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Crew of dirt bikes, four wheelers escape police chase in east Los Angeles County
A group of riders on dirt bikes, doing street stunts and waving to news helicopters, escaped a police pursuit though east Los Angeles County Thursday, authorities said. California Highway Patrol ...
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‘This has been really devastating’: Inside the lives of incarcerated firefighters battling the L.A. wildfires
Every other day, Joseph McKinney, Joseph Sevilla and Sal Almanza wake up around 4 a.m. and eat breakfast at their base camp at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena before heading up the San Gabriel Mountains ...
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Mexican Mafia leader offered to ensure protection for El Chapo in U.S. prison, feds say
Sentenced to death for murdering three men in a San Diego auto repair shop, Ronaldo Ayala, is accused of racketeering while imprisoned. Prosecutors allege the reputed Mexican Mafia member oversaw ...
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How did a cluster of homes near the Eaton fire’s ignition point emerge unscathed?
When Michael Olson saw what would become the Eaton fire, the flames at the base of an electrical tower looked small, seemingly manageable. Then the winds that night on Jan. 7 blew a shower of ...
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How many people are still missing in the Los Angeles fires?
The last time Kevin Devine’s mother heard from him was Jan. 7. He was at his apartment on Boston Street in Altadena speaking on the phone with his mother, Margaret Devine, about a present he had ...
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What happened on Thursday, Jan. 16 as crews improved containment on Palisades, Eaton fires
Containment on the Palisades and Eaton fires that have kept thousands of Los Angeles County residents out of their homes, some for more than a week, grew overnight after winds that have plagued ...
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Ex-Oakland mayor, boyfriend, waste company execs indicted in sprawling corruption probe
Federal officials announced Friday that they have indicted former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on bribery charges, along with her longtime boyfriend and a father-son team who run the company that ...
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Lose your essential documents in the L.A. fires? Here’s how you can replace them
Among the many things that were burned in the Los Angeles County fires, for thousands, important documents with vital personal, medical and financial information were also destroyed. Fire ...
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L.A. officials stop use of disappearing Google Chats, citing Palisades fire
For years, Los Angeles city employees could communicate through Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours. Even after the practice, which was sanctioned by the city, was ...
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Frustrations grow as L.A. fire victims demand to get back into their decimated neighborhoods
As winds began to die down Wednesday, there was growing despair and frustration in the vast fire zones among residents who were demanding to get back into their neighborhoods. A brigade of ...
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A week after the L.A. firestorms began, the threat continues as the unprecedented losses sink in
A week after flames leveled huge swaths of Pacific Palisades and Altadena, Southern California remained under a severe fire threat as residents struggled to comprehend the scale of the loss.
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Column: The Oscars ‘must go forward’ — and will, says film academy CEO. He’s right
Decimated by fire season, it seems impossible that the Los Angeles area could even begin to think about awards season. The heart of the entertainment industry is devastated, literally and ...