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Altadena, CA - November 20: Shauna Ursery-Syms moves a box of donations at the Collaboratory, a new multi-agency relief center in Alatdena connecting residents with resources for food, housing, permitting, mental health rebuilding and childcare, among other services at The Collaboratory on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Altadena, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

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The Collaboratory, a relief center in Altadena, connects residents with resources for food, housing, permitting, mental health and childcare. The needs are still acute one year after the Eaton fire burned through much of the city.

The autumn season is here, meaning there are mushrooms in forests and national parks across the Netherlands. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Los Angeles, CA - December 8: Frank McRaye sits for a portrait at Jewish Family Service LA on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. McRaye is on Social Security and receives a veteran's disability pension, and relies heavily on Jewish Family Service for food as his apartment has no kitchen and the costs of food are too high. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
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LOS ANGELES, CA., FEBRUARY 23, 2016: Compton City Council member Isaac Galvan walks back to his mother's home in East Los Angeles after speaking to the media about the shooting yesterday that claimed the life of his brother, Larry Galvan and wounded his other brother, Dennis February 23, 2016. Investigators are looking for the suspect who opened fire on the Galvan brothers in front of their mother's home in the 900 block of South La Verne Avenue in East Los Angeles(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times ).

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Sign for the 988 Lifeline mental health emergency hotline, Walnut Creek, California, December 20, 2024. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 06: Trinity Alps Unified School District Superintendent Jamie Green walks near the U.S. Capitol, while trying to reschedule a meeting with staff of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. Green, along with other rural California school district superintendents are in Washington to present a proposal for the Secure Rural Schools Act of 2023 to members of congress in hopes of establishing permanent funding to rural schools. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Congress approves an economic lifeline for rural schools in California and elsewhere

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 06: Kevin Murray, President and CEO of the Weingart Center presides over a press conference with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Paul Koretz as officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a five-story permanent supportive housing development for seniors and senior veterans who are experiencing homelessness. The development, 11010 Santa Monica Blvd. on the Westside of Los Angeles, will provide 50 affordable studio units and on on- site management unit. The complex will feature a host of amenities, including a rooftop deck and security. JPMorgan Chase provided financing to support construction, according to contact. Westside on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) looks at Julianna Arnold, of Parents for Safe Online Spaces, as she speaks during a news conference on the Kids Online Safety Act the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. Proponents of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, say the bill aims to protect children from online harms for the first time since 1998. It has support from parents' groups, advocacy organizations, and companies like Microsoft, X, and Snap.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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Los Angeles, CA - May 14: Rachel Brashier, left, Aide to Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, right, listen to public comment as dozens of cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, airport workers, and allies pack the chambers for the final vote on the modernization of LA's airport and hotel worker living wage laws, also known as the Olympic Wage at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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FILE - President Donald Trump talks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Selinas Valley, CA., July, 23, 2024: Strawberry pickers, like this one in the Salinas Valley, squat and bend over for hours on a summer day. (Photo by Barbara Davidson/Capital & Main)

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WHITTIER, CA - NOVEMBER 25, 2025: Brittney Valles-Gordon, left, and her mom Gloria Valles still get along despite their political differences on November 25, 2025 in Whittier, California. Gloria is a Trump supporter.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Belmont Shore, CA - November 13: An aerial view of Dogz Bar & Grill, which is one of four in Long Beach's Belmont Shore area that agree to a 30-day change of operating hours, closing at midnight, rather than 2 a.m. in in Belmont Shore Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. On Tuesday, the bar was one of four in the city of Long Beach's Belmont Shore area to agree to a 30-day change of operating hours. Legend's, along with Shannon's Bayshore Saloon, Dogz Bar & Grill, and Panama Joe's are closing at midnight, rather than 2 a.m. Local residents are claiming Belmont Shore has become too dangerous, including public drunkenness and late night music. A 32-year-old man, Jeremy Spears, was killed in Belmont Shore in late October after a spat. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - October 30: Joe Badame and Martha de la Torre and her mom, Elvia de la Torre, not shown, who are still living without municipal electricity and natural gas service due to ongoing landslide movement in the area in Rancho Palos Verdes, pose with their propane generator. It's been more than a year, and Joe is worried about the winter and wants SCE to reenergize their neighborhood. His mother-in-law requires power during the night, which is hard on their solar panel. SCE says it's still too dangerous to reconnect power. Photo taken in Rancho Palos Verdes Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Calabasas, CA - September 16: Black Box Security on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 in Calabasas, CA. Ali and Suzanne Salehpour surrounded by family photos and investigative journals talk about the death of their daughter Amelia Salehpour. The parents of the young woman whose death was initially categorized as an accidental overdose, but has since led to murder charges. The couple is now suing the city of LA., alleging that LAPD botched or ignored numerous opportunities to save their daughter's life. (Al Seib / For the Los Angeles Times)
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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson starts a Bible-reading marathon at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, June 28, 1931. The contest will continue through July 1, with what is said to be the largest Bible in the world being used by contestants. (AP Photo)
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Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose of the Japanese propaganda "Zero Hour" broadcasts which were beamed to American troops in the Pacific during the war, seems in a pensive mood as she looks through the bars of her cell in Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 28, 1945. Born in Los Angeles, 29 years ago to Japanese parents, she is awaiting trial for treason against the United States. (AP Photo)

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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 13, 1981 - HILLSIDE STRANGLER - Angelo Buono, "Hillside Strangler" suspect, smiles as he listens to motion by the deputy district attorney to dismiss murder charges against him. With him is one of his attorneys, Kathy Mader. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

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(Original Caption) Convicted spy Christopher Boyce is led by federal marshals at Burbank airport upon his arrival from Springfield, Massachusetts, for arraignment on charges related to his escape from Lompoc federal prison in January 1980.

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Boster, Mark -- - LOS ANGELES,CA.,JUNE 9, 2009: Veteran LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus,49, appears at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles for her arraignment on murder charges June 9, 2009. Lazarus is charged with the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

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(Original Caption) Only a few hours of life remaining. San Quentin, California: Pictured as she entered the San Quentin Prison gates today is Barbara Graham, 31, mother of three, who is doomed to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 am tomorrow for the 1953 murder of Mrs. Mabel Monohan, 62, of Burbank, California. A car brought her to San Quentin from the Corona, California prison. Two men convicted with her, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins, will be executed a few hours later in the same gas chamber.

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