Fire destroyed livelihoods of gardeners, nannies, housekeepers in hours
Carol Mayorga and Manfredo Salazar spent more time in Pacific Palisades than they did their own South Los Angeles neighborhood. It was their bank account. It paid their mortgage. It…
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Surf legend Gidget left homeless by Palisades fire
After the original “Gidget” movie, in 1959, Hollywood churned out any number of sequels. “Gidget Grows Up.” “Gidget Goes to Rome.” “Gidget Gets Married.” And so on. Half a century…
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‘A mountain to climb’: Family that lost Palisades home faces the aftermath
Frank Smiley, a longtime writer and producer for Conan O’Brien, lost his home to the Palisades fire Tuesday. Now, like thousands of victims of the devastating Los Angeles County fires,…
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L.A. fire victims: Stories of those lost in the Palisades, Eaton fires
Los Angeles awoke on the morning of Jan. 7 unaware that the city and the people within it were about to change forever. The most destructive fires in the city’s…
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Gary Hall Jr. loses 10 Olympic swimming medals, home in Palisades fire
Gary Hall Jr. didn’t think anything of the small, off-colored cloud he saw from inside the kitchen of his Pacific Palisades home Tuesday morning. Then he noticed a narrow plume…
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L.A. fires: Celebrity homes among those evacuated, destroyed
The historic wildfires blazing across Los Angeles County this week have wiped out more than 2,000 structures, killed at least five people and left countless residents reeling in heartbreak. Given…
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Will Rogers’ ranch house, Hearst-owned motel burned by Palisades fire
Among the carnage wrought by the devastating Palisades fire were two pieces of California history dating to a bygone era. Will Rogers’ historic ranch house, owned by the famous social…
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L.A. County leaders vote to end fee for transporting bodies
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to eliminate a $400 fee that had been charged by the medical examiner for the transportation and storage of bodies, saying…
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Panasonic announces AI family well-being coach at CES
American family life has become so challenging that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory last year, warning that the stressors parents experience take too great of a toll…
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A rose’s journey from a Colombian farm to a parade float in Pasadena
A little more than a week before the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade, Bob Mellano was counting flowers and coming up short — 50,000 roses short. Mellano studied his paperwork….
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As Rose Parade nears, California greets visiting bands
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently….
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Charles Shyer, ‘Father of the Bride’ director, dies at 83
Charles Shyer, an Oscar-nominated writer, director and producer whose credits include “Father of the Bride,” “Private Benjamin” and other celebrated comedies, has died. After a brief illness, Shyer died Friday…
Read More »A Large Family Built Its Own Little Town. A Hurricane Killed 11 of Them.
The extended Craig family has suffered an unthinkable loss after landslides slammed into their North Carolina town during Hurricane Helene. The survivors are trying to move forward. Source link
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Morocco introduces family law reforms to expand women’s rights – JURIST
Morocco’s justice and Islamic affairs ministers unveiled significant reforms to the country’s family law on Tuesday in Rabat, marking the first comprehensive review of the Moroccan Family Code in 20…
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California man dies after saving family in Christmas Day fire
A 37-year-old Oakland man who saved his family on Christmas morning when he woke them up to a fire in their home died after he went back inside and lost…
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Editorial: Immigrants are California’s lifeblood. They need support now more than ever
The United States has always been a nation of immigrants. And nowhere is that more true today than in California, where first-generation immigrants make up more than one-quarter of the…
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Former deputy accused of attempting underage sex dies by suicide
A former Riverside County sheriff’s deputy arrested earlier this month and accused of attempting to have sex with a minor killed himself last week, according to authorities. Anthony Russo, 52,…
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Teenage cheerleader stabbed to death in Azusa days before Christmas
A 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Azusa by her ex-boyfriend just days before Christmas, according to her family. The Azusa Police Department responded around 10 p.m. Friday to…
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How to fix broken University of California, Cal State systems
This column is the latest in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the previous installment, about mourning the last first…
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San Diego man forced friend to help hide wife’s body, report says
SAN DIEGO — A man suspected of placing his wife’s body in a freezer at their Allied Gardens home allegedly forced a friend at gunpoint to help conceal the death, according…
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