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  • Multiple Waymo taxis burn near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)Politics

    Los Angeles tensions escalate as thousands take to the street to protest Trump’s National Guard deployment

    By Jason Dearen, Jaimie Ding, and others
  • Sam Nguyen shows a gold bar at her shop in the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in the Jewelry District of Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Finance

    As gold prices soar, Americans rush to sell or melt down their jewelry—even family heirlooms from the 1800s

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
  • Nothin' But Sand beach clean up eventFinance

    Over 50,000 Los Angeles County workers begin 2-day strike

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
  • A damaged safe inside of Love Jewels is shown in the shop Tuesday, April 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, after a weekend robbery. (AP Photo/Jaimie Ding)North America

    Burglars tunnel through concrete wall into LA jewelry store and steal $10 million in watches, pendants and gold chains

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
  • Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt sit next to each other smilingEnvironment

    Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing Los Angeles after losing their home to wildfires, claiming the city neglected to fix a reservoir that was out of commission for almost a year

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
  • An aerial view shows the devastation from the Palisades Fire on beachfront homes Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Environment

    Windy weather that fanned Los Angeles wildfires eases up as firefighters make big gains

    By Jaimie Ding, Christopher Weber, and others
  • FILE – Ella Venne, left, searches through the remnants of her family’s home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)Environment

    Los Angeles residents in neighborhoods leveled by wildfires turn to rebuilding: ‘Are we just inviting another problem down the road?’

    By MIchael R. Blood, Jaimie Ding, and others
  • Charred vehicles sit along the Pacific Coast Highway, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Environment

    ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ forecast for Los Angeles wildfire zones as fierce winds predicted to return

    By Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson, and others
  • Robert Lara, left, looks for belongings along with his stepfather after the Eaton Fire burns in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Environment

    Los Angeles wildfire destruction tops 10 dead and 10,000 structures burned as new blaze ignites and Pacific Palisades remains uncontained

    By Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson, and others
  • A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)Environment

    Out-of-control wildfires around Los Angeles force thousands to flee as flames torch homes and threaten senior center

    By Jaimie Ding, Christopher Weber, and others
  • Plastic Pepsi bottles in a bundleRetail

    Coca-Cola and Pepsi, two of the world’s top plastic polluters, just got slapped with a lawsuit alleging exaggerated recycling claims and downplayed health effects

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
  • A CVS pharmacy in Pinole, CaliforniaFinance

    CVS workers strike in California over pay, health care and bad-faith contract bargaining

    By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
  • A firefighter from the city of Monterey monitors flareups from the Park Fire near Butte Meadows, Calif., Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Environment

    California man fights state’s largest wildfire to within 70 feet of his house one month after insurance company drops his coverage

    By Eugene Garcia, Jaimie Ding, and others