Pitbull kills 4-year-old girl in San Joaquin Valley
A 4-year-old girl was fatally attacked by a dog in Visalia this week, authorities said. Officers responded shortly after 8…
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Netflix's action thriller 'Rebel Ridge' hits the jackpot with sweet revenge
In Jeremy Saulnier’s “Rebel Ridge,” a “Rambo”-inspired take on racial discrimination and the insidious banality of evil that permeates American…
Republican Rep. Mike Garcia's ad distorts the role of the Violence Against Women Act
In its first ad of the general election season, the campaign of Rep. Mike Garcia, a politically vulnerable Republican from…
10 promising books to add to your reading list in September
Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles (both fiction and nonfiction) to consider for your September reading list. September’s novels…
Students kick off semester with protests that comply with UC/CSU zero-tolerance bans
BERKELEY, Calif. — Students at several Bay Area universities kicked off the fall semester Thursday with coordinated pro-Palestine demonstrations that…
As Democrats celebrate at DNC, Trump pushes false 'coup' claim
As the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago this week, former President Trump turned to his Social Truth and…
Shooting of 'Khalistan' activist raises fears among California Sikhs
WOODLAND, Calif. — Until recently, Satinder Pal Singh Raju was a virtually unknown figure in the large and sprawling Sikh…
In the horror novel 'Sacrificial Animals', the violence of rural life is mixed with Chinese myth
August 19, 2024 12:54 pm Pacific Time Book review Sacrificial Animals: A Novel By Kailee PedersenSt. Martin's Press: 320 pages,…
How Azerbaijan's destruction of an Armenian community was made possible by written lies
My mother has two dates of birth: the one on her passport and the real one. She was born in…
Woman beaten at Pasadena subway station could suffer 'long-term disfigurement'
The woman who was violently attacked at a Pasadena subway station and dragged onto the 210 Freeway faces “long-term disfigurement,”…