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Gregory Gross looks at an enlargement of a video frame of his arrest by Yuba City, Calif., Police, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 5, 2022.

Army vet paralyzed from run-in with police gets $20 million settlement

The settlement is among the largest of its kind in California history.

2 days ago

U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., participates in a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 19, 2020.

Former Navy pilot’s win cements Republican control of US House

U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot, has been reelected in California in a victory that hands Republicans control of the House.

8 months ago

CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base

Fort Ord was added to the EPA’s list of most polluted places in the nation four years before it began the process of closing as an active military base.

By Juliet Linderman and Jason Dearen

8 months ago

California enacts law to help LGBTQ military veterans

California's governor has signed a law he says will help military service members who were discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell” policies.

10 months ago

Did polluted Fort Ord make veterans ill? They demand answers.

AP’s review of public documents shows the Army knew that chemicals had been improperly dumped at Fort Ord for decades.

By Juliet Linderman and Jason Dearen

17 months ago

Army veteran convicted of plotting to bomb white supremacist California rally

Mark Steven Domingo schemed to bomb a planned April 2019 rally in Long Beach before he was arrested, prosecutors said.

23 months ago