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Halle Berry is celebrating her milestone 60th birthday with some sexy snaps that prove she’s ageless. Ahead of her special day, the Oscar-winning actor uploaded a series of steamy pictures to Instagram that showed her spending time with beau Van Hunt . While donning a lace-trimme...
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Ventura chiropractor Fernando Juarez Gomez Jr. received a six-year prison sentence for committing sexual battery against five female patients between 2022 and 2024....
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Palisades Village reopened in the Pacific Palisades on Saturday after a $100 million renovation following the January 2025 wildfire damage.
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Driver sentenced to state prison for 124-mph Ventura County crash that killed two passengers on U.S. 101 in Newbury Park.
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A pregnant mom who thought she'd have plenty of time to get to the hospital ended up having eight Riverside County firefighters show up to her bedroom and deliver her baby....
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A rare hammerhead shark was spotted circling Malibu Pier, giving local fishermen a surprise as unusually warm ocean waters draw tropical marine life north....
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Five people were taken to the hospital after a multi-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 405 in Van Nuys on Saturday evening, officials said. The collision happened on the southbound side near Victory Boulevard just before 7 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. It...
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Omar Soliman, 30, was arrested in Cocoa after a Brevard County deputy clocked his Audi driving 117 mph in a 70 mph zone along I-95.
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Hurricane Lala formed Saturday on a path to make a rare landfall on Hawaii's Big Island.
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Disney princesses from across generations gathered for a star-studded concert celebration airing on ABC and Disney+.
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A 62-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of lewd acts on a dependent adult at a private care facility in Eastvale, authorities announced Saturday. Deputies responded to the care facility located in the 6000 block of La Mesa Street in June 2025 regarding a report of inappropria...
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Michigan State Police are investigating after six people were found dead at three locations in northern Michigan Friday.
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The owners of a liquor store in Bellflower say they’re facing thousands of dollars in damages after their store was looted during a street takeover Saturday morning. The incident happened at Bellflower and Somerset boulevards at around 3:30 a.m. It’s the second weekend in a row t...
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Police are investigating after two homes in the San Fernando Valley were burglarized overnight - all in the span of a couple hours.
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Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying more than two dozen people in connection with last weekend’s break-ins at an East Los Angeles AutoZone that resulted in significant loss and damage to the business. At around 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 9, forced entry was made in...
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A grizzly bear shakes off snow. (Kirsten Pisto / AP) Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson’s Senate Bill 1305...
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A disputed cleanup deadline passes at a fire-damaged Boyle Heights warehouse, leaving residents facing odors and pests while LA officials threaten legal action....
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Shohei Ohtani will throw another bullpen session following a successful outing on Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers ‘ two-way superstar works his way back from a left knee injury that has kept him from pitching since July 3. If Ohtani makes it through that workout without issue, ...
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A group of immigration advocates gathered outside an ICE detention facility in Adelanto to urge support of a measure that would impose a 50% tax on revenues generated by for-profit detention facilities....
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Former LAPD detective and convicted rapist Michael Douglas Brambles was rearrested in August 2026 following cold-case DNA evidence linking him to a 1994 kidnapping and robbery in Thousand Oaks. He had previously been paroled in 2020 after serving part of a 102-year sentence....
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A cyclist enjoys the new bridge in Irvine built over the 5 Freeway. (Jill Replogle / LAist) Irvine opened a new pedestrian bridge this week that lets you pedal, scoot, or walk over the 5 Freeway. I threw my bike in the car and went to check it out. I parked at Cypress Community P...
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The family of Robert Carradine has filed a lawsuit against UCLA for wrongful death, elder abuse and neglect following the "Revenge of the Nerds" actor's passing in February....
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A man convicted in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke has been sentenced to jail for fentanyl possession when he was serving time in a Los Angeles County juvenile detention facility. Deijae Devon Jester, 21, was convicted as a juvenile in the Brooklyn-born rapper’s February 2020 sho...
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Palisades Village reopened to the public Saturday more than 19 months after the deadly Palisades Fire . The Village shopping and dining center closed following the devastating January 2025 wildfire fanned by a powerful windstorm. The outdoor center sustained extensive smoke and w...
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Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters, under an election-year calendar approved Saturday. The primary lineup pushes Iowa from the traditiona...
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A man accused in multiple burglaries over several days at a Studio City home was arrested earlier this week at the San Fernando Valley residence. The investigation began Aug. 7 when LAPD officers responded to the 3800 block of Rhodes Avenue for a possible burglary. The homeowner ...
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A shooting at Virginia State University left five people injured, one critically, and prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday morning, school officials said....
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Five people were shot outside Virginia State University residence halls early Saturday. One is in critical condition, and the campus lockdown has been lifted....
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A Florida man charged in the 1987 killing of a 20-year-old mother allegedly confessed after contacting authorities himself and investigators say he described details of the crime scene that had never been publicly released....
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An obstacle at the L.A River Fingerboard Skatepark. (Dañiel Martinez / LAist) There’re plenty of skate parks in the region — skateboarding, after all, got its start in Southern California. But a skate park of another kind has risen on the banks of the L.A. River. It’s for fingerb...
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Anzen Hardware in Little Tokyo reopened in November after shutting down in 2023. (Fiona Ng / LAist) A hardware store isn't where you’d expect to find a drawing class, a matcha pop-up or plant sales. Unless you're at Anzen Hardware, an 80-year-old staple that nearly disappeared fr...
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A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 47 people, collapsing buildings and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities said dozens more residents were injured and warned that the death toll would al...
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The official notice describes the equipment as "a Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device," but let's call it what it is: Pain gloves.
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The defense comes after President Trump issued an executive order recommending that the singular measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine should be separated into three, and that all childhood immunizations should be given at separate visits....
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The California Gig Workers Union is on the cusp of being certified as the collective bargaining representative for Uber and Lyft drivers in the state.
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Adam Driver will make a long-anticipated entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play super villain Mister Sinister, and “Obsession” breakout star Inde Navarette will play Rogue in Disney ‘s forthcoming film reboot of “X-Men.” Driver and Navarette were among the new cast m...
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Newly obtained images offer views of the cleanup effort inside the Lineage Logistics warehouse nearly two months after a fire at the building in Boyle Heights . The images, provided to NBCLA by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, show the interior of the cold food...
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The dispute over Nick Reiner’s demand for access to a portion of a trust fund established by his parents, who he’s accused of murdering, may focus on the ‘Slayer Statute,’ a California law that bars a person from receiving the benefits of a trust – if that person intentionally ki...
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A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday. The shooting happened near the university’s Quad Annexes, and both campus police and Chesterfield County police are actively investigating. County p...
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A routine dog walk took a serious turn when a couple says a car jumped the curb to try and hit them and their dog after a verbal exchange in Mid-Wilshire....
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Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster “On Golden Pond” who worked with such Hollywood heavyweights as Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Steve McQueen and John Wayne, has died. He was 97. His daughter, Amy Rydell, told The Hollywood Reporter that h...
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A federal judge is temporarily blocking the deportation of a longtime West Hollywood resident detained by ICE agents this week.
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San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies were sent to the 300 block of King Street in the community of Mentone after reports that a man had fired at some utility employees working along the road near his home....
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An armed man accused of firing at a Southern California Edison crew was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies following an hours-long standoff.
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Multiple media reports state that two American Airlines planes that shared the same flight number almost got into a crash over Phoenix, but some quick thinking from air traffic control managed to prevent a catastrophe....
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A rare hammerhead shark sighting off the Malibu Pier is going viral online after a local fisherman captured video of the creature.
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If you come across a 2026 Lexus ES sedan on the road, it'll definitely look much different than its predecessor. It may also sound different as well, emitting a faint whir....
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The Army on Friday announced it's temporarily grounding all Apache helicopter flights following the fatal crash near Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this week....
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Flames from the Palisades Fire burns a home during a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. (Apu Gomes / Getty Images) Federal prosecutors will pursue fewer charges in their second attempt to convict a man accused o...
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An investigation is underway in northern lower Michigan after six people were found dead in three locations.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about the administration's "calamitous" response to cyclosporiasis....
government
Waymo announced that the California Public Utilities Commission approved expanding its autonomous vehicle rideshare services across the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and two other major metropolitan areas....
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A Los Angeles family spent months in an immigration detention center in Texas, fighting a never-ending battle against the U.S. government — not for something they did, but because of who they’re related to. The mother wrote a letter highlighting what her lawyers are calling “bloo...
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A powerful magnitude 7.7 quake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Tyler Muehl from La Jolla was captured in a video that went viral, showing him kicking a sea lion in the head and body even as it tried to escape the attack....
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From Deadpool to Queen Amidala, Disney fans are dressed to impress. Here's a look at some of the best costumes at Disney's ultimate fan event.
business
As a deadline nears in the cleanup of millions of pounds of rotten food in a burned down Boyle Heights warehouse, residents and businesses are still dealing with the aftermath....
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Firefighters are battling a fast-moving brush fire in Riverside County Friday that prompted evacuation orders and warnings for nearby residents.
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Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do at a board of supervisors meeting on Nov. 28, 2023. Saturday marks one year since former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do started his prison term, after pleading guilty to taking bribes to award tax dollars to people who diverted $7.9 million ...
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Rising incidents of vandalism and law enforcement misuse connected to license plate readers are sparking alarm over how widespread the Flock cameras have become nationwide....
