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33 Missing Children Rescued in Los Angeles Trafficking Operation
Almost three-dozen missing children — including eight who were being sexually exploited at the time of recovery — have been found in Southern California during a recent operation, the FBI announced Saturday.
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PHOTOS: SpaceX Falcon 9 Lights Up SoCal Sky
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday evening from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, and the sky over Southern California lit up with the bright light.
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Teen's Family Says He Complained of Bullying Before Death
The family of a 13-year-old says he complained to an administrator that he was being bullied at his Southern California middle school days before the assault that was caught on cellphone video that killed him.
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Hundreds of Fires Rage in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state was battling “367 known fires” earlier this week.
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Photos: Beverly Hills Property With Stunning 360-Degree Views Is Still on the Market
A 157-acre plot of land known as “The Mountain” was touted as the finest undeveloped plot of land in Los Angeles. It offers stunning 360-degree views of Southern California, including the distant Santa Catalina Island and well beyond downtown Los Angeles.
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Photos: How the Magnitude-7.1 Earthquake Changed the Earth's Surface
A powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake damaged buildings and caused shaking throughout Southern California. It also displaced the Earth surface in part of the Mojave Desert roughly 160 miles north of Los Angeles.
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Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals Are Officially Canceled
Coachella Music Festival and the country music companion Stagecoach that had been postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus are both canceled, organizers announced Wednesday. The festivals, originally postponed until October, were canceled over fears of a possible resurgence of COVID-19 cases that is projected in the fall. Before the pandemic, the festivals were set for April. “I am concerned…
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From the Archives: The November 1961 Bel Air Fire Disaster
In November 1961, a disastrous brush fire destroyed nearly 500 homes when it roared over a mountain ridge and swept through canyons in Los Angeles’ Bel Air area, a grim illustration of the potential for wildfire devastation at this time of year in Southern California.
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Child Rape Charges Against Mexican Megachurch Leader Dismissed
The criminal case against a Mexican megachurch leader on charges of child rape and human trafficking was dismissed Tuesday by a California appeals court on procedural grounds.
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Guide Dogs of America Takes Puppies on Mock Airport Training
The Guide Dogs of America’s Canine Development Department held a mock airport simulation to train puppies on helping their visually impaired human companions through their flights.
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Drug-Addicted Puppy Recovers After Heroin, Meth Found in System
After a puppy was found to be under the influence of heroin and meth in a motel drug bust, the dog was recovering from his drug addiction Monday.
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Wildfire Protection Goats Chew Through Brush at Reagan Library
Hundreds of goats trotted out of a truck Tuesday and bounded into the hillside surrounding the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley to do what they do best — eat.
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Rescued French Bulldog Turns Surfing Into Hobby for Charity
With the summer on the horizon, the Southern California waves are starting to call the names of many, including a French bulldog who has made surfing her charitable hobby.
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Happy Tails for This Dog and the Veteran Who Adopted Her
Bailey, a long-haired Chihuahua mix, is sprawled out on the kitchen floor enjoying tummy rubs from the hands of three children simultaneously. But her life didn’t always look like this. She was once a stray.
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PAWmicon: Canine Pop Culture Fest
Coo over woofers dressed as superheroes, and villains, too, from movies and comic books, at a sweet San Diego fundraiser.
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Coyote Found Shot in Head, Starving Gives Birth to 5 Pups
Animal rescuers in Southern California were surprised when they found an emaciated coyote found badly wounded at the bottom of an empty reservoir was pregnant.
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Golden Retriever Making ‘Absolutely Remarkable' Recovery After Found With Third-Degree Burn
A young golden retriever whose resilience is described as “absolutely remarkable” was recovering Tuesday at a Southern California animal hospital after a rescue group found him surrendered at an animal shelter with a third-degree burn.
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Bear Seen Wandering Through California Neighborhood
The bear was tranquilized by animal control personnel Friday morning, a few hours after it was spotted foraging for food in a Monrovia, Calif., neighborhood
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How Water Gets From the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Rest of California
Strong storms and cold temperatures are the right ingredients for a deep snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which provides water for about 23 million Californians from the Bay Area to Southern California. So how does all that water actually travel hundreds of miles through the Bay Area and Central Valley to Southern California?
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Lori Loughlin's Daughter Olivia Jade Returns to YouTube Amid College Admissions Scandal
As actress Lori Loughlin denies the charges she is facing in the college admissions scandal, her daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli has returned to YouTube, uploading her first video on Sunday since she was engulfed in the controversy earlier this year, NBC News reports. Giannulli, 20, the daughter of Loughlin and designer Mossimo Giannulli, was a successful YouTube star with a...