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A 16th Person Has Contracted Measles in L.A. County. Here Are The Eight Places Where People Were Exposed.

08/01/2019 - 3:30 AM By Brittany M.

The patient visited businesses in Downtown L.A., Santa Monica, Brentwood, and Venice Beach.

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After Brief Lapse, L.A.’s Ban on Car Dwelling is Back

08/01/2019 - 3:20 AM By Brittany M.

The Los Angeles City Council has extended a ban on overnight vehicle camping amid an outcry from concerned residents.

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LAUSD Defends Secrecy Over MS-13 Murders Linked to School

08/01/2019 - 3:13 AM By Brittany M.

In 2017, authorities say Panorama High School student Brayan Andino was lured to a nearby park by two female schoolmates and killed. Two former students of the school linked to MS-13 are also suspected of killing a youth from Cal Burke High School, an alternative program on the Panorama High campus.

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FBI Raids L.A. City Attorney’s Office, DWP

07/30/2019 - 2:15 AM By Brittany M.

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office’s handling of a massive settlement with L.A. DWP customers has been thrust into the spotlight following FBI raids on the City Attorney’s Office last week.

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In the Rat vs. Rodenticide War, Nobody Wins

07/30/2019 - 2:01 AM By Brittany M.

California is poised to ban rodenticides while rats are overrunning some major cities.

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Gruesome Gang Killings Horrify SoCal Residents

07/24/2019 - 8:43 PM By Brittany M.

Over the past two years, MS-13 gang members have committed at least seven murders in the Los Angeles area, dumping the bodies of rival gang members in remote locations from Hollywood to the Malibu Hills. That’s according to a 78-page indictment against 22 people unsealed last week.

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Experts Warn: Ridgecrest Quakes Could Be Contagious

07/18/2019 - 3:18 AM By Brittany M.

“Every earthquake actually increases the probability of more earthquakes,” one geophysicist told the Los Angeles Times.

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CNBC Investigates: L.A.’s Black Market is Killing Legal Cannabis

07/18/2019 - 3:11 AM By Brittany M.

CNBC recently visited 10 illegal dispensaries in L.A. to showcase the problem with illicit pot.

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Public Employee Overtime is Exploding in California. Here’s Why.

07/10/2019 - 8:26 PM By Brittany M.

In a word, pensions.

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Earthquakes Roil Southland

07/09/2019 - 6:53 AM By Brittany M.

There have been at least 3,000 aftershocks in the Searles Valley region of the Mojave Desert, according to seismologist Lucy Jones.

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