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On Thursday morning, the campus at the University of California, Los Angeles, reflected the aftermath of a protest in defeat. Littered across the lawn was a mass of trampled tents, sleeping bags, pizza boxes, blankets and poles. About 200 people were arrested and booked after a standoff with the authorities, according to Nicole Nishida, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Most were charged with misdemeanors such as unlawful assembly, she said, and the majority had been released by midmorning. About 300 protesters left voluntarily, according to the university.

Persons: Nicole Nishida Organizations: University of California, Los, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, midmorning Locations: Los Angeles

☆ San Diego Storm Floods Roads and Closes Schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An unusual torrent of rain and flash flooding hit the San Diego area on Monday, shutting down highways, swamping roads and forcing several schools to send students home early. Officials are fielding numerous rescue calls after up to three inches fell in three hours, according to the National Weather Service. The agency noted that the San Diego River was actively flooding, with water levels still rising. The area had already received more rain on Monday than it did during the much feared Tropical Storm Hilary last August. “By all indications, this will shake out as one of the top 10 wettest days for the airport here out of all the climate records going back to the 1800s,” said Brian Adams, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego.

Persons: San Diego River, Hilary, ”, Brian Adams, “ It’s Organizations: National Weather Service, “ Locations: San Diego

☆ Surprise! Los Angeles Freeway to Reopen Next Week, Newsom Says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A major section of a freeway in Los Angeles that was shut down because of fire damage is expected to reopen no later than Tuesday — far earlier than officials had originally estimated and before the full onslaught of holiday traffic. The fire, which exploded in the early morning hours of Nov. 11, damaged more than 100 columns bolstering the 10 freeway, a central artery that runs across the city, forcing the closure of a nearly two-mile segment that sees about 300,000 vehicles each day. Officials had initially suggested that it could take months to reopen the area — an eternity for a city dependent on commuting and heavily reliant on cars. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency to help expedite repairs. Engineers tested samples of the structure, and within days had determined that the damaged section of Interstate 10 would not have to be completely rebuilt, shortening the repair timeline to a handful of weeks.

Persons: Gavin Newsom Organizations: Gov, Engineers Locations: Los Angeles, California

☆ Freeway Closed? Just Take the 10 to the 110 to the 5, Angelenos Say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It also serves as a central artery for commuters making their way to and from the San Gabriel Valley, a constellation of cities with more than 1.5 million residents east of Los Angeles. During rush hour (and sometimes any random hour), it is where drivers sit bumper to bumper, restlessly inching forward. The recent fire that shut down a nearly two-mile stretch of the freeway created what would seem to be a disaster for a city already swamped with traffic troubles. And the kicker: It will be weeks before the affected stretch of Interstate 10 can reopen again. Yet for many residents, the repercussions have felt less catastrophic and more like just another Los Angeles annoyance.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass Locations: Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles

☆ Maui Fire Death Toll Drops to 97 After Weeks of DNA Review
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The authorities announced on Friday that they currently believe 97 people died in the Maui wildfire instead of the 115 fatalities they had been reporting for weeks, a surprising development after initial fears that many more lives had been lost in the disaster. It is the first time that the Maui death toll has dropped. In some instances, Dr. Stuelpnagel explained, forensic examiners have determined that they had multiple sets of remains for the same person. He also said that 16 of the remains that investigators had received were nonhuman. “It’s good news to have a lower number, that’s for darn sure,” Dr. Stuelpnagel said on Friday.

Persons: Jeremy Stuelpnagel, Stuelpnagel Locations: Maui, Maui County, Lahaina

☆ Maui Family Describes a Tragic Night Trying to Escape the Deadly Wildfire
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Folau Tone steadied himself as a gale whipped through his street in Lahaina. Trying to nail down the rattling tin roof on his family’s home, he gave up as fragments were stripped away. In West Maui, power lines were crashing down, and the electricity was out across a large swath of the island. Folau’s wife had already left for her job at a hotel, but their four children had stayed behind. She liked cooking in the open air and had long ago set up a makeshift kitchen with propane burners under a tent.

Persons: steadied, Faaoso Locations: Lahaina ., West Maui, fussing

☆ Shrinking California Still Dreams, but More Modestly
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

California has long beckoned with its coastal beauty and bustle — the magnetic pull of Hollywood, the power of Silicon Valley. That allure helped make it a cultural, economic and political force. For 170 years, growth was constant and expansion felt boundless. And it was easy to be drawn in by the lore. By early 2020, California’s population had soared to nearly 40 million residents, with another 10 million expected in the coming decades.

Persons: “, ”, Adrian Dove Locations: California, Silicon, South Los Angeles

Most regions of Southern California avoided significant damage this week from Tropical Storm Hilary, but authorities continued their rescue and cleanup efforts on Tuesday in several mountain and desert communities where homes were flooded and fast-moving mudslides had washed away sections of roadway and stranded residents. In one desperate situation, crews were searching for a 75-year-old woman who has been missing for nearly two days in the mountains of the San Bernardino National Forest. Christie Rockwood, who lived in a trailer home in a tiny community known as Seven Oaks, had not been heard from since Sunday evening, when she spoke to a friend by phone, according to her daughter Tracey Monteverde.

Persons: Hilary, Christie Rockwood, Tracey Monteverde Organizations: Tropical, San Bernardino National, Oaks Locations: Southern California, Christie

As Hurricane Hilary heads north, Southern California and Mexico are bracing for a rare and powerful storm that could produce dangerous flash flooding and sustained winds that have not been seen for decades. The Category 4 hurricane is so unusual that it has prompted the National Hurricane Center to issue a tropical storm watch for California for the first time in its history. In California, the desert and mountain communities are of particular concern. The National Weather Service warned of five to eight inches of rain for the Coachella Valley, about 120 miles east of Los Angeles. The tropical storm could force numerous evacuations and rescues, as well as deadly runoff that may “rage down valleys while increasing susceptibility to rockslides and mudslides,” the agency said.

Persons: Hilary Organizations: National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service Locations: Southern California, Mexico, California, Baja California, San Diego, Los Angeles, Coachella

It was 10 a.m., adoring union members had already more or less mobbed their president, Fran Drescher, and the crowd was growing by the minute. Outside Netflix offices in Hollywood, a festive, celebratory mood had taken over the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue. It was a workers’ strike, to be sure. But it felt a little like a summer Friday street party — one with a few famous guests. We bring so much joy to people by entertaining them,” Crew added.

Persons: Fran Drescher, “ We’re, ”, Amanda Crew, Dustin Milligan, “ Organizations: Netflix Locations: Hollywood, Sunset, Van, Silicon

☆ A Hollywood Diner Becomes a Writers’ Room of a Different Sort
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Corina Knoll | More About Corina Knoll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

They are usually fresh off the picket lines when they sink into plaid booths behind red Formica tables, or pull up to the terrazzo countertop, not far from the jukebox that switches from Sam Cooke to Joan Jett. The room rumbles with their chatter, their laughter. Their emergency savings are dwindling, but hey, sitting together over free milkshakes and tuna melts, things don’t feel so bad. Such is the daily scene at Swingers, a beloved retro diner in Los Angeles where the lunch and dinner crowds are dominated by Hollywood writers still on strike. For more than two months, they have fought studios for better wages and job security, and there is no hint of an agreement on the horizon.

Persons: Sam Cooke, Joan Jett Organizations: Hollywood Locations: Swingers, Los Angeles

A dozen hilltop homes in one of the most affluent areas of coastal Los Angeles County were collapsing into a canyon on Monday after a landslide over the weekend forced the evacuation of a neighborhood in the community of Rolling Hills Estates. California’s disastrously wet winter may be to blame for saturating the underlying soils in the neighborhood, a hazard that in the past few months has threatened other idyllic perches in the state. After crews found cracks and other damage to homes on the block, authorities said, residents were given 20 minutes to pack up and leave. Behind yellow caution tape, utility crews inspected power, cable and gas lines. Periodically, a sickening crash and rumble of something cracking or falling would disrupt the quiet of the neighborhood.

Organizations: Rolling Hills Estates . Local, Palos Locations: Los Angeles County, Rolling

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