Los Angeles Times
Blackwater founder to deploy personnel to Haiti
Erik Prince's security firm, Vectus Global, will help nation take back land from gangs.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Home Depots at 'epicenter' of recent ICE raids
While the number of immigration raids in Southern California have slowed in recent weeks, the focus on Home Depots appears to have intensified.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
DODGERS, PADRES LOVE TO HATE EACH OTHER
Three years later, the quote still resonates.
8 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Love, GOTH SHAKIRA
OUR COLUMNIST HOLDS COURT IN A STARRY PLACE TO ANSWER YOUR HEART'S QUESTIONS ABOUT LOVE
3 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
As a high school coach, Bridgewater's request results in his suspension
Teddy Bridgewater always planned to play football this year.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Man fleeing federal raid fatally struck on freeway
Southern California's immigrant rights community is expressing grief and outrage over the death Thursday of a man hit and killed on the 210 Freeway as he tried to flee Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a raid at a Home Depot in Monrovia.
4 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Police recover huge stash of stolen Labubu toys in Upland
Two teenagers are arrested in the theft of $30,000 worth of the customizable dolls.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Authorities seize 3,500 birds in cockfighting bust
Authorities arrested 56 people and seized 3,500 birds, as well as firearms and drug paraphernalia, during a multi-week cockfighting investigation in San Bernardino County, officials said.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Michigan gets $30-million fine for sign scheme
NCAA doesn't impose postseason ban but ex-coach Harbaugh's penalty is extended.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Teens took migrant jobs, couldn't hack it
Farmworker shortage in the 1960s led to a disastrous plan to put students to work.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Agents detain student walking dog
Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz was walking his family’s dog in Van Nuys on a recent morning when he was taken into custody by federal immigration officials, according to authorities and published reports.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Chilling effect' expected if ban on immigrants' benefits upheld
California and other states are suing to stop U.S. policy for those without legal status.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump's D.C. takeover is misdirection from Epstein
Atry. GEN. PAM Bondi's decision to appoint an “emergency police commissioner” in Washington is just the latest attempt to change an increasingly uncomfortable subject for the White House.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Playboy to leave L.A. for Florida, blaming costs
Playboy Enterprises announced on Wednesday that it will relocate its headquarters from Los Angeles to Miami Beach, becoming the latest high-profile company to abandon California in favor of what some call more business-friendly environments.
2 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Oil refinery exits are no surprise
Re “Newsom's push to cut fossil fuels gets reality check,” Aug. 11
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
20 years after withdrawal, Israel mired in Gaza
Twenty years ago, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Kellogg says it will remove artificial dyes from cereals
WK Kellogg Co. plans to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the next two and a half years, according to the company and the attorney general of Texas.
2 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Failed candidate who shot at homes receives 80 years
A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bill to rein in insurance adjusters criticized
A consumer advocate says measure aimed at tightening rules on aid for fire victims seeking to collect on claims may make it less likely for policyholders to receive help
4 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Alaska seeking solution to flooding
Temporary barriers helped this year, but long-term answer still elusive
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Satellites can help with fire detection. So can binoculars
As California turns to satellite imagery, remote cameras watched by AI and heat detection sensors placed throughout wildlands to detect fires earlier, one Orange County group is keeping it old-school.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S. show of force raising fear, pushing norms in 'blue' cities
In downtown Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference with Democratic leaders when the Border Patrol showed up nearby to conduct a showy immigration raid.
5 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump, Putin have 'productive' summit but provide no details
U.S. president says it's up to Ukraine to decide on a deal in Russia's war
5 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bolivians facing election with little hope, limited choice
The campaign billboards adorning the streets of Bolivia for Sunday’s presidential election make grand promises: Asolution to the dire economic crisis within 100 days, an end to fuel shortages and bread lines, unity for a divided nation. One vice presidential candidate pledges to “Make Bolivia Sexy Again.”
4 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Talks on plastic pollution treaty end without agreement
Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date.
4 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Paramount and Sheridan team up for Texas studio
“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and Paramount are going big in Texas, joining forces to open a 450,000-square-foot. production campus in Fort Worth, ina boost to the Lone Star State’s growing entertainment economy.
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August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Retail sales rose as many sought to beat tariffs
Shoppers made purchases, especially at car dealerships, even as prices rose.
4 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Big Bear church accused of housing psychedelic mushroom operation
A Big Bear man was arrested last week for allegedly operating an illegal psychedelic mushroom business out of a church in Big Bear Lake, according to authorities.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
After Sikh man is badly beaten, hate-crime questions follow
A suspect has been arrested in a brutal attack on a 70-year-old Sikh man who was bludgeoned with a golf club in North Hollywood earlier this month and remains unconscious and in critical condition, authorities said.
2 min |
August 16, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Menifee officer accused of rape while on duty
A Menifee police officer has been arrested on suspicion of committing sexual assault while on duty, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
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