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Burning tree in South L.A. leads firefighters to a grim discovery
Read More: Burning tree in South L.A. leads firefighters to a grim discoveryA person was found dead early Thursday when firefighters were called to put out a tree fire behind an apartment building in South Los Angeles. Firefighters responded to the blaze on E. Vernon Avenue shortly after 5 a.m., where they found the person’s body, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire started in…
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U.S. attorney files charges against Phillips 66 refinery
Read More: U.S. attorney files charges against Phillips 66 refineryThe U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles has filed felony criminal charges against Phillips 66, accusing the company’s Carson refinery of illicitly dumping oil and grease into the county sewer system. In an announcement Thursday, the Justice Department said that a federal grand jury had returned a six-count indictment against the Houston-based energy business for…
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Can deputies be forced to show investigators their tattoos? Not yet, says appeals court
Read More: Can deputies be forced to show investigators their tattoos? Not yet, says appeals courtA California appeals court said Wednesday that the county watchdog cannot force Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies to reveal suspected deputy gang tattoos or to answer questions about the inked groups – at least not until the county has bargained with the deputies’ labor unions. In a 28-page opinion, the Second Division of the California…
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South Pasadena joyride ends in reckless evading for 13-year-old
Read More: South Pasadena joyride ends in reckless evading for 13-year-oldHe might not be old enough to play the game Grand Theft Auto V, but that didn’t stop a 13-year-old from taking his parent’s car and leading South Pasadena police on a brief chase before pulling over, authorities said. According to police, the driver of an older-model blue Toyota Corolla committed a pair of moving…
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Human skull and bones wash ashore in Palos Verdes Estates
Read More: Human skull and bones wash ashore in Palos Verdes EstatesDays after a human skull and bones washed ashore on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates, authorities are still trying to identify the decedent and the cause of death, officials said. A passerby found the skull and a bone in the low-tide shoreline at Rat Beach in the 300 block of Paseo Del Mar sometime…
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LAPD probe finds no truth to claims officers cheated to get promoted
Read More: LAPD probe finds no truth to claims officers cheated to get promotedAllegations of cheating by officers on a promotional exam that swept through the Los Angeles Police Department over the summer were found to be false after an internal investigation, officials said this week. As first reported by The Times in September, the department probed claims that an LAPD officer recorded questions from a sergeant’s promotional…
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‘Doomsday fish’ washed ashore in California, but what does that mean?
Read More: ‘Doomsday fish’ washed ashore in California, but what does that mean?If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession? A silvery 10-foot-long creature, the oarfish has fueled fisherman’s tales of sea serpents — and in some cultures has been a portent of natural disasters. It’s rare to…
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California barber charged with sexually assaulting intoxicated men
Read More: California barber charged with sexually assaulting intoxicated menA Bay Area barber has been charged with sexually assaulting at least two men but is suspected of assaulting as many as 20 who were severely intoxicated, according to authorities. Police say evidence shows Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla, a 34-year-old Mountain View resident, may have assaulted 20 different men who were intoxicated or passed out…
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Cartel leader’s son-in-law faked death to live in California, feds say
Read More: Cartel leader’s son-in-law faked death to live in California, feds sayWhen a man who called himself Luis Miguel Martinez moved into a $1.2-million home in an exclusive Riverside neighborhood in 2023, he brought standard luxuries. Parked outside were luxury cars, including a BMW and another car with Mexican license plates. But after his arrest this week by federal authorities, neighbors learned that Martinez was allegedly…
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California voters approve measure aimed at restricting AIDS Healthcare Foundation spending
Read More: California voters approve measure aimed at restricting AIDS Healthcare Foundation spendingCalifornia voters have approved Proposition 34, a measure from an apartment trade group that aimed to restrict spending by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has bankrolled several rent control initiatives and criticized the measure as unconstitutional revenge. The Associated Press called the initiative Wednesday evening. According to the California Secretary of State, the measure is…
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Blake Lively accuses director, co-star of “It Ends with Us” of sexual harassment, smear campaign
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Sacramento deputies arrest man on suspicion of beheading baby son
A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to…
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