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Hollywood productions shut down again as LA COVID cases soar
Los Angeles - the nation's most populous county - has emerged as the latest US epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, topping 7,000 COVID hospitalisations for...
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Latinos in Los Angeles twice as likely to contract COVID: data
By mid-November, the daily infection rate per 100,000 Latinos was 274 new cases, compared to 125 among white people, according to county health data adjusted for age to make comparisons more meaningful.
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US police shoot and kill another black man
The man, named in local media as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, was riding his bicycle when Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies tried to stop him for an unspecified vehicle code violation on Monday afternoon.
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Slow motion recovery: Cautious Hollywood edges back to work
Health fears, uncertainty and a second wave of coronavirus cases have meant few movie producers braving a return so far - with some heading elsewhere or even overseas.
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LA dismisses Trump administration warning over 'unlawful' lockdown
Los Angeles has begun to reopen facilities from beaches and golf courses to restaurants and retail businesses offering curbside pick-up services, but lags behind other parts of California.
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California braces for powerful winds that could feed fires
Thousands of firefighters were racing against the clock to gain control of two major fires -- the Kincade Fire in northern California and the Getty Fire, west of Los Angeles.
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Evacuations as wildfire breaks out in Los Angeles
The so-called Getty Fire broke out overnight near a major freeway and quickly spread south and west, scorching 500 acres (202 hectares) and sending people fleeing in the dark.
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Some 50,000 residents evacuated as fire rages near Los Angeles: officials
The blaze also forced the closure of a major highway and several roads.
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Nikki Bella feels 'free' after LA move
Nikki Bella feels like a "free spirit" since moving to LA and throwing herself into the dating scene.
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Jennifer Hudson set to perform at the Oscars
The 37-year-old star has been invited to perform at the glitzy awards bash in Los Angeles on 24 February.
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Maggot cheese, putrid sea herring or virgin boy eggs - bon appetit!
These delicacies are among some 80 items featured at the Disgusting Food Museum that opened in Los Angeles On Sunday, aiming to expose visitors to different cultures and foods and what we may all be eating in the future.
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Ferocious winds whip California fires as death toll rises to 31
Hot dry winds expected to blow until Tuesday whipped up the flames and heightened the urgency of evacuation orders, officials said.
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North California wildfires expand to more than two-thirds the size of LA
Two blazes collectively called the Mendocino Complex burnt in Mendocino, Lake and Colusa counties, about 145 km north of San Francisco.
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'My kids are deceased': US wildfire kills two children, four others
More than 38,000 people remained under evacuation orders on Sunday in and around Redding, a city of 90,000 people about 257 km north of the state capital Sacramento.
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Gunman arrested after deadly LA store hostage standoff
The man, 28 and not named by police, went out of the store and was surrounded by police.
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California parents accused of starving, shackling children tried to seem normal
They gave little indication of the horrors police would find in their tract home in Riverside County east of Los Angeles, family members and authorities said.
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13 siblings found chained in California home; parents charged
Police made the discovery after a 17-year-old girl escaped the house in Perris, about 113 km east of Los Angeles.
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Lamar Odom 'collapses' at Los Angeles nightclub
Odom collapsed in a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Kanye West sells LA home for $2.95m
Kanye West has sold his Los Angeles bachelor pad for $2.95 million.
