Ron Lin
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Rong-Gong Lin II, reporter for @LATimes' metro desk, with a focus on #earthquakes, #coronavirus and peril. [email protected]
San Francisco
Joined April 2008
RT @thewendylee: At 90, he's a competitive stair climber. 'It gives me a goal, and that's why I keep going'
www.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 @maxsoeunkim.
www.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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RT @sfchronicle: A wildfire in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County is rapidly growing, with smoke spreading to neighboring Ventura and….
www.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' @thewendylee.
www.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 @_ClaraHarter.
www.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 @_ClaraHarter.
www.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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AI is controversial in Hollywood. For China's film business, it's no holds barred @thewendylee.
www.latimes.com
China plans to use AI technology to modernize classic martial arts films featuring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan and reintroduce them to younger viewers.
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Commentary: Lake Tahoe tragedy provides a life-or-death lesson
www.latimes.com
Monitor the weather forecasts before you even get near the water. Lake Tahoe is big and beautiful — 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. Scary winds and thunderstorms can be at one end of the lake, and...
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RT @USGS_Quakes: June 29, 2025, marks the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Santa Barbara, California, earthquake. Estimated at magnitude 6.4-6….
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RT @USGS_Quakes: A trio of damaging quakes in 1925 shows the especially long reach of earthquakes in the east. Seismic hazard is higher in….
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RT @latimes: An earthquake devastated Santa Barbara 100 years ago. What it can teach us ahead of the next 'Big One'
www.latimes.com
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.
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RT @sugarbearwx: #riderfire Evacuation Warnings have been requested for Zones RVC-1060, RVC-1061, PER-1064, RVC-0972 per radio traffic. The….
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CDC official overseeing COVID hospitalization data resigns after RFK Jr.'s vaccine orders via @Alexander_Tin.
www.cbsnews.com
Dr. Fiona Havers' resignation follows RFK Jr.'s orders to change the CDC's vaccine recommendations.
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COVID 'razor blade throat' rises as new subvariant spreads in California
www.latimes.com
COVID-19 appears to be on the rise in some parts of California as a new, highly contagious subvariant — featuring 'razor blade throat' symptoms overseas — is becoming increasingly dominant.
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RT @_ClaraHarter: Multiple Waymos set on fire on Los Angeles Street as chaos escalates at the immigration protests in Downtown L.A. The car….
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Jamie Lee Curtis tells @latimes that she just wanted an AI ad removed, not to become the 'poster child of internet fakery.' She recently called out Mark Zuckerberg, saying his company ignored requests to take down a fake AI-generated ad.By @thewendylee.
www.latimes.com
Curtis recently called out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg because his social media company ignored her messages to take down a fake AI-generated ad on Instagram that had been up for months.
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Man dies trying to rescue his dog from the ocean at notorious California beach @_ClaraHarter.
www.latimes.com
A man died Thursday after rushing into the perilous waters of San Francisco's Ocean Beach fully clothed in an attempt to rescue his dog, authorities said.
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Magnitude 3.2 earthquake off coast sends weak shaking through Malibu, Westside L.A. Also: Burbank and San Francisco are making moves to improve earthquake safety 👈.
www.latimes.com
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake hit a few miles south of Malibu on Wednesday, sending a gentle jolt through the beachside city and light shaking into Westside Los Angeles.
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