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Redondo Beach man arrested after suspicious package shuts down Torrance courthouse

Video showed a bomb squad robot detonating what looked to be an orange inflatable item near the building's entrance on Wednesday.

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Woman mauled by Brentwood K-9 receives $1 million settlement

Police chief says the case was settled to avoid further litigation and appeal costs.

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Sunnyvale officer union raises alarm at increase in local crime rates

Violent crimes in Sunnyvale increased 59% over a 10-year period, according to OpenJustice, a public crime database run by the state's Department of Justice.

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Man fatally shot in downtown Oakland

Police officers were flagged down around 4:15 p.m. because of a person lying in the street.

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You weren’t seeing double — there were indeed adjacent highway signs saying the same thing

On the 73 Toll Road, there were several spots where signs saying the same thing stood next to each other.

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‘Senseless act:’ Man arrested after popular great egret killed in San Bernardino Mountains

The Claremont resident threw rocks at the bird, who Lake Gregory visitors named Arthur, until striking it, the Sheriff's Department said.

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Explainer: How exactly did the Onion manage to buy Infowars?

As the outlandish nature of his false claims grew, so did his media empire, with annual revenues of up to $80 million, and a fanbase that at his height listened to him on more than 100 radio stations across the United States as well as through his Infowars website and social media.

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Long Beach police to stop patrolling A (Blue) Line no later than early next year

The decision will allow Long Beach Police officers to be redeployed.

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Police officers take down street takeover near Temecula – with infant reportedly a passenger in 1 car

4 cars were impounded and 11 citations were written in the community of De Luz after complaints from residents.

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Grammy winner Lil Durk pleads not guilty in LA murder for hire

A judge ordered the rapper jailed without bond at the federal lockup in downtown Los Angeles.

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Newborn found dead on Skid Row sidewalk

Some bystanders tried to perform CPR on the baby, but the child was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a media report.

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After release from prison for ‘severe obesity,’ Richmond gang member re-offended and received new prison term

Lipine Faafiu was arrested on suspicion of possessing guns inside his Richmond apartment, and now he's headed back to federal prison for it.

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Testimony: Ex-Marine misused combat technique in killing subway rider

In the eighteen months since the killing, Penny has been embraced by conservatives as a good Samaritan who used his military training to protect his fellow riders. U.S. Rep. U.S. Matt Gaetz, who President-elect Donald Trump nominated this week as his attorney general, described him as a "Subway Superman."

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Woman accused of impersonating nurse at Burbank, Santa Clarita hospitals

Amanda Leeann Porter of Virginia allegedly carried out similar scams at other Southern California hospitals, according to the Burbank Police Department.

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Moraga tennis coach, 64, arrested on suspicion of molesting girl

Michael Roy Howard, 64, allegedly brought a teen girl to his home and sexually abused her, months after the two met at a Contra Costa tennis court.

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Rialto police arrest pair in $100,000 storage unit thefts

The boyfriend and girlfriend are Fontana residents. Police say they broke in to 20 units in the Inland Empire and LA County.

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Antioch City Council explores police substation in crime-ridden Sycamore corridor

City has been directed to look for a space for a police substation in Sycamore Square located

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San Jose: Judge denies bail for Omar Torres in molestation case

A separate sexual misconduct scandal and investigation factored into a judge's ruling to keep Torres in jail.