The WWII Mystery Behind the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles: Axis Planes, Aliens or Mass Hysteria?
Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack. Sirens sounded across Los Angeles in the early morning hours of Feb. 25, 1942. Within minutes, searchlights swept the sky while thousands of air raid wardens rushed to their posts. Then anxious gun crews […]
Appeals Court in San Francisco to Hear Arguments in National Guard Deployment in Los Angeles
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court in San Francisco is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California after they were deployed following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids. The hearing comes after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a […]
Hegseth, Democrats Tangle over Troop Deployments to Los Angeles
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democratic lawmakers Tuesday over the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of National Guardsmen and hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles against state and local officials’ wishes to respond to anti-immigration enforcement protests. Amid the back-and-forth between Hegseth and Democrats at a House Appropriations Committee defense subpanel hearing, the Pentagon’s […]
As National Guard Arrived in Los Angeles, VA Docs Scrambled to Make Sure Veteran Patients Received Care
As protests in Los Angeles became more widespread and some turned violent over the weekend, leaders of the Veterans Affairs L.A. Ambulatory Care Center made the tough call to close the facility, which serves thousands of patients a week. The center is one of four federal buildings in a block in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo […]
National Guard Troops Arrive in Los Angeles on Trump's Orders to Quell Immigration Protests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — National Guard troops have begun arriving in Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump to stamp out protests that have broken out in recent days against federal immigration authorities seeking to carry out deportations in the region. The members of California’s National Guard were seen staging early Sunday at the […]