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The Pulse of Southern California

7 missing after explosions at California fireworks warehouse

Seven people are missing after multiple explosions at a warehouse in Northern California that sent bright fireworks across the area and ignited a brush fire. The location is owned by…

Why feds failed to convict Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on biggest charges.

Federal prosecutors announced charges against Sean “Diddy” Combs with great fanfare last year. This was not just a case of a celebrity behaving badly, they said. It was about a…

Nine hospitalized after drug incident at L.A. juvenile hall

Nine people were hospitalized Wednesday morning because of possible drug exposure inside Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, officials said. Vicky Waters, the communications director for the L.A. County Probation…

Commentary: A tale of two parks: One was a ‘poor boy’s Disneyland,’ the other had a Cobra Woman who was really a man

Here’s a little story for summertime, a tale of two seaside amusement parks of days of olde: One eventually got itself a reputation as a rackety, unsavory hangout where you…

L.A. antitrust giant who defended American Airlines, Pfizer dies at 85

In 1992, with the U.S. economy rebounding from a recession, several of the country’s largest airlines sued each other over a price war. On one side was Continental and Northwest,…

Commentary: A candid take on mortality and the power of friendship

They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject is off-limits. Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old…

Los Angeles to halt ‘disaster tourism’ buses in Palisades fire zone

Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were closed to the public for months after a January firestorm devastated the community, but since its recent reopening, there have been sightings of a new, disturbing…

Husband arrested in death of California woman found after house fire

The husband of a woman who was found dead inside a burned home in San Marino has been arrested on suspicion of murder, authorities said. Firefighters found the body of…

California boy now blind and quadriplegic — authorities blame his parents’ extreme health views

Parents who brought their unresponsive newborn to an Orange County hospital in 2020 were convicted of felony child abuse this week, on charges they exposed the baby to extreme heat…

‘Cry it out!’ Travelers brace for Fourth of July holiday crush

There was a blissful calm in Terminal 7 at Los Angeles International Airport around 5 a.m. Wednesday, when travelers heading out of town early for the Fourth of July could…