Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, spoke with LAist on Sept. 16, 2026, about the federal body armor case against him being dismissed. (Jordan Rynning / LAist) Michael Angel Alvarez made headlines earlier this year when he was arrested while working as a peace ambassador for the nonprofit Healing Urban Ba...
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The family of an Orange County man says he died after contracting West Nile virus and is sharing his story in hopes of warning others about the risks associated with the disease....
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Police shot and killed a suspect after coming under fire while attempting to rescue two shooting victims outside a San Bernardino home, authorities said....
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Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades off the coast of Mexico, with a rapid intensification attributed to the warmer waters and wind patterns of El Niño. Another Pacific system, Odalys, also strengthened to a hurricane without threatening land....
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Former child star Jonathan Taylor Thomas was arrested in LA County, California after he allegedly interfered with a DUI investigation and kicked a deputy....
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The EPA has agreed to permanently restore about $19 million in UC research grants canceled by the Trump administration.
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Hazardous materials crews were monitoring rising temperatures Wednesday in a battery storage unit near a solar farm at a Metropolitan Water District facility in La Verne adjacent to an identical unit that caught fire and burned a day earlier....
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A Stanton man who was killed while trying to stop a gunman during a mass shooting has been posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal for Heroism.
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MacArthur Park got an unexpected guest Tuesday: Justin Bieber, who joined several members of his band for an impromptu performance. (Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP) MacArthur Park got an unexpected guest Tuesday: Justin Bieber, who joined several members of his band for an imprompt...
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A 31-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after apparently jumping from the Bronx apartment building.
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Kristoffer Von Hassel, 18, was arrested Tuesday in Imperial Beach in the alleged vandalism, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office said.
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The heads of major AI firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world....
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Holmes is scheduled to be placed in the Austin Transitional Center.
