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Watch Whale Swim With Surfers Near Doheny State Beach
Payton Landaas was flying his drone over 20 surfers when he noticed this whale angling directly toward them. Watch what happened next!
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Astros Cheating Allegations Drudge Up Dodgers' World Series Woes
As the Astros confirm an investigation in the sign-stealing scandal, the Dodgers admit their suspicions, and Yu Darvish admits he "sucked."
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Sword-Wielding Suspect Shot By Deputy At Torres High School
A man carrying a three-foot sword was shot dead after he ran onto campus at Torres High School in East Los Angeles Wednesday.
Pence Stumps For Trump In OC As GOP 'Rediscovers California'
Last year's election "was a real wake-up call" OC Republican Party President says. Pence touts the Trump Victory message in Huntington Beach.
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Critter Cams Installed Around Culver City To Monitor Coyotes
Loyola Marymount University researchers and the Culver City Police Department are teaming up to monitor coyote behavior in Culver City.
Malibu Reaches $13.7 Million Woolsey Fire Settlement With SCE
The City of Malibu was one of 23 entities who were awarded a combined $360 million settlement against Southern California Edison.
Thousands Of UC Hospital Workers Strike
Thousands of workers planned to walk picket lines at University of California facilities across the state Wednesday, including UCLA.
Teen With Knife Sought In Heroes Park: Cops
25 Percent Of People In LA Can't Afford A Median-Priced Home: Report
Homebuyers need to make at least $127,000 annually to buy a median-priced home in LA. That leaves most out in the cold.
CA Has 82 Newsweek Best STEM High Schools In 2019
Five hundred schools have been named the nation’s best for science, technology, engineering and math.
Authorities ID Motorcyclist Who Died In Redondo Beach Crash
One motorcyclist was killed and another was critically injured in the crash on Aviation Boulevard over the weekend.
Navy Lt. Remembered By Friends, Family After Fatal Shooting
'Focus not on how she died, but how she lived,' Ruth Cortes' sister says of the Touro University graduate who died in October.
Neighbors Battle Billionaire's Proposed Brentwood Think Tank
Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen's plan to build a 450-acre policy institute in the Santa Monica Mountains raises fire concerns for neighbors.
Biker Killed On 118 Freeway Identified
A 40-year-old motorcyclist died at the scene of a crash Sunday on the westbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in the San Fernando Valley.
LA Looks To 'Anti-Displacement Zones' To Combat Gentrification
The City Council voted to move forward with zoning to protect low-income communities from the economic effects of luxury housing.
LA Philharmonic to Take Over Ford Amphitheatre
The Philharmonic Association, which operates the nearby Hollywood Bowl, will set programming for the Ford Theatres' 2020 season.
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