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Miami Herald
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
FBI investigating man who appeared to shoot at agents during California immigration raid
The FBI is investigating a shooting that took place Thursday during an immigration enforcement operation at a cannabis farm in Camarillo where hundreds of protesters clashed with federal agents. ABC7 News captured video of what appears to be a man shooting at federal agents after smoke canisters were fired into the crowd in an attempt to disperse protesters. It's unclear if anyone was wounded. The FBI is now offering a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction of the person who appeared to fire a pistol at federal officers at 2:26 p.m. on Laguna Road between Wood and Las Posas roads, U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli said in a statement on X. A pro-Trump X account asked whether Gov. Newsom would condemn the shooting. The governor clapped back, writing, "Of course I condemn any assault on law enforcement, you (obscenity) poster." "Now do Jan 6," Newsom added, referring to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when a mob of Trump supporters attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in deaths, injuries and widespread damage. Thursday's protest erupted after scores of federal agents and National Guard members descended upon a marijuana growing site for Glass House Farms, at 645 Laguna Road. Agents were executing a search warrant at the farm and arrested several individuals on suspicion of impeding the operation, according to Essayli. Ten minors without documentation were found at the farm during the raid, eight of whom were unaccompanied, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said in a statement on X. The facility is now under investigation for child labor violations, he said. The Ventura County Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at 12:15 p.m. and transported five people to the hospital and treated four others at the scene, according to a department spokesperson. During the hours-long demonstration, federal agents deployed tear gas and smoke canisters and fired rubber bullets at protesters. Around 35 miles up the coast in Carpinteria, federal agents raided another Glass House Farms growing site. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) attempted to enter the facility around noon, identifying himself as a Congress member conducting oversight. He was denied access by masked federal agents dressed in camouflage and holding weapons who formed a perimeter around the raid, he said. In light of the later apparent shooting in Camarillo, Carbajal made a prescient statement, saying, "These tactics are creating an incendiary, hostile environment the way they are being deployed, which could lead to, regrettably, violence in the future." In a statement on X, Glass House Farms said the company was visited by federal agents, fully complied with search warrants and will provide further updates if necessary. ----------- -Times staff writer Rachel Uranga contributed to this report Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Los Angeles Times
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
FBI investigating man who appeared to shoot at agents during Camarillo immigration raid
The FBI is investigating a shooting that took place Thursday during an immigration enforcement operation at a cannabis farm in Camarillo where hundreds of protesters clashed with federal agents. ABC7 News captured video of what appears to be a man shooting at federal agents after smoke canisters were fired into the crowd in an attempt to disperse protesters. It's unclear if anyone was wounded. The FBI is now offering a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction of the person who appeared to fire a pistol at federal officers at 2:26 p.m. on Laguna Road between Wood and Las Posas roads, U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli said in a statement on X. A pro-Trump X account asked whether Gov. Newsom would condemn the shooting. The governor clapped back, writing, 'Of course I condemn any assault on law enforcement, you shit poster.' 'Now do Jan 6,' Newsom added, referring to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when a mob of Trump supporters attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in deaths, injuries and widespread damage. Thursday's protest erupted after scores of federal agents and National Guard members descended upon a marijuana growing site for Glass House Farms, at 645 Laguna Road. Agents were executing a search warrant at the farm and arrested several individuals on suspicion of impeding the operation, according to Essayli. Ten minors without documentation were found at the farm during the raid, eight of whom were unaccompanied, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said in a statement on X. The facility is now under investigation for child labor violations, he said. The Ventura County Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at 12:15 p.m. and transported five people to the hospital and treated four others at the scene, according to a department spokesperson. During the hours-long demonstration, federal agents deployed tear gas and smoke canisters and fired rubber bullets at protesters. Around 35 miles up the coast in Carpinteria, federal agents raided another Glass House Farms growing site. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) attempted to enter the facility around noon, identifying himself as a Congress member conducting oversight. He was denied access by masked federal agents dressed in camouflage and holding weapons who formed a perimeter around the raid, he said. In light of the later apparent shooting in Camarillo, Carbajal made a prescient statement, saying, 'These tactics are creating an incendiary, hostile environment the way they are being deployed, which could lead to, regrettably, violence in the future.' In a statement on X, Glass House Farms said the company was visited by federal agents, fully complied with search warrants and will provide further updates if necessary. Times staff writer Rachel Uranga contributed to this report
Edmonton Journal
10-07-2025
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
Unordered Amazon packages pile up in San Jose home for over a year
A woman from San Jose, Calif., faced hundreds of Amazon packages of the same product being delivered to her home for over a year, even though she never ordered them. Article content Under a pseudonym, 'Kay' told ABC 7 News that for over a year packages containing a set of faux-leather car seat covers from the brand Etkin sold by a Chinese company called Liusandedian on Amazon have been delivered to her doorstep. The issue is she never ordered them, and they were all actually returns from real customers. Article content Article content Article content Liusandedian had put Kay's address in San Jose as the return address, without her knowledge, until packages started piling up on her front door. It started with just one package, which Kay thought must have been a mistake, even asking her neighbours about it but no one had ordered it. The products kept being delivered for weeks and months to come. Article content Article content Amazon's policy states that international sellers need to either provide a U.S. address that the product can be returned to, agree to a 'returnless' return where the product doesn't need to be shipped back, or provide a prepaid international shipping label within two days after the return is requested. If the business can't provide any of that, Amazon refunds the customer and charges the international seller for the return shipping, in this case to China. Article content What happened with Liusandedian is that they did include a U.S. address, but that was Kay's, who didn't even know the company existed. And because the company did provide an address as requested by Amazon, the customers returning the car seat covers were being forced to pay for the return shipping, which oftentimes was more than half of the original price they paid for the product, and never receiving a refund because the products were shipped to the wrong address provided by the company. Article content Article content Meanwhile, the Chinese company was not losing any money since refunds were not being issued because the products were not being shipped back to the company, but rather to a random house in California that was listed as their 'return center.' It also didn't help that the company didn't have any contact information, or even anything online that proves it existed. Article content Article content 'This is thousands of dollars they've paid to send these boxes back to my house!' said the San Jose woman to ABC 7 News. Article content Because of that, the boxes started taking up space in Kay's property, blocking her driveway, mail box and doorway, making it even more inconvenient for Kay and her 88-year-old mother, who is also disabled. Article content The woman had been trying to contact Amazon to solve the issue for the past year, which resulted in six tickets filed with the tech giant and none of the problems solved. She also said that Amazon suggested that she could fix the issue herself, by either giving the packages away, donating the products or taking them to USPS or FedEx.
Ottawa Citizen
10-07-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
Unordered Amazon packages pile up in San Jose home for over a year
Article content A woman from San Jose, Calif., faced hundreds of Amazon packages of the same product being delivered to her home for over a year, even though she never ordered them. Article content Under a pseudonym, 'Kay' told ABC 7 News that for over a year packages containing a set of faux-leather car seat covers from the brand Etkin sold by a Chinese company called Liusandedian on Amazon have been delivered to her doorstep. The issue is she never ordered them, and they were all actually returns from real customers. Article content Article content Article content Liusandedian had put Kay's address in San Jose as the return address, without her knowledge, until packages started piling up on her front door. It started with just one package, which Kay thought must have been a mistake, even asking her neighbours about it but no one had ordered it. The products kept being delivered for weeks and months to come. Article content Article content Amazon's policy states that international sellers need to either provide a U.S. address that the product can be returned to, agree to a 'returnless' return where the product doesn't need to be shipped back, or provide a prepaid international shipping label within two days after the return is requested. If the business can't provide any of that, Amazon refunds the customer and charges the international seller for the return shipping, in this case to China. Article content What happened with Liusandedian is that they did include a U.S. address, but that was Kay's, who didn't even know the company existed. And because the company did provide an address as requested by Amazon, the customers returning the car seat covers were being forced to pay for the return shipping, which oftentimes was more than half of the original price they paid for the product, and never receiving a refund because the products were shipped to the wrong address provided by the company. Article content Article content Meanwhile, the Chinese company was not losing any money since refunds were not being issued because the products were not being shipped back to the company, but rather to a random house in California that was listed as their 'return center.' It also didn't help that the company didn't have any contact information, or even anything online that proves it existed. Article content Article content 'This is thousands of dollars they've paid to send these boxes back to my house!' said the San Jose woman to ABC 7 News. Article content Because of that, the boxes started taking up space in Kay's property, blocking her driveway, mail box and doorway, making it even more inconvenient for Kay and her 88-year-old mother, who is also disabled. Article content The woman had been trying to contact Amazon to solve the issue for the past year, which resulted in six tickets filed with the tech giant and none of the problems solved. She also said that Amazon suggested that she could fix the issue herself, by either giving the packages away, donating the products or taking them to USPS or FedEx.
Calgary Herald
10-07-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Unordered Amazon packages pile up in San Jose home for over a year
Article content A woman from San Jose, Calif., faced hundreds of Amazon packages of the same product being delivered to her home for over a year, even though she never ordered them. Article content Under a pseudonym, 'Kay' told ABC 7 News that for over a year packages containing a set of faux-leather car seat covers from the brand Etkin sold by a Chinese company called Liusandedian on Amazon have been delivered to her doorstep. The issue is she never ordered them, and they were all actually returns from real customers. Article content Article content Article content Liusandedian had put Kay's address in San Jose as the return address, without her knowledge, until packages started piling up on her front door. It started with just one package, which Kay thought must have been a mistake, even asking her neighbours about it but no one had ordered it. The products kept being delivered for weeks and months to come. Article content Article content Amazon's policy states that international sellers need to either provide a U.S. address that the product can be returned to, agree to a 'returnless' return where the product doesn't need to be shipped back, or provide a prepaid international shipping label within two days after the return is requested. If the business can't provide any of that, Amazon refunds the customer and charges the international seller for the return shipping, in this case to China. Article content What happened with Liusandedian is that they did include a U.S. address, but that was Kay's, who didn't even know the company existed. And because the company did provide an address as requested by Amazon, the customers returning the car seat covers were being forced to pay for the return shipping, which oftentimes was more than half of the original price they paid for the product, and never receiving a refund because the products were shipped to the wrong address provided by the company. Article content Article content Meanwhile, the Chinese company was not losing any money since refunds were not being issued because the products were not being shipped back to the company, but rather to a random house in California that was listed as their 'return center.' It also didn't help that the company didn't have any contact information, or even anything online that proves it existed. Article content Article content 'This is thousands of dollars they've paid to send these boxes back to my house!' said the San Jose woman to ABC 7 News. Article content Because of that, the boxes started taking up space in Kay's property, blocking her driveway, mail box and doorway, making it even more inconvenient for Kay and her 88-year-old mother, who is also disabled. Article content The woman had been trying to contact Amazon to solve the issue for the past year, which resulted in six tickets filed with the tech giant and none of the problems solved. She also said that Amazon suggested that she could fix the issue herself, by either giving the packages away, donating the products or taking them to USPS or FedEx.
