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Juez rechaza pedido del gobierno de acabar con la ley santuario de California - Duration: 0:30.

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Judge Blocks 1 California Sanctuary Law, Allows 2 Others - Duration: 4:15.

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Bruce, California - AdvoCare Product Story - Duration: 1:54.

Before AdvoCare, I would have to take a nap in the afternoon if I was gonna do anything in the evening.

I'm 60 this year, but when I was introduced to AdvoCare I was in my mid fifties

I was tired. I was rundown and I just thought that was normal for the fifties.

January 1, New Year's Day. I followed the plan.

I follow what we call now the ONE/80 plan. I'm following that.

That was consistent.

I've taken the products as consistently into a point where today

if I have a product that I miss I could tell.

Diet change was was big for me.

It was kind of eye opening for me how much I was eating.

So when I when I got to a balance where I had my protein

and I had my carbs and I had vegetables

and I made smaller portions and I made sure that I ate more frequently during the day.

I've made adjustments along the way I've been coachable. Now I'm active.

Now I'm out playing tennis more. I'm just more active around the house. I'm there for my family.

I went from 44 inch waist and I'm

wearing 34 inch waist but the most exciting part is I can wear, from college,

Yeah I kept them from college. My 501 jeans - button fly.

And I can button them up and I wear those all the time now.

There's something about

being able to wear something you were when you were a senior in high school or

freshman in college that just keeps you going every day.

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Massive blaze threatening more than 1,400 buildings in Northern California grows - Duration: 1:30.

GUINDA, Calif. -- Cooler weather did little to diminish a massive blaze in Northern California that is threatening more than 1,400 buildings, according to fire officials

The fire burning northwest of Sacramento grew overnight to 134 square miles (347 square kilometers), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Thursday

But CalFire said crews gained some ground and increased containment to 30 percent -- up from 25 percent the previous day

Roughly 2,500 people have been forced from their homes since the blaze started on Saturday

Officials have lifted some mandatory evacuations but it's not known how many people have been allowed to return home

"It's a little nerve-racking because grass fires move so fast," said Steve Black, one property owner who spoke to CBS News

So far no structures have been damaged or destroyed. Wildfires have also been raging in Colorado, where the Spring Fire alone has devoured an area larger than the size of Detroit, leaving 100 homes destroyed

In Utah, officials ordered residents to leave, as firefighters struggled to contain flames east of Salt Lake City

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Why California Will Save America From Donald Trump's 'Dog Whistle' Immigration Policies | Opinion - Duration: 11:49.

The images of screaming children were searing, the cries unforgettable. In June, as the public reeled from around-the-clock coverage of the Trump administration's systemic separation of immigrant families, the president dug in

"They could be murderers and thieves and so much else," Trump said of those crossing the border

"We want a safe country, and it starts with the borders, and that's the way it is

" As the criticism mounted, he accused Democrats of wanting migrants to "infest our Country

" And even after signing an executive order to end the controversial separations, he remained defiant

At a White House press conference, the president stood with family members of people killed by undocumented immigrants—or, as Trump called them, "the American citizens permanently separated from their loved ones

" Amid the uproar, according to The New York Times, Trump sought to reassure his advisers; while two-thirds of the American public disapproved of separating families at the border, most Republicans backed the practice as a deterrent

"My people love it," he told them. Is this smart politics? Should the Republican Party follow a polarizing figure willing to criminalize immigrants and asylum seekers to shore up his own popularity? Or is this a recipe for political extinction? In making a choice, GOP leaders may want to remember that we've seen this movie before—actually a grainy television advertisement in which former Republican Governor Pete Wilson of California resuscitated a lagging 1994 re-election campaign by depicting immigrants dashing across the U

S.-Mexico border: "They keep coming," intoned a deep and foreboding background voice

California voters responded by re-upping with Wilson and passing Proposition 187, a ballot measure aimed at denying nearly all public services, including access to education, to undocumented residents

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Nearly all of Proposition 187 was soon ruled unconstitutional, forcing the state to take a more rational approach to managing the integration of immigrants into civic and economic life

And the long-term political consequences were devastating. In 1994, the GOP did indeed win five of the top seven statewide positions and control of the state Assembly

But today, not a single Republican holds statewide office, the Democrats run Sacramento, and the GOP is on track to effectively become a third party; just 26 percent of Californians identify as Republican, almost 20 points behind Democrats and nearly even with "no party preference

" So is California a warning signal or a one-off? After all, Trump won the presidency in 2016 on an anti-immigration platform

Meanwhile, the Golden State is home to Hollywood, high-tech and hybrids; surely, its political evolution is as unique as its free-spirited character

But while we Californians do like to proclaim our differences—and many in other states are happy when we do so—the parallels between California's yesterday and America's today are striking

For example, between 1980 and 2000, struggles over immigration, affirmative action and proper policing wracked the state as it experienced a rapid demographic shift from about two-thirds white to majority people of color

The entire country is now confronting this change, only in slower motion. And just as the state's politics were torn asunder in the early 1990s, so was its economy: Nearly half of the country's net job losses in that period were suffered in the Golden State

Standing in the wings to fan the flames of discontent was that era's early version of Fox News: Rush Limbaugh perfected his bombastic talk radio shtick in Sacramento in the late 1980s, and a slew of local right-wing hosts picked up the race-baiting mantle in the decade that followed

Divisive politics fueled by demographic anxiety, reinforced by economic uncertainty and stirred up by those who stood to profit from polarization

Sound familiar? Several factors turned things around and pushed the Republicans out of power

The first was demographic: The shock of change subsided, residents got more accustomed to the realities (and benefits) of diversity, and a growing electorate of color remembered exactly which party had painted them as bandits

A second was economic: The rise of the state's high-tech sector shifted the political leanings of business

Supporting an anti-immigrant politician to secure deregulation or a tax cut became less palatable to entrepreneurs wanting to tap into talent from all over the world

(Silicon Valley also realized that the state's nearly 3 million undocumented residents were a key part of the service economy propping up programmers too busy to tend their children, care for their elders and grow or even prepare their own food

) A final set of factors were political. On one hand, a series of rule changes weakened the political establishment

Citizen-driven redistricting took away the power of lawmakers to draw the boundaries of their own districts, making races more competitive

And term limits made it possible for leaders to leap from protest to politician: Former state Senate leader Kevin de León, the architect of the 2017 "sanctuary state" bill limiting police cooperation with federal immigration authorities (tellingly called the California Values Act), cut his political teeth as a young organizer battling Proposition 187

But it wasn't just new rules. Community organizers, frustrated by a series of ballot measures that followed 1994's immigrant-bashing with successful attacks on affirmative action (1996), bilingual education (1998) and juvenile offenders (2000), began to dig in to change the politics of the state

They realized their task was not to chase the electorate (in today's terms, that would mean pursuing the elusive Trump voter with promises to punish immigrants, just not as inhumanely) but to change the electorate

Activists targeted disenchanted and disengaged citizens who could provide a progressive difference in key swing races

These new and occasional voters lent crucial support for ballot measures that raised taxes on the rich and shrank the prison population

They also offered the sort of political cover that allowed Democratic officeholders to grant driver's licenses to undocumented residents and extend state-sponsored health care to undocumented children

It's a road map for the national resistance: lower racial anxiety, reach out to business, focus on the rules of engagement (for example, fighting voter ID laws) and build a grassroots base that can align with but also push the Democratic Party from below

And it's a warning to Republicans as well: Keep up the current anti-immigrant tilt and the tsunami that toppled a state party that once brought us Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and tax-cutting fever could eventually head your way

The blinking warning signs in California itself are clear. In 2016, Orange County, a bulwark for the Republican Party and a historic base for right-wing extremist groups like the John Birch Society, voted for the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time since the Great Depression

And Republicans will be battling to retain seven highly competitive House seats)—about a third of what is necessary to hand the lower chamber to Democrats—in districts that Hillary Clinton won

Now, Republicans find themselves chasing the electorate. Two at-risk Republican incumbents, Representatives Jeff Denham and David Valadao, both of the Latino-rich Central Valley, were early signers of a "discharge petition" in May seeking to force the House to vote on bipartisan immigration reform

Still, it's hard to escape the shadow of a state party that dug itself into a political hole a long time ago with its support of anti-immigrant legislation—or a president who launched his campaign by labeling Mexicans as "rapists

" When you've been playing dog-whistle racial politics, don't be surprised when someone with a fully racist bullhorn walks in to find a warmed-up audience

And don't be shocked when that act eventually wears thin on a changing America. Like California Republicans before them, the national party seems to be keeping its eye on the past rather than the prize

But we Californians know how this movie started and how it ends: with a rejection of the politics of division and an embrace of the future

Manuel Pastor is a professor of sociology at the University of Southern California and author of State of Resistance: What California's Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America's Future

For more infomation >> Why California Will Save America From Donald Trump's 'Dog Whistle' Immigration Policies | Opinion - Duration: 11:49.

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'This is their Hail Mary': California GOP bets on gas tax repeal - Duration: 11:17.

'This is their Hail Mary': California GOP bets on gas tax repeal  SAN FRANCISCO — California Republicans are banking on a ballot measure this fall that the embattled state party believes can stave off a Democratic wave in November — and perhaps even spark a GOP revival in the run-up to 2020

 Carl DeMaio, the former San Diego city councilmember announced this week he's raised more than $1

1 million online for his campaign to repeal the 12-cent a gallon gas tax backed by Gov

Jerry Brown — and polls suggest it may be heading for a November victory.  DeMaio, now a San Diego radio talk show host, insists he's seized on a "kitchen table" issue that has energized voters across the spectrum — California is home to the highest average gas prices in the nation, according to a recent study

 The repeal effort — known as Proposition 6 on the November ballot — has also attracted backing from state and national Republican leaders including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy

They are counting on it to energize enough voters to save a handful of endangered California GOP House members — which could prevent the House from flipping Democratic

 To date, DeMaio's "Reform California" super PAC — which backs the California Gas Tax Repeal ballot measure — has scooped up checks from more than 25,000 grassroots donors with an average contribution of $37, according to the latest fundraising numbers released Monday

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 Republicans insist Reform California — which helped gather 1 million signatures to put the repeal measure on the November ballot — has seized on a uniquely "unifying issue

" That has helped it amass "the biggest grassroots donor database" of any GOP effort in California, with over 380,000 subscribers, says GOP consultant Dave McCulloch, who is advising DeMaio's digital fundraising effort

 "My hope is that the gas tax repeal will provide a template on how the GOP can be relevant again in California,'' DeMaio told POLITICO, alluding to the withered Republican Party's slide to third-party status in the state

"It's a deep blue state, and it's going to be a long journey back to any sort of power

But the first milestone is making yourself relevant — and putting up ballot measure that cost the Democrats support

And it's been a long time since the GOP has tapped that."  Steve Maviglio, a Democratic consultant who has been involved in legislative efforts to preserve the gas tax, insists there's "no evidence that the gas tax repeal is doing anything to rebuild the GOP

"  "Registration is down, coffers are nearly empty, and there's no surge in volunteers,'' Maviglio said this week

 Roger Dickinson, a former Democratic assemblyman who's now executive director of a pro-gas tax outfit called Transportation California, says the state GOP's campaign — while wrapped in the gas tax protest — is really a front for the national party's bigger political goal

 "It hasn't been disguised that their interest is trying to get people to the polls in November to protect their vulnerable members of Congress,'' said Dickinson, referring to seven California GOP House members who represent districts won by Hillary Clinton in 2016

 "We've known this was a partisan effort from the beginning," Dickinson said, predicting that is "why they'll lose it in the end

"  Brown himself recently tweeted that "this flawed and dangerous measure pushed by Trump's Washington allies jeopardizes the safety of millions of Californians by stopping local communities from fixing their crumbling roads and bridges

Just say no." Legal Trump Docket: New justice could sway court on president's personal cases  GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox, a wealthy businessman who has run unsuccessfully for office a half-dozen times in Illinois — and who remains largely unknown to many state voters — has made the gas tax repeal a lynchpin of his campaign to defeat Democrat Gavin Newsom and succeed Brown as the state's next chief executive

 Brown last year lead the charge for the gas tax hike that would raise $5.4 billion a year to pay for infrastructure repairs and expansion to the state's roads, bridges and transportation systems — popular items in a state where urban areas are increasingly hobbled by round-the-clock gridlock

But polls also show that paying for the items with a tax is unpopular with the public

 "The gas tax repeal definitely looks like a winner for the GOP,'' says southern California-based Republican consultant Matt Cunningham

"On one hand, you hear Democrats bragging that the state is in great shape and that we have a budget surplus, but at the same time they're saying we need to raise your taxes,'' he argues

"So, OK, you've got all this money -- and you need more?"  With a 20-year gap since Californians saw their last tax cut, Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen, who has advised former GOP governor Pete Wilson, says the GOP leaders are hoping there's "a sweet spot in the middle of California's politics to push the tax issue

"  But Whalen also cautions that despite the potency of a tax repeal, Republicans will have to first get past Brown — who is not only driven to preserve a legacy as he leaves office, but "has the luxury of $15 million" in a campaign war chest to invest in one of his key legislative wins

 California Democratic Party chair Eric Bauman insists that DeMaio's super PAC fundraising take isn't nearly enough to push their measure to success in a state where Democrats outnumber Republican voters by 15 points

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 "They might have had a million and a half dollars — I've got more than $10 million in the bank right now and I haven't started fundraising for the fall yet," Bauman said

"This is their Hail Mary, to try to use this repeal of the road repair measure to light a fire under their voters

but here's the reality: They don't have any voters."  DeMaio says Democrats didn't take the prospect of his gas tax repeal measure seriously enough, and now they're scrambling on how to respond

"They can say whatever the hell they want — but the gas tax repeal is a persuadable issue,'' he said

"Even Democratic voters want to see it gone."  His long term goal for the state GOP, he said, will be to build on this measure

 "If you want to be a true opposition party you have to mount a true opposition and up to this point, Republicans have not been able to do that

my hope is that that infrastructure will then be utilized to go after something else," he said

 In addition to a road repair ballot measure for a future ballot, DeMaio says he's already looking ahead and planning to use his growing database to reach voters and get a measure on the 2020 ballot that could incite powerful labor unions into a pricey mega-battle — an effort to reign in what he calls bloated government pensions

 "That's going to be a big fight in the wake of the Janus decision" from the Supreme Court, he says, referring to the recent decision denying labor unions the ability to collect "fair share" dues from members and use them for political purposes

 He says that if the gas tax measure has proved one thing, it's that California Republicans can learn from Democrats' admittedly effective use of social media, voter databases and one-on-one outreach to get out their message

 "My message for California state elected officials and GOP leader is, "If you lead, people will follow,'' DeMaio said

"But you need to lead."

For more infomation >> 'This is their Hail Mary': California GOP bets on gas tax repeal - Duration: 11:17.

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Judge Upholds Key Parts Of California Sanctuary Policies - Duration: 4:34.

Digital First Media Group / Orange County Register / Getty Images U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez upheld two of California's sanctuary laws, as well as a key provision of a third, on Thursday

 A district court judge on Thursday rejected the Justice Department's request to block two California laws that protect undocumented immigrants, handing a blow to the Trump administration as fierce debate over immigration policy continues to escalate

 U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez wrote in his opinion that SB 54 (known as the sanctuary state law) and AB 103, which requires transparency in the monitoring of detention facilities, as well as the employee-notice provision of AB 450 (the Immigrant Worker Protection Act) are "permissible exercises of California's sovereign power

"  The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling

 In March the DOJ filed a lawsuit challenging all three laws in its ongoing effort to crack down on local sanctuary policies

Until then, the federal government had largely engaged in condemnations and threats, including possibly withholding federal funds and prosecuting public officials

 In the case, the administration argued that California's sanctuary laws violate the Constitution and federal law

   Of the three laws, the most prominent and most targeted by the Trump administration is SB 54, which California Gov

Jerry Brown signed in October and which went into effect Jan. 1. Provisions of the law bar local law enforcement officials from telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement when they will release certain individuals and from facilitating their transfer in most cases

 AB 103 is a provision of a budget bill approved last year that allows the state to review federal detention of immigrants in the state

 AB 450, which also went into effect Jan. 1, restricts private employers' cooperation with federal immigration officials, requiring that businesses notify workers about employment documentation reviews and that immigration officials present a subpoena or warrant to enter workplaces

 Mendez upheld SB 54 and AB 103, but he suspended three provisions of AB 450, including the subpoena requirement

 A coalition of immigrant rights groups known as ICE Out of CA issued a statement on Thursday calling the ruling "overall, a defeat for the President's hate-filled agenda and escalating abuses of power

"  "At the same time, we disagree with the court's decision to suspend certain parts of the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, and we will redouble our commitment to defending the rights of all workers, including immigrants," the coalition wrote

 The activists also noted that private employers may still choose to deny ICE agents entry to a workplace unless they have a warrant and that businesses are protected in doing so under federal law

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California Fire Map: Fires Near Me Today [July 5] | Heavy.com - Duration: 14:26.

California Fire Map: Fires Near Me Today [July 5] | Heavy.com

During the hot summer months, fires are still a problem in California.

The biggest fire is still the County Fire in Yolo County, but there are others you will want to keep an eye on also. Here is a list, with maps, of the larger fires around the state, their current containment levels, and where they are located for July 5.

Read on for more details.

General Map of California Fires.

This map below is an interactive map of some of the bigger fires in California right now on July 5, provided by CAL FIRE and Google.

Fires in red are active and fires in black are contained.

The map above lists numerous active fires, which this article will describe in more detail in the next section. Here's another active fire map for comparison, but this one is not updated as frequently.

It was last updated on July 3 (although other sources are indicating July 5.

Use this as your secondary map.):.

And here is another detailed map of the fires, courtesy of GMAP4 and MappingSupport.com.

You can zoom in to see the areas of most interest to you or zoom out to see the whole state.

Note that due to new requirements by Google, the map will no longer be active on July 15.

Here is a map of the fires from the Bureau of Land Management from July 4:.

7/4 wildfire map of BLM-managed public lands.

Follow fire info @inciweb → https://t.co/IDvGqBylED & @CAL_FIRE → https://t.co/F2s9h9A5Ld #PawneeFire #CountyFire #PetersburgFire #FlatFire #LionsFire pic.twitter.com/vXVFKuMU8V — Bureau of Land Management California (@BLMca) July 4, 2018  .

List of Active Fires in California as of July 5.

Here are the active fires and updates about them, per CAL FIRE.

Benton Fire.

This is a newer addition to the map.

It's located off Benton Road and Crams Corner Drive in Anza in Riverside County.

The fire is 63 acres and 75 percent contained, and forward spread has topped.

Canyon Fire.

CAL FIRE has been assisting Los Padres National Forest with this fire, which is located north of Lake Piru in Los Angeles County, and is listed as active on CAL FIRE's map.

It's unclear what the current status for this fire is.

Cherry Fire.

CAL FIRE is assisting Klamath National Forest with this fire, which is located near Cherry Maple Road Klamath River, northwest of Yreka.

The fire is 63 acres and 90 percent contained.

The incident is no longer being updated as the fire is considered fully contained, although it's still listed on the map.

Creek Fire.

This south fire is down to 33 acres and 87 percent contained.

There's another fire farther north also called the Creek Fire on the CAL FIRE map, and that one is 1,678 acres and 98 percent contained.

Flat Fire.

This fire, near Redding Creek Rd.

southeast of Douglas City in Trinity County, is 300 acres and 90 percent contained.

Lions Fire.

This fire is located in the Sierra National Forest.

It is now 4,000 acres with 60 percent containment.This fire was caused by lightning.

According to InciWeb, crews are reinforcing and securing the fireline to hold the fire's current size.

Air quality in surrounding areas has been slightly affected.

The following trails have been temporarily closed: "Sierra National Forest Trails No.

26E01 (Mammoth Trail) to the Inyo NF Boundary, 26E14, 26E56, and 26E46 from the Inyo NF boundary.

Inyo NF trail closures include 26E01 from the Sierra NF to 2601 junction.

Trail closures will remain in place until fire management staff determines that it is safe to reopen the area.".

Pawnee Fire.

The Pawnee Fire is located off Pawnee Road and New Long Valley Road, northeast of Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.

It's 15,000 acres and 92 percent contained.

Twenty-two structures were destroyed in the fire.  For the latest evacuation updates, see the Lake Sheriff's website.  Due to current weather conditions, fire behavior has diminished, although a threat remains.

Petersburg Fire.

This fire is 215 acres and located three miles south of Petersburg station.

It started on July 1.

An evacuation order is in effect for Lakeview Ranch and Glacier View Ranch.

The evacuation order for Big Flat was downgraded to a warning.

The fire is 50 percent contained.

Upper Colony Fire.

This fire is located off Upper Colony Road, Smith Valley, East of Highway 395 in Nevada.

It's not a California fire, but close enough that CAL FIRE is listing it on its map.

However, recent reports indicate the fire is now fully contained.

County Fire in Yolo County.

A fire broke out in Yolo County on Saturday afternoon, Press Democrat reported.

It is in the rural community of Guinda in Yolo County.

This fire quickly grew to 1,000 acres in just a few hours, burning south of Guinda near County Road 63, about seven miles north of Cache Creek Casino, the Press Democrat has shared.

The fire was originally called the Guinda Fire and was later renamed the County Fire.

As of Monday morning, the fire had grown to 44,500 acres and was 3 percent contained.

On Tuesday it had grown to 70,000 acres and 5 percent contained.

As of Thursday, it is now 86,000 acres and 30 percent contained.

Mandatory evacuations were issued in the following areas, according to CAL FIRE:.

Residences served by Highway 128, between Monticello Dam and Pleasants Valley Road.

West of State Highway 16 to Berryessa Knoxville Road.

South of Old County Road 40.

North of County Road 53.

Evacuation Advisory:.

North of Quail Canyon Road.

South of Highway 128.

East of the Blue Ridge mountains.

West of Pleasants Valley Road.

East of Capell Valley Road.

North of State Highway 128 from Capell Valley Road, East to the Napa County line.

According to CAL FIRE, road closures have been noted in the following areas: "Northbound County Road 87 from Highway 128.

Berryessa Knoxville Road, from the Pope Creek Bridge to the Napa/Lake County line.

Pleasants Valley Road, South from Highway 128 remains open to serve traffic into Solano County.

Eastbound Highway 128 at Markley Resort.

Westbound Highway 128 at Pleasants Valley Road.".

If you have questions about current evacuations and advisories in Yolo County, call 211.

For questions regarding Napa County, text your ZIP code to 888777.

Additional Fires.

Fire in Irwindale near the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area.

A few additional fires have cropped up, but they aren't listed on the CAL FIRE map yet.

One of these is an Irwindale Fire.

This is a multi-acre brush fire near the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale that has just recently started.

It's now 15+ acres and is a second alarm fire as of early Thursday evening.

ABC 7 is reporting that no structures are currently threatened.

For more infomation >> California Fire Map: Fires Near Me Today [July 5] | Heavy.com - Duration: 14:26.

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Judge largely rejects Trump bid to block California sanctuary laws - Duration: 4:37.

Judge largely rejects Trump bid to block California sanctuary laws  A federal judge on Thursday rejected the bulk of a Trump administration demand to block three California sanctuary laws, allowing the state to keep in place its most significant legislative measures aimed at countering President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration

 Sacramento-based U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez rejected, for now, the Justice Department's drive to halt a California law that limits what kinds of immigration-related information state and local law enforcement can share with federal officials

The judge also declined the DOJ's request to block another law guaranteeing California officials certain information about local and privately run jails that hold immigration detainees in the Golden State

 While the ruling was a setback for the Trump administration's attempt to enforce immigration laws in states where leaders favor more liberal policies, Mendez did block parts of one of the disputed California laws, including provisions that banned private employers from voluntarily cooperating with immigration officials and from reverifying the legal work status of employees

 Mendez, an appointee of President George W. Bush, took a narrow view of state and local governments' obligations to allow their employees to assist federal immigration officials

He said California had broad authority to limit use of its resources for immigration enforcement

 "Refusing to help is not the same as impeding," wrote Mendez. "Federal objectives will always be furthered if states offer to assist federal efforts

A state's decision not to assist in those activities will always make the federal object more difficult to attain than it would be otherwise Standing aside does not equate to standing in the way

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 Justice Department lawyers argued that a 1996 federal law prevents California from blocking disclosure of information helpful to immigration authorities, such as prisoners' expected release dates and their home addresses

But Mendez said that law covers only records "strictly pertaining to immigration status" and not a broader set of data

 Mendez's decision denied a preliminary injunction against the most significant provisions the Justice Department challenged in a suit filed with fanfare last March

The ruling doesn't eliminate the possibility that the federal government could prevail in more aspects of the suit in the future, but it leaves the administration without much of the immediate relief it wanted

 A Justice Department spokesman had no immediate comment on the decision.  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose office defended the laws, hailed the ruling

 "The right of states to determine how to provide public safety and general welfare to their people continues to stand strong," Becerra said in a statement