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RIVERSIDE CALIF SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 -- Jake Haro appears at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, to enter pleas to charges of murder and filing a false police report in connection with the disappearance of his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel. (Anjali Sharif-Paul/Pool)

Baby Emmanuel’s father sentenced to 25 years to life for murdering infant

Jake Haro, father of missing baby Emmanuel, was sentenced to 25 years to life for killing his 7-month-old son. His wife, Rebecca Haro, has pleaded not guilty to murder.

Tommy Trojan stands guard over a quiet University of Southern California USC campus near downtown Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 3, 2025 -- Fans lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the Dodgers World Championship Parade and Celebration. The Dodgers are the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles since the Yankees did it in 1998. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

‘Back-to-back, baby!’ Los Angeles Dodgers’ victory parade fills downtown with fans

A memorial filled with candles honors an 8-year-old Lynwood boy who was found dead.

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Los Angeles, CA - November 01: People pick up food distributed by Noel Community Organization at Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles food banks and nonprofits support residents as SNAP benefits lapse

Los Angeles, CA - October 25: Albert Vasquez, of City Terrace votes on the first day of early in-person and ballot drop-off voting in the November 4, 2025 California Statewide Special Election at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. As of October 25, 2025, vote centers in Los Angeles County are open for early in-person voting and ballot drop-off. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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KitKat, who was fatally wounded Oct. 27, 2025, was a beloved fixture at Randa's Market in San Francisco.

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Los Angeles, CA - November 01: California Governor Gavin Newsom attends a Yes on Proposition 50 rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris rally Californians to vote on Prop. 50

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LONG BEACH, CA, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025: Demonstrators including cousins Rebecca Caudillo-Jones, right, and Mari Lou Morelli, from right, both of Long Beach, react to vehicles honking along 2nd Street near Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach on Saturday, September 27, 2025 in what organizers say is an effort to "demonstrate unity" against the Trump administration's federal policies and immigration raids, and also highlight the upcoming special election on Proposition 50. Intermittent chains were planned in 22 cities statewide from Paso Robles to Encinitas. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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San Pedro, CA - October 15: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner speaks during a press conference at Averill Park in San Pedro, CA Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. This is his first Q and A since he announced he is challenging Mayor Karen Bass in the June 2026 election. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Huntington Beach, CA - October 25: Garrett Morgan, of Huntington Beach, puts his ballot in the official ballot drop box on Main Street in downtown Huntington Beach on the first day of early in-person and ballot drop-off voting, in the November 4, 2025 California Statewide Special Election at a drop-off box on Main Street in downtown Huntington Beach Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. As of October 25, 2025, vote centers in Los Angeles County are open for early in-person voting and ballot drop-off. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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A Riverside County criminal grand jury has indicted the longtime Coachella mayor Steven Hernandez on nine counts, including one felony charge of violating conflict of interest rules related to government contracts and four felony counts of perjury.

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Yucca Valley, CA - October 22: From left: Andrew Fortner, Patryk Swietek, Ryan Cherlin, Josh Rudin, partners of the Cohost Company, a luxury short-term management business, Joshua Tree's largest short-term rental management company, show off a short term rental property in Yucca Valley Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Operators are exiting the short-term rental market in the Joshua Tree area after the pandemic drove the number of listings to record highs. Some are selling, at times facing the prospect of losing money in a real estate market that has cooled. Others are seeking long-term tenants in a bid to offset their mortgages as they wait to see if home sales pick up. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles, CA - October 01: The Boyle Heights Bridge Runners running club run across the 6th street bridge which is unlit on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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Arcadia, CA - September 19: A view of commercial property that Guojun Xuan owns at 10505 Valley Blvd in El Monte Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. Prompted by a report of suspected child abuse, police found 16 children living in the Arcadia home of Sylvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan. Another six children were located living elsewhere. Now, authorities allege gambling and drug cultivation occurred at a commercial property that Guojun Xuan owns in El Monte. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 13, 1981 - HILLSIDE STRANGLER - Angelo Buono, "Hillside Strangler" suspect, smiles as he listens to motion by the deputy district attorney to dismiss murder charges against him. With him is one of his attorneys, Kathy Mader. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

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(Original Caption) Convicted spy Christopher Boyce is led by federal marshals at Burbank airport upon his arrival from Springfield, Massachusetts, for arraignment on charges related to his escape from Lompoc federal prison in January 1980.

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Boster, Mark -- - LOS ANGELES,CA.,JUNE 9, 2009: Veteran LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus,49, appears at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles for her arraignment on murder charges June 9, 2009. Lazarus is charged with the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

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(Original Caption) Only a few hours of life remaining. San Quentin, California: Pictured as she entered the San Quentin Prison gates today is Barbara Graham, 31, mother of three, who is doomed to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 am tomorrow for the 1953 murder of Mrs. Mabel Monohan, 62, of Burbank, California. A car brought her to San Quentin from the Corona, California prison. Two men convicted with her, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins, will be executed a few hours later in the same gas chamber.

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Oct. 1910: The bombed out Los Angeles Times building with poster announcing temporary locations of Times departments. On the back of this photo was written: Following the bombing, the newspaper moved its offices to a branch at 531 S. Spring St. A rival paper offered its presses to that the paper could be printed. In a box on the front page of the Times on Saturday morning Oct. 1, 1910, Harry Andrews, Managing Editor of the the Times wrote: They can kill on men and can wreck out building, but by the God above they cannot kill the Times.

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