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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated PressTRACY, Calif. (AP) — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started.A former leader of a Nicaraguan student uprising, Bérrios had been in the U.S. legally, with nearly a year remaining under President Joe Biden’s unprecedented use of humanitarian parole authority for citizens of certain vulnerable countries. But harsh talk during the U.S. election campaign filled her with anxious memories of hiding from authorities back home.Advocates and immigration experts who have noticed such departures say Bérrios’…

LOS ANGELES — For a brief moment, the future of USC’s defense in the Lincoln Riley era hung in the balance, with a defensive coordinator uprooted 2,570 miles away in State College, Pennsylvania.On Tuesday, former Penn State DC Tom Allen was formally inked as Clemson’s newest defensive coordinator, leaving a sudden hole for Nittany Lions coach James Franklin. And all signs pointed to Southern California, where former Penn State cornerback Lynn had transformed UCLA’s and then USC’s defense across subsequent one-year stints. The tie made excessive sense; Penn State came after Lynn with an opening after that 2023 season at…

NEW YORK (AP) — The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its U.S. operations.Several parties have expressed interest in buying the platform, but ByteDance has repeatedly said it does not plan to sell. Experts have also noted the Chinese government is unlikely to approve a sale that includes TikTok’s coveted algorithm.But until the deadline passes, or until the Supreme Court takes action, the possibility of a purchase is still possible. Here’s what you need to…

Two teens were arrested and over $400,000 worth of stolen Nike products were recovered from a train burglary in the Amboy area Wednesday, January 15, officials said.Around 6:40 p.m. deputies responded to the area of Amboy and National Trails Highway after BNSF police reported multiple suspects burglarizing a train, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. Deputies later attempted to stop an unmarked white van headed west on Amboy Road near Zelda Lane in Wonder Valley that led to a brief pursuit. The van became disabled on a dirt berm and two occupants fled on foot, according to…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALI SWENSONPresident Joe Biden’s pointed warning about the U.S. becoming an “ oligarchy ” of tech billionaires will be illustrated at Donald Trump’s inauguration, when the world’s three richest men will sit on the dais as Trump is sworn in for a second term.Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, took an unprecedented, hands-on role in the final stretch of Trump’s campaign, spending some $200 million through a super PAC. Musk has a new role reshaping government in the upcoming administration and will be joined on the dais by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Both men’s companies have…

LA QUINTA – It is as much a truism as anything surrounding the PGA Tour event that began in the Southern California desert some 66 years ago, achieved its greatest fame as the Bob Hope Desert Classic, has cycled through naming rights sponsors for several years and since 2020 has attached itself to American Express.The trick is to check the wind turbines along the 10 Freeway as you pass the Highway 111 turnoff for Palm Springs. If they’re still, it’s birdie weather. If they’re not, who knows how high scores can go?Thursday morning, the turbines were hauntingly still. So it…

At least 24 lives were lost in last week’s fires. Sadly, the death toll will likely climb as officials reconcile missing person’s reports. The horrors facing Southern Californians are unfathomable. Countless Californians have heartbreakingly lost their homes, businesses and jobs with no end in sight.My deepest sympathies and prayers are with all those impacted by these wildfires.My sadness shifts to anger since Gov. Gavin Newsom failed to prioritize fire prevention and resource management for years. Proper support for critical wildfire prevention tools like fire response operations, forest management and water infrastructure has been needed for decades. This lack of prioritization…

By Khari Johnson | CalMattersThe current frenzy around artificial intelligence has spread like a shockwave.It started among engineers inspired by a 2017 research paper. Next came venture capitalists eager to profit from a new boom. They were followed by government officials racing to impose regulations.Now it’s labor’s turn.More than 200 trade union members and technologists gathered in Sacramento this week at a first-of-its-kind conference to discuss how AI and other tech threatens workers and to strategize for upcoming fights and possible strikes.The Making Tech Work for Workers event was convened by University of California labor centers, unions, and worker advocates…

A Lyft Inc. driver is seeking dismissal of all claims against him in a lawsuit brought by a passenger who alleges that she jumped out of a car window moments before her unconscious driver crashed into a parked vehicle, saying he suffered a diabetic emergency just before the crash and cannot be liable.Lal Finci’s Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit alleges negligence on the part of driver Christian Denis Cooper. Lyft also was originally sued but was dropped by the plaintiff as a defendant in February 2024.On Tuesday, Cooper’s lawyers filed court papers with Judge Mark A. Young in advance of…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and KEVIN S. VINEYSWASHINGTON (AP) — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking.With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans. Coming out of a presidential election where they lost all seven swing states, Democrats are facing a demographic challenge that could reduce their path to winning the U.S. House of Representatives or the White House for the long term.If current trends hold through the 2030 census, states that voted for Vice President Kamala Harris will lose around a…