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LONG BEACH, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Homes off the Alamitos Peninsula braces for waves from a waning swell from Hurricane Marie combined with a 6 foot high tide that has been battering the boardwalk while flooding streets and homes on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 in Long Beach, CA. (Kelvin Kuo / Los Angeles Times)

California coast braces for another battering as new El Niño-related wave emerges in Pacific

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Dana Point, CA - September 08, 2026: An aerial of homes along damaged by flooding along Beach Road on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 in Dana Point, CA. Homes in the Capistrano Beach community have been severely damaged from recent storms. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

Dana Point declares local emergency after at least 16 homes are damaged by strong surf

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LOS ANGELES, CA SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 –– Salvadoran TPS holders, their families, and immigrant advocates attend a press conference on Sept. 10, 2026 at 10 to provide an update on the status of TPS designation for Salvadoran immigrants. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA, - June 22, 2026: As seen from a drone, solar panels burned and intact on the roof of a building damaged by a massive warehouse fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood on Monday, June 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Boyle Heights warehouse fire was result of ‘shoddy work’ by solar panel company, lawsuit claims

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Aug. 13, 2026: Bilal A. "Bill" Essayli, right, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, speaks during a news conference at the Spring Street Courthouse regarding its investigation into abuse of female inmates in California prisons on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 08: The statues of St Peter's Basilica are silhouette as the crowds wait for the newly elected Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. White smoke was seen over the Vatican early this evening as the Conclave of Cardinals took just two days to elect Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo (Leone) XIV, as the 267th Supreme Pontiff after the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 18, 2026 - - Sec. Xavier Becerra, who is running for governor of California, prepares to answer a question from the media after touring businesses in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles on August 18, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 21: Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) departs from a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to start a long recess through August after completing legislative business this week. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Los Angeles, CA - March 03: California governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a talk promoting his new book Young Man in a Hurry! at Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Ronaldo Bolanos / Los Angeles Times)

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - September 8, 2026: Candidate for California governor Steve Hilton holds a press conference outside of the DMV in West Hollywood to unveil his CALIFORDABLE plan to abolish the DMV, cut annual vehicle registration to a flat $73, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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San Diego, CA - August 14, 2026: Marcus English jumps into the water at Sunset Cliffs in the Ocean Beach area of San Diego on Friday, August 14, 2026. People have been diving here for decades, leading to lifelong memories and thrills along with serious injuries and deaths. San Diego officials are urging visitors to avoid diving, but that doesn't stop tourists and thrill-seekers. (Sandy Huffaker / For The Times)
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NEWBERRY SPRINGS, CA - JUNE 24, 2026: Granddaughter Nicole Matson , 7, of Newberry Springs spends time with the only surviving male ostrich Bamm-Bamm after its female companion Pebbles was shot and killed while in a fenced in area on her grandfather Mike Matson's property on June 24, 2026 in Newberry Springs, CA. Pebbles was shot three months ago and on June 14 three more of his ostriches were shot and killed. Matson suspects a neighbor is responsible for both shootings. Matson called animal control on the neighbor's pitbulls after dogs dug through his fencing and killed four more of his ostriches. Nicole had raised many of the ostriches since they were babies.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles, CA., November 5, 1942: Peggy Satterlee, left, actor Errol Flynn, center, with his attorney Robert E. Ford, right, at a preliminary hearing in a crowded Los Angeles courtroom on Nov. 5, 1942. 16-year-old Peggy Satterlee, charged that Flynn raped her on two consecutive nights on his yacht. (George R. Watson / Los Angeles Times)
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Malibu, CA - August 16, 2026: High wind and rough seas don't deter beachgoers from enjoying a day at Zuma Beach in Malibu, CA on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles, California, July 15, 1953 - SMOG TEST - Janet E. Dickinson operates an apparatus where gases are frozen to solid or liquid state for later analysis in a laboratory. The air pollution checkup of auto exhaust fumes and gas vapors were performed on the City Hall lawn in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on July 15, 1953. Photo Credit: Frank Q. Brown / Los Angeles Times

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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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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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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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