NEW: The House has passed the Laken Riley Act w/ bipartisan support.

What does it do?

It mandates that illegal aliens who are arrested/charged/convicted of theft crimes must be detained, & it gives state AGs the ability to sue for relief if DHS actions harm state residents.

Bill Melugin

This is about as crazy as we have seen....

Six Fort Smith police officers have been fired after an internal investigation into hazing and misconduct, according to a statement by the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD).

Read more: https://www.lawofficer.com/arkansas-department-fires-6-officers-for-hazing/

DEVELOPING! Fast-moving brush fire erupts in Pacific Palisades.

🔵 Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/oHJYKMv5ffw?feature=shared

A manhunt for a suspect who shot a sheriff's deputy in Indiana ended with him being fatally shot during a shootout with police in Louisville, Kentucky.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/suspect-who-killed-sheriffs-deputy-fatally-shot-by-police-in-kentucky

🚨General reminder: If you are in the area of this fire but are not yet in an evacuation zone, consider leaving. These orders take time to go out, the fire is moving fast.

BREAKING UPDATE: The Palisades Fire has grown to 250 acres. An unknown number of homes are threatened.

🔵 Live updates: https://trib.al/tBDjKJ0

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

UPDATE: There's an Evacuation Center is being setup at Westwood Recreation Center at 1350 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles.

Evacuations ordered for neighborhoods near Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu, California due to massive Palisades Fire at Santa Monica Mountains amid high wind warnings.

This map has the area that are in an evacuation warning: https://protect.genasys.com/zones/US-CA-XLA-TOP-U009?z=12.11387987320528&latlon=34.07172973194004%2C-118.590684702874

LA is on fire. Where’s the “emergency “?  Where’s ⁦Mayor Karen Bass? 🤬

It was a busy Monday for officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Four crashes sent two people to the hospital with critical injuries and resulted in two deaths.

Read more: http://news3lv.com

We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well. We are safe and out. There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely. Can not speak more highly of the LA fire and LAPD.

James Woods

🔵 Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/dcHd7NwrGEs?feature=shared

The City of Los Angeles is on Tactical Alert due to a major incident.

LAPD Central Division

🚨MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS have been issued for the Palisades Fire.

If you are Northeast to Merrimac Road West to Topanga Canyon Blvd and South to PCH please evacuate now.

📍Westwood Recreation Center at 1350 S Sepulveda Blvd is open as an evacuation center and accepts small animals.

Mayor Karen Bass

BREAKING UPDATE: Devastating situation in Pacific Palisades. 

Homes are burning and the wind is getting stronger.  Flames are burning in a residential area.  This is Shadow Mountain Drive.

Matthew Seedorff

🕵‍♂️ Suspect Wanted in Edgecomb Homicide Arrested in California 🕵‍♂️

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of 34-year-old William “Nate” Robinson of Austinville, Virgina, whose body was discovered inside a trash barrel in the Schmid Preserve on the Old County Road in Edgecomb on December 3, 2024.

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta determined that Robinson died of a gunshot wound and ruled the manner of death a homicide. Following an investigation, detectives executed a search warrant at 57 Conant Road in Turner on December 12, 2024, where evidence discovered at the location linked 26-year-old Luke Krott of Edgecomb to the murder, and an arrest warrant was issued for him. Krott, who had been staying with his parents in Edgecomb, had left the state but with the help of the San Diego Police Department’s Fugitive Task Force, FBI, and the U.S. Marshals Service Krott was located Monday evening, January 6, 2025, on a sailboat at a marina in San Diego, California. Krott is currently being held at the San Diego Central Jail on a fugitive from justice charge pending the extradition process to Maine, where he will face a Murder charge.

The Maine State Police would like to thank our local and federal law enforcement partners for their assistance in locating and apprehending Krott. This is an active and ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time.

Maine State Police

BREAKING UPDATE: Firefighters have received a call that their LAFD Palisades fire station is on fire. Units responding now.

Our deck three minutes ago.

James Woods

🔵 ABC Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/9IakHg9m36U?feature=shared

These are "Paradise California" conditions in the Palisades.

Mass panic in the streets, and the worst of the wind will hit the Palisades Fire tonight. 🙏🏽

🔵 KCAL Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/UCXndH8xj7o?feature=shared

⚠️ Palisades Fire Update: 1/7/25 12:45pm
 
Evacuation Order Zones:
LOS-Q0767
SSM-U010-A
SSM-U010-B
MAL-C111-B
 
Evacuation Warning Zones:
TOP-U007
TOP-U009
 
Do you know your zone?
Register and get notifications:  https://protect.genasys.com/
 
Up to date info: https://lafd.org/alerts

LASD Lost Hills Station

"He's starting to put the chess pieces in place."

Watch: Jason Miller reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's potential plan to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal

BREAKING UPDATE! The Palisades Fire has been mapped at 772 acres by INTEL12!

100+ cars are blocking Sunset Blvd. Units unable to get through them. Calls still coming in if people trapped in homes. LAPD getting ready to evacuate 100 civilians!