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The boos from the crowd clamoring for more action grew louder again when Jake Paul dropped his gloves and bowed to 58-year-old Mike Tyson before the final bell. For the estimated 72,000 fans who filled the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys on Friday night, paying tribute to one of the greatest boxing fighters in history didn’t mean much. The fight between 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer Tyson and the former heavyweight champion, the first sanctioned professional bout in nearly 20 years, saw Paul win an eight-round unanimous decision, although the striking didn’t match the hype. He defeated Tyson. All the hatred that…

Four taco stands in Los Angeles’ South Bay area were robbed at gunpoint by a group of men late Friday night and early Saturday morning, leaving some employees seriously injured. According to preliminary information, the first incident was reported around 11 p.m. near the intersection of Torrance Boulevard and Denker Street in Torrance and involved three to four suspects. During the robbery, two taco stand employees said they were severely beaten with gun butts. Video from the scene obtained by KTLA shows the employee with head and hand injuries. One of the people was taken to an area hospital and…

A Redondo Beach man was arrested Friday in connection with a suspicious bag left outside a Torrance courthouse this week, authorities said.The courthouse was evacuated around 7 a.m. Wednesday after the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call about a suspicious package about 30 feet from the front entrance.Officials said bomb technicians from the sheriff’s arson and explosives division deployed a robot to safely assess the package and render it safe. The area was declared safe at 10:15 a.m., but the courthouse remained closed for the remainder of the day as a precaution.Sheriff’s detectives and Torrance police investigated…

San Mateo County health officials announced Saturday that they have reported the first known case of clade I mpox in California and the United States. According to the San Mateo County Health Department, a person became infected with clade I mpox after traveling to eastern Africa. This strain is currently occurring in eastern Africa. Another strain of mpox, called clade II, has been circulating in the United States since 2022. San Mateo County health officials added that the person’s symptoms were mild and he is currently recovering at home. The county is also conducting contact tracing for anyone who may…

It was the morning after Election Day, and the first thing I noticed was hoping for a distraction from the previous night’s commotion. I received an email from my brother-in-law. There was a fire near my mother-in-law’s house.But over the years, many fires have diverted from homes in Somis, a rural Ventura County town between Moorpark and Camarillo. Thomas Fire in December 2017 and Maria Fire in October 2019. Both are disasters on someone else’s property, not hers.The wildfires in November 2024 will be different. The Santa Anas River was blowing hard that morning, and my mother-in-law’s property was dangerously…

This is a common sight during major fires in the West. The plane lowered over a smoldering ridge, releasing ribbons of flame retardant that painted the hillside bright pink. Onlookers cheer at the display of firefighting power.The U.S. Forest Service and other agencies drop tens of millions of gallons of fire retardant (primarily an ammonium phosphate-based slurry called Phoscheck) around wildfires each year to cover vegetation and slow the spread of flames. are. But a new study by USC researchers found that the popular variety contains toxic metals, and the use of flame retardants has added 850,000 pounds of these…

Adam Isa grew up isolated from the Bel Air mansion where he lived until his arrest in September.His lawyer, Joseph Sadat, said Isa spent his childhood in poverty in Iraq and moved to the United States as a teenager, borrowing a computer from his uncle and building a lucrative cryptocurrency trading platform. But as Isa grew richer, Sadat said, he attracted “the worst types of blood-sucking characters Southern California has to offer.” Federal prosecutors said that included several Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies allegedly hired to carry out Isa’s criminal bid.At least six deputies have been relieved of duty in…

The California Public Utilities Commission this week announced a proposal that could shut down the Aliso Canyon gas storage field within the next few years, but local activists and politicians say the proposal does not include the largest It claims there is no clear enough timeline for closing the gas storage facility site. Natural gas leaks in American history.Residents of Porter Ranch and the surrounding San Fernando Valley community have been demanding the Southern California Gas Company-owned property be shut down since the leak occurred over a four-month period in late 2015 and early 2016. The disaster resulted in approximately…

Rep. Adam B. Schiff is a darling of the Democratic Party, a fighter and political veteran accustomed to the spotlight on Sunday talk shows and on the House floor. In the Senate, the Burbank Democrat will carry a new title: freshman.Schiff easily won the Nov. 5 election for the California Senate and will be sworn in next month to serve out the remainder of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term. He begins a six-year term in the Senate in January, the same month his most powerful opponent, President-elect Donald Trump, returns to the White House.Trump’s election puts Schiff in a unique…

On Friday, a judge sentenced Samuel Woodward to life in prison without parole for the January 2018 murder of a gay former schoolmate, saying the killer had no remorse.In July, an Orange County jury found Woodward guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old Jewish gay student at the University of Pennsylvania, to prison in 28 places. It found Woodward was motivated by hatred when he inflicted the stabbing.On Friday, Judge Kimberly Menninger said the evidence showed Woodward’s crimes required premeditation and went beyond “rage.” The judge said only an hour and a half elapsed between the time…