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SANTA BARBARA, CA - NOVEMBER 18: The Santa Barbara County jail is shown November 19, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office confirmed they had issued an arrest warrant for Michael Jackson on multiple counts of molesting a child. Jackson could end up being taken to the Santa Barbara County jail when he surrenders. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Missing man found dead just steps from Santa Barbara jail where he was held

A missing man who had been arrested for a DUI and released was quickly reported missing, only to be found dead a week later on a hillside near the Santa Barbara County Jail.

The entrance to the Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse in downtown San Diego.

Former acting U.S. attorney died by suicide inside San Diego federal building, coroner says

Fire damage is seen at an abandoned Studio City property following a overnight blaze on August 26, 2026

Fire at abandoned Studio City property creates another Raman-Bass clash

Long Beach, CA - August 03: Guests explore the numerous exhibits at The Aquarium of the Pacific Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 in Long Beach, CA. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times)

Long Beach aquarium takes in at least 500 animals rescued from wildlife traffickers

YOSEMITE, CA - JUNE 14, 2026: The backside view of Half Dome from Olmsted Point in Yosemite Valley National Park, Calif. June 14, 2026. (William Hale Irwin / For The Times)

Trump administration considering trading Yosemite land to private developer

Los Angeles, CA - Aug. 25, 2026: A man rides his bike while shading himself from the intense sun and heat as he rides through downtown Los Angeles while Southern California remains in the grips of an extended heat wave, with some areas facing elevated wildfire risk because of hot weather, wind and low humidity, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Forget Florida. L.A. humidity is off the charts this summer. What’s going on?

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 21: California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. In a move to counter Texas House Republicans’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, California Democrats took up a proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their own congressional maps, potentially creating five additional U.S. House seats for their party. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Maddalyn Dailey, 17, right, and her best friend Isabell Hill, 16, were killed in a crash Aug. 14, 2026 in Victorville. Best friends Maddalyn Dailey and Isabell Hill were killed when two speeding cars struck their Acura, according to authorities. Investigators are examining witness reports that the drivers who hit them were street racing.

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Baby Maytie, the first person buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery, gets a headstone after 120 years

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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 19: An aerial view of the California state Capitol on August 19, 2025 in Sacramento, California. Republican state legislators filed a lawsuit today in hopes of blocking a mid-year redistricting plan that Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to counter an effort in Texas to redraw Congressional district lines. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 8, 2026: Erma Martinez cooks meat over an open flame at a street taco stand on August 8, 2026 in South Los Angeles, CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Santa Maria, CA - May 09: at New Wave Berry on Monday, May 9, 2022 in Santa Maria, CA. Strawberries grown in the hydroponic tabletop line of a newly-constructed high tunnel facility in Santa Maria, California. New Wave Berry, LLC farm is a joint venture between Red Dog Management, a long-standing strawberry growing company in California, Oppenheimer (Oppy), a division of Dole, and Farmer's Gate, a private equity investor. Tortuga Agtech, has successfully built robots that are picking strawberries at New Wave Berry which may make major inroads into the California agriculture industry. (Al Seib / for the Los Angeles Times)

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SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Flags fly next to the rotunda at the California State Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 in Sacramento, CA. (Jungho Kim / For the Times)

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Suisun City, CA - August 11, 2026: Suisun City, CA - August 11, 2026: A man approaches a closed city hall in Suisun City, CA on August 11, 2026. The city declared a local state of emergency and shutdown the city's entire IT network following a cyberattack on August 7, 2026. (Sarahbeth Maney / For The Times)
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INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA, Aug. 6, 2026-- . Several large trees at Burnt Cedar Beach in Incline Village, Nevada were recently poisoned. In this photo taken August 6, 2026, several poisoned trees are cordoned off while workers remove contaminated soil at Burnt Cedar Beach in Incline Village, Nevada. (Scott Sady / For The Times)
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20030209 (LA/B5,SF/B5) –– DEVASTATION: The St. Francis Dam after it collapsed and sent a 10–story wall of water through San Francisquito Canyon. 20030209 (VN/B3) –– AFTER: The dam after it collapsed in 1928, sending a 10–foot wall of water roaring through San Francisquito Canyon. 00–10–14(Valley) –– (2 Photos) The St. Francis Dam, above left, was completed in 1926 and held water brought south in the L.A. Aqueduct. Above right, the dam shortly after it collapsed in 1928, killing more than 450 people. 98–03–08 (Ventura) –– Little was left after the St. Francis Damcollapsed, sendingbillions of gallons of water down San Francisquito Canyon. FILE PHOTO This is all that was left of the St. Francis dam in San Francisquito canyon after it collapsed in 1928.
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FILE - Escorted by sheriff's deputies, Robert Blake is surrounded by a crowd of photographers and reporters as he gets into his attorney's car after his release from jail to await his murder trial, in downtown Los Angeles, March 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 15, 1953 - SMOG TEST - Janet E. Dickinson operates an apparatus where gases are frozen to solid or liquid state for later analysis in a laboratory. The air pollution checkup of auto exhaust fumes and gas vapors were performed on the City Hall lawn in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on July 15, 1953. Photo Credit: Frank Q. Brown / Los Angeles Times

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Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose of the Japanese propaganda "Zero Hour" broadcasts which were beamed to American troops in the Pacific during the war, seems in a pensive mood as she looks through the bars of her cell in Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 28, 1945. Born in Los Angeles, 29 years ago to Japanese parents, she is awaiting trial for treason against the United States. (AP Photo)

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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson starts a Bible-reading marathon at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, June 28, 1931. The contest will continue through July 1, with what is said to be the largest Bible in the world being used by contestants. (AP Photo)
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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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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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