The Center Square
The Center Square bills itself as covering statehouse and statewide news in different states throughout the country with a "taxpayer sensibility" and focus on "state- and local-level government and economic reporting."
As Democratic officials in California, including in Los Angeles, continued to expand so-called sanctuary city protections for illegal foreign nationals and fight President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plans, at least one alleged California arsonist has been confirmed to be in the U.S. illegally with an extensive criminal record, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
One “person of interest” was arrested after being caught on video holding a blowtorch near the source of the Kenneth Fire. The fire spanned more than 1,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, destroying entire neighborhoods.