Months of strikes have brought about more than two dozen new labor agreements between hotel operators and their workers, yet tensions remain high on picket lines across Southern California. In incidents earlier this week, Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hospitality workers, alleges that people on one of its […] Read More
Marcus Eriz made a habit of carrying his loaded Glock 17 when he traveled the freeways. Customized with red trim, a mag-well grip and a compensator to reduce recoil, the gun lay within easy reach in the pouch behind the driver’s seat. He wanted it with him, he would explain, […] Read More
A New Mexico grand jury has charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the deadly shooting of a cinematographer during production of the ill-fated western movie “Rust.” The indictment, filed Friday, was signed by special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey, who has been handling the case. If convicted […] Read More
The bullet that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos punched a small hole in the trunk of his mother’s silver Chevrolet, a few inches from the license plate. The round traveled through the car’s back seat, through his booster seat and into the child’s back, passing through his liver, lung and heart. […] Read More
NRA director to step down ahead of civil trial NRA director to step down ahead of corruption trial 02:07 Wayne LaPierre is stepping down from the National Rifle Association after more than three decades as the leader of the gun rights advocacy group. The decision came as LaPierre, 74, faces […] Read More
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sounded wary of extending the 2nd Amendment to keep guns in the hands of potentially dangerous people who are put under a domestic violence restraining order. Both conservative and liberal justices signaled that an appeals court in New Orleans had gone too far by […] Read More
A man who brandished a handgun at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies as he got off a bicycle was shot and killed in San Jacinto on Tuesday, Oct. 31, authorities said. Deputies were sent to the 1400 block of South San Jacinto Avenue, near Esplanade Avenue, shortly after 3:20 p.m. […] Read More
On a cool autumn morning 45 years ago, Dianne Feinstein was the first to find the body. It was November 1978, and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk had just been shot dead in his City Hall office. “I could smell the gunpowder. Harvey was on his stomach,” Feinstein told The […] Read More
Hunter Biden was charged Thursday with three felonies related to lying on a 2018 application to buy a gun. But it’s hard not to conclude that his true offense is being the son of a president whom Republicans are hell-bent on vilifying and defeating. The indictment largely relies on Biden’s […] Read More
