More than one person has referred to newspapers as the “first draft of history,” capturing the moment of something happening in the instant, not yet knowing what its impact on the future will be, but keeping its place in time for future generations to decide.

December 23, 2025 22:04 UTC

More than one person has referred to newspapers as the “first draft of history,” capturing the moment of something happening in the instant, not yet knowing what its impact on the future will be, but keeping its place in time for future generations to decide.

December 23, 2025 22:04 UTC

More than one person has referred to newspapers as the “first draft of history,” capturing the moment of something happening in the instant, not yet knowing what its impact on the future will be, but keeping its place in time for future generations to decide.

December 23, 2025 22:04 UTC

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December 23, 2025 21:59 UTC

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December 23, 2025 21:53 UTC

Christopher Goffard, reporting for the Los Angeles Times (News+ link):When police questioned Marvin Margolis following the murder of Elizabeth Short — who became known as the Black Dahlia — he lied about how well he had known her. The 22-year-old Short had been found mutilated in a weedy lot in South Los Angeles, severed neatly in half with what detectives thought was surgical skill. The toughest to decipher was the letter he sent in April 1970 to the San Francisco Chronicle, with the words “My name is —” followed by a 13-character string of letters and symbols. It came to be called the Z13 cipher, and its brevity has stymied generations of PhDs and puzzle prodigies. Alex Baber, a 50-year-old West Virginia man who dropped out of high school and taught himself codebreaking, now says he has cracked the Zodiac killer’s identity — and in the process solved the Black Dahlia case as well.

December 23, 2025 21:52 UTC

Missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, 9, was found dead in a rural part of Utah’s Wayne County from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said. AdvertisementLilly Denes, the paternal grandmother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, in her home in Orcutt on Nov. 6. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff)On Oct. 7, Buzzard and Melodee left their Vandenberg Village home and traveled to Nebraska, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Two days later the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office notified the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office of the discovery. “Their commitment did not falter and their determination did not fade.”AdvertisementBrown said detectives would continue to work with the Santa Barbara County district attorney’s office to ensure that justice is served.

December 23, 2025 21:45 UTC

I strongly urge you to reconsider publishing the report as it stands.”In the email, Cook also raised concerns that the LAFD’s final report would be at odds with a report on the January wildfires commissioned by Gov. Mayor Karen Bass’ office said the LAFD wrote and edited the report, and that the mayor did not demand changes. The previous day, The Times had disclosed the watering down of the after-action report after analyzing seven drafts obtained through a public records request. The immediate and most pressing crisis is the Palisades After Action Report,” LAFD Asst. AdvertisementThe after-action report has been widely criticized for failing to examine a New Year’s Day fire that later reignited into the Palisades fire.

December 23, 2025 21:21 UTC

The excessive rainfall also has the potential to raise the dangers associated with flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service. Areas at risk of flash flooding include the southern slopes of the Santa Monica, San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains. California Holiday storm: SoCal evacuations, road closures and safety tips ‘There will almost certainly be numerous mudslides, severe flooding either from heavy rain or clogged storm drains, and possibly debris flows,’ the National Weather Service said. Los Angeles County residents can sign up with Alert L.A. County, Notify L.A. and Nixle to receive notifications via text message or email. Stay updated on weather forecasts by tuning in to your local news broadcast station and checking the National Weather Service Los Angeles office website.

December 23, 2025 21:01 UTC

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December 23, 2025 20:43 UTC

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December 23, 2025 20:37 UTC

“The number of cases appears to be higher at an earlier time in the usual flu season than we’ve seen in years past,” she added. But the experience in other nations have led some experts to worry another severe flu season could be on deck for California. During the flu season that ended in September, 280 children died from flu — the most since the swine flu pandemic season of 2009-10. AdvertisementOverall, the 2024-25 season was considered the worst flu season since 2017-18, and hit adults hard as well. AdvertisementDoctors have been urging everybody to get the flu vaccine — the CDC recommends it for everyone age 6 months and up.

December 23, 2025 20:21 UTC

And if you looked at a lot of the companies that were riding high on the dot-com bubble, they had real revenue. But look, we know they’re real businesses. The issue is that underneath these real businesses, there was a lot of financialization going on. It absolutely has real revenue. There are real businesses.

December 23, 2025 20:08 UTC