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Heavily Armed Hubby Sneaks Up For Alleged Garden Grove Murder Try As Unsuspecting Mom Watches Son Play Sports

Picture of a knife, not the one in story.A 43-year-old Anaheim man was in custody Sunday in Garden Grove for allegedly attempting to kill his estranged wife by sneaking up behind her with kitchen knives while she watched their son play sports. Her son alerted her to the danger, she ran onto the field screaming for help and a coach and off-duty cop […]
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Evacuations Remain in Suspicious Palisades Brusher; Suspected Arsonist Sought

Palisades brush fireMandatory evacuation orders remain in effect Sunday as firefighters continue to battle the 750-acre Palisades Fire and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies search for a person suspected of setting the blaze. Meanwhile, air quality officials issued a smoke advisory Saturday due to large amounts of smoke billowing near homes in the Pacific Palisades area and […]
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Kobe Bryant Inducted Into Basketball Hall of Fame

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was posthumously inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in an emotional ceremony featuring remarks by his widow, Vanessa. Bryant died Jan. 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash in Calabasas at age 41, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. He helped lead the […]
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Average Southland Gas Prices Resume Increasing

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County resumed increasing Sunday, rising two-tenths of a cent to $4.172 one day after a 21-day streak of increases ended when it dropped one-tenth. The average price rose 14.5 cents during the streak to its highest amount since Oct. 21, 2019, according […]
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Los Angeles County Reports 306 New Cases of COVID-19

The coronavirusLos Angeles County has reported 306 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 additional deaths. Saturday’s figures brought the county’s totals to 1,237,235 cases and 24,088 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. According to state figures, there were 325 people hospitalized in the county due to COVID […]
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Orange County Reports 55 New Cases of COVID-19, Two Deaths

Orange County has reported 55 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals rose from 75 Friday to 80 on Saturday, and the number of those patients in intensive care increased from 20 to 25, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county had 31.8% […]
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Hundreds March for Palestinian Rights in West Los Angeles

Several hundred people took to the streets in the Westwood area to demonstrate their support of Palestinians amid the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The Saturday demonstration was dubbed “Nakba 73: Resistance Until Liberation” and took place on Wilshire Boulevard at the Federal Building. Organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, it was […]
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‘WandaVision’ Leads Nominees As MTV Begins 2 Nights of Movie & TV Awards

The quirky Disney+ Marvel series “WandaVision” will take a leading six nominations into Sunday evening’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, which will be stretched over two nights to recognize scripted and unscripted work. “WandaVision” is nominated for best show, along with “The Boys,” “Emily in Paris,” “Bridgerton” and “Cobra Kai.” “The Boys” and “Emily in […]
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Maxine Waters Threatens To Sue Fox News Over Flight Report

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, has threatened legal action against Fox News for a story that claimed Waters and other members of Congress were abusing a program created after 9/11 to protect the flying public by assigning air marshals to certain domestic flights. According to the Fox News story, a complaint filed with the House […]
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Riverside County Reports 228 Additional COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths

The number of COVID-positive hospitalizations continues to drop in Riverside County, where health officials reported 228 new cases and no additional virus-related deaths. The Riverside University Health System said 66 people countywide were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Friday, nine fewer than Thursday. That number includes 15 intensive care unit patients, three fewer than a […]
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