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A growing rift between Target corporate crime policies and law enforcement was highlighted by Sacramento County Sheriff and former Assemblyman Jim Cooper during the weekend, who said that Target has been asking law enforcement not to arrest people in stores despite being called out over multiple crimes occurring inside. For several years, Target, like most other retailers in California, has strugg...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that the burned stretch of I-10 shut down since the weekend in Los Angeles would at least partially open by the end of the year, with speculation growing that homeless people may have been responsible for the fire. The fire first began in the early hours on Saturday when a fire erupted at a wooden pallet storage yard near the I-10 freeway. The blaze quick...

The Port of Seattle is installing tampon dispensers and dispenser trash bins in men’s bathrooms as part of a plan that will soon impact the entire airport. One was even installed in the men’s bathroom before being installed in the women’s bathroom. Chief Michael Villa, chief of the Port of Seattle Police, emailed staff to clarify why “period product dispensers” were installed in all office bathroo...

A band on tour hit a speed bump while stopping in the Rose City after their equipment was stolen from a hotel parking lot. Frank Ray, a country singer, said his band was staying at the Portlander Inn, and the stolen equipment amounts to more than $15,000 worth. “Certainly not the welcome we wanted coming into Portland,” he laughed, “but it doesn’t speak for the community as a whole. It’s just a co...

The Texas House has approved Senate Bill 4 — a proposal to create new state penalties for people who illegally cross into Texas through the state's southern border and that allows magistrate judges to order those accused of illegally entering the U.S. to return to Mexico or face prosecution. The House on Tuesday night passed the bill — which has been debated several times in both legislative...

Oregon state senators are pushing Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR) to declare a state of emergency over a state measure that passed three years ago decriminalizing small amounts of illicit drugs. State Senate Republicans are also asking Kotek to convene a special session to address the state’s drug crisis. State Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp confirmed the lawmakers have yet to hear back from to governor....

Chicago has become so unpleasant that migrants are fleeing back to Venezuela after being dumped in shelters and refused better paying jobs. Since August last year, 20,700 migrants have arrived in Chicago from Texas. The Lone Star State's Governor Greg Abbott sent migrants to Chicago and other Democrat-run cities because of their proud status as 'sanctuary cities.' They offer enhance...

Taxpayers have to front nearly half a trillion dollars each year because the Biden administration is not stopping migrants at the southern border, Republicans said in a report on Monday. The cost of providing education, healthcare, law enforcement and other expenditure resulting from millions of extra migrants adds up to as much as $451 billion a year, says the House study.  The 49-page report com...

San Francisco resident Jasmine Xu slept soundly at night until Monday, when a piercing whine began permeating her apartment. The discomfort-inducing sound emanates from the Chevron gas station on Van Ness Avenue near her building. “[The noise] goes through the glass,” Xu said. “I try to get eight hours [of sleep] every night, and now, I’m waking up like every two hours. I used to sleep through the...

A CVS store in Washington, D.C., isn't making toilet paper available on shelves, and customers are now forced to ask an employee to get the product from the store's backroom. The CVS store on H Street NE in the nation's capital took the measure because homeless people were stealing toilet paper, sources told WTOP news. Pictures obtained by FOX Business show framed pictures of paper...

Only about 2% of the tens of thousands of migrants who have poured into the Big Apple since the asylum seeker crisis started have actually applied for work authorization through the city, the latest data shows. Roughly 3,200 asylum seekers in New York City have filed the required paperwork needed to start earning a legal paycheck — some 18 months after the relentless migrant influx first began, ac...

Unique Fashion Mall, a small business in South L.A., has undergone four break-ins between August and October. The owner of the store, Anna Mayes, says if no action is taken to reduce crime in this community she will be forced to shut down her shop. Mayes has been the owner of Unique Fashion Mall for almost 30 years, and said she has never witnessed crime this egregious. “Since the pandemic, since...

Dozens of local residents in northern Washington recently voiced their strong opposition to a Biden administration plan to release grizzly bears, an apex predator, in a federally-managed forest area near their communities. More than 200 local residents attended a public comment session in northern Washington hosted by the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Parks Service (NPS), with rou...

Powerlifter April Hutchinson said Tuesday she faces a multi-year ban from the Canadian Powerlifting Union for speaking out about the organization’s transgender inclusion policies Hutchinson posted a notice seemingly from the Canadian Powerlifting Union addressing a complaint against her from August. The topic concerned Hutchinson’s "conduct on social media." A discipline panel appeared t...

San Francisco used to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. From Fisherman’s Wharf to the Golden Gate Bridge, the city had a little of everything, including a vibrant culture. Recent years have seen this elegant city descend into a post-apocalyptic hellscape with rampant crime, homelessness, drug use, and feces in the streets. A recent viral TikTok video horrifies viewers worldwide, sh...

Restaurant owners on Valencia Street — at one time one of the most popular streets in San Francisco — are saying that crime, drug abuse and low tourism are killing business, according to a recent article.  "If you took me back before I signed the lease, I would have opened somewhere else," restaurant owner Rafik Bouzidi said. "Before COVID there was no way in hell you could find an...

Dozens of Oregon lawmakers, law enforcement and addiction leaders are back from a week-long trip to Portugal. The country’s drug decriminalization was a model for Oregon’s controversial Measure 110, and those who attended the trip say they have come to a clear agreement: Give people struggling with addiction places to detox and get treatment. They also say that Oregon should give law enforcement t...

A little over a year after opening in the Cully neighborhood, Nico’s Cantina will officially close its doors in November. But it isn’t the only Portland-based restaurant that will shut down in the coming weeks. On Tuesday afternoon, Nico Vergara — owner of Nico’s Cantina and Nico’s Ice Cream Shop — shared a social media post announcing that his Mexican restaurant would shutter at the end of the mo...

The tents and campfires were gone. The sidewalks where people had built makeshift shelters from wood pallets and blue tarps were empty. On Friday, all that was left of “the Zone,” a sprawling homeless camp in downtown Phoenix, were discarded clothes, trash and questions about what comes next. For the first time in years, residents said the Zone felt all but empty, cleared out after an Arizona judg...

A Downtown San Francisco McDonald's has closed, with its franchise owner citing challenging economic conditions and empty offices. A sign in the restaurant's door Tuesday on Front Street between Sacramento and California streets in the city's Financial District said, "We are thankful to have been a part of your daily meal routine" since 1994.  Owner-operator Scott Rodrick...

A McDonald’s in Connecticut is charging nearly $18 for a Big Mac combo meal, according to this week’s Working Lunch government-affairs podcast. But don’t regard it as a fluke, say the broadcast’s co-hosts. The episode looks at McDonald’s plan for coping with California’s landmark new wage law, which will raise the minimum wage for more than a half-million fast-food workers to $20 an hour on April...

Criminal charges have been dismissed against the man who was arrested for throwing a brick through the windshield of an ambulance as it was responding to an emergency in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood in August. Prosecutors said their hands were tied because the state's mental health hospital did not admit Dale Cieslinski, 60, for treatment after he was found incompetent to stand tri...

San Francisco has been blasted as a 'ghost town' and a 'ruined city' by Chinese media outlets, as city officials use the Star Wars theme to rid streets of homeless people.  The beleaguered California city has been labelled a 'total failure' by some China-based outlets as the city prepares to host Chinese President Xi Jinping next week. The spotlight will be on the cit...

For the last three years, shopkeepers across America have been up in arms about the alleged crime wave that has gripped the nation’s cities. The National Retail Federation recently called for a federal crackdown on retail crime, saying, “retailers are seeing unprecedented levels of theft coupled with rampant crime in their stores, and the situation is only becoming more dire.” Major chains includi...

The Agriculture Department is headquartered at the gateway between Washington and Virginia in a building rich with history – but on any given day, roughly 90% of it sits empty. That’s not an anomaly. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed two dozen federal agencies and found they averaged a roughly 80% vacancy rate during the study period earlier this year. Not a single agency topped...