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Power boat crashes into Southern California jetty, killing 1 and injuring 10
Read full article: Power boat crashes into Southern California jetty, killing 1 and injuring 10Southern California authorities say a power boat crashed into a jetty in Southern California, killing one man and injuring 10 others.
At least 4 people killed, 27 injured when trains collide in the Czech Republic, officials say
Read full article: At least 4 people killed, 27 injured when trains collide in the Czech Republic, officials sayOfficials say a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others.
With Winter Springs fire hydrants unreliable, Seminole Fire sends tanker trucks to help
Read full article: With Winter Springs fire hydrants unreliable, Seminole Fire sends tanker trucks to helpIn the City of Winter Springs, more than a thousand fire hydrants have not been inspected in almost three years and the city can’t guarantee they’ll work when needed.
An industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea
Read full article: An industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant in South KoreaPolice say an industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea.
Lawyer: Photos of Kobe Bryant's remains shared 'for a laugh'
Read full article: Lawyer: Photos of Kobe Bryant's remains shared 'for a laugh'A lawyer for the widow of Kobe Bryant told jurors that a “culture of callousness” led Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters to share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others.
LISTEN: Orange County Fire Rescue releases 911 calls from East Millenia apartment fire
Read full article: LISTEN: Orange County Fire Rescue releases 911 calls from East Millenia apartment fireOrange County Fire Rescue released 911 calls from the East Millenia apartment fire Saturday morning, where a deputy saved a baby trapped on the third floor.
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
Read full article: California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidityThe blaze, known as the Bobcat Fire, is expected to grow through Sunday and Monday as critical fire weather conditions continued due to gusty wind and low humidity. The Bobcat Fire started Sept. 6 and has already doubled in size over the last week — becoming one of Los Angeles County's largest wildfires in history, according to the Los Angeles Times. Though the Bobcat Fire neared the high desert community of Valyermo, a Benedictine monastery there appeared to have escaped major damage, according to the Los Angeles Times. More than 7,900 wildfires have burned more than 5,468 square miles (14,164 square kilometers) in California this year, including many since a mid-August barrage of dry lightning ignited parched vegetation. Meanwhile, officials were investigating the death of a firefighter on the lines of another Southern California wildfire that erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.
Desert communities told to evacuate as winds stoke flames
Read full article: Desert communities told to evacuate as winds stoke flamesThe fire grew to 142 square miles (368 square kilometers) on Saturday when winds pushed the flames into Juniper Hills. But, Los Angeles County park officials said the blaze destroyed the nature center at Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area, a geological wonder that attracts some 130,000 visitors per year. The name of the firefighter killed in the nearby El Dorado Fire was being withheld until family members are notified. The El Dorado Fire has burned more than 34 square miles (89 square kilometers) and was 59% contained, with 10 buildings destroyed and six damaged. ___Associated Press writer John Antczak in Los Angeles and Daisy Nguyen in San Francisco contributed to this report.
Film producer, wealthy heir, political donor Steve Bing dies
Read full article: Film producer, wealthy heir, political donor Steve Bing diesLOS ANGELES Movie producer, film financier, real estate heir and major Democratic political donor Steve Bing has died. The Los Angeles County coroner said Bing died Monday at his residence in the Century City section of Los Angeles. In the 1980s, Steve Bing dropped out of his fathers alma mater, Stanford University, where the elder Bing had donated $50 million, for a career in Hollywood. He got early credits as a co-writer for the 1984 Chuck Norris Vietnam vet movie Missing in Action and its two sequels. Bing was an LA socialite who frequently dated famous women and was often seen on red carpets, at big-dollar benefits and courtside at Lakers games.