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• 550-pound bear finally evicted from California home after bizarre strategy ends monthlong ordeal - A massive black bear caused thousands in damage while living beneath a California home for weeks before wildlife specialists finally removed the animal.
• Los Angeles Fire Department admits initial Palisades fire report edited to protect leadership - LA fire chief admits Palisades Fire analysis was edited to protect department leadership from criticism in devastating California wildfire, report says.
• After the ashes: A Palisades resident’s life in decimated LA enclave one year after deadly wildfires - Forty-year Pacific Palisades resident Jimmy Dunne describes life in the decimated LA neighborhood one year after it was ravaged by catastrophic wildfires.
• LA mayor calls wildfire fire response one of the 'fastest' rebuilding efforts in California history - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claimed Palisades fire recovery efforts in 2025 were among California's fastest despite months of criticism for slow reconstruction.
• LA Mayor Bass compares anti-ICE protests to Lakers championship disturbance: 'A few knuckleheads' - Mayor Karen Bass downplayed last year’s anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, saying the unrest resembled post–Lakers championship vandalism rather than riots.
• Deported illegal immigrant caught by GPS tracker pleads guilty to robbing 7 convenience stores in California - Previously deported man from El Salvador pleads guilty to armed robberies across eight California cities, facing up to 20 years per count in prison.
• Trump withdraws National Guard from Chicago, LA and Portland, for now - President Trump announced the National Guard will withdraw from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now, crediting the deployments with reducing crime.
• LA Mayor Bass laments historic Latino Border Patrol recruitment surge across southern border - LA Mayor Karen Bass responded to the historic surge in Latino Border Patrol recruitment as applications jump 70%. Over half of southern agents are Hispanic.
• LA deputies caught on camera racing into foggy ocean to rescue disoriented paragliders - Two deputies swam 75 feet to save panicked paragliders entangled in safety equipment, cutting them free with knives in a dramatic ocean rescue operation.
• Stolen plane crashes into building at Los Angeles airport, suspect arrested - Hijacked plane crashes at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles after suspect reportedly breaks into flight school building. FBI responds to early morning incident.