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Mission Viejo joins Los Alamitos in its fight against the state as it opts out of California's sanctuary city law. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Published Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018)

"During his campaign, Trump pledged to deport all 11-plus million immigrants living in the country illegally and abolish DACA."

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Veto Gunmageddon is a group of volunteers dedicated to overturning the recent draconian gun laws passed by the California legislature and signed by Governor Jerry Brown. We are gun owners from all over California who watched with disbelief as the California Legislature bypassed normal procedure to pass strict and clearly unconstitutional gun laws. We have come together and formed “VETO GUNMAGEDDON, CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA WHO ARE OPPOSED TO PROPOSITION 63, ASSEMBLY BILLS 1135, 1511, 1695, 857 AND SENATE BILLS 880, 1235 AND 1446.  FPPC#1387279”. We are 100% volunteer, and our primary focus is to exercise the people’s veto (a referendum) to...

BRISTOL, TN (WJHL) – A man accused in a deadly shooting in Bristol, Tenn., last week was indicted Tuesday by a Sullivan County grand jury on various charges, including first-degree murder.

DALLAS – The Army reservist who killed five Dallas police officers had kept an unauthorized grenade in his room on an Afghanistan base in 2014, according to a report by Army officials investigating a sexual harassment complaint against him.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Nearly 36 hours after a shooting spree killed one and wounded three others in downtown Bristol, the identity of the shooter has still not been released by police. Josh DeVine, spokesman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told the Bristol Herald Courier this morning that investigators hope to release something "soon." Just after 2 a.m. Thursday, gunfire erupted on the Volunteer Parkway in the area of the Days Inn, killing Jennifer Rooney, a carrier for the Herald Courier, and wounding a Bristol Tennessee police officer, a clerk at the hotel, and another person who has not been...

Staplers, rulers and grade books are classic items teachers take to school, but 20 Utah teachers could be carrying a more unexpected tool in the coming months — a gun. During the Utah Education Association break Friday, the Utah Shooting Sports Council offered a free concealed weapons class structured specifically for teachers and others working within schools. The class involved discussion, demonstration and practice scenarios in safe gun use in school environments. After the instruction, participants could pay a $49 fee and submit an application for a concealed carry permit to the Department of Public Safety. ...

Hillary Clinton is expected to have stiff competition in 2016.

Two contestants in the Miss California USA competition over the weekend may not have taken home the crown or topped the ranks but they left with a significant place in the competition's history. Jenelle Hutcherson, 26, of Long Beach, and Mollie Thomas, 19, of West Hollywood, were the first openly gay contestants in the 60 years of the state pageant, whose winner will go on to compete in Miss USA, the national pageant. ....

A Christian parenting book has come under fire after the deaths of three children from abuse. The families are reported to have been following the guidance of the book "To Train Up a Child" by Michael and Debi Pearl. The "Today" show reports: Hana Williams, 13, died of hypothermia after allegedly being starved, abused and locked outside by her parents. Lydia Schatz, age 7, died after being repeatedly beaten by her parents. And 4-year-old Sean Paddock suffocated after his mother wrapped him in a blanket too tightly in an effort to keep him from getting out of bed. ...

Tonight we are once again gathered as brothers and sisters in what has become our traditional Christmas devotional. We have truly been touched as we’ve listened to heavenly music and inspiring messages. What a beautiful depiction of the Savior’s birth we have seen on video.I, with you, have witnessed during the past few days and weeks what has become over the years the annual commercialization of Christmas. I am saddened to see Christmas becoming less and less about Christ and more and more about marketing and sales, parties and presents.And yet, Christmas is what we make of it. Despite all...

I am grateful for this opportunity to celebrate with you the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. His birth was a gift to all of us. John the Apostle, quoting the Savior, wrote of His birth in these stirring words:“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” 1 And then the Savior made clear that true faith leads to...

What a wonderful, joyous time of the year! I always look forward to being here on the first Sunday of December, when we have the opportunity to listen to beautiful music and hear messages that lead into another blessed Christmas season. And again we look forward to hearing from God’s prophet, our dear President Monson. Christmas has always been a special time for me. When I was very young I lived in Czechoslovakia, and the rich, centuries-old traditions of Christmas were everywhere around us. Although many years have passed, I still look back on those days with a fondness and...

For more than 20 years, natives of Guerrero, Mexico, have sought a better life in the U.S., with many of them settling in Orange County, especially in Santa Ana. Lately, what was a one-way wave of immigration has reversed. The slow U.S. economy and an unprecedented number of deportations have led many of those immigrants to return to Mexico. Orange County Register staff writers Cindy Carcamo and Michael Mello detail the phenomenon in a two-part story. These stories were made possible by a UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism grant that was funded by the Rosenberg Foundation.

A convicted killer raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips Wednesday when an Orange County jury announced that he should receive the death penalty for gunning down the manager of a Tustin Home Depot during a botched robbery in 2007. A jury of six men and six women deliberated for five hours before deciding that death was the appropriate penalty for Jason Russell Richardson, 40, convicted last year of first-degree murder plus special circumstances for the shooting death of Tom Egan, who was trying to protect his employees when he was shot in the stomach Feb. 9, 2007. ...

More than 100,000 Church members, friends and invited guests are expected to attend the 181st Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions more will watch or listen to conference proceedings via television, radio, satellite and Internet broadcasts. Five sessions of the conference will be held Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 October 2011, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. ... Information regarding audio and video streams via the Internet can be found at lds.org/general-conference. A detailed broadcast schedule of general conference can be found at bonneville.info. General conference, with the exception of the priesthood...

Aaron Ashmore, who won us over with memorable roles on Veronica Mars and Smallville, is continuing his sci-fi career and joining SyFy's Warehouse 13 as Steve Jinks, an ATF agent who is recruited onto the team because of his ability to tell when a person is lying, without fail. Ashmore and series creator Jack Kenny recently sat down with Out to discuss bringing the first gay agent into the series, now in its third season. Kenny says that it was actually the network suits who first suggested making Jinks gay. "We were pitching this character and a couple of the...

SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church re-emphasized Thursday night that its doctrine on marriage and family is based on respect and love, as 2,000-3,000 people protested for gay rights and recognition in downtown Salt Lake City. "Of course, the church recognizes the right of groups to voice their opinion in the public square. However, those familiar with the church's doctrine on the importance of marriage and family know it is based on principles of respect and love for all of God's children," the church's statement said. "We have continually emphasized that there is no room in this discussion for...

WASHINGTON Federal immigration officials will not be taking custody of Antonia Rivera of Santa Ana and her fellow illegal immigrants arrested on Capitol Hill Tuesday for demonstrating for a bill that would give her and others brought to the United States as children the chance to live here legally. “None of them have been referred to ICE,’’ said Gillian Brigham, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Our focus is on smart immigration enforcement that focuses first on criminal aliens and people who post the greatest threat to the communities.’’ Rivera, 28, a graduate of UC Irvine, was arrested Tuesday along...