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Things to know about a landslide that has destroyed homes in Southern California
Read full article: Things to know about a landslide that has destroyed homes in Southern CaliforniaLeaders of a Southern California city hit by a destructive landslide are planning to vote on a resolution to declare a local emergency.
California beachfront taken from Black couple given to heirs
Read full article: California beachfront taken from Black couple given to heirsLos Angeles County officials on Wednesday presented the deed to prime California oceanfront property to the heirs of a Black couple who built a beach resort for African Americans but were harassed and finally stripped of the land nearly a century ago.
Beaches and bars are being shut down to discourage crowds during the Fourth of July weekend
Read full article: Beaches and bars are being shut down to discourage crowds during the Fourth of July weekendLos Angeles County and surrounding communities closed beaches over the weekend as California approached a quarter million reported cases of Covid-19. In hard-hit South Florida, beaches from Palm Beach to Key West will be shut down for the holiday weekend. California Gov. John Carney closed bars at state beaches ahead of the weekend. Florida Gov.
LA has seen racial uprisings, many not shocked by new round
Read full article: LA has seen racial uprisings, many not shocked by new roundThe outcome outraged a community that watched video of King being beaten with police batons, shot with stun guns and stomped on. Police have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and thousands of arrests, many of them in LA. Kerman Maddox was a young radio reporter who lived just a block from one of the flashpoints in the 1992 riots. The experience inspired her to dedicate her career to public service after earning a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. That's still the problem, she said Sunday, not only in Los Angeles but in other U.S. cities.
National Guard called in to quell violence in Los Angeles
Read full article: National Guard called in to quell violence in Los AngelesA person runs while a police vehicle is burning during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles, Saturday, May 30, 2020. Gavin Newsom for 500 to 700 members of the Guard to assist the 10,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers. One officer suffered a fractured skull, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said. But please dont destroy our beloved Los Angeles. The scale of the destruction in Los Angeles was being compared to the 1992 riots, when there was more than $1 billion in property damage.