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5 offensive players to watch in the Chargers preseason opener vs. Rams

Spotlighting five offensive players to keep an eye on for the Chargers when they take on the Rams.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 11, 2022

Anne Heche had cocaine in her system when she crashed her car into LA-area home

LOS ANGELES — Actor Anne Heche was under the influence of cocaine during her fiery car crash in Mar Vista last week, a law enforcement source confirmed to the L.A. Times on Thursday.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022

Anne Heche reportedly had cocaine in her system during car crash

Anne Heche was under the influence of cocaine when she slammed her car into a Los Angeles home, according to a report.

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action

LOS ANGELES — With California enduring historic drought amplified by global warming, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released a new plan to adapt to the state’s hotter, drier future by capturing and storing more water, recycling more wastewater and desalinating seawater and salty groundwater.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022

Anne Heche ‘under the influence of cocaine’ at time of car crash, according to report

Actor was involved in a serious accident last week in Los Angeles

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

US Museum to return illegally excavated Orpheus sculptures to Italy

LOS ANGELES — The J. Paul Getty Museum is returning its Orpheus group of sculptures — a culturally significant group of nearly life-size terracotta figures known as "Orpheus and the Sirens", some of the museum's greatest antiquities — back to Italy. The objects, which have been determined to have been…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Did California give Boeing a pass on a major pollution cleanup?

Back in 2007, the state of California reached an agreement with Boeing Co. requiring the company to clean up the polluted site of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, outside Simi Valley, to an exacting environmental standard.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022

Acclaimed doc about ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin mired in legal fight

When “Amazing Grace,” the long-awaited documentary of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 gospel performance premiered to sold-out audiences in November 2018, first in New York and then Los Angeles, the reception was euphoric.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022

‘Like The Ring, but in Bolton’: the BBC horror bringing terror to the north

Twins Paul and Michael Clarkson have dreamed of making a creepy drama in their home town for decades. Now, they’ve done it … with a little help from Ian McKellen

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

Nicholas Goldberg: The creepy battle over Charles Manson's paltry estate

A depressing and pathetic battle is going on in a Los Angeles courtroom to win control of the paltry belongings of the notorious murderer and cult leader Charles Manson.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022