Dramatic new 6th Street Bridge opens, delivering a ‘love letter’ to Los Angeles
July 11, 2022
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Dramatic new 6th Street Bridge opens, delivering a ‘love letter’ to Los Angeles

The new 6th Street Viaduct crosses more industry than water, spanning a scruffy flat of lofts, warehouses and rail lines. It does not soar over the East River…

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Critics skeptical of San Francisco’s new reform-minded D.A.
July 11, 2022
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Critics skeptical of San Francisco’s new reform-minded D.A.

After a tumultuous and expensive recall effort that ousted Chesa Boudin last month, San Francisco has a new district attorney — a prosecutor who quit Boudin’s office to…

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29 alleged gang members plead guilty in $1-million fraud scheme
July 11, 2022
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29 alleged gang members plead guilty in $1-million fraud scheme

More than two dozen people associated with criminal street gangs face a combined 86 years in prison after pleading guilty in a $1-million fraud scheme, California Atty. Gen.…

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Three dead, four hospitalized after fiery, high-speed crash in Orange
July 11, 2022
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Three dead, four hospitalized after fiery, high-speed crash in Orange

Three people were killed and four others injured when their speeding vehicle crashed, rolled over and burst into flames in Orange early Saturday, police reported. A Nissan Altima…

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715,833 signatures turned in to recall Gascón, officials say
July 11, 2022
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715,833 signatures turned in to recall Gascón, officials say

A preliminary count of signatures submitted in a petition to recall Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón totals 715,833, L.A. County elections officials reported Saturday. L.A. County…

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Yosemite fire explodes, threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove, Wawona
July 11, 2022
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Yosemite fire explodes, threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove, Wawona

FISH CAMP, Calif. —  The first that Michael Gilbert, a 67-year-old rock climber and bellman, heard of the fire in Yosemite National Park was from a mother and daughter…

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Long Beach police fatally shoot an armed man on rooftop
July 11, 2022
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Long Beach police fatally shoot an armed man on rooftop

Police shot and killed a man armed with a gun on a rooftop in Long Beach on Saturday morning, after that man allegedly kidnapped and assaulted another person…

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How a California mental health funding plan fell apart
July 11, 2022
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How a California mental health funding plan fell apart

SACRAMENTO —  Nearly two decades ago, California voters passed a landmark tax on millionaires envisioned as a game changer for mental health. Supporters promised the new money would drastically…

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La Luz del Mundo dissidents seek more charges against ‘apostle’
July 11, 2022
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La Luz del Mundo dissidents seek more charges against ‘apostle’

Holding her sons tight, Deborah Contreras shuddered with sobs as the women in a Los Angeles courtroom recounted years of sexual abuse inflicted by the man they once…

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Three killed, two injured in early morning shooting in Downey
July 11, 2022
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Three killed, two injured in early morning shooting in Downey

Three men were killed and two others were injured in a shooting early Sunday in Downey, police said. Officers responded to reports of gunshots at 12:45 a.m. in…

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