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'Smart' Toilets Aim to Fix Our Public Bathroom Shortage

Tech-driven restrooms offer privacy, accountability, rapid deployment for cities

(Newser) - America's public restroom shortage is so dire the country now ranks 30th globally, sharing the spot with Botswana. Building more traditional bathrooms isn't the simple answer, though, as upkeep and misuse quickly turn new facilities into cautionary tales. Enter "smart" restrooms, an experiment led by the...

Hotel Staff 'Heartbroken' After Dozens of Peacocks Vanish

Workers believe they were stolen from California hotel

(Newser) - Dozens of peacocks and peahens known for wandering the grounds of a historic Art Deco hotel south of Sacramento, California, are missing, and the hotel staff said Tuesday they believe the birds were stolen. After a customer at the Ryde Hotel mentioned Sunday seeing two men grabbing one of the...

Elon Musk's New Eatery Is 'Grease Meets the Jetsons'

Tesla Diner opens in LA, with 24-hour restaurant, EV charging stations, and drive-in theater

(Newser) - Fries come with a charge on the side at Los Angeles newest eatery: Elon Musk's Tesla Diner is now open around the clock in West Hollywood, reports SFGate , and also serves as a charging station for electric vehicles and a drive-in theater of sorts. It opened on Monday at,...

In-N-Out Suddenly Has a California Problem

Owner Lynsi Snyder says she's moving her family out of the state, and a backlash ensues

(Newser) - The In-N-Out burger chain began in California more than 75 years ago, and state residents have generally loved it ever since. But new comments from owner Lynsi Snyder have suddenly caused a serious rift with the fan base, reports SF Gate . The 43-year-old, who is the granddaughter of the founders,...

Handwritten Notes Lead to Rescue of Lost Mom and Son
Handwritten Notes Lead to
Rescue of Lost Mom and Son
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Jul 20, 2025 7:20 AM CDT

Handwritten Notes Lead to Rescue of Lost Mom and Son

Stranded family used notes and survival skills to stay safe in California forest

(Newser) - A routine training session for Calaveras County's volunteer search and rescue team quickly turned frighteningly real on Saturday when the team was alerted to a mother and her 9-year-old son missing in the forest near Northern California's Spicer Reservoir. The pair, last heard from after leaving Sacramento...

Bystander Shoots Driver Who Slammed Into LA Crowd

Police say man intentionally drove into people outside nightclub

(Newser) - The driver whose vehicle slammed into a crowd in the East Hollywood section of Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people, did so intentionally, police said. He was then pulled from his car by bystanders, beaten, and shot, the Los Angeles Times reports. The suspect had been kicked out of...

DOJ Says LA Woman Invented ICE Abduction

Feds say Yuriana Calderon, 41, made up story of being kidnapped by federal agents to raise money

(Newser) - A Los Angeles woman is being accused by the federal government of staging her own kidnapping and blaming it on ICE to try to profit off her claims. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, has been charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officials, with a criminal complaint citing...

California Rail Officials Balk at DOT's 'Misguided' Move

Trump administration yanks $4B in federal funding for state's bullet train project

(Newser) - The Trump administration has pulled $4 billion in federal funding for California's ambitious high-speed rail project, signaling a major setback for the long-delayed effort to link San Francisco and Los Angeles by train. The Department of Transportation announced the decision on Wednesday, citing concerns over missed deadlines, persistent...

Cops Investigating Couple With 21 Kids, Many Born by Surrogate

Children are in custody of authorities

(Newser) - Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities, including the FBI, investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country, the AP reports. Fifteen children were removed from the couple's opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in...

Man, 80, Sets Record for 'World's Toughest Race'

Bob Becker is oldest to finish grueling 135-mile Badwater run in Death Valley

(Newser) - At age 80, Bob Becker has become the oldest person to finish the Badwater 135, an ultramarathon often dubbed the "world's toughest race." The grueling course traverses 135 miles of California's Death Valley, with temperatures hitting 118 degrees Fahrenheit at the starting line, per CBS...

Man Arrested After Creepy Teddy Bear Left at Bus Stop

The bear appeared to be made out of human flesh, but was not

(Newser) - A man has been arrested for allegedly leaving a very creepy teddy bear at a Southern California bus stop, ABC 7 reports. Per the San Bernadino Sheriff's Department, Hector Corona Villanueva, 23, faces charges of reporting an emergency knowing it to be false and intentionally and wrongfully planting evidence...

2K National Guard Troops Are Leaving Los Angeles
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Jul 15, 2025 8:31 PM CDT

Trump Releases 2K Troops From LA

Newsom says president is using remaining National Guard troops as 'political pawns'

(Newser) - President Trump's administration is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles to support immigration enforcement activities, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced Tuesday. The president ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines in early June...

Judge Halts Tactics Used in California Immigration Raids

Trump administration ordered to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week accusing President Trump's administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing immigration crackdown. The...

Farmworker Dies After Fall During California ICE Raid

Death follows chaotic immigration raid at Ventura County cannabis farm

(Newser) - A longtime farmworker died after falling from a greenhouse while trying to escape a federal immigration raid at a California cannabis farm Thursday , drawing renewed scrutiny to enforcement tactics and their consequences in agricultural communities. The United Farm Workers union says Jaime Alanís, in his late 50s and...

FBI Puts Up $50K Reward After California Farm Raid

FBI is looking for someone who appeared to fire a pistol toward agents

(Newser) - After a clash at an immigration raid on a California farm, the FBI has begun offering a $50,000 reward in the hunt for the person officials said appeared to fire a gun toward immigration agents. US Attorney Bill Essayli announced the reward, posting part of a news video on...

Protesters, ICE Agents Clash at California Farm Raid

Tear gas fired by agents, and FBI is investigating reports that a protester fired a gun

(Newser) - A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid on a Southern California farm, with authorities throwing canisters that sprayed what looked like smoke into the air to disperse the crowd, the AP reports. Vehicles from Border Patrol and US Customs and Border Protection blocked the...

'You Need to Get Out,' Surgical Staff Tells ICE Agents

Government says clinic employees 'attempted to obstruct an arrest' during standoff

(Newser) - Federal immigration agents chased a Honduran landscaper into a surgical center in Southern California, only to encounter employees—in blue scrubs—rushing to his defense. The confrontation occurred Tuesday in the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, KTLA reports. "Get your hands off of him. You don't even have a...

'Very Large Branch' Kills Boy at California Summer Camp

It fell onto children, adults who had gathered under oak tree

(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy was killed and at least four other people were injured when a huge branch fell from an oak tree at a summer camp in California on Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says the tragedy happened when children at Camp Wildcraft, an art and nature...

Huge LA Tunnel Collapses With Workers Inside

Woman says her brother 'thought he was going to die underground,' but all 31 make it out safely

(Newser) - Thirty-one construction workers inside a huge industrial tunnel in Los Angeles made it to safety after a portion of it collapsed Wednesday evening, an outcome officials called a blessing after they initially feared much worse. The cave-in appears to have occurred between the tunnel boring machine 5 miles in from...

Police: Toddler Died in Hot Car While Mom Was in Spa

Police say car shut off automatically while kids were inside

(Newser) - A California mother is facing involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty charges after the death of her 1-year-old son, who authorities say was left in a hot car while the woman received lip filler injections. Maya Hernandez, 20, is accused of leaving her two young children in her 2022 Toyota...

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