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• Massive student immigration protest turns violent in downtown LA, dispersal order issued: police - Los Angeles police issued a dispersal order as a student immigration protest turned violent in downtown LA on Wednesday. At least five people were detained, police say.
• Exclusive: Illegal immigrant released under Biden 'catch-and-release' allegedly kills driver in police chase - Darwin Felipe Bahamon Martinez, 21, is facing a homicide charge after a reckless driving chase ended in a fatal collision. ICE has lodged a detainer against the suspect.
• Waymo under federal investigation after child struck - A Waymo autonomous vehicle hit a child near a Santa Monica, California, school, prompting an NHTSA probe focusing on self-driving cars.
• California Dems lash out at ICE during gubernatorial debate - California Democratic gubernatorial candidates condemned ICE during Tuesday's debate, with several calling to abolish the federal immigration agency.
• Election officials keep quitting years after 2020, as new study flags ongoing turnover risk - Fifty percent of chief local election officials in Western U.S. states have left their jobs since November 2020, with departures increasing from 2023, according to new Issue One study.
• Girl, 12, dangles from ski chairlift in California before crashing to ground in terrifying video - A 12-year-old girl walked away without major injuries after falling from a ski chairlift at Mammoth Mountain resort in California. The dramatic rescue attempt was caught on video.
• Pro-ICE billboard lights up San Francisco streets ahead of Super Bowl LX - ICE billboard appears in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX, displaying football-themed messages supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
• Swalwell in the hot seat after spending over $200K in campaign cash on childcare: 'Slippery slope' - A campaign finance expert is slamming Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., for spending over $200,000 of his congressional campaign cash on an “inherently personal" expense" childcare.
• Measles exposure risk identified at major airport and theme park, health officials warn - Health officials warn of potential measles risk at LAX and Disneyland after international traveler's visit. Here's what to know about windows of exposure.
• California parents who decapitated 2 children, forced other kids to see bodies learn sentence - California parents Maurice Taylor Sr. and Natalie Brothwell sentenced to life without parole for murdering their two children in their Lancaster home.