ImageAira Marqueses, center, comforted her friends after writing tributes to Kobe Bryant near Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday.Credit…Kyle Grillot for The New York Times Here’s what you need to know: The flight needed special clearance to fly through fog. There was no voice recorder in the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, Calif., on […]
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ImageAira Marqueses, center, comforted her friends after writing tributes to Kobe Bryant near Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday.Credit…Kyle Grillot for The New York Times Here’s what you need to know: The helicopter carrying Bryant had no ‘black box.’ There was no voice recorder in the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday, […]
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ImageA memorial was created at home plate on the Orange Coast College baseball field in Costa Mesa.Credit…Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register, via Associated Press Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) On Monday, as more information emerged about the helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Kobe Bryant […]
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageCredit…David Walter Banks for The New York Times Here’s what we know so far about the crash. The retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday, along with seven other victims. The helicopter was flying […]
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LOS ANGELES — When The Sacramento Bee published a scathing editorial about the impeachment trial last week — using words like “deliberately misled” “betrayed” and “lied” — much of the newspaper’s wrath was directed not at President Trump, but at one of his leading defenders: Devin Nunes, a Republican congressman who represents the Central Valley. […]
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Kobe Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball star who was one of the greatest to play the game, and his 13-year-old daughter were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday outside Los Angeles, rocking the sports world and generating an outpouring of grief and shock across the country. The helicopter went […]
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SHANGHAI — A top Chinese health official warned on Sunday that the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, already extraordinarily rapid, could accelerate further, deepening global fears about an illness that has sickened more than 2,000 people worldwide and killed at least 56 people in China. Adding to the growing alarm, the official, Ma Xiaowei, […]
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NBA star LeBron James has been dedicated to making an impact in the lives of youth. According to CBS News, the Ohio native recently teamed up with Lyft to surprise teens with free access to bikes. James’ experiences growing up inspired him to participate in the “Lyft Up” initiative. While growing up in Akron he […]
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Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Judee Sill’s career had all the makings of a great singer-songwriter story. She was at the center of the 1970s folk-rock scene in California, alongside contemporaries like Jackson Browne and J.D. Souther. She became the first […]
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A group of Good Samaritans — all of them dressed in furry animal costumes — helped police arrest a man suspected of domestic violence on Friday. A group of furries was able to help police apprehend a domestic violence suspect in San Jose on Friday. The incident took place outside of the San Jose Convention […]
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Frieda Rapoport Caplan, a food distributor who changed the look of American produce aisles and made palates more adventurous by championing kiwifruit, enoki mushrooms, Jerusalem artichokes and countless other once-exotic items, died on Jan. 18 at her home in Los Alamitos, Calif., southeast of Los Angeles. She was 96. Cindy Sherman, head of marketing at […]
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Photo: Pasadena Police Department California is thought by many to be the be all end all of progressive states. Apparently, though, there are even pockets of the Golden State that come tardy to the party of breaking down gender and racial barriers. But hey, better late than never, as they say. According to ABC7, the […]
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ImageViolet Lawson, a landowner near Cooinda, Northern Territory, Australia, burns an area of her land using dead palm fronds that she lights as she walks along the fires’ edge.Credit…Matthew Abbott for The New York Times Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) Today’s newsletter is a special dispatch […]
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Senator Kamala Harris is weighing an endorsement of Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to multiple Democratic officials familiar with her deliberations. Such a move could lift Mr. Biden’s campaign and perhaps do even more to enhance Ms. Harris’s chances of becoming vice president, but it could also anger her liberal base in California. An endorsement […]
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COACHELLA, Calif. – A 3-month-old puppy was rescued by firefighters after getting her head stuck in a spare tire in Coachella on Wednesday, official said. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services responded to a call about an Australian cattle dog stuck inside a spare tire. They used oil to lubricate the puppy’s neck to […]
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ImageSea lions are a very popular attraction drawing thousands of tourists each year to docks at Pier 39 in San Francisco. This year marks the 30th anniversary of their arrival.Credit…Jim Wilson/The New York Times Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) If you grew up in California, but […]
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× 2nd child molester dies after being attacked at California prison CORCORAN, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — A second convicted child molester has died after being attacked July 16 by another inmate at the California State Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The second victim, 62-year-old Graham De Luis-Conti, died […]
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A deadline extension and an aggressive effort to track down victims have doubled the number of damage claims against Pacific Gas & Electric over California wildfires started by its equipment. A filing Tuesday related to the giant utility’s bankruptcy case said more than 80,000 people were now seeking to tap into a relief fund projected […]
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REDDING, California (WJW) – Police in Redding, California are warning residents not to act out against a convicted sexual predator who is once again living in their city. Daniel Selovich, who legally changed his named to Pirate, was arrested in New Mexico back in 2010 for a Redding rape case, KRCR reported. He pleaded no […]
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ELK GROVE, Calif. – The shooting suspect who caused a local college to be put on lockdown in September has been arrested in California, the Elizabeth City Police Department announced Tuesday. Caprie Anthony Paige Police say on January 20, 23-year-old Caprie Anthony Paige was arrested by the Pacific Southwest Regional Task Forces in Elk Grove, […]
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Please enable Javascript to watch this video LODI, Calif. (KTXL) — A would-be burglar was caught by surprise recently after entering a woman’s downtown Northern California apartment. The woman was not home but her boyfriend was and when he saw a man he didn’t know, he pulled out his gun. “So, it’s just I think a real […]
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Please enable Javascript to watch this video CORONA, Calif. (KTLA) – A man intentionally rammed a Toyota Prius, causing the vehicle to slam into a tree, killing three teenage boys who were inside, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. CHP released this booking photo of Anurag Chandra on Jan. 20, 2020. Three other teen boys […]
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