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Federal health employees interacted with Americans quarantined for possible exposure to the coronavirus without proper medical training or protective gear, then scattered into the general population, according to a government whistle-blower who lawmakers say faced retaliation for reporting concerns. The team was “improperly deployed” to two military bases… Read more »

The Republican National Committee is sending documents labeled “2020 Congressional District Census” to people in California and across the country just weeks before the start of the official nationwide count of the country’s population. Critics say the misleading mailers — in envelopes labeled “Do Not Destroy. Official Document” and including a lengthy questionnaire on blue-tinted paper… Read more »

For decades, millions of gallons of raw sewage and trash have flowed from the Tijuana River to the Pacific Ocean, fouling beaches, angering Southern Californians and getting worse by the year. An estimated 143 million gallons of waste from Tijuana spilled into the river valley in 2017, overwhelming a treatment plant built by the United States and Mexico nearly 25 years ago. Last October,… Read more »

Congressional Democrats have invited a number of people affected by the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant and anti-asylum policies as their guests at impeached president Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and the asylum-seeker who was photographed clutching her young children as… Read more »

Law enforcement officials tell Eyewitness News they have been asking lawmakers to pass regulations for unserialized firearms, also known as "ghost guns," for years. A ghost gun pistol was used by the Saugus High School shooter last November, and a ghost gun assault rifle was used by the suspect to kill California Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Moye Jr. last summer. "Federal law says you… Read more »

…Koreans were the second largest contingent of foreign soldiers defending South Vietnam, only behind the United States. More than 5,000 Korean soldiers were killed and nearly 11,000 injured during the conflict. This comes from data from the non-profit organization Korean American Veterans of the Vietnam War…Since these 3,000 veterans are now US citizens, the South Korean government has… Read more »

The boy rocked back and forth as he searched every face at the airport, trying to find his father. Byron Xol blended with dozens of others waiting at Los Angeles International Airport to greet their loved ones. But then a man behind Byron asked how long it’d been since the 9-year-old had seen his dad. “Over 600 days,” said Holly Sewell, whose family has cared for Byron for the last nine… Read more »

Planned Parenthood gets a lot of attention when the fight is over reproductive rights, but the clinics offer a range of services for women's health. Congressman Jimmy Gomez wants them to do even more in an effort to make a big difference for those who don't have access to affordable health care. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month and Gomez is hoping it will bring… Read more »

"I want to make sure that people understand this is a crisis that's still going on, it's not resolved," said U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., who was at the airport to greet returning parents. "I know that there's impeachment going on, I know that there is a presidential election going on, but these families' lives haven't been able to move on because they've been ripped apart." Full Article Read more »

Since these 3,000 veterans are now U.S. citizens, they get limited help from the South Korea government, according to Kim Wan-joong with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles. That includes a monthly veteran stipend of roughly $250 and the right to burial in a South Korean national cemetery. Otherwise, Wan-joong said, they’re on their own in the United… Read more »