Twenty people have been arrested in the various Los Angeles-area fire zones for allegedly looting in the ravaged areas, authorities said today as they vowed to crack down on any criminal activity tied to the disaster and step up enforcement with a curfew and deployment of the California National Guard. “This is simply unacceptable,” Los
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As several fires rage on in LA County, several experts say rising temperatures and drier conditions from climate change have worsened the ongoing disasters. Professor Monalisa Chatterjee with the University of Southern California highlighted the unpredictability of weather patterns and conditions because of climate change. People can no longer rely on the expected seasonal weather
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, Steve Contorno and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — JD Vance will resign his Senate seat effective Thursday at midnight, a Vance spokesperson told CNN, days ahead of assuming the vice presidency. The first-term senator has to resign from his seat before he and President-elect Donald Trump are sworn into office on January
Continue ReadingPor John Fritze, CNN El presidente electo, Donald Trump, puede ser sentenciado el viernes en su caso de pago de dinero por silencio en Nueva York, dijo la Corte Suprema en un fallo de 5-4. El alto tribunal rechazó el jueves la petición de emergencia de Trump para retrasar el proceso, preparando el escenario para
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Expect gusty Santa Ana winds to intensify across Southern California later this afternoon, continuing through Friday morning. Winds will pick up in the mountains and valleys, with gusts ranging from 45 to 60 mph, and isolated gusts exceeding 75 mph possible in some areas. These strong winds, combined with dangerously low humidity levels below 10%,
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KABC, CNN By Jill Martin and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Former US Olympian Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals and six world championship medals in his swimming career. He believes he’s lost them all in the Palisades wildfire, he told CNN’s Erin Burnett. “I thought I had more time,” Hall said. “I saw
Continue ReadingChelsea Bailey, CNN Español A medida que el incendio más destructivo en la historia del área de Los Ángeles arde, la alcaldesa Karen Bass enfrenta críticas por el momento de un viaje al extranjero y los recortes presupuestarios realizados hace meses que afectaron al departamento de bomberos de la ciudad. Por segundo día consecutivo, los
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Alec Baldwin has filed a civil rights complaint against officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico, claiming he was wrongfully prosecuted in the “Rust” case, a representative for Baldwin told CNN. Baldwin filed the complaint on Thursday against special prosecutor Kari .T Morrissey, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, among other officials,
Continue ReadingPor José Alvárez, CNN en Español La manifestación que la oposición al régimen de Nicolás Maduro convocó en Venezuela este jueves tuvo su momento cumbre en la breve detención de la líder opositora María Corina Machado y sumó mucha más tensión en la víspera del inicio de un nuevo período de gobierno. Después de varios
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A New York appeals court ruled Thursday that Fox Corporation must face Smartmatic’s mammoth defamation lawsuit over the airing of 2020 election lies on Fox News, dealing a blow to the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media giant. Smartmatic, the voting technology company that Fox News guests and hosts falsely accused
Continue ReadingPor Mary Gilbert y Angela Fritz, CNN El sur de California estaba sumergido hace menos de un año. Un asedio de lluvias torrenciales procedentes de ríos atmosféricos comenzó en diciembre y alcanzó un punto máximo a principios de febrero, cuando cayeron casi 30 centímetros de agua en Los Ángeles. Fue un invierno mortal de tormentas
Continue ReadingPor Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español El destacado médico colombiano Manuel Elkin Patarroyo falleció este jueves por la mañana en su residencia en Bogotá debido a un paro cardiorrespiratorio que se sumó a algunas complicaciones de salud, confirmó a CNN su hijo Manuel Patarroyo. Patarroyo, de 78 años, dedicó su vida a buscar una vacuna
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Due to the continuing wildfire crisis in the Southland, Monday night’s Los Angeles Rams playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings has been moved from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, according to the NFL. Breaking: In the interest of public safety, the NFL announced the Jan. 13 Monday Night Football
Continue ReadingPor Sophie Tanno, CNN El número de muertos en Gaza es significativamente mayor que la cifra comunicada por las autoridades del enclave, según concluye un estudio revisado por expertos de una universidad británica líder en investigación sanitaria. Según los hallazgos anunciados por la London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) y publicados en la
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — Southern California was under water less than a year ago. A siege of torrential rain from atmospheric rivers started in December and reached a crescendo in early February when nearly a foot fell in Los Angeles. It was a deadly winter of storms that flooded roads,
Continue ReadingCNN en Español El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, dijo este jueves en un comunicado que la líder opositora María Corina Machado fingió haber sido detenida luego de una protesta opositora, como medida para “desatar actos de violencia” y “sembrar el caos” de cara a la juramentación del presidente Nicolás Maduro de este
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President-elect Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case. The order states: The application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons. First, the
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Washington (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump’s comments about turning Canada into the United States’ 51st state are just a distraction from the consequences of Trump’s tariff threats. Trudeau, who announced earlier this week he would resign as prime minister once his party had
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A 20-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a park in downtown Palm Springs that left two people hospitalized last year. Felipe Vargas was arrested on Jan. 2 at a residence in North Palm Springs, police announced on Thursday. He was charged on Monday with two counts of attempted murder. He pled
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The American Red Cross Southern California Region has deployed 25 volunteers to assist victims of the fast-moving wildfires in Los Angeles, with additional volunteers likely to join in the coming days. Though no volunteers from the Coachella Valley area have been deployed yet, recruitment efforts are ongoing, according to the organization’s Disaster Services team. Volunteers
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