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Sep 2017

2 Bakersfield officers shot and suspect killed after report of a man with a gun

BPD said the two officers are in stable condition and the suspect has died. (Screen grab image from news video.)

Two Bakersfield police officers were shot and a suspect was killed late Wednesday when the officers responded to a report of a man with gun, authorities said. Authorities received the call about 9:18 p.m. from a home in the 600 block of...

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Aug 2017

San Bernardino Officer Who Survived Gunshot Wound to the Head Retires at 34

San Bernardino Police Officer Gabe Garcia, left, shakes hands with Chief Jarrod Burguan during a retirement ceremony for Garcia on Thursday, Aug.24, 2017 at the San Bernardino Police Station in San Bernardino, Calif. Garcia, who was shot in the head on Aug. 22, 2014, has made great strides in his recovery but still suffers some paralysis on his right side. (Micah Escamilla/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

A San Bernardino police officer who survived being shot in the head three years ago has retired at age 34. About 200 people gathered Thursday to mark the retirement of Officer Gabe Garcia, who has journeyed from a coma to being able to...

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Aug 2017

LAPRA Members are not affected by Anthem's decision to end individual coverage in California

Anthem has recently announced that it is ending its Covered California coverage in most areas of California. Covered California is the marketplace for individual coverage as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Anthem is not...

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Aug 2017

2 Calif. deputies shot, suspect dead

Officers search for a suspect after a shooting in Dobbins, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)

UPDATE 4:59 p.m. (PST): 08/01/2017 Yuba County Sheriff Steven Durfor says the suspect in the shooting of two California deputies was found dead inside a home. Durfor says it appears the suspect was killed when the deputies returned gunfire...