Court filings in a custody dispute identified Brian Palacios as the off-duty ICE agent responsible for the fatal shooting of Keith Porter Jr. on New Year's Eve. According to a restraining order application filed by the ex-husband of Palacios' girlfriend, the agent said in a phone call that ICE was pursuing a criminal investigation over his name being made public. Palacios' attorney has said her client shot Porter in self-defense. Porter's family has maintained he posed no threat.
A few days later, the attack on LA Metro was claimed by Ababil of Minab, which purports to be a pro-Iran hacktivist group. The threat actor allegedly wiped hundreds of terabytes of data and exfiltrated more than 1TB worth of files. The hackers published screenshots and videos to demonstrate that they had access to LA Metro's internal systems, including a core virtualization management platform, a Microsoft IIS web server instance hosting internal and public-facing assets, and even an operational technology (OT) system used to monitor trains.
During investigatory inspections of LaGuardia's airfield pavement Thursday using ground-penetrating radar, possible areas of concern were identified and proactively repaired. Out of an abundance of caution, engineering crews have decided to conduct additional inspections that necessitate the continued closure of Runway 4/22.
Officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the airport, had been conducting routine inspections Wednesday when they discovered the sinkhole about 11 a.m. near Runway 4/22, according to a statement from the agency emailed to Newsday. The runway was shut down and emergency construction and engineering crews responded to start repairs. That same runway was shuttered for several days after the fatal March 22 collision between an Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck.
Producers, who had built a new lifeguard station on Venice Beach in preparation for what they anticipated to be a multi-season reboot, learned they were not allowed to use the camera drones they were counting on, or to shoot at night. They had a $21m tax credit from the state and what they thought was the full blessing of the local authorities. But a handful of regulatory agencies, notably the county beaches and harbors department, had other ideas, and within four days shooting ground to a halt under a barrage of unexpected restrictions involving everything from the sand they could shoot on to the parking arrangements.
More than 2,000 people have gathered in a park in San Diego, California, to mourn a security guard and two other men murdered as they tried to stop this week's attack on the city's largest mosque. Mourners, including police officers in uniform, stood in rows for the Islamic funeral prayer, or Janazah, on Thursday. The bodies of the three men 51-year-old Amin Abdullah, 78-year-old Mansour Kaziha and 57-year-old Nadir Awad lay beneath cloth, underneath a white canopy.
Federal agents have raided the homes of three southern California immigration activists in what the activists allege is the latest escalation in a Trump administration campaign to harass a volunteer-led advocacy group that organizes neighborhood ICE-watch patrols. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the main investigatory branch of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), executed a pre-dawn raid on 13 May at the home and business of Leonardo Martinez, whose group VC Defensa runs a rapid response hotline and supports immigrant families across Ventura county. The homes of two other current and former VC Defensa volunteers were also targeted. No arrests were made.
Authorities believe Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez are the shooters in Monday morning's attack, which is being investigated as a hate crime. Both suspects, ages 17 and 18, died from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said. They were found dead in a vehicle stopped in the middle of a road near the center, said San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl. Three men were killed in the shooting.
The City Council approved postponing the minimum wage increase by 18 months, until after the 2028 Olympics. A business coalition had put a measure on the November ballot that would have eliminated the gross receipts tax, which is the city's second-largest revenue stream. In return for the minimum wage delay, the coalition will withdraw the ballot measure.
Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Imam Taha Hassane said Awad's wife is a teacher at the Islamic school and he was a devout member of the community. He is every single day at the Islamic Center, joining the prayers every single day, he said. San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said the three men's actions likely helped to save 140
Residents in LA reported that Google Maps was displaying satellite images of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods prior to the devastating 2025 wildfires, leading some to believe it was motivated by the upcoming mayoral election.
Officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego. According to a report from The Associated Press, a local officer identified as Officer Anthony Carrasco said people reported hearing multiple shots. At the time of writing, the number of victims had not been reporting. MS NOW passed along information reported by local NBC station KNSD revealing that two suspected shooters had been killed.
