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Rong-Gong Lin II, reporter for @LATimes' metro desk, with a focus on #earthquakes, #coronavirus and peril. [email protected]
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Joined April 2008
West Coast's two monster faults could trigger back-to-back mega-earthquakes, new research suggests https://t.co/LWGQEiMuI9
#SanAndreas #Cascadia
latimes.com
New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating back-to-back earthquake disasters.
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In the biggest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history, some claim they were paid to sue https://t.co/VX5iSewSHj
@Rjaellis
latimes.com
Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue L.A. County over sex abuse, raising questions about whether some claims that led to a record $4-billion settlement may have been colored by the...
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Fake actor deepens anxiety over AI in Hollywood https://t.co/VKXz7kSNo9
@thewendylee
latimes.com
The Dutch creator of an AI-generated actor named Tilly Norwood created a backlash in Hollywood when she said she would soon be signed by a talent agency.
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This was the largest earthquake to hit the Bay Area in 3 years, after that magnitude 5.1 earthquake on 10/25/2022 east of San Jose >>>Magnitude 4.3 earthquake wakes San Francisco Bay Area; centered in Berkeley
latimes.com
The earthquake, which occurred Monday at 2:56 a.m., was estimated at a magnitude 4.3 and centered in Berkeley.
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Can one of L.A.'s tallest towers survive a huge quake? L.A. County won't tell the public what its report found https://t.co/l8dx3ypjpe 👈
latimes.com
Los Angeles County is refusing to disclose a preliminary report that could explain why officials suggested that the downtown skyscraper it recently purchased to serve as its new headquarters should...
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Magnitude 4.4 earthquake wakes San Francisco Bay Area; centered in Berkeley
latimes.com
The earthquake, which occurred Monday at 2:56 a.m., was estimated at a magnitude 4.3 and centered in Berkeley.
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In rural California, a grave echoes another era of forced removal of immigrants https://t.co/Nx1CRxDKja
@haileybranson
latimes.com
After Del Norte County in Northern California kicked out its Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s, Dock Rigg stayed behind.
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'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president https://t.co/iwD81tX85u By @thewendylee
latimes.com
Astin, who was also in 'Rudy' and 'The Goonies,' will succeed Fran Drescher, who decided not to run for reelection.
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This beloved Californian theme park is slashing jobs and shortening its season. Here’s why
latimes.com
Silicon Valley theme park Great America cuts 184 jobs.
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This beloved Californian theme park is slashing jobs and shortening its season. Here's why
latimes.com
Silicon Valley theme park Great America cuts 184 jobs.
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CBS News names veteran producer Tanya Simon to lead ‘60 Minutes’
latimes.com
Simon has led the CBS program on an interim basis since Bill Owens departed in April.
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Americans may aspire to single-family homes, but in South Korea, apartments are king https://t.co/7G3Ptbjlyn
@maxsoeunkim
latimes.com
South Korea’s middle-class dream of home ownership? It's not a house with a white picket fence — it's an apartment.
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Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas https://t.co/5vZeb1aFYF
@brittny_mejia @therealchouse
latimes.com
Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and communicates using sign language, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City. He could not communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says...
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The river took her sister. A stranger dove in to bring her home
latimes.com
In little more than a year, Juan Heredia, a scuba instructor from Stockton, has developed a strange specialty: He has found the bodies of a dozen drowning victims in California rivers after authori...
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Do you support calling Congress back into session to have a vote on releasing the Epstein files?
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At 90, he's a competitive stair climber. 'It gives me a goal, and that's why I keep going'
latimes.com
Tom Kutrosky is training for his next races in Ventura and New York City. He's planning to climb 86 floors of the Empire State Building in October.
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Earthquake swarms are fueling fear of the 'big one' in Japan https://t.co/qybBMgssMM
@maxsoeunkim
latimes.com
In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one'
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A wildfire in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County is rapidly growing, with smoke spreading to neighboring Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
sfchronicle.com
A wildfire in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County is rapidly growing, with smoke spreading to neighboring Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
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Former CAA executive accused of trafficking by woman who says she was kept as a 'sex slave' https://t.co/M6CBTrbUiG
@thewendylee
latimes.com
A woman sued former CAA Stellar Executive Chairman Jonathan Barnett and talent agency CAA on Wednesday, accusing Barnett of keeping her as a 'sex slave' and using his company resources to help...
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California fireworks explosions: 1 killed in Simi Valley, 2 critically injured in Bay Area https://t.co/lqruF0VAEO
@_ClaraHarter
latimes.com
California has seen a spate of accidental fireworks explosions leading up to the Fourth of July with a Thursday morning detonation killing 1 in a Simi Valley home and a similar incident critically...
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Multiple homes burn in massive Pacoima fireworks explosion; 1 critically injured https://t.co/tUbXHeOsbF
@_ClaraHarter
latimes.com
More than 130 firefighters battled a fire involving fireworks explosions Thursday night, the eve of July 4, in a residential neighborhood in Pacoima that engulfed four homes and left one man dead and...
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