A shooting in South Los Angeles left two people dead and one woman in the hospital with serious injuries Saturday night. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Florence Avenue and Dalton Avenue around 6:25 p.m. Saturday. Officers took […]
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When Jesse Ugalde, who served in the Vietnam War, entered a Department of Veterans Affairs building Friday, he noticed a difference. “Already, people are leaving,” Ugalde, 74, who relies on the VA for his healthcare, said of VA employees. “I
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Utilities in both the Eaton and Palisades fire burn scars have reported detecting the carcinogen benzene in parts of their water systems. State regulators have recommended the utilities issue “do not drink” and “do not boil” notices, which still permit
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As a series of winter storms slammed California’s coast with powerful rip currents and towering waves, part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed on Monday, plunging two contractors and a city employee into the water. The pier was one of
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The California Public Utilities Commission has approved $722.6 million in ratepayer costs to cover the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant — the state’s only functioning nuclear energy source. The plant was scheduled to begin shutting down in
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A red glow illuminated the valley behind the Brunel family’s Malibu home around 11 p.m. Monday. The fierce Santa Ana winds blowing dry desert air over the mountains and out to sea had already triggered public safety power shutoffs. The
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When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never have them all — and consults
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STOCKTON, Calif. — For Laura Ornelas and thousands of other South Stockton residents, harmful air pollution is a fact of life. Hemmed in by freeways and rail lines and bordered by heavy industry and the Port of Stockton, the area has
Wood biofuel project could worsen air quality, critics say Read More »
When Heather Hoff took a job at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, she was skeptical of nuclear energy — so much so that she resolved to report anything questionable to the anti-nuclear group Mothers for Peace. Instead, after working at
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CAMARILLO, Calif. — Stanley Jensen worked with firefighters to break open a melted safe amid the rubble of his family’s home. As Jensen used a window screen to sift the safe’s ashen contents for diamonds and stones, his wife, Dawn DaMart,
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