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1 month ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Karim Jaafar |Frederic J. Brown |Yuri Cortez
Stargazers across a swathe of the world marvelled at a dramatic red "Blood Moon" during a rare total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Friday morning. The celestial spectacle was visible in the Americas and Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as in the westernmost parts of Europe and Africa. The phenomenon happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, causing our planet to cast a giant shadow across its satellite.
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1 month ago | 
dailygazette.com | Frederic J. Brown |Charly Triballeau
Stock markets dropped on Monday with tech shares leading the plunge as investors fretted over the risk that US President Donald Trump's trade policies could nudge the United States into recession. On Wall Street the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell more than 3.6 percent after Trump himself declined to rule out the risk of a US recession. "I hate to predict things like that," he told Fox News on Sunday when asked directly about a possible recession this year.
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1 month ago | 
dailygazette.com | Huw Griffith |Robyn Beck |Frederic J. Brown
Independent film "Anora" -- the tale of a sex worker whose marriage to the son of a Russian oligarch quickly unravels -- was the big winner at the Oscars on Sunday, scooping five awards including best picture. Sean Baker's black comedy also took home the Academy Awards for best director, best editing, best original screenplay and best actress for 25-year-old star Mikey Madison. "This is a dream come true," said Madison. "I grew up in Los Angeles, but Hollywood always felt so far away from me.
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1 month ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Huw Griffith |Robyn Beck |Frederic J. Brown
Independent film "Anora" -- the tale of a sex worker whose marriage to the son of a Russian oligarch quickly unravels -- was the big winner at the Oscars on Sunday, scooping five awards including best picture. Sean Baker's black comedy also took home the Academy Awards for best director, best editing, best original screenplay and best actress for 25-year-old star Mikey Madison. "This is a dream come true," said Madison. "I grew up in Los Angeles, but Hollywood always felt so far away from me.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
elperiodico.com | Montse Martínez |Apu Gomes |Frederic J. Brown
Más de 15 días después de que se desataran los catastróficos incendios de Los Ángeles, aún no controlados por completo, quedejaron casi una treintena de muertos, miles de edificios destruidos y miles de hectáreas arrasadas, un nuevo foco, en Hughes, en el área de Castaic, ha obligado a emitir órdenes de evacuación para decenas de miles de personas.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
gjsentinel.com | Frederic J. Brown |Apu Gomes
Firefighters who battled through the night to tame a new blaze that erupted near Los Angeles appeared to be making progress on Thursday, even as dangerous fire weather continued throughout Southern California. A massive response involving aircraft, bulldozers and 4,000 personnel had swung into action as flames raced across hillsides in Castaic, 35 miles (56 km) north of Los Angeles.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
dailygazette.com | Frederic J. Brown |Apu Gomes
A new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday, exploding in size and sparking orders for tens of thousands of people to evacuate in a region already staggering from the effects of huge blazes. Ferocious flames were devouring hillsides near Castaic Lake, spreading rapidly to cover more than 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares) in just a few hours.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
dailygazette.com | Paula Ramon |Paula Ramón |Frederic J. Brown |Apu Gomes
Lighter winds in the Los Angeles area this weekend brought momentary respite to the thousands of firefighters battling deadly wildfires, but meteorologists said stronger winds would add to "critical fire weather" as soon as Monday. There is "virtually zero chance of rain" over the next week, which is also expected to see a return of the notoriously powerful Santa Ana winds, said meteorologist Daniel Swain.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
dailygazette.com | Paula Ramon |Paula Ramón |Agustin PAULLIER |Etienne Laurent |Frederic J. Brown
Fire-wrecked Los Angeles got a break Wednesday as dangerous winds dropped, giving hope to weary firefighters still battling to snuff out deadly blazes. More than a week after fires fanned by hurricane-force gusts began a destructive march that has left two dozen people dead and large areas of the city in ruins, forecasters said the end was in sight -- at least for now. Onshore breezes were set to bring much-needed moisture over the coming days, forecasters at the National Weather Service told AFP.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
djournal.com | Frederic J. Brown
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