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Why the 'extreme red flag' winds hitting LA region are dangerous and unpredictable
“Extreme” fire weather began in the Los Angeles area at 11 p.m. Tuesday and was expected to persist for 30 hours, bringing isolated gusts of up to 80 mph. It’s an unusually long Santa Ana wind condition, and fire weather of this kind hasn’t been seen in Southern California since October 2007, when similar conditions helped unleash the sixth most destructive fire in California history.
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Getty Fire caused by tree falling onto power lines in Sepulveda Pass, authorities say
The dried Eucalyptus branch was ripped from a tree by high winds before being blown into Los Angeles Department of Water and Power lines just before the wildfire broke out 1:30 a.m. Monday, authorities said.
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Man found guilty of killing his disabled sons by driving off Port of LA dock to collect life insurance
A father was found guilty Tuesday of driving his wife and two disabled sons off a dock at the Port of Los Angeles in 2015 so that he could collect life insurance money, federal prosecutors said.
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Kevin Spacey won't face criminal charges in groping case after accuser's death
The Los Angeles D.A. has closed a sexual abuse case filed against actor Kevin Spacey in the wake of the accuser's death last month.
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LAX ban on curbside Uber, Lyft and taxi pickups goes into effect
Starting Tuesday at 3 a.m., travelers leaving LAX will be required to board a shuttle or walk to a waiting area east of Terminal 1 to hire a car.
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