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Five Squatters Die in Fire at Abandoned Fresno House

On Sunday, five squatters who pried open a window of an abandoned house in east-central Fresno, allegedly to do drugs, died when a fire broke out; a sixth was injured, the Fresno Bee reports.

Fatal House Fire in Fresno (Paul Schlesinger/The Fresno Bee via AP)

San Bernardino Valley College Closed After Bomb Threat

On Tuesday, San Bernardino Valley College will remain closed, even though a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the school on Monday was later deemed a hoax. At roughly 5:30 p.m. Monday, the college tweeted a message from Pierre

San Bernardino Valley College (Facebook)

Pete Rose Denied Reinstatement by MLB

Charlie Hustle’s hustling worked wonders on the baseball field, but his hustling off the field wound up terminating his desperate quest for reinstatement by MLB, as Commissioner Rob Manfred denied Pete Rose’s petition for reinstatement on Monday.

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El Niño Causes More Whales to Get Stuck in Nets

The warmer temperature of the eastern Pacific Ocean due to El Niño this year has created a life-threatening problem for whales traveling through the waters of California, luring them toward the coast, where they are entangled in fishing gear used by fishermen, crabbers and lobstermen.

Entangled whale net (Christine Armario / Associated Press)

Dick Van Dyke Flash Mob Celebrates His 90th

Over the weekend, famed actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 90th birthday at The Grove in Los Angeles along with a flash mob that danced and joined him in singing songs from Mary Poppins.

Dick van Dyke (Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty)

SF Students Ditch Class to Protest Mario Woods’s Death

On Friday, hundreds of high school and middle school students walked out of class in San Francisco to protest the death of Mario Woods, who was shot Dec. 2 in a fatal confrontation with San Francisco police.

Mario Woods (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)

LAX Charter Flights to Cuba Take Off

On Saturday, the first flights from the West Coast to Havana, Cuba, were initiated, although must tourists are still banned from visiting Cuba.

Cubana airlines (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / Getty)

‘Good Debt,’ ‘Bad Debt,’ and the Obama Administration

A video from Mashable, titled “Debt Isn’t the Boogeyman You May Think It Is,” starring Kal Penn, the former associate director of Public Engagement for Barack Obama, unintentionally highlights the failings of Penn’s former boss by telling the truth.

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Confusion About ‘Third Suspect’ in San Bernardino

Questions swirl on social media about a “third suspect” in the San Bernardino terror attack, despite the public statements of law enforcement attesting that only two shooters were involved.

The Associated Press

No-Fly Zone over Part of L.A.–for 3 Months

On Thursday, the FAA temporarily banned flights below 2000 feet over the northwest San Fernando Valley. The no-fly zone was imposed because of a fear that flights could ignite a gas leak initially discovered in October over Porter Ranch.

Porter Ranch (David McNew / Getty)

Muslim on Toronto Maple Leafs: Donald Trump ‘Delusional’

Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri, a Muslim native of Canada born to Lebanese parents, called Donald Trump “delusional” after Trump’s controversial statements about Muslims following the San Bernardino massacre.

The Associated Press

Jerry Brown Likens Climate Change to Nuclear War

On Wednesday night, Governor Jerry Brown, in a hyperbolic rant, informed students and faculty at the Ecole Normale Superieure University in Paris that climate change could be compared to nuclear war.

Jerry Brown (AP)

Muslim Effort Raises $100k for San Bernardino Victims

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times called a $100,000 fundraising effort for the victims of the massacre in San Bernardino, “the most successful crowd-funding venture Muslim Americans have ever launched for the broader community.”

Muslim vigil (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty)

Anti-Fracking Protesters Target Jerry Brown in Paris

California Gov. Jerry Brown may think he has staked a position on the environment that will please the left, but he hasn’t gone far enough: groups that oppose fracking are targeting him in Paris on Wednesday afternoon with a protest at the Le Bourget conference site.

Al Gore and Jerry Brown in Paris (Michel Euler / Associated Press)

San Bernardino Shooter Visited 11 School Cafeterias

San Bernardino school officials have revealed that due to his job as a San Bernardino County health inspector, terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook inspected eleven school sites in the county for months before he massacred 14 people and wounded 21 others last week.

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Alleged DV, Gun Incident Blocks Aroldis Chapman Trade to Dodgers

Mere hours after reports emerged of the Cincinnati Reds exchanging reliever Aroldis Chapman for two Los Angeles Dodgers, allegations hit that the bullet-throwing hurler had fired real bullets at his home after arguing with his girlfriend. The disturbing story killed the trade.

The Associated Press

Cat Missing for 8 Years Reunited with Owners

After an eight-year search for their missing kitten, Ginger, Nancy and Stephen Payne were reunited with their cat when a man who had been feeding the cat took the feline to the animal shelter for a checkup.

Cat reunion (Marin Humane Society / Facebook)

Jerry Brown and Schwarzenegger ‘Unscrew’ Climate Change

Governor Moonbeam (Jerry Brown) and The Governator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) united in Paris for an interview during the climate change summit, advising the world on helpful climate-saving tips–like unscrewing children’s light bulbs.

Jerry Brown-Schwarzenegger (Justin Sullivan / Getty)

Atty Gen: FBI Investigating Syed Farook’s Mother

On Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted that the FBI is investigating the mother of Syed Farook, the man who joined his wife Tashfeen Malik to massacre 14 people in San Bernardino and wound 21 others.

Rafia Farook (MSNBC /David Boles / Twitter)

Jerry Brown Says Wanted Oil Info for ‘Glass Case’

Governor Jerry Brown insists that his request for the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to ascertain whether his 2,700-acre ranch lay atop an oil pool was motivated by a desire to obtain information about his ranch that he could store in a “glass case.”

Jerry Brown at museum (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

San Bernardino Killer’s Family Had Radical Connections

Tashfeen Malik, 29, the female jihadi who helped kill 14 Americans in the San Bernardino massacre, comes from a family tied to Islamist militants, and allegedly evolved into a terrorist after attending college in Pakistan.

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SF Police Chief Won’t Resign over Mario Woods

On Friday night, calls for the San Francisco police chief, Greg Suhr, to resign resounded at a community meeting after a video clip surface showing police fatally shooting Mario Woods.

The Associated Press

Bellwether County Says Trump Should Win GOP Nomination

Donald Trump will likely win the GOP nomination, if the county that has been more correct than any other in its predictions of presidential elections is correct, according to a new article in Politico.

The Associated Press

Loretta Lynch Says to Muslims ‘We Stand with You in This’

On Thursday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, speaking at the Muslim Advocate’s 10th anniversary dinner, shockingly refused to focus on the Muslim community after the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims in San Bernardino and Paris, instead warning non-Muslims that her Justice Department would target people whose anti-Muslim rhetoric “edges towards violence.” She reassured her audience, “We stand with you in this.”

Loretta Lynch AP PhotoManuel Balce Ceneta