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Grandmother blinded during La Mesa riots reflects on incident 5 years later
Five years after the La Mesa riots, a grandmother who was blinded when hit by a police bean bag round is speaking out about her experience and the lasting impact.
Woman blinded in La Mesa riots speaks out 5 years later
The woman who was hit between the eyes by a bean bag, fired by an officer during the La Mesa riots 5 years ago, speaks out.
Banks on La Mesa's spirit, businesses rebuilt after riots
Two banks were burned down five years ago after a protest went awry in La Mesa following a filmed incident of police brutality.
La Mesa community members reflect on 2020 riots, 5 years later
Community members reflect on the riots that broke out in La Mesa in 2020, following a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in ...
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LA mayor ousts fire chief amid wildfire response criticism
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday ousted the chief of the city's Fire Department, weeks after blazing wildfires devastated the area. The mayor's office released a statement saying it was ...
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Riot Games Launches In-Game Events To Raise Funds For LA Fire Victims
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, International Medical Corps, American Red Cross, and World Central Kitchen. Riot has also donated directly to both the California Fire Foundation and the ...
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As the LA fires raged, Riot Games provided a generator to a fire station that lost power and donated meals from its employee cafeteria
Last week, Riot CEO Dylan Jadeja said that the game developer intends to "stand up for Los Angeles" and give back however it can. You may like California Fire Relief Bundle offers Tunic ...
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Celebrities turn on Dems, blast LA mayor for fire response: ‘Ruined our state’
tagging Bass and the city of Los Angeles. The Palisades Fire has been ravaging the celebrity-dotted neighborhood since Tuesday and has burned a horrifying 17,234 acres (27 square miles ...
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Wildfires devastate Los Angeles: 'Everything was on fire'
The Palisades Fire -- burning in Pacific Palisades, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles along the Pacific Ocean -- had consumed more than 17,200 acres by Thursday morning and was 0% ...
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Firefighters get upper hand on brush fire in Costa Mesa
Firefighters have gained the upper hand on a brush fire burning close to a neighborhood in Costa Mesa that left two ... Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news ...
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Remembering the 1992 Los Angeles Riots
A reporter who covered the riots reflects 30 ... on Slauson Avenue in South Los Angeles when he noticed a column of smoke rising in the north. He followed fire engines to the Pico-Union ...
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Van Jones: The LA riots changed America. They also changed me
was a law student at the time of the LA riots 30 years ago. Jones explores the verdicts, the riots and the aftermath of the unrest in the hourlong CNN documentary, “The Fire Still Burns ...