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Altadena, CA - March 09: Brian Gardner surveys the rubble of his home on Sunday, March 9, 2025 in Altadena, CA. The Eaton fire destroyed Gardner's home and basement bar, the Hye West Saloon, which was a popular gathering place for friends, neighbors, and family. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)

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Altadena, CA - February 18: Professional mason Cliff Douglas, right, shows homeowner Valerie Elachi, left, how he is removing her Batchelder and Grueby tiles to be preserved after her home was destroyed by the Eaton fire. The home was built for Zane Grey's longtime secretary, which was built in the Pueblo Revival style with two sizable fireplaces. A group of volunteers in Altadena who are working to save historic arts-and-crafts tiles from the hearths of destroyed homes before the U.S. Army Corps tears down the rubble. Photo taken in Altadena Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Masons are carefully chiseling the tiles from their mortar, saving them and eventually, preserving them so homeowners can rebuild their fireplaces in their new homes. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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FILE - In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a missile is fired during a joint training between U.S. and South Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea, on May 25, 2022. The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years, starting Aug. 22, in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul and Washington, the South’s military said Tuesday, Aug. 16. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

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PASADENA, CA - MARCH 13, 2025 - - Cody Recker and Jessica Perez stand in front of their rental home in Pasadena a year after they were illegally evicted from their rental home of in the Boyle Heights. Recker and Perez were illegally evicted from their Boyle Heights home, where they lived for 10, years, by their landlord, a property management company called Invitation Homes. "It's been a struggle," Cody said. They also had to evacuated their home at the start of the Eaton fire. They were photographed on March 13, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 1, 2025: Jared Franz, left, and his wife Ingrid, look at their newly remodeled courtyard. The home, which survived the Eaton Fire, is inhabitable due to smoke damage. (William Liang / For the Times)

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Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) singles in the 5th inning against the Cubs in the MLB Tokyo Series 2025, in the Tokyo Dome. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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