcement.
California relying on prisoners, Mexico to provide firefighters to battle Los Angeles wildfires
California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires that have exploded across Los Angeles since last week.
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Mexico sends firefighters to California to help with raging blazes
MEXICO CITY, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Mexico sent a team of firefighters to California on Saturday to help teams battling the raging wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles. "The ...
Trump targets California water policy as he prepares to tour LA fire damage
President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles.
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Firefighters from Canada, Mexico and U.S. prisons fought the L.A. fires. They have something to teach us about solidarity.
Yet in L.A., prisoners themselves are bringing hope to the community. The state of California has for more than a century operated a volunteer Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, which allows eligible incarcerated persons to support local, state and federal agencies in responding to a variety of emergencies, including fires.
New Mexico man admits to setting California church and preschool on fire
James Cauthen, a 54-year-old fire chief with Coweta County Fire in Georgia, was shot and killed while helping drivers who hit a deer in Alabama.