The top three state prisons for ICE arrests in the six-county region include Avenal, Corcoran and Pleasant Valley. Federal prison arrests took place at FCI Mendota and FCI Atwater, and there was one arrest recorded at the Golden State Annex ICE detention facility.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized California for releasing a man accused of causing a crash that killed six in Napa County.

In front of a cheering audience late Tuesday, Oct. 14, a split Riverside City Council approved creating identification standards for federal agents who are involved in immigration enforcement

I support them in their job to get rid of felons, and the fact that folks are here illegally sits raw with me also,” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said.

Robert, a Polish immigrant and U.S. green card holder since 2007, was detained by ICE during a scheduled appointment. Despite his only blemish being a 2021 misdemeanor DUI conviction -- which has since been expunged -- he is still in federal custody.

State lawmakers in Sacramento introduced 2,350 bills this year. Of those, about a third survived the gantlet of hearings, compromises and votes in the Democratic Party-dominated Legislature and made it to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

The fundraiser, organized by Elia Arato on behalf of David Arato, founder of Gelato 101, supports the San Diego ice cream shop recently damaged when a truck crashed into it.

Francisco Miranda, who was born in California, was detained by masked agents, taken away in an unmarked van and held for several hours at the ICE office in Portland.