17 News @ Sunrise 05/02/2024

Some of today's top storiesSimmering tensions between counter-protesters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators escalates into bloody violence on the campus of UCLA Officers in riot gear with L-A-P-D and C-H-P are moving in on a pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus Law enforcemement ordered hundreds of protestors to disperse...calling the encampment unlawful.    Some protestors were seen wearing hard hats, goggles and respirator masks in anticipation of the raid.    Others banged on drums and waved Palestinian flags....As officers marched onto the campus grounds.    We're now learning officers have moved in and started arresting those protestors. This is the second night of protest on the campus.    Classes were canceled yesterday after the first night of protest.    No word if classed will be held today.The state's effort to 'Take Down Crime' in the Central Valley is showing early signs of success, with an aggressive partnership between the California Highway Patrol and the Bakersfield Police Department.     17's Mikhala Armstrong has a closer look. The owner of a Shafter Tobacco Shop is in trouble with the law for allegedly running an illegal gambling operation. Shafter police and inspectors with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration raided the shop on Central Valley Highway yesterday. Officers found two gambling machines in a back storage room of the shop during their search. They also seized illegal cannabis and tobacco products the owner had in the shop. The owner, Yassin Shaw, was cited and released.