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Woke California city goes to war with Home Depot
By Titus Wu Published July 1, 2026, 3:12 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The California Post on GoogleWest Hollywood’s city council voted this week to take Home Depot off its approved list of companies to do business with — driven by anger over the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.
The liberal Los Angeles enclave is setting up a potential clash with the popular chain over allegations it has assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement in targeting illegal migrants.
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“The one vendor I would like to remove is Home Depot because of their cooperation with ICE immigration enforcement,” Councilmember Chelsea Byers said at a meeting Monday, according to the WeHo Times.
Home Depot’s removal from the city’s approved list of cooperative purchasing vendors does not necessarily bar the city from doing business with it. Instead, city government can no longer automatically buy supplies from the retailer without going through a standard competitive bidding process.
The other companies on the list can do business with West Hollywood and skip any lengthy bidding processes, as they’ve already been vetted by other public agencies.
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City Manager Jackie Rocco agreed to examine the city’s relationship with Home Depot more closely, and Mayor John Heilman asked city staff to evaluate the impact of removal and prepare options for next steps.
“I know there are concerns about one particular vendor,” Rocco said.
Before the removal, West Hollywood would have authorized purchases up to $25,000 from Home Depot.
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The home-improvement chain has adamantly denied having a relationship with ICE and said it even instructs employees to not engage with active law enforcement operations.
Still, the company faced criticism for videos showing ICE agents targeting day laborers who gather in the stores’ parking lots, which have become hotbeds for immigration enforcement activity. Questions have been raised over whether Home Depot shares data with ICE, though the company denies the claims.
The company has said it can’t control what happens on its parking lots.
“Because our stores and parking lots are publicly accessible, law enforcement agents do not require a warrant to enter these areas,” Home Depot says on its website. “We comply with all applicable federal and local laws in every community where we do business.”
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Son stabbed father sitting in recliner, then jumped over his dying body to leave
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Inset: Damian Eiffert in court. Background: The Wash. home where Damian Eiffert murdered his father (KREM/YouTube).
A Washington state man is headed to prison after plunging a steak knife into his father's neck, head and chest while he was lounging in a recliner.
Damian Eiffert, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his father, Robert Eiffert, 61. The younger Eiffert was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison by a Spokane County Superior Court judge. He had nearly a dozen felony convictions at the time of his arrest in 2024.
"On October 22nd, 2024, at 2:29pm SPD responded to the area of Thor and 1st Avenue in East Spokane on a report of a stabbing," the Spokane Police Department said in a press release announcing Eiffert's arrest. "Upon arriving, a male victim was located with stab wounds. Despite lifesaving efforts by medical professionals, the victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene."
Eiffert's arrest affidavit says he asked his father "for a ride to treatment but he said no," according to local CBS affiliate KREM. Robert Eiffert, aka "Boby," was sitting in his recliner when Damian Eiffert got "amped up" and stabbed him repeatedly.
"The defendant stated he could not take his dad anymore and stabbed him to death," KREM reported.
Sign up for the Law&Crime Daily Newsletter for more breaking news and updatesAccording to police, Damian Eiffert admitted to smoking methamphetamine and being ill from opioid withdrawal at the time of the slaying. His mother told investigators he was "all over the place" during a phone call with her shortly after the murder.
Damian Eiffert also called his ex-girlfriend after the killing and asked her to meet him in a nearby alley, later telling her, "I love you … I'm done. …I just killed my dad," according to the affidavit.
A neighbor reportedly found Robert Eiffert "all cut up" and lying in their apartment building's doorway. Another resident told police he saw Robert Eiffert lying on the front porch with blood coming from his neck and chest. He said he saw Damian Eiffert exit, jump "over Boby's body," then drive away in his father's car.
Surveillance video showed Damian Eiffert leaving through the front door with a dog and walking to a nearby car. The footage also showed Robert Eiffert walk out and slump over just outside the door, KREM reports.
Washington State Patrol found Damian Eiffert later that day with his father's car, which was "disabled" on Interstate 90 near Cheney.
"Eiffert was uncooperative with WSP and stated he had a gun on his person, while reaching for his waistband area," the SPD release said. "County Negotiators communicated with Eiffert in an effort to facilitate his surrender. He continued to be uncooperative making comments that someone from law enforcement was going to die. Eiffert was observed getting in and out of the vehicle with items in his hands."
Damian Eiffert fled from the vehicle on foot and was detained a short distance away, according to the SPD release. Prosecutors say he was facing nearly 30 years in prison after entering his guilty plea, with his 21-year sentence falling on the low end of the standard sentence range, The Spokesman-Review reports.
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Man choked teen and threw his phone in a lake because he walked through his backyard: Cops
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Background: The Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Fla. (Google Maps). Inset: Kyle Riva (Seminole County Sheriff's Office).
A Florida man is accused of choking a teen walking through his backyard and snatching the boy's phone before throwing it into a nearby lake.
Kyle Riva, 70, has been charged with third-degree battery by strangulation and third-degree robbery by sudden snatching — both felonies — and first-degree misdemeanor damage of property between $200 and $1,000, Seminole County court records show. He made his first appearance in court on Tuesday and is no longer listed in the Seminole County Jail.
Sign up for the Law&Crime Daily Newsletter for more breaking news and updatesOn Monday at about 7:10 p.m., a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy were walking through Riva's backyard on Tigua Island Court in Seminole County, Florida. The area is just northeast of Orlando.
An arrest report obtained by Law&Crime states that Riva's wife noticed the boys and exited her home and asked them to leave. The 13-year-old boy reportedly cursed at her, and she went back inside and told her husband.
Riva emerged "angry," the court document states, and the 13-year-old "pulled out his phone and began to record" the man. Riva allegedly then "pushed" the boy "once near the collar bone," but the teen continued recording.
The teens suggested it wasn't as much of a push as a choke. They stated that as soon as Riva walked into his backyard, he approached the older boy "aggressively," prompting the teen to start recording "because he felt he was in danger." Riva reportedly then grabbed the 13-year-old "by the neck and began to squeeze."
The defendant "then grabbed the phone" from the teen's hands "and threw it into Lake Antigua, which backs up to Kyle's backyard," according to the report.
After the incident, the teens returned to the older boy's house, where his father prompted them to call 911. Authorities say the injured boy had bruises on his throat that "clearly show the impressions of fingers which had wrapped around his throat."
The father then reportedly expressed his desire to press charges.
Riva is expected to return to court to be arraigned on Aug. 25.
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