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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special legislative session to protect the state’s progressive policies ahead of President Trump’s re-election. The Democratic governor, a fierce critic of President-elect Donald Trump, is once again making California a center of resistance against conservative policies. He is calling on Democratic allies in Congress, who hold supermajorities in both chambers, to approve additional funding for the attorney general’s office to prepare for a strong legal battle against expected federal challenges. . California sued the first Trump administration more than 120 times, with…

Cases of explicit AI-generated child deepfakes have increased rapidly in recent years, prompting lawsuits in several states to enact laws to protect against them. Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have passed a flurry of bills to ensure that local prosecutors can bring charges under state law over AI-generated “deepfakes” and other sexually explicit images of children. A deepfake is a video, photo, or audio recording that looks real but is manipulated by artificial intelligence. Deepfakes can make it appear as if someone is saying or doing something that they did not actually say or do. According to the…

Los Angeles County Fire Department investigators are working to determine the cause of a house fire that killed a 48-year-old man and his two dogs in La Habra Saturday morning.A neighbor told the Times he was in his kitchen when he heard the explosion. When she stepped into the back door, she saw black smoke coming from the house next door. “My husband and I ran away from home,” Alisa Grace said. “There was another person there, they called 911 and other neighbors came out. They ran to the front door, knocked on the window, jumped over the fence, ran…

President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will pardon his son Hunter Biden, who will be sentenced later this month on two federal cases. The younger Biden was convicted on federal gun charges and also pleaded guilty in September to federal tax evasion charges. The president had previously said he would not pardon his son, but his reversal of that statement drew criticism from some Democrats as well as Republicans. Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere in the decision-making of the Department of Justice, and…

A Fresno County woman died after being bitten by a rabid bat in the middle school classroom where she was teaching art, according to public health officials and published reports. Fresno County Public Health reported last week that a Merced County resident died from rabies after being bitten by a bat. The Fresno Bee and KFSN-TV reported that health officials did not release the victim’s name, but friends said she was Leah Senen, an art teacher at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos, a small city in Merced County. He was identified as 60 years old. Senen found the bat…

Is Southern California a winter wonderland in early December? It depends on your definition of the phrase. According to the National Weather Service, unseasonably high temperatures will be experienced throughout the first week of December throughout the region, except directly on the coast. Southern Californians woke up Sunday to gray skies, but that wasn’t expected to last long as the sun would shine throughout the day. Forecasts predict similar conditions on Monday and Tuesday before the rest of the week becomes completely sunny. As the sun shines stronger, the temperature also rises for this time of year. Temperatures are expected…

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Riqui Puig will miss MLS Cup 2024 after suffering a season-ending torn ACL, the team announced on Sunday. The Spanish playmaker tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the second half of the Western Conference Finals against Seattle Sounders FC. Puig recorded the game-winning assist in the 85th minute, sending the Galaxy to MLS Cup where they will face the New York Red Bulls. The LA Galaxy newspaper announced that Puig’s expected date for surgery has not yet been determined. The 2024 MLS All-Star has 17 goals and 20 assists in 36 games…

San Bernardino County deputies arrested a convicted felon after an “aggressive traffic stop” led to the discovery of a firearm and a search warrant at his home yielded two stolen vehicles. . According to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, just before 11:45 p.m. on Nov. 25, a deputy encountered Carlos during a preliminary vehicle search near Mount Vernon Avenue and Barton Road in Grand Terrace.・I came into contact with a man named Torres. The deputy conducted a record search on Mr. Torres, which determined he was on post-release community supervision and a convicted felon. “During…

President Joe Biden has decided to pardon his son Hunter and plans to make the announcement Sunday night, NBC News has learned exclusively, citing a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision. The decision marks a change in policy for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive powers to pardon or commute his son’s sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing on federal firearms charges. Hunter Biden is also scheduled to be sentenced on December 16th in a separate criminal case after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion…

(AP) — Southwest Airlines is ending cabin service on its planes early and requiring passengers to go through normal pre-landing procedures, including making sure they wear their seatbelts and returning seats to an upright position earlier than before. He announced that he was looking for it. Starting Dec. 4, flight attendants will begin preparing cabins for landing at 18,000 feet instead of 10,000 feet, a company spokeswoman said. The changes to procedures are aimed at “reducing the risk of injury from in-flight turbulence” for crew and passengers, the company said. Although fatalities caused by turbulence are extremely rare, injuries have…