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The U.S. spends less than 1% of its budget on foreign assistance. Tim Rieser, a senior foreign policy aide in the Senate who ...

Buoyed by the Trump administration's willingness to place restrictions on food assistance programs, Texas moves to limit junk ...

Juneteenth Santa Barbara welcomes the community to the eighth annual Juneteenth celebration in South Santa Barbara County, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, June ...

This spring the Trump administration abruptly revoked permission to study in the U.S. for thousands of international students ...

The nomadic sandwich shop plans to close its temporary location while a new restaurant is under construction at the ...

The California Senate approved a measure to allow inmates sentenced to life without parole the chance to seek an early ...

The Southern California Special Olympics will return to Long Beach this weekend — with more than 1,300 athletes and coaches ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors affirmed its support of two state bills that would modernize and expand the Film and Television Tax Credit Program in hopes of halting runaway production.

Thunderstorms closed LA and OC beaches because of lightning strikes Tuesday. Reports of lightning in Riverside County ...

Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R-San Diego) called for a floor vote on Senate Bill 2—his proposal to repeal Governor ...

The Sheriff’s Office will take the biggest hit. In a surprise move, the board signaled it may shift law enforcement funds to ...