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2 people injured in shootings near Los Angeles schools
World | Sep 03, 2021, 01:40 PM ISTThe high school, located at 1921 South Maple Avenue was placed under a lockdown following the shooting and the gunshot victim was being treated on the perimeter, according to the Dept.
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Explosive California wildfires could burn into December
World | Aug 21, 2021, 09:25 AM ISTCalifornia has already surpassed the acreage burned at this point last year, which ended up setting the record. Now it’s entering a period when powerful winds have often driven the deadliest blazes.
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California wildfire season sets records, more damage expected
World | Aug 20, 2021, 01:55 PM ISTCalifornia has already surpassed the acreage burned at this point last year, which ended up setting the record.
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Nightmare for Los Angeles, sees 10-fold increase in Covid cases, hospitalisations spike
World | Jul 20, 2021, 04:38 PM ISTThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 1,233 new cases and two new deaths in the last 24 hours.
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With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles
World | Jul 16, 2021, 08:02 AM ISTThe announcements come amid a sharp increase in virus cases, many of them the highly transmissible delta variant that has proliferated since California fully reopened its economy on June 15.
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Mother arrested after 3 children found slain in Los Angeles
World | Apr 11, 2021, 07:16 AM ISTThe mother of three children, all under the age of five, found slain inside a Los Angeles apartment on Saturday morning has been arrested, police said.
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Google to abandon its internal game studios
Technology | Feb 03, 2021, 11:20 AM ISTFew days after announcing its Stadia cloud platform, the American multinational technology company Google is planning to rethink its gaming strategy.
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George Floyd death: Curfew in several US cities, massive protests in LA, Chicago
World | May 31, 2020, 03:11 PM ISTA curfew has been imposed in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Atlanta and other US cities after anti-police riots over the death of George Floyd. Here are the Latest Updates on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:
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Earthquake strikes South Los Angeles
World | Apr 22, 2020, 04:55 PM ISTLight shaking could be felt across the Los Angeles Basin after a magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck underneath South Los Angeles just after midnight Wednesday.
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LA Fashion Week delayed due to coronavirus
Fashion | Mar 14, 2020, 03:30 PM ISTLooking at the fear spread through novel coronavirus originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year, the authorities of Los Angeles Fashion Week (LAFW) have postponed the event in LA.
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California declares emergency after first coronavirus death
World | Mar 05, 2020, 10:05 AM ISTCalifornia’s first coronavirus fatality — an elderly patient who apparently contracted the illness on a cruise prompted the governor to declare a statewide emergency as six new cases were confirmed. California now has 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
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Indian national shot dead at grocery store in Los Angeles
World | Feb 24, 2020, 07:31 AM ISTAn Indian national, Maninder Singh Sahi, hailing from Karnal, has been shot dead in Los Angeles. He was working in a grocery store. He had sought for political asylum in the US.
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Amazon boss Jeff Bezos buys lavish Beverly Hills mansion worth Rs 1,178 crore for his girlfriend
World | Feb 13, 2020, 11:36 AM ISTJeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and world's richest man has purchased a new lavish home that costs $165 million (Rs 1,178 crore), setting a record for a Los Angeles-area home. The Amazon.com Inc. founder has bought the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills build on nine acres.
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1 killed, 7 injured in Los Angeles hotel fire
World | Feb 08, 2020, 10:27 AM ISTOne person was killed and seven others were injured after a fire erupted in a Los Angeles hotel, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the two-story building when the fire broke out at around 2 a.m.
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56 injured after jet dumps fuel over schools near Los Angeles
World | Jan 15, 2020, 10:01 AM ISTThe FlightAware website’s flight track showed the jet took off over the ocean and made an immediate right turn toward land and circled back over Southern California to approach the airport from the east.
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More than 50,000 evacuated due to wild fire in California
World | Oct 27, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTAccording to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the wild fire ignited Wednesday night exploded very fast, scorching over 25,455 acre (103 square km) by Saturday morning with only 10 per cent containment.
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Video shows massive fire in Los Angeles
World | Oct 11, 2019, 05:00 PM ISTMassive fire broke out in Los Angeles on Thursday. The wildfire fueled by Santa Ana winds has closed two freeways. The raging fire has forced evacuations around Los Angeles. According to fire officials, the Saddleridge fire had consumed more than 4,600 acres by 3 am on Friday. The highways have been closed due to heavy smoke. Mandatory evacuations were ordered in the Granada Hills, Porter Ranch and Oakridge Estates neighbourhoods.
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Video: Los Angeles fire spurs evacuation orders
India | Aug 26, 2019, 11:44 AM ISTThe Los Angeles Fire Department said Sunday no injuries or structure damage have been reported as a result of the fire in the Eagle Rock community.
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10 reasons why Santa Monica must be on every traveller’s bucket list
Travel | Jul 09, 2019, 01:57 PM ISTSanta Monica is a coastal paradise. Here are 10 reasons why Santa Monica must be in your bucket list the next time you are in the area.
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US: Shooting suspect in standoff at Los Angeles market; 1 woman killed
News | Jul 22, 2018, 09:02 AM ISTUS: Shooting suspect in standoff at Los Angeles market; 1 woman killed.