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DA wants re-hearing for social workers in child abuse death of Gabriel Fernandez
Los Angeles County prosecutors are asking a state appellate court panel to reconsider its ruling that directed a lower court to dismiss charges against four social workers who were accused of failing to protect an 8-year-old Antelope Valley boy who was killed in May 2013.
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Los Angeles faces 40% increase in hate crimes since 2016, LAPD data shows
The city of Los Angeles saw a 10.3% increase in hate crimes from 2018 to 2019, according to new data shared at a Los Angeles Council Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday. Hate crimes have steadily increased in the city, rising 40% from 229 reported acts in 2016 to 322 in 2019, the Los Angeles Police Department announced at the meeting.
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Gov. Newsom sends trailers, medical tents to LA County to house homeless
California is sending travel trailers and medical tents to Los Angeles County as a temporary solution to homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, a day after asking the Trump administration for federal land to build housing.
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Earthquake rattles Los Angeles valley
The quake was reported at 11:41 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory.
Read the full story on CBS 8 - San Diego News.
Man set on fire in Los Angeles electrical explosion
An explosion in an electrical box set a man on fire Wednesday in Los Angeles and left him criticially injured, authorities said.
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