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Chico PD gets military equipment proposal through Council

Chico PD gets military equipment proposal through Council

Council votes 4-3 to approve proposed purchase list
The City Council, at its March 3 meeting, approved on a split vote the possible purchase of additional military equipment by the Chico Police Department that would cost more than $1.3 million. The proposed acquisitions, enumerated in the Military Equipment Use Annual Report prepared by Chico PD, include three drones, seven patrol rifles, three incident command vehicles, six PepperBall launchers …

Fractured Hopes

Southern California’s Persian community is the largest outside of Iran, with an estimated population of around 700,000. In the wake of the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign and the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, reactions within this community have been sharply divided.

The war shows no sign of concluding soon. President Trump has said he intends to continue the bombardment for at least four to five weeks — leaving the Islamic Republic at perhaps its most precarious moment in history.

Read Christopher Alam’s story on American Community Media here.

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