Schools nationwide brace for Trump, including measures compelling teachers not to cooperate with ICE

School districts, universities and state-level education leaders around the country are preparing their schools for the incoming Trump administration, including efforts to protect illegal immigrant children.  Many school districts are focusing on efforts to bolster protections for migrant students and families. These include mandatory teacher training on what to do if immigration officials arrive at … Read more

California fires live: LA issues new evacuation order as thickening smoke prompts ‘health emergency’

Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for Monday After the fire, the insurance battles: new ordeals to come Los Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and images Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires? The LA Fire Department issued a … Read more

‘There’s literally nothing’: surrounded by destruction, Los Angeles begins to process scale of loss

Returning Pacific Palisades residents were grieving not just homes turned to ash, but memories buried amid the rubble Wildfires had crept close to the Pacific Palisades before. Just in 2018, the catastrophic Woolsey fire wreaked havoc in nearby Malibu. There’d been other close calls: evacuations because of a brush fire in 2019. A blaze chewing … Read more

LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on DEI, woke items: ‘Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe’

While Los Angeles officials were stripping millions in funding from their fire department ahead of one of the most destructive wildfires in state history, hundreds of thousands of dollars were allocated to fund programs such as a “Gay Men’s Chorus” and housing for the transgender homeless. Deadly fires erupted across Southern California this week, which … Read more