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Trump's Sec'y of Defense pick was accused of sexual assault in Northern Calif.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, a popular Fox News host who is Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual...

15.11.2024 20

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Why an anonymous online jokester is LA's go-to source of information

Earlier this year, I was sitting at my desk when the ground began rattling. The bookshelves above my head rumbled, shuddering for a few long...

15.11.2024 3

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Chateau near Yosemite built for fine-dining icon hits market for surprising sum

Built in 1993, 50369 Road 420 in Coarsegold was created for Erna Kubin-Clanin, who founded Erna’s Elderberry House and Château du Sureau in...

15.11.2024 2

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Leonardo DiCaprio is at this California rooftop restaurant every single day

I had dinner with Leonardo DiCaprio the other night. He didn’t say much. Well actually, he didn’t say anything at all. But he did look downright...

15.11.2024 2

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Is Palm Springs California's next big warehouse battleground?

A proposed fulfillment center in Palm Springs is raising questions about the desert city’s potential future as the latest outpost of the Inland...

15.11.2024 2

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Four Calif. men suspected of faking bear attack for insurance payout

Surveillance video shows a suspected faked bear attack at Lake Arrowhead in California on January 28, 2024.  Four Los Angeles residents were...

14.11.2024 3

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Unidentified body found in Northern Calif. town likely electrocuted

A decomposed body was found on Nov. 2 at a power plant on Taylor Way, Blue Lake, California.  A body found in a Northern California town earlier...

14.11.2024 2

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This remote California island is world famous. You're not allowed to visit

San Nicolas Island is possibly the most well-known of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California — even though it’s completely...

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Bay Area's biggest crusader against restaurant junk fees is running for office

You You Xue, the litigious owner of Millbrae restaurant Wonderful, is running for Millbrae City Council. You You Xue is the Bay Area’s biggest...

25.10.2024 2

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Forget NY vs. LA: America's biggest restaurants are betting on Las Vegas

It turns out the Dodgers and the Yankees aren’t the only Los Angeles and New York City entities going head to head — come 2025, the multi-city...

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The highest point of California's Highway 101 is slowly crumbling away

U.S. Route 101, California’s longest highway, stretches 808 miles from sunny Los Angeles to foggy Crescent City at the Oregon border. This iconic...

25.10.2024 4

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One Calif. tourist's 'fever dream' urban hike between LA and the Inland Empire

A view along Jonathan Tieu’s 60-mile hike from San Bernardino, Calif., to Los Angeles in October 2024. Jonathan Tieu didn’t know anyone in Los...

25.10.2024 3

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Horror-themed Airbnb in the California mountains makes a killing

There are more than 5,000 vacation rentals in Big Bear, a small mountain community about 2.5 hours northeast of Los Angeles. They range from cozy...

17.10.2024 6

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Home of late folk music superstar hits the Central Coast market at $5M

The late singer-songwriter John Denver once resided at 139 Boyd Way in the Carmel Highlands, which is now for sale, asking $5 million. After...

17.10.2024 5

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Road-tripping to the store near the Calif. border where bighorn sheep hang out

It was the last place I expected to find the best Korean food I’d ever eaten. We were road-tripping along Highway 95 just east of California’s...

17.10.2024 4

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Just 2 years old, LA's giant public works project has already gone dark

On Sunday, bikers and pedestrians took to the streets of Los Angeles for CicLAvia’s Heart of LA event, a sprawling street party that shuts down...

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California set an ominous temperature record over the weekend

A sign for Indio, California. The calendar might say October, but over the weekend, large swaths of California experienced scorching temperatures...

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One of SoCal's most beautiful highways has been closed for nearly 50 years

After winding beyond the city limits of Azusa, state Route 39 quickly transports drivers from Los Angeles County suburbia to a twisting, two-lane...

04.10.2024 2

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California's smallest state park was built by just one man

California has 280 state parks, but none are quite like its smallest one. Located on a tiny triangular parcel of land bordering railroad tracks in...

01.10.2024 1

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Historic SoCal hiking area to reopen 4 years after Bobcat Fire

Four years after a major wildfire tore through Angeles National Forest just north of the community of Sierra Madre, a popular recreation area is...

27.09.2024 2

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The 'nightmare' scenario on everyone's mind in one corner of California

Since he was young, Eduardo Flores, 32, has spent countless weekends every summer with his family along the East Fork of the San Gabriel River,...

13.09.2024 1

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SoCal wildfire threatens popular mountain towns, Inland Empire suburb

Line Fire as of 11:44 a.m., Sept. 9, 2024. A wildfire that started on the fringes of the Southern California suburbs exploded in size over the...

09.09.2024 2

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How a tiny SoCal mountain town avoided getting run over by the ski industry

The Southern California mountain town of Idyllwild boasts many of the same features as other, similarly woodsy places: There are aesthetic cabins...

05.09.2024 10

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Mountain lion attacks 5-year-old boy at popular California park

Wildflowers bloom in spring at the Santa Monica Mountains recreation area in Southern California. A 5-year-old boy is recovering from his injuries...

03.09.2024 2

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California's most unexpected redwood grove is in an Orange County suburb

Just 10 minutes earlier, I had been in a busy park in Orange County. The grass was full of bounce houses and birthday parties, people were fishing...

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The Calif. beach amenity that's so rare people wake up at 2 a.m. for it

Andrea Marquez, 41, started her beach day on Saturday by waking up at 2 a.m. She drove more than an hour from her home in the Inland Empire city of...

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