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In 1941, comedian Jack Oakie bought a California ranch; decades later his widow fought to save its last 9 acres from development

In 1937, actress Barbara Stanwyck built a roughly 6,000-square-foot residence on a hilltop in Northridge, in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The house was part of Marwyck Ranch, a roughly 130-acre thoroughbred breeding and training operation associated with Stanwyck and her business partner and agent, Zeppo Marx. The home's architectural…

The Times of India

MacKenzie Scott gave $461 million to California universities over 5 years, without any strings attached

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated approximately seven billion dollars in recent years. California public education institutions received over four hundred sixty million dollars. California State University, Northridge received the largest single donation of one hundred three million dollars. These unrestricted funds allowed institutions to address budget deficits and student needs. Scott's…

The Economic Times

Northridge Shooting: Court Docs Suggest Off-Duty ICE Agent Killed Father of Two

New court documents on the Northridge shooting that killed Keith Porter Jr has identified the shooter to be off-duty ICE agent Brian Palacios

International Business Times UK

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10 Photos of Delarosa: Young Latin Star Killed in Shocking Ambush‑Style Shooting in Los Angeles

Learn about Delarosa, the 22-year-old rising Latin singer and social media sensation, who was tragically killed in an ambush-style shooting in Northridge, Los Angeles.

International Business Times UK

‘Like a horror movie’: the deadly earthquake that changed California

The 1994 Northridge earthquake devastated the Los Angeles area and launched a new era of earthquake safety. Thirty years later, are we ready for the big one?

The Guardian - US

Kids are losing the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. They were for the parents, anyway

The kids "eatertainment" chain is saying goodbye to its animatronics band. But not all are ready to let go of the fuzzy robot characters of their youth. One stronghold will keep the nostalgia alive.

WEKU

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92

LOS ANGELES — Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died at his Brentwood home.

Los Angeles Times

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LA County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County took the first step Tuesday toward a mandatory earthquake retrofit order for the types of concrete buildings that collapsed catastrophically in the devastating earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria, causing many of the 50,000 deaths tallied so far.

Los Angeles Times

The Valley is where LA's mayoral race could be won or lost

LOS ANGELES — One of Rick Caruso's first developments was a mall in Encino. It opened in 1994 after the Northridge earthquake and turned what had been seen as an eyesore into something "compatible with the neighborhood," as one resident put it.

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