EXCLUSIVE: Oblivious Seattle police chief dined yards away from $2M jewelry heist. The thieves' getaway car actually trapped the chief's SUV.

This is a bad look and says a lot about crime in Seattle.

https://seattlered.com/crime/robbery-chief-lunch-seattle/4113989

“We’re going to make sure that if there is peace, the peace is going to stay long term” - Peacemaker-in-Chief Donald Trump 🙏🏼🇺🇸

Margo Martin

"LA music festival" last night.

⚠️SigAlert in Castaic
on I-5 South near Templin Hwy., the #3 and #4 lanes are blocked for 2 hours due to a traffic collision.

Southern California 511

How your county is affected by Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" tax cuts

"The average American will receive a federal tax cut of $3,752 in 2026 thanks to the bill, per an analysis from the Tax Foundation."

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/18/trump-big-beautiful-bill-tax-cuts

NEW: 1 hospitalized in shooting at Huntington Beach business.

Authorities responded to reports of a shooting Monday morning at a business in Huntington Beach.

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⚠️Tornado Warning including Gilberts IL, Hampshire IL and Pingree Grove IL until 4:30 PM CDT

Residents are invited to line the streets with American flags and blue ribbons for a processional tonight in honor of Sergeant Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada of the Tremonton-Garland Police Department.

The processional is expected to leave Taylorsville at approximately 4 p.m. tonight and arrive in Tremonton around 5:30 p.m. and will follow this route:

-Exit Interstate 84 into Tremonton

-Proceed east along Main Street / Borgstrom Brothers Highway

-Turn north onto 3rd East

-Continue to Rudd Funeral Home (1234 South Main Street, Garland), where Sergeant Lee Sorensen will be received

-Continue onto Highway 30 to Logan, onto Main Street onto 34 East Center Street.

-Continue to Allen-Hall Mortuary (34 East Center Street, Logan) where Officer Eric Estrada will be received.

“We invite community members to line the procession route in a show of support and respect for these fallen officers and their families,” the Tremonton-Garland PD wrote. “We thank the public in advance for their patience and understanding as traffic may be impacted along the route during this solemn event.”

NEW: ICE Los Angeles HSI Integrated Operations Group arrested Cesar Chavez-Centeno, 31, a Mexican national, Aug. 14. Chavez has charges for assault with a deadly weapon and DUI. He is in ICE custody pending removal.

ERO Los Angeles

California's sanctuary state policy is a disaster, putting law-breaking criminals above law-abiding residents.

I've spent my career protecting people from harm. As Governor, I pledge to do the same. #Biancoforgovernor

Sheriff Chad Bianco

Hurricane Erin is still a Major Hurricane producing strong winds, heavy rain and significant waves. Tropical Alerts have been issued for the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the potential of coastal flooding and life-threatening rip currents.

NEW: ICE Los Angeles HSI Integrated Operations Group arrested Johnny Kelvin Paz-Tabora, 44, a Honduran national, Aug. 14. Paz has charges for assault with a deadly weapon. He is in ICE custody pending removal.

HSI Los Angeles

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

NEW: ICE Los Angeles HSI Integrated Operations Group arrested Victor Manuel Mendoza-Rivas, 61, a Mexican national, Aug. 12. Mendoza has charges for transportation and sale of narcotics and forceful sex with a minor. He is in ICE custody pending removal.

ERO Los Angeles

DEVELOPING: Significant, life-threatening flash flooding is possible across Chicago and northern Illinois this evening.

Up to 2–5 inches of rain is expected where the heaviest storms train, with isolated totals over 5 inches in just a few hours.

A Flash Flood Warning has already been issued for more than 400,000 people, including Naperville, where rainfall rates of 2–3 inches per hour could quickly lead to flash flooding.

Colin McCarthy

This is not cool...

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/southwest-pilot-fails-sobriety-test-before-takeoff-captured-on-body-cam

NEW: ICE ERO Houston arrested Erasto Cruz, a 56-year-old criminal alien and convicted child predator from Mexico, Aug. 18. Cruz was convicted of sexual assaulting a child in 2015.

ICE Houston