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California
Immigrant advocacy group reports increased ICE activity at Fresno field office
Updated July 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Local
She was spending half her Sacramento paycheck on rent. How everything went wrong
Updated July 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Homelessness
Homeless arrests, citations spiked in Sacramento. Graphics tell the story
July 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM
California
Tulare’s TK-8 school district under investigation by federal civil rights office
Updated July 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
California
Fresno activists respond to ICE suspending vehicle stops in wake of shootings
July 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
California
Man’s death by ICE renews outcry in Valley against Trump’s immigration crackdown
July 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Homelessness
Sacramento police can punish homeless people for sleeping with a blanket
Updated July 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Homelessness
Bodycam shows that Sacramento police told a woman ‘it’s illegal to be homeless’
Updated July 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Local
How manslaughter fireworks charges filed in Orange County link to Esparto blast
July 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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California
Recalled Avenal councilmembers’ homes searched, phones confiscated in 'criminal’ probe
Updated July 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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