Government & Politics

Los Angeles County Supervisor candidate Shiela Kuehl laughs with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during her campaign party at the Victorian in Santa Monica. Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC

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A group of residents in Kern County is calling for an external investigation of the most recent deadly police-involved shooting in Bakersfield.

Just before 1 am Monday, Bakersfield police responded to reports of a man with a gun hassling people.

They found 73-year old Francisco Serna walking near his home. According to police, an officer shot Serna because he was approaching them with his hands in his pockets and did not follow commands.

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Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles and 2018 Democratic candidate for California governor, recently called for the state to unite with like-minded cities and states on the West Coast to oppose "dangerous policies advanced by a Trump administration."

The Fresno Police have determined that the fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old Clovis man in June was justified. However police Chief Jerry Dyer says the shooting of Dylan Noble still raises

Noble was shot four times in a convenience store parking lot earlier this year after refusing to follow dozens of police commands to show his hands.

During a press conference Friday, Dyer told reporters that the department has determined that because Noble would not show his hands, officers were justified to use deadly force.

Bakersfield City Manager Alan Tandy has selected the city's next police chief, Lyle Martin. The Bakersfield native has served as the city's assistant police chief since 2008, and has been with the department for 28 years. 

Martin will take the department's top spot later this month, filling a seat left vacant with the retirement of current chief Greg Williamson. 

In a statement released by Tandy, the city manager praised Martin's experience and knowledge of the community. 

As the polls close, a supporter holds a sign for Donald Trump in Reno, Nev., Nov. 8, 2016.

NY Times

Voters cast their November 2016 presidential election ballots at a polling place in Sacramento's Pocket neighborhood.

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Two weeks after Election Day, the Associated Press has called the final two unresolved California ballot measures.

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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised hard-line immigration reform, including the deportation of millions of undocumented residents across America upon taking office.

AP Photo / Rich Pedroncelli

California voters added to what are considered the nation’s strongest gun control laws on Election Day by approving Proposition 63.

The measure imposes background checks on ammunition sales; bans possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines; and forces owners to give up their weapons as soon as they can no longer legally possess them.