Fire burned a quarter of avocado acreage in Ventura County. How one farmer hopes to rebuild Thousands of Hass avocados littered the soil in Sergio Acevedo’s orchard Saturday in this community northeast of Camarillo. The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes. But the ferocious winds that followed … Read more
A Los Angeles Police Department K-9 officer clamps down on a handler’s arm during a demonstration in 2023. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) A woman who shoplifted thousands of dollars in cosmetics has won a nearly $1-million settlement from a Northern California city after a police dog bit and tore at her scalp while police … Read more
Matt Gaetz arriving with Vice President-elect JD Vance for a meeting with Senate Republicans on Nov. 20, 2024. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Issue: President-elect Donald Trump nominating former Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general. The stunning nomination of former Florida Rep. and erstwhile resident House jester Matt Gaetz to be the nation’s … Read more
Lewis Randy Williamson found the girl’s body off of Highway 243. Esther Gonzalez, 17 at the time, had been raped, killed and dumped in a snowbank on the side of the highway. Williamson called the Riverside County sheriff on Feb. 9, 1979, and reported his discovery. Investigators noted at the time that he was argumentative. … Read more
A deranged nutjob slashed a Danish tourist in the face in an apparently random attack on the Upper West Side Wednesday morning, according to sources. The screwball was caught on camera dashing after the 55-year-old victim on West 86th Street off Columbus Avenue around 10:40 a.m., before he came up from behind and slashed the … Read more
Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune on Tuesday criticized what he described as Democrats’ difficulties in supporting Israel and added that “reinforcements are on the way” as Republicans prepare to reclaim the majority in the chamber on Jan. 3. “To our allies in Israel and to the Jewish people around the world, my message to you … Read more
Laken Riley’s family delivered passionate victim impact statements in the Athens, Georgia, courtroom where gang member Jose Ibarra was found guilty of her murder about an hour earlier. “Jose Ibarra took no pity on my scared, panicked and struggling child,” said her mother, Allyson Phillips, her voice catching in her throat. “There is no end … Read more
Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado River water shortages The Biden administration has announced a range of options for new rules to address chronic water shortages and low reservoir levels on the Colorado River, a vital water source for seven Western states that has dwindled during more than two decades of drought compounded by … Read more
The family of slain nursing student Laken Riley can be seen getting overwhelmed with grief as they learned of her death in a heartbreaking police body cam video played before the sentencing of her killer, Jose Ibarra, Wednesday. The clip starts with the family’s black pickup truck haphazardly pulled over to the side of the … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has no second thoughts about his choice of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, his team told The Post Wednesday, despite MSNBC host Joe Scarborough claiming otherwise. The “Morning Joe” co-host had dished on a sitdown between Trump, Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Friday. “I will … Read more
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