Local News from Sunday, July 6th, 2025

A Mother of Five Survived the Flood to Return to a Cabin in Ruins

Jaque White and her five children escaped the rising waters of the Guadalupe River just in time. Now they have to rebuild.

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions

In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.

ICE Raids Scare Off L.A. Workers Rebuilding Fire-Torn Areas

Immigrant workers are central to recovery efforts in neighborhoods burned in the January wildfires, but recent raids have led some to stay home.

Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids

A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.