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An empty high school classroom with rows of tan desk-chair combos and navy seats on a glossy blue floor. Small labels sit on several desktops. The walls hold handwritten poster paper, framed black-and-white photos, a green, white and orange flag, and posters including a Dodgers logo, a photo of a white columned building and a “We Can Do It!” Rosie the Riveter print above a counter and sink. Gray storage cabinets stand in the back corner.
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Lauren Halsey turned the Hollywood Bowl into a funk opera
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A pianist in a cream button-up shirt and jeans plays a black grand piano on an outdoor stage, while several audience members lie on the stage floor beneath and beside the piano. Behind them, sunlit hills rise to the Hollywood sign under a clear blue sky, with more concertgoers seated in lawn chairs in the background.
He trucked his grand piano into Griffith Park
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, in a tan uniform with four gold stars on each collar and a dark green tie, speaks into microphones at a lectern. His badge carries a black mourning band, and an American flag patch is on his shoulder. A U.S. flag hangs out of focus behind him.
Riverside sheriff broke election law, California Supreme Court rules. What's next?
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Santa Rosa Island fire: The race to save rare Torrey pines
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L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman says more needs to be done to remove a drug market operating in the park after months of enforcement operations.
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