California governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation for a new law designed to guard people of color against racial profiling at the hands of police…

A Black man attempting to buy groceries was brutally beat by a security guard at a California Whole Foods Market.

California residents are currently battling a record-breaking drought, but that hasn’t stopped some of its richest residents from demanding their lawns be put first when…

A Barstow, California police officer is under fire after body camera shows him brutally wrestling a Black woman to the ground when she was eight…

On December 3, 2014, Deshawnda “Ta-Ta” Sanchez, a transgender woman, was trying to run to safety after she was robbed and assaulted. Sanchez was shot and…

National

Members of a Black family in Manhattan Beach, Calif., are calling for a hate crime investigation after their home was recently fire bombed, the Los…

Suspect and six others suffered “gunshot wounds or traumatic injuries” during Southern California drive-by shootings on Friday night.  CNN.com has the complete story.  Read more:  

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Reuters is reporting this hour EADS and BAE Systems will not extend their merger talks, calling an end – for now – to a plan…

National

Iesha Hill was arrested Saturday in Stockton, California after allegedly feeding her 5-month-old daughter Bacardi, KTXL Fox 40 reports. Her family says it was all…

Brea Persley, 13, says that her science teacher told her to “sit your nappy-headed self down” in front of the whole class last week at…

Finance

42 states have now signed on to the deal that would provide up to $25 billion to “qualified” homeowners who are “underwater” or whose homes have been foreclosed on, since the beginning of the mortgage meltdown. CNN.com has the story. Read More: