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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will allow Medicaid dollars to treat some people in prisons, jails or juvenile detention centers for the first time ever, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday. CMS will allow California inmates to access limited services, including substance use treatment and mental health diagnoses, 90 days before being released. Since Medicaid was established, federal law has prohibited Medicaid money from being used for people who are in custody, with inmates having access to their health care coverage suspended. The move will provide more stability for inmates and juvenile detainees as they exit institutions and reenter the outside world, CMS administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said Thursday. She said the change will allow the state to “make unprecedented advancements for incarcerated individuals who have long been underserved.” At least 10 other states have asked CMS for exemptions to use Medicaid dollars to treat … [Read more...] about California prison inmates to get some Medicaid care

Monterey Park shooting: Police surround van in Torrance SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The unrelated massacres at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb on Saturday night and at two mushroom farms south of San Francisco on Monday have dealt a blow to California , which has some of the nation’s toughest firearm laws and lowest rates of gun deaths. The horrific slaughters are among six mass shootings to rock America just three weeks into the year. Kris Brown, president of gun control group Brady, told Express.co.uk: "The frequency and regularity of these mass shootings have left our country in a perpetual state of grief." Related articles Two teenagers, 16 and 17, slashed in horror ‘machete’ attack … [Read more...] about A look at California’s deadly back-to-back mass shootings that left 18 dead in 48 hours

The suspect in a hit-and-run crash in South Los Angeles that killed a 13-year-old boy and his baby brother has been arrested and charged with murder, police announced Thursday, capping a weeks-long investigation that spanned two states. The crash occurred Jan. 9 after the driver of a Mercedes-Benz blew through a red light at Main Street and 111th Place in Broadway-Manchester, smashing into the car driven by Deborah Amaya, who was taking her children to their grandmother, police said. The collision resulted in the death of her two sons, Christopher Amaya-Pineda, 13, and Damian Amaya-Pineda , 18 months. “My kids were everything,” Deborah Amaya told reporters Thursday. “There wasn’t a day I didn’t remind them they were everything to me. It’s sad how I’m never going to see them again.” Advertisement After striking Amaya’s vehicle, the driver hit two other parked cars before his vehicle burst into flames, said LAPD Det. Ryan Moreno. The driver got out and ran off. “There … [Read more...] about Driver arrested in South L.A. hit-and-run crash that killed 13-year-old and his baby brother

Listen on your favorite app New to podcasts? Here's how to listen. Election Day won't be here for almost two years, but the race for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat is already under way. Rep. Katie Porter was the first to throw her hat — or her whiteboard — into the ring, and on Thursday Rep. Adam Schiff joined his fellow Southern Californian in the race. Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee is making plans. On this episode of the It's All Political on Fifth & Mission podcast, Washington correspondent Shira Stein joins host Joe Garofoli to talk about who else might run for the seat held since 1992 by Feinstein, who's expected to retire, and how they'll raise the enormous amounts of money required. Photo above: Reps. Katie Porter and Adam Schiff. … [Read more...] about Porter and Schiff are in, and California’s 2024 Senate race is on

AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS FILE PHOTO In a span of less than 72 hours, a massacre at a Monterey Park dance studio and a killing spree at two farms in Half Moon Bay left California in anguish. One man carried out his attack with a gun banned by the state, while the other used a gun he legally owned, police said. The twin attacks, which left 18 people dead, once again drew attention to the patchwork of laws and court rulings that have frustrated efforts to make deadly mass shootings less frequent in the United States. Even California’s gun laws, some of the country’s strictest, can be sidestepped. “It does illustrate the challenges of regulating state by state when firearms are so easily carried across state lines,” said J. Adam Skaggs, chief counsel at the gun safety group Giffords Law Center. Prospects for new federal gun laws are dim. Congress last year passed the first … [Read more...] about California mass shootings show limits of strict state gun laws

close Video California family watches burglary on home camera A California family watched thieves break into their home and steal precious household items through their home security camera. A disturbing home surveillance video shows a California family being burglarized while they were enjoying a family dinner out. "We actually got a notification on my phone that said something like ‘unfamiliar face seen upstairs,’ and so I looked at my phone, and we just saw it all happen and unfold right in front of us," homeowner Tamara Schlachter told Fox 11. The family's Nest security camera caught on camera two burglars breaking through the home's sliding glass doors. NYPD RELEASES SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF $500,000 JEWELRY HEIST IN MANHATTAN The burglars wore all white outfits and ransacked the family's belongings for approximately 14 minutes. (Fox 11) The unknown thieves wore all white and spent approximately 14 … [Read more...] about California family watches burglary on home surveillance video while at dinner

Flanked with the flags of the Philippines and Bohol Province, Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer gives his remarks during the official opening of the Bohol Circle Immigrant Park in Alameda, California on 21 January 2023. (San Francisco PCG photo) ALAMEDA, California – Local government officials and the Filipino American community gathered in this Bay Area island city Jan. 21 to officially open the Bohol Circle Immigrant Park, considered the first recreation park in the United States named after a Filipino American community organization. Attending the inauguration were U.S. House Representative Barbara Lee (California) State Senator Nancy Skinner, Filipino American Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Reyes II, Alameda City Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, and Filipino American Alameda City Vice Mayor Tony Daysog. Alameda City Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the Bohol Circle Immigrant Park in … [Read more...] about Alameda, California opens Bohol Circle Immigrant Park

Monterey Park shooting: Police surround van in Torrance SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info CCTV footage captures the moment a member of the public disarmed a gunman minutes after he sprayed bullets into a Southern California ballroom dance hall, killing 11 people. Brandon Tsay, 26, has been hailed as a hero for disarming Huu Can Tran, 72 at the Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra, a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California. In the footage, Mr Tsay can be seen wrestling the gun off the shooter in what appears to be an empty lobby in the dance hall. Related articles Ted Bundy cried, prayed and refused to touch his death row meal Four arrested after student, 19, … [Read more...] about Monterey shooting: Dramatic footage shows moment hero disarms gunman who killed 11 people

Click here to read the full article. Bodycam footage of an October attack against Paul Pelosi , former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’s husband, will be released to the public Friday at noon. The release of video footage, along with recordings of a 911 call and interviews with the attacker David DePape, was authorized by a California court following a joint motion brought by several news outlets. Pelosi was violently assaulted by DePape while at his and the former speaker’s home in San Francisco. DePape, who broke into the residence looking for Speaker Pelosi, allegedly bludgeoned Pelosi with a hammer before being subdued by police. Pelosi was hospitalized and underwent brain surgery to repair his injuries. More from Rolling Stone Florida Nursing Schools Sold 7,600 Fake Diplomas, Say Feds Georgia Governor Declares State of Emergency, Activates 1,000 National Guard Troops Five Memphis Cops Charged With Murder in Death of Tyre Nichols In the … [Read more...] about Paul Pelosi Attack Footage Will Go Public at Noon

A Trader Joe’s store in Louisville, Kentucky, has become the grocery chain's third to vote to unionize. Workers at the store voted 48-36 in favor of the union Thursday evening, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which conducted the election. Workers from the Louisville store will now join workers from two other unionized Trader Joe's stores at the bargaining table, where they are trying to hammer out a new labor agreement. In July, a Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Massachusetts, was the first in the country to unionize; a store in Minneapolis unionized in August. The unionization effort at Trader Joe's comes amid a larger wave of organizing largely led by younger workers. Employees have unionized hundreds of Starbucks stores over the last year, as well as Apple stores and an Amazon warehouse. But the union hasn’t convinced workers at every Trader Joe's store where it has campaigned. A Trader Joe’s in Brooklyn, New York, voted against unionizing in October. And the … [Read more...] about Third Trader Joe’s store votes to unionize