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  • Swap meet near Joshua Tree closes over concerns about handicapped parking

    Swap meet near Joshua Tree closes over concerns about handicapped parking

    YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. —  If there were a Mojave Desert treasure map, it might lead you across the Morongo Basin and behind a shopping center. A sign promising “junk to gems” points the way. The hunt would end at a dusty plot where for decades vendors have gathered to sell everything from vintage Western wear to…

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  • A year after the 10 Freeway fire, one merchant is still struggling

    A year after the 10 Freeway fire, one merchant is still struggling

    On a recent chilly morning in Hesperia, Alfredo Lara used a shovel to pour cement into a mound of concrete he’d shaped like a wide volcano for mixing. Nearby, his friend filled a bucket with water for the final ingredient. “Well, here we are, trying to carry on,” the 70-year-old said in Spanish. “But it…

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  • What to do in a tsunami: The risk in California is real

    What to do in a tsunami: The risk in California is real

    Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit about 55 miles off the shore of Eureka. Evacuations were ordered. Sirens went off. Service was suspended on the Bay Area’s commuter…

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  • Family frustrated as search stalls in L.A. for Jahnay Bryan

    Family frustrated as search stalls in L.A. for Jahnay Bryan

    Jahnay Bryan, a recent Cornell University graduate, had a bright future ahead of her before she mysteriously disappeared in Los Angeles this fall, leaving her family desperate for answers and frustrated by the lack of progress in solving her case. Bryan, a 23-year-old Black woman, was last seen near the 2000 block of West 8th…

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  • Measles case reported at LAX, Orange County children's hospital

    Measles case reported at LAX, Orange County children’s hospital

    Health officials warned Thursday that people who were at Los Angeles International Airport and Children’s Hospital of Orange County in recent days may have been exposed to measles. A flier infected with the disease was at LAX a day before Thanksgiving, and an infant with measles was at the Orange County hospital after the holiday.…

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  • L.A. County probation chief to quit as juvenile hall closure looms

    L.A. County probation chief to quit as juvenile hall closure looms

    L.A. County’s chief probation officer said he plans to leave the troubled agency as a deadline to evacuate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall approaches, sources said, potentially leaving over 200 incarcerated youths with no place to go. Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa sent a brief memo Wednesday to the county Board of Supervisors saying he planned…

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  • Santa Clara County hospitals accused of illegally dumping fentanyl, data

    Santa Clara County hospitals accused of illegally dumping fentanyl, data

    Santa Clara county hospitals have illegally dumped tons of biohazardous waste, including prescription drugs, human tissue and vials containing blood, county prosecutors said. One photo appeared to show a discarded umbilical cord or part of a human organ, among piles of trash with soiled towels, used syringes, unemptied prescription vials and over-the-counter drugs, including fentanyl,…

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  • Why massive California tsunami alert was issued — then soon canceled

    Why massive California tsunami alert was issued — then soon canceled

    Residents across Northern California’s coast were told to quickly evacuate Thursday morning and urged to seek higher ground after a magnitude 7 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County prompted a tsunami warning. The alert just before 11 a.m. warned that “a tsunami with damaging waves and powerful current is possible.” But about an hour…

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  • How Northern Californians weathered earthquake, tsunami warning

    How Northern Californians weathered earthquake, tsunami warning

    Items flew off shelves, cellphones blared with tsunami warnings and some people struggled to stay on their feet as a magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Northern California on Thursday. “I have fireplaces flying forward,” said Olivia Cobian, the innkeeper at the Gingerbread Mansion, a bed-and-breakfast in the historic town of Ferndale, as sirens wailed in the…

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  • Councilmember Paul Krekorian will be liaison for Olympics

    Councilmember Paul Krekorian will be liaison for Olympics

    Paul Krekorian, who is leaving the Los Angeles City Council due to term limits, will oversee the city’s handling of the 2026 World Cup, the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and other large events. Mayor Karen Bass tapped Krekorian, who leaves office on Sunday and previously served as council president, to be executive director of…

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