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LA Sports Teams Pledge Over $8M In Donations To Fire Relief Efforts
The Los Angeles area's 12 professional sports organizations have combined to pledge more than $8 million in donations.

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The Los Angeles area's 12 professional sports organizations have combined to pledge more than $8 million in donations.

A total of 29 personnel were assigned to the rescue, including two engines, two trucks and one medic, officials said.
The charges to be announced come three days after an overnight curfew took effect.
The utility is fighting back by contending that state and federal law block the agency from being granted such a motion.
In a report released on Friday, SCE said their preliminary investigation found a downed conductor near an electrical tower in the area.
Authorities identified the stabbing suspect who was fatally shot by police near USC as a resident of a nearby treatment facility.
The deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have destroyed at least 35 historic places, according to the latest count.
Firefighters worked overnight to put out remaining hot spots of the Kenneth Fire and to prevent flare ups before gusty winds return.
The driver of the involved light-colored sedan fled the scene, police said.
The suspect was identified as the head coach of the Santa Ana High School girls' junior varsity basketball team.
The strip mall contained 12 units. Firefighters contained the fire to two units, which were two restaurants.
An argument at closing time for a Hollywood nightclub led to a shooting that killed one man and sent another person to a hospital.
Fire crews extinguished several hot spots and heavy smoke throughout the commercial structure.
A 26-year-old woman was killed in a multi-vehicle traffic collision in Palm Desert, authorities said.
The suspects were arrested on suspicion of a home invasion robbery and assault with a deadly weapon among other offenses in Lake Matthews.
The woman died in a collision with a suspected DUI driver in Perris.
A total of 33 personnel were assigned to the fire, including three engines, one medic and one water tender, officials said.
Briana Contreras, 25, drove drunk on the wrong side of I-8, causing a head-on crash with an oncoming SUV and and killing its driver.
Michelle Mack, 54, was also ordered to pay $3 million in restitution to Ulta and Sephora, according to the CA Attorney General's Office.
Meki Gaono, now 35, was convicted of first-degree murder for the Dec. 20, 2006, gang-related slaying of Officer Daniel Bessant.