11 h. ago Southern California man gets an unwanted housemate: A black bear in his crawl space

A bear in Southern California has taken up residence in the crawlspace under a man's home

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19 h. ago California man stunned as surveillance cameras confirm 500 pound black bear moved into his home’s crawlspace

Ken Johnson set up surveillance cameras to find the cause of disturbances and damage around his Altadena property

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5 d. ago California labor leader pleads not guilty to misdemeanor over immigration protest

The leader of a major labor union in Southern California who was arrested while protesting an immigration raid earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge and will face trial in January

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6 d. ago Lawsuit challenges arrests of people showing up to ICE check

Attorneys are challenging the detention of three people arrested in San Diego who showed up to their immigration check-in appointments this fall

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7 d. ago ‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci

‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’In 1970, I partnered with Dan O’Bannon, a classmate at the University of Southern California, on a senior student project. We wanted to make a science fiction movie inspired by Dr Strangelove and 2001. We had no money but we did have enormous ambition. Dan co-wrote it, and he was also its production designer and editor, and he acted in the movie, playing Sergeant Pinback. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Santa Monica’s shine has dimmed – can a bold reset revive the beach city’s fortunes?

Years of hollowed out shops, safety worries and stalled leadership have left the famed coastal city searching for a way backSanta Monica is a city that would seem to have everything. A glorious, wide sandy beach. A fabled pier framed by palm trees and views of the southern California mountains. An aura of Hollywood magic, with a native honor roll that runs from Shirley Temple to Sean Penn. Streets that smell like the Mediterranean, filled with restaurants, cafes and interesting one-off shops.And yet, for the past several years, almost nothing has gone right for a beach resort known and envied in the Los Angeles area for its beauty, its excellent public schools, and a progressive political culture that has sought to keep the city accessible and affordable to people of all income levels. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Torrential rains return to Southern California, prompting new flash flood fears, threat of mudslides

Torrential rains are drenching parts of Southern California, leading to new flash flood warnings

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1 week ago Dwayne Johnson honors late Robin Williams with memento on Jumanji set in LA

The 53-year-old superstar took to the social media site on Thursday as he was seen traveling via tram through the Universal Studios lot in Southern California.

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1 week ago Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious

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1 week ago Canadian former Olympic snowboarder wanted by US is charged with orchestrating murder of witness

A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada who is wanted by authorities for running a multi-national drug trafficking network is facing additional charges in connection with the killing of a federal witness

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1 week ago New museum in California offers immersive experience of the Shroud of Turin

A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California

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1 week ago Big Ten denies Michigan regent's claim of coercion over $2.4 billion investment plan

The Big Ten Conference has denied claims by a University of Michigan regent that Commissioner Tony Petitti threatened the school over a $2.4 billion investment plan

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2 w. ago With Big Ten $2.4B deal looming, lawmaker asks questions about tax

A lawmaker skeptical of the Big Ten’s proposed $2.4 billion deal with a private investor has requested a Congressional analysis of the tax consequences for the NCAA, its schools and conferences

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2 w. ago House explosion in Southern California injures 8 and damages nearby homes

A house explosion in a Southern California neighborhood has injured eight people and damaged two nearby homes

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2 w. ago Lingering thunderstorms bring flooding risk after atmospheric river drenches much of California

A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state, but lingering thunderstorms brought the risk of mudslides in areas of Los Angeles County that were recently ravaged by wildfire

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2 w. ago 4 dead after wooden boat believed to be ferrying migrants into the US capsizes off San Diego

The Coast Guard says a wooden skiff believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the U.S. has capsized in stormy seas off San Diego, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized

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2 w. ago Atmospheric river hits Southern California with risks of flash floods in fire

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Saturday, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by wildfires

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2 w. ago Judge says government is still blocking immigrants' access to attorneys at LA detention facility

A federal judge on Friday said the Trump administration is still violating detained immigrants’ constitutional rights by restricting their access to attorneys at a detention facility in Los Angeles and ordered the government to remedy the matter

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2 w. ago Atmospheric river douses Southern California, threatening rockslides in LA's fire

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river is dousing Southern California

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3 w. ago California’s drying Salton Sea harms the lungs of people living nearby, say researchers

Experts suspect that dust from the sea contains endotoxic bacteria membranes caused by fertilizer runoffChemical-laden dust from southern California’s drying Salton Sea is likely harming the lungs of people around the shrinking body of water, and the effects are especially pronounced in children, new peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Irvine, shows.A separate peer-reviewed study from the University of California, Riverside, also found the Salton Sea’s contaminated dust seemed to alter lung microbiome, which could trigger pulmonary issues that have been reported around the lake. Continue reading...

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