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CANOGA PARK, CA-JUNE 24, 2022: Instructor Karen Gonzalez Aglugub helps a student, during an international newcomer enrichment summer program at Canoga Park High School for new students to our country to gain language acquisition. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - September 21: Rep. Karen Bass, right, speaks as developer Rick Caruso listens during the Los Angeles mayoral debate ahead of the Nov. 8 general election at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The Los Angeles Times, Fox 11 LA, Univision 34, KPCC, the Skirball Cultural Center, the Los Angeles Urban League and Loyola Marymount University co-host back-to-back debates with the leading candidates in the L.A. mayoral and L.A. County Sheriff races. Los Angeles County Sheriff debate includes Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna. The evening aims to be informative for Angelenos ahead of the Nov. 8 general election, which will include the runoff for the next mayor and sheriff. The debates will be co-moderated by Times Columnist Erika D. Smith and Fox 11 News Anchor Elex Michaelson. Additionally, Univision morning news anchor Gabriela Teissier will join the moderators during the mayoral debate, and Univision evening news anchor Oswaldo Borraez will join the moderators during the sheriff candidates debate. KPCC criminal justice correspondent Frank Stoltze will contribute as well.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA MAY 18, 2022 - Richard Castro spent $164.58 for 23.5 gallons of gas at Mobil at 77th and Sepulveda on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose to a record today, increasing to $6.089. The average price has risen for 21 consecutive days. (Al Seib / For The Times)

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A preliminary investigation into the shooting death of Savannah Graziano suggests the 15-year-old was unarmed when she was killed, according to the state attorney general’s office.

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MALIBU, CA - APRIL 05: Brown pelicans glide around a paddle boarder north of Malibu Pier at Malibu "Surfrider" Beach - part of Malibu Lagoon State Beach on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 in Malibu, CA. It's 70 degrees here today while a heat advisory will be in effect in parts of Los Angeles County from 11 a.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Friday, with temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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It’s not clear why there’s been an elevated presence of bacteria in beach waters, county health officials say, but runoff from recent rainstorms is a possible culprit.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 04: Stephanie, Kevin and their son Kruz Zapata, 2, hang at the Monrovia public library in Monrovia on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA.Stephanie's second baby is due in December and Kevin will have job protections in order to take family leave under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign that will give millions of workers at smaller businesses job protections for parental leave. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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SAN CLEMENTE, CA - SEPTEMBER 26: The rail line and cliffs along the coast at San Clemente State Beach on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 in San Clemente, CA. The area, near the private community of Cypress Shores, now gets slammed by waves after years of sand loss and erosion swept away the beach buffer between the ocean and land, creating a vulnerable point in the rail system authorities are keeping a close eye on. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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Wind gusts, blowing down King Street, twist umbrellas during Hurricane Ian in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP)

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