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  • Union's campaign against Democrat Josh Newman helped Republican Steven Choi win

    Union’s campaign against Democrat Josh Newman helped Republican Steven Choi win

    A University of California workers union was successful in its fight to oust an Orange County Democrat from the state Senate after he did not support a bill it backed in the Legislature. But in doing so, the union may have helped elect a Republican who has a history of opposing organized labor. Democratic Sen.…

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  • Winds catapult SoCal fire warning: 'Particularly Dangerous Situation'

    Winds catapult SoCal fire warning: ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’

    With exceptional fire weather conditions forecast starting Monday night, the National Weather Service office issued a rare “Particularly Dangerous Situation” red flag warning for the coming days in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The last time a Particularly Dangerous Situation red flag warning was issued for the area was just a month ago, on election…

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  • Fertilized soil may be major source of smog near Salton Sea

    Fertilized soil may be major source of smog near Salton Sea

    For decades, Southern California’s war on smog has focused on strategies to reduce pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks. But one of the main drivers of lung-aggravating smog may be right underneath our feet, according to new research. About 100 miles east of San Diego, in the heart of the Colorado Desert, the Salton Sea air…

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  • 'You don't know what's next.' International students scramble ahead of Trump inauguration

    ‘You don’t know what’s next.’ International students scramble ahead of Trump inauguration

    As an international student at USC who had not been home for a year, Kevin Lu was excited to return over winter break to see his parents in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. But with President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration approaching, he changed his mind, choosing to remain in Los Angeles. “It’s too risky,”…

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  • Unexpected visits are turning the OC into a humpback whale hangout

    Unexpected visits are turning the OC into a humpback whale hangout

    Shortly after noon Sunday, the waters eight miles off the coast of Newport Beach were broken by an unusual, if not majestic, sight. A several-ton humpback whale broke through the surface and leaped into the sky, like a Pacific Life insurance commercial, scattering adjacent seabirds while opening its massive mouth to consume anchovies near the…

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  • Jay-Z denies anonymous court accusation that he raped girl in 2000

    Jay-Z denies anonymous court accusation that he raped girl in 2000

    Hip-hop megastar Jay-Z has emphatically denied accusations in a lawsuit that he and fellow entertainer Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a 13-year-old girl more than two decades ago. The complaint was amended Sunday in U.S. District Court in New York to add Jay-Z as a defendant after originally being filed against Combs in October. It alleges…

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  • Red flag warnings set to take effect throughout Southern California, beginning Monday

    Red flag warnings set to take effect throughout Southern California, beginning Monday

    Red flag warnings will go into effect early Monday for large swaths of Southern California, from Los Angeles to San Diego, due to strong Santa Ana winds, according to the National Weather Service. The strong dry winds combined with warm temperatures and low humidity will bring fire weather to the San Gabriel and Santa Monica…

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  • In three months, 26 foods have been recalled. Why you shouldn't worry

    In three months, 26 foods have been recalled. Why you shouldn’t worry

    Consumers in California were bombarded last month with 11 food recall notices that included raw milk from Fresno infected with H5N1 bird flu, organic carrots from City of Commerce contaminated with E. coli and cucumbers from Arizona that contained salmonella. The notices brought the total number of recalled foods between September and November to 26.…

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  • Editorial: Los Angeles can find a fairer way to raise the rent

    Editorial: Los Angeles can find a fairer way to raise the rent

    The Los Angeles City Council is considering changing the way it sets annual allowable increases for rent-controlled properties for the first time in nearly 40 years. That’s good. The law needs to do more to prevent price shocks for tenants during periods of high inflation while ensuring landlords can recoup the costs of managing their…

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  • Laphonza Butler, first LGBTQ+ Black senator, exiting after 14 months

    Laphonza Butler, first LGBTQ+ Black senator, exiting after 14 months

    WASHINGTON —  Earlier this year, as Republicans sought to ban books with Black history and LGBTQ+ themes from schools across the country, the nation’s first openly gay Black senator stepped onto the Senate floor and read aloud from some of them. “Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your…

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