In response to the scourge of mass shootings that have helped define the 21st century in the United States, lawmakers in California passed a landmark red-flag law that would allow authorities to ...

A federal appeals court panel on Friday, Aug. 1, largely upheld a temporary restraining order that halted the federal government’s month-long immigration crackdown across Southern California. In a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom argues that President Donald Trump's unilateral deployment of that state's National Guard was illegal and unconstitutional. On Thursday night, a federal judge in San ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO — Marking 10 years since California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) law took effect in 2016, California ...