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South LA power outages leave some residents without air conditioning for hours

Power was restored Friday for thousands of South Los Angeles customers, some of whom were without air conditioning for hours during a stretch of high humidity and above-normal temperatures. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said the outages were caused by overloaded e...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Sep 11, 2026

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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE

Lucelly, who asked NPR to withhold her last name, is an undocumented worker from Colombia who went to clean up at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks. Since then she has battled breast cancer and respiratory disease. (Nate Langston Palmer for NPR) NEW YORK — Once a week, in a ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Sep 11, 2026

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Boxer Fernando Vargas Jr. arrested in Universal Studios parking structure crash

Boxer Fernando Vargas Jr. was arrested Thursday night following a three-vehicle crash in a Universal Studios parking structure. The California Highway Patrol said in a news release that Vargas Jr. was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in the crash re...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Sep 11, 2026

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As Americans gather to remember 9/11, they're also divided about its legacy

(Mario Tama / Getty Images) When the 9/11 terrorist attacks began on a blue-sky morning 25 years ago, the Rev. Eric Olsen was working in upstate New York. The National Guard unit where Olsen served as chaplain scrambled to deploy and served for months on a security detail around ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Sep 11, 2026

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A cooling trend is here for the weekend, but how cool is it going to get?

A view of the San Gabriel Mountains. (trekandshoot/Getty Images / iStockphoto) Topline: Believe it or not, cooler temperatures are on the horizon as the tropical moisture brought on by Torpical Storm Marie exits the region. Why now: According to the National Weather Service, a tr...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Sep 11, 2026

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In this LA Jewish bakery, challah and addiction recovery are braided together

Michael Sonekh unloads a tray of baked goods at Baked T'Shuvah, which gets hundreds of orders ahead of the Jewish high holidays. (Ezra Salkin / LAist ) About a week before Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year, which starts Friday evening — a group of youngish, hairnet-wearing adul...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Sep 11, 2026

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What is Rosh Hashanah and why is it celebrated?

The two-day holiday known as Rosh Hashanah kicks off the beginning of the Jewish “High Holidays,” a 10-day period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. But what exactly is Rosh Has...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Sep 11, 2026