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SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 - - Los Angeles County sheriffs escort Los Angeles Supervisor Shelia Kuehl's from her house after serving her an early morning search warrant in Santa Monica on September 10, 2022. This was part of a criminal investigation into a county contract awarded to a nonprofit organization. Sheriff's investigators also searched Patti Giggans' house, her nonprofit's offices, officers at the L.A. County Hall of Administration and the headquarters of the county's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which awarded a contract to Giggans' Peace Over Violence." (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 02: LAUSD Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho gets a tour of the district's new electric bus by driver trainer Albino Rosas at the LAUSD San Julian bus yard in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - August 03: Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times features columnist, experiences the immersive puzzle himself at the Atwater Village branch library in Los Angeles Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. The LAPL on Aug. 9 will across numerous branches launch an immersive puzzle game. It works like this: You'll check out a hollowed-out book filled with clues and game pieces. Those clues will lead you to various other hollowed-out books around the library, allowing you to piece together a story. It should last about 45 minutes to an hour. The game is part of the Library's new creator program, and is designed by Andy Crocker, who is a local game designer/theatrical director. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - October 19: A mix of oysters and Peruvian scallops is served at Fishing With Dynamite restaurant on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. The restaurant is named as Los Angeles Times' best 101 restaurants of the year. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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LYNWOOD, CA - AUGUST 6, 2024 - United States Attorney Martin Estrada stands next to photos of the 37 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia 13 street gang that were charged by the Grand Jury with Federal crimes at the Century Sheriff's Station in Lynwood on August 6, 2024. Today's takedown resulted in the arrests of 23 F13 members and associates who are expected to be arraigned on 11 indictments this afternoon in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. Six of the defendants were already in state or federal custody, and authorities continue to search for eight other defendants charged in these cases, including multiple defendants currently believed to be fugitives in Mexico. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Dozens arrested in raids targeting gang linked to LAPD officer killed while house hunting

FILE - Billy Bean, Major League Baseball vice president of Social Responsibility & Inclusion, throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez before a baseball game between the Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Seattle. Bean said he doesn't think the absence of an openly gay player is the right way to evaluate inclusivity in the major leagues, just like he doesn't think the sport should be evaluated by a comment that might not be supportive. Bean came out after his playing career. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Billy Bean, former Dodger and MLB ambassador, dies at 60

LOS ANGELES, CA -- MARCH 10, 2020: Dr. Barbara Ferrer is the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. She gives her daily update on Tuesday. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Pasadena, CA - August 05: A Barn spider is seen along a trail in the Arroyo Seco on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 in Pasadena, CA. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA - AUGUST 1, 2024: Colin McGorty-Weir, 15, has been helping his family clear out their backyard pool which is still full of mud and a "catio," which got washed off the house during the July 14 monsoonal storm on August 1, 2024 in Twentynine Palms, California. Many residents who were hit with severe flooding don't live in a flood zone so they don't have flood insurance and are facing the prospect of recovering without and help from their insurance companies and little government support.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Monsoon flooding devastates Mojave Desert town — but also reveals its heart

\Los Angeles, CA - February 03: Dodger Mookie Betts fist bumps fan Andrew Ruiz, 12, at DodgerFest 2024, the official kickoff celebration for the upcoming season of Dodger baseball at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Column: Activists and celebrities urge Dodgers to dump oil industry advertiser

TOPSHOT - Firefighters watch as flames and smoke move through a valley in the Forest Ranch area of Butte County as the Park Fire continues to burn near Chico, California, on July 26, 2024. More than 1,150 personnel are deployed to fight the blaze, and more than 3,500 people have been forced to flee their homes, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

As California salmon population plummets, monster wildfire threatens spawning habitat

Havilah, CA, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - Havilah resident and historical society member Janet Kutzner passes by the remains of the town's museum days after the Borel Fire razed much of the historic mining town. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

California history reduced to ash with Borel fire’s destruction of Havilah

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FILE - BTS member Suga attends an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 12, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MARCH 21: Mitch Glazier speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert’s Western World on March 21, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Human Artistry Campaign)

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LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA-Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts can't make the play on a single by Rangers Nathaniel Lowe in the second inning at Dodgers Stadium Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

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Mookie Betts comments on switching to second in the batting order, while the Dodgers get good news about Brusdar Graterol.

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