Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Is Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
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Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Is Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Sheng Thao, who was ousted as the mayor of Oakland, Calif., just two months ago amid persistent frustrations with crime, has been indicted on federal corruption charges, prosecutors announced on Friday. Ms. Thao is among four people being charged. The federal indictment also…

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Delays Premiere of Netflix Show Because of Wildfires
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Delays Premiere of Netflix Show Because of Wildfires

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has postponed the premiere of her new Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” because of the California wildfires, the streaming service said in a statement on Sunday. “With Love, Meghan,” is hosted and produced by Meghan, who cooks, gardens…

Trump Calls Officials Handling Los Angeles Wildfires ‘Incompetent’
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Trump Calls Officials Handling Los Angeles Wildfires ‘Incompetent’

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump offered fresh criticism early Sunday of the officials in charge of fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, calling them “incompetent” and asking why the blazes were not yet extinguished. “The fires are still raging in L.A.,” Mr. Trump wrote on…

Synagogue Congregation Grieves in New Home After L.A. Fires
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Synagogue Congregation Grieves in New Home After L.A. Fires

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rabbi Gold Jill Wright looked out at her congregation Friday night and uttered a simple statement, with a significant pause. “I noticed that you are … here.” That was because under the bright lights in the theater of the Mayfield Senior School, a…

Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection
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Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Angelenos woke up Saturday morning to find that the Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’s most renowned art museums, is now squarely in the mandatory evacuation zone as the Palisades fire’s footprint has grown. Perched on a hilltop, the Getty Center is a…

Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday
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Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “The city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself,” Joan Didion wrote way back in the 1960s. And on X and Truth Social and, indeed, Fox News, they were playing the hits, too — the fires were not the result of climate…

An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything
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An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There was, at first, not even a whisper of fire. Aurielle Hall had heard about the blaze that had broken out in the coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades that morning. But she was in Altadena, a hillside community 40 miles away and outside…