Los Angeles and other California counties were asked Thursday to provide the names of all undocumented inmates in their jail systems to the U.S. Justice Department. The requests were issued to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and other sheriffs who are leading major law enforcement agencies,

Sheriff Robert Luna says LA County does not collect or hold citizenship data on inmates, following a DOJ request for lists of non-U.S. citizens in custody. Legal analyst Jessica Levinson says the federal government cannot compel local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws under the 10th Amendment.

A mother and her son who got lost in a dense California​ forest left handwritten notes, which helped searchers find them.

A mother and her nine-year-old son lost in the rocky mountain forest of Sierra Nevada in the US state of California were rescued thanks to a trail of handwritten notes they left behind - after getting stranded for more than 24 hours.