Los Angeles, California - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted two Los Angeles-area men on conspiracy and hate crime offenses for allegedly attacking five victims at a family-owned Turkish restaurant while shouting anti-Turkish slurs, hurling chairs at the victims and threatening to kill them.

Los Angeles, California - A man who claimed to be a tax preparer was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in federal prison for defrauding his clients out of more than $4 million by falsely promising them huge windfalls from a sham federal program that purportedly would issue large grants to them.

Riverside, California - Authorities Monday morning arrested a Riverside man on a federal charge alleging that he slit the throat of his young dog, produced a short video of the dying puppy, and posted the video on his Snapchat account.

Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: 

Sacramento, California - Secretary Ross praises appointment of Jenny Lester Moffitt as USDA undersecretary:

Imperial Valley, California - Yesterday, the Imperial County Registrar of Voters (ROV) received notice from the California Secretary of State that the required number of valid signatures has been received to initiate the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.  The ROV reports approximately 3,300 signatures have been received and verified in Imperial County.