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  2. Things to know about a landslide that has destroyed homes in ...

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    A landslide is destroying a cluster of hilltop homes in a gated Southern California community and poses a threat to others. Los Angeles County firefighters responding to a report in the city of ...

  3. North Hollywood shootout - Wikipedia

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    The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, [2] was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997. Both robbers were killed, twelve police officers and eight ...

  4. 1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia

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    Damage. $1 billion. The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising [4] [5]) were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four ...

  5. L.A. woman killed partner, possibly threw kids from a moving ...

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    Phil Helsel. Updated April 10, 2024 at 7:55 AM. A Los Angeles woman fatally stabbed her partner and possibly threw her two children from a moving SUV on the freeway before she fatally crashed into ...

  6. Olvera Street - Wikipedia

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    Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles.The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California.

  7. William O. Jenkins House - Wikipedia

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    The William O. Jenkins House — also known as the "Phantom House", the J. Paul Getty mansion and 641 South Irving Boulevard — was a Mediterranean-style property in Los Angeles, California, built for businessman William O. Jenkins (reputedly the "richest man in Mexico") in 1922 and '23. Although demolished in 1957, it lives on in movie memory ...

  8. 2 killed, 1 injured in Lake Balboa crash after car speeds ...

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    (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Two people were dead and another was critically injured after a car crash in the Lake Balboa area early Wednesday. Around 3:46 a.m., a Chevrolet Corvette was ...

  9. Attack on Reginald Denny - Wikipedia

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    Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a former construction truck driver who was pulled from his truck and severely beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. His attackers, a group of black men who came to be known as the " L.A. Four ", targeted Denny because he was white. The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter and broadcast live ...