
Sacramento County deputy kills disabled senior who shot at deputies
A deputy with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a disabled 67-year-old man who fired his gun in his backyard and through fences before taking a shot at…
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For three days this week, an 11-year-old boy and his mother explored the Happiest Place on Earth. Saritha Ramaraju and her son took advantage of a multiday pass to the…
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Son charged in connection with killing of his parents in Azusa home
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of his parents who were found stabbed Saturday in their Azusa home after police responded to calls of…
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Reputed Mexican drug lords seek lawyers in U.S.
On a single day late last month, the Mexican government shipped 29 accused drug lords north across the border to face U.S. justice. Plucked from Mexican prison cells, hustled onto…
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SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion
SoftBank said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay $6.5 billion for the Silicon Valley chip start-up Ampere Computing, doubling down on a bet that technology that originated in…
Read More »Mother arrested in fatal stabbing of 11-year-old son in Santa Ana
Santa Ana police arrested a 48-year-old woman they believe stabbed to death her preteen son inside a local motel Wednesday morning. The mother was taken into custody at a La…
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Father killed after robber targets teenage boy and mother at home
An Arcadia father was fatally shot during a possible home invasion robbery Tuesday night, authorities said. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, a woman and her 13-year-old son…
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L.A. podcast host says he called 911, was put on hold for an hour
A Los Angeles content creator waited 58 minutes for 911 to pick up his call after his home was burglarized, he said. Evan Lovett, host of the “L.A. in a…
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Heart-wrenching opening for trial of O.C. judge who fatally shot wife
Sitting outside his Anaheim Hills home with his hands cuffed behind his back, Jeffrey Ferguson muttered and raged and sobbed. He bragged of past glories, of putting outlaws behind bars,…
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Nicolas Cage ex sues him and their son, says Weston Cage attacked her
An ex-girlfriend of Nicolas Cage is taking legal action against the actor and their son, Weston Cage, alleging that Weston — whom she describes as a 300-pound professional fighter —…
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O.C. judge sides with Italian mom in international child custody dispute
Six months after an American man whisked his infant son out of Italy against the mother’s wishes and deliberately withheld the child’s whereabouts, a federal judge ruled this week that…
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Suspected killer of California mother and son captured in Mexico
Days before Christmas, family members discovered the bodies of Alicia Montejano and her 19-year-old son Reuel Huerta in their Stockton apartment. The two had been beaten to death, and authorities…
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A son rushed to his elderly father during the Eaton fire. He arrived one day too late
On Jan. 7, the day that the Eaton fire sparked in the San Gabriel mountains, Xiaoyong “Shaw” Zhao got a call from his father in Altadena around 12:30 p.m., asking…
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Amid cease-fire, Gazans unearth their war dead from under rubble
KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — For Samar and Abdullah al-Farra, a Palestinian mother and son, a half-ruined house in the southern Gaza Strip is the only home they have. It is also…
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Britain’s Princess Beatrice welcomes second child prematurely
Britain’s Princess Beatrice has welcomed her second child. Baby girl Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi was born Jan. 22 and weighed 4 pounds and 5 ounces, according to her husband,…
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Did a famous grave in the Altadena hills survive the fires?
On a hill above Altadena named Little Round Top, a grave stood for 136 years as the community below it blossomed. Here lay the remains of Owen Brown, son of…
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A grim new tactic in Sinaloa’s cartel war: Grave desecration
The charred husk of an artificial Christmas tree smoldered in the aftermath of the fire, ashes coating the tiled floor as flames still licked at the scorched ceiling. The burned…
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