Los Angeles County Plans to Pay  Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims
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Los Angeles County Plans to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Los Angeles County has agreed to pay a staggering $4 billion to settle sex abuse claims from generations of children in its juvenile detention and foster care systems in what lawyers said would be the largest payout of its kind in U.S. history….

Why Are Dolphins and Sea Lions Washing Up Dead on Southern California Beaches?
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Why Are Dolphins and Sea Lions Washing Up Dead on Southern California Beaches?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Adam Fox grabbed the nets and the cage from the back of his pickup truck. Something in the sand was disturbing the iconic Southern California scenery at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday morning. A sea lion washed up on the beach just…

Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton Fire
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Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton Fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines About 14 hours before the Eaton fire started on Jan. 7 on the hills above Altadena and Pasadena, Calif., power lines in the area had signs of being under strain from intensifying winds. New data from a company that maintains electrical sensors suggests…

Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil
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Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At a glance, the community garden plot appears bountiful. Its beds, flanked by lavender plants, are lush with parsley, lettuces and kale that are weeks overgrown. But a sign on the gate forbids entry, describing the site as “DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.” In…

30 Officers Charged With Allowing ‘Gladiator Fights’ at Youth Detention Center
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30 Officers Charged With Allowing ‘Gladiator Fights’ at Youth Detention Center

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thirty officers who worked at a youth detention center in Los Angeles County have been charged with allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — gladiator-style fights among the teenagers being held there, California’s attorney general said on Monday. A grand jury indictment…

California Braces for Intense Rain and Floods as Some Evacuate in LA Fire Areas
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California Braces for Intense Rain and Floods as Some Evacuate in LA Fire Areas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Heavy rain fell across a large swath of Southern California on Thursday afternoon as the region braced for intense bouts of precipitation that began to flood roads and threatened to unleash debris flows in areas recently burned by wildfires. The Southern California areas…

Los Angeles Faces Risk of Mudslides With the Arrival of Rain
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Los Angeles Faces Risk of Mudslides With the Arrival of Rain

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Santa Ana winds that have fueled wildfires for weeks in Southern California finally stopped blowing on Friday, and an unusually long period of dry weather was on track to end in Los Angeles County as a cold storm approached on Saturday. The…

Powerful Santa Ana Winds Expected to Elevate Fire Risk in Southern California
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Powerful Santa Ana Winds Expected to Elevate Fire Risk in Southern California

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California Monday into Tuesday as the landscape remains dangerously starved of rain, and as firefighters continue to work to fully contain wildfires that left at least 27 people dead…

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

#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…