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What to Know Vote centers in California will be open on Election Day Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. NBCLA will provide live Election Day streaming coverage, starting at 8 p.m. Voters are deciding 10 statewide ballot propositions in California. Several Southern California contests could be keys to control of the U.S. House of Representatives. California offers same-day voter registration for eligible voters who missed the voter registration deadline. Run into a problem at the polls? If you believe you have witnessed or been affected by an election violation, here’s what you should do next. Millions of California voters will cast ballots on Election Day Tuesday in national, state and local contests that will impact Los Angeles for years to come. Watch NBCLA’s live streaming Election Day coverage for how the results of those elections, including California’s statewide ballot propositions, key U.S. House races and the contest for LA County’s top prosecutor’s office, will shape your community. Here’s how to watch. Decision 2024 Nov 2 Hundreds of vote centers are open in Los Angeles County. Find one near you Decision 2024 Oct 31 Did

Southern California’s windy conditions will affect firefighters on Tuesday as they continue to battle a wildfire that broke out Monday night and exploded quickly in Malibu. “Right now we’re seeing what appears to be some decent areas where the winds are not an issue,” KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said during the early morning hours before the sun came up. “Generally speaking, fires tend to move downhill overnight and then they start to move uphill during the day and it all has to do with temperature and humidity. We get our higher humidities at night, so that means our air is able to hold a little bit more moisture and our temperatures cool down,” Henry said. The Franklin Fire broke out around 10:45 p.m. Monday but had already burned 1,822 acres as of 4 a.m. Tuesday. LIVE UPDATES: Wildfire in Malibu explodes to 1,800 acres; evacuations ordered “The temperature and the humidity will have a big difference on this as the sun comes up. That is why typically we will see these wildfires grow, or at least get more aggressive during the daytime hours because we

The Franklin fire burning in Malibu is driven by dangerous winds, dry conditions and low humidity, which have combined to allow the blaze to explode. Conditions At around the time the fire ignited, there were gusts of up to 65 mph reported. By around 3:30 a.m., the winds were weakening slightly, with gusts in the 40-mph range, said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall. Unlike during the 2018 Woolsey fire, water-dropping aircraft have been able to fly overnight. But Hall said patterns seen in past Santa Ana wind events “suggest winds should ramp up around daybreak,” which occurs around 6:50 a.m. Relative humidity Tuesday morning was less than 5% in the area of the fire — extraordinarily dry. The National Weather Service office had issued a rare “Particularly Dangerous Situation” red flag warning to last through 2 p.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. A high wind warning is expected to last through 1 p.m. Tuesday. And a regular red flag warning — which means the National Weather Service has high confidence that dangerous fire conditions will exist — is expected to last through

(Ethan Swope/Associated Press) The Franklin fire is burning in central Malibu, burning at least 1,800 acres on both sides of Pacific Coast Highway. Here is what you need to know: Evacuation order Much of Central Malibu, affecting 6,000 people Tuna Creek to Carbon Beach Carbon Beach to Puerco Canyon Approximately Puerco Canyon to Trancas Canyon. Evacuation warning Many other parts of Malibu Closures A six-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway was ordered closed east of Corral Canyon Road and west of Las Flores Canyon Road, the city of Malibu said. Las Virgenes Road, which continues as Malibu Canyon Road on the way to the coast, is closed south of Mulholland Highway all the way to Pacific Coast Highway, a six-mile stretch of road, the city added. Pepperdine University closed, students sheltering in place. Malibu schools are closed. Evacuation centers Palisades Recreation Center at 851 Alma Real Dr. has been upgraded to an evacuation center, accepting pets in carriers or crates. Large animal shelter available at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. More to Read Sign up for Essential California The most important California stories and recommendations

Luigi Mangione charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing Luigi Mangione charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing 05:02 NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing , is expected to be extradited to New York City to face murder charges. He is currently being held without bail in Altoona, Pennsylvania , where authorities say the extradition process could take days, if not weeks. Investigators are now pouring through what they call a mountain of evidence, trying to fill in the gaps of his journey and determine if he acted alone.  The 26-year-old was caught five days after the shooting after a customer spotted him at a McDonald’s in Altoona , which is about 300 miles away from the shooting scene in Midtown Manhattan.  The customer recognized Mangione from the wanted photos and told an employee, who called police. Officers responded and began asking Mangione if he had recently been in New York City. “He became visibly nervous, kind of shaking at that question, and he didn’t really answer it directly,” Altoona Police Deputy Chief Derick Swope told reporters Monday.

Firefighters raced to protect structures as a fast-moving wildfire exploded near Pepperdine University in Malibu amid strong Santa Ana winds Monday evening. Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, near Malibu Canyon Road and Station Boundary, at around 10:45 p.m. As of 4 a.m., the fire was mapped at 1,822 acres with no containment. The cause of the fire was under investigation. A vehicle burns during the Franklin Fire on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) Firefighters work as the Franklin Fire burns near a building on December 10, 2024 in Malibu, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) A firefighter sprays water as the Franklin Fire burns on December 10, 2024 on Malibu, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) The Franklin Fire erupts in the hills of Malibu amidst a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning high-wind weather event on Dec. 9. (Sky 5) The Franklin Fire erupts in the hills of Malibu amidst a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning high-wind weather event on

In the hills above Malibu City Hall, Bruce Silverstein was at home Monday night when he smelled smoke in the air. It was around 11 p.m., and the City Council member and his wife then received an alert about the wind-driven fire that would soon roar across the Malibu hills, spurring widespread evacuations. The sky at the top of their driveway grew a brighter and brighter shade of red. By 11:20 p.m., flames from the Franklin fire were licking the hillside, and the couple had packed their bags to flee. They had driven five miles on Pacific Coast Highway toward Santa Monica when the mandatory evacuation alert was issued. The couple pressed on. From a hotel room in Santa Monica, Silverstein toggled between watching TV news and the Ring cameras stationed around his home as the fire gradually encircled his property through the night. “This is surreal,” Silverstein said in an early morning interview. “My wife just said there was a water drop on our house.” The lawn and trees around the home were “just burning wild,” he said. “We see real flames,” Silverstein said.

December 10, 2024 / 6:33 AM EST / CBS/AP Israeli strikes continue in Gaza Situation in Gaza remains dire as ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds 02:15 Tel Aviv, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what’s expected to be a weekslong spectacle that will draw unwelcome attention to his legal woes as he faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes and the fighting in Gaza continues . It is the first time a sitting Israeli prime minister takes the stand as a criminal defendant, an embarrassing milestone for a leader who has tried to cultivate an image as a sophisticated and respected statesman. Upon starting his testimony, Netanyahu said “hello” to the judges. One judge told him he had the same privileges as other witnesses and could sit or stand as he chose. “I waited eight years for this moment, to say the truth,” Netanyahu said, standing at a podium in a packed Tel Aviv courtroom. He called the charges against him “an ocean of absurdness” and promised his version would

Updated on: December 10, 2024 / 6:33 AM EST / CBS/AFP 2 female lawmakers killed in Mexico Two female lawmakers killed days apart in Mexico following election of first woman president 01:56 A Mexican congressman who was a member of the ruling coalition was shot dead in coastal Veracruz state on Monday, officials said, marking yet another politician being targeted by violence in the country. “Benito Aguas Atlahua has passed away as a result of wounds caused by an aggression with a firearm,” the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The body of a man identified as Agustin Linares was also found at the scene of the attack in Zongolica municipality, the statement added. Authorities did not say how Linares, who was an engineer, died. Authorities have not provided further information as to the circumstances or number of attackers. Aguas Atlahua had been taken to hospital in serious condition after the shooting, according to an earlier report. The legislator was a member of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), part of the ruling coalition that controls congress, along with the Labor Party and

In 2020, the Jewish haven of Pico-Robertson voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, taking its place among the large swath of liberal Westside communities. But in these politically fraught times, a lot can change in four years. A red tide washed through the neighborhood in recent months, and Trump drew more votes in Pico-Robertson than the previous two elections combined. Locals attribute the shifting dynamics to the Israel-Hamas war, rising instances of antisemitism and a strong Republican canvassing effort. Trump’s L.A. gains While Kamala Harris easily carried L.A. County, Donald Trump made significant inroads in a diverse range of communities. The Times went to three places to understand the shift. Over the last eight years, Trump slowly gained ground in Pico-Robertson. The numbers aren’t exact, because voter precincts change boundaries and take in parts of surrounding neighborhoods such as Beverlywood and Crestview, but data show that Trump has gained thousands of votes over the course of the last three elections. In 2016, Trump took in 1,292 votes to Hillary Clinton’s 3,632. Four years later, Trump drew 2,693 to Biden’s 5,252. In 2024, Trump surged

Near the bottom of a list of things crime fiction writer Raymond Chandler hated was that ubiquitous Los Angeles demographic: “actors.” The list , simply titled “THINGS I HATE,” was one of dozens of Chandler’s rare personal items auctioned Friday at Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers in Manhattan. In pencil, Chandler — author of the acclaimed hard-boiled detective novels “The Big Sleep” (1939), “Farewell, My Lovely” (1940) and “The Long Goodbye” (1953) — made amendments: It wasn’t “pert” children he hated but “clever” ones; not raw “vegetables” but rather raw “carrots.” Chandler was known for his meticulousness, with virtuosic prose that distinguished him as a literary man in a mass-market genre. Poet W.H. Auden was a champion of his work, as was Nobel-prize winner John Steinbeck. In a letter sold at auction for $4,800, Steinbeck praised Chandler extensively, saying he wrote “Southern California as no one else does,” and he urged him to write “the book of [the] Hollywood-picture industry.” Los Angeles was Chandler’s terrain, as much of a muse as any of the leggy blonds that populated his fiction. It’s impossible to think of his

A surge of migrants at the border. President Biden’s debate performance. High interest rates. Phillip can tick off the reasons he voted for President-elect Donald Trump. But that doesn’t mean the first-generation Mexican American is a full-throated Republican. And he sure doesn’t want his neighbors knowing how he voted. “Downey is a small community,” he said while walking with his wife and two dogs at dusk along a quiet street of lush lawns and wide, flat streets. Supporting Trump antagonizes people around here. Downey, a suburb about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has become a landing spot for upwardly mobile and wealthy Latinos, so much so it has been dubbed “the Mexican Beverly Hills.” And like many other parts of the middle- and working-class southeast county, the so-called Gateway Cities, it has seen a shift in support toward Donald Trump. Trump didn’t win any precinct in Downey outright, but he narrowed the gap between himself and his Democratic rivals, and in doing so, made for some awkward moments at family gatherings for people such as Phillip and his wife. Trump’s L.A. gains While

Parenthood is very much on Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s mind during a recent Zoom interview about her upcoming memoir. It’s been almost a year since she was released from prison after serving eight years for her role in then-boyfriend Nicolas Godejohn’s 2015 murder of her mother and she is now expecting her first child with Ken Urker. The pair just spent Thanksgiving with his family in Florida, where it was still warm enough to swim in the ocean. “Being a part of that family time is the most important thing to me, because for the longest time I couldn’t,” says Blanchard. The younger Blanchard says her hunger for family bonding pre-dates her incarceration. In “My Time to Stand,” the memoir of which she is co-author with Melissa Moore, she alleges that Dee Dee Blanchard, who suffered from what is commonly known as Munchhausen syndrome by proxy, isolated her from the rest of their family in order to conceal the fabricated medical conditions and treatments she forced her child to undergo. This included the removal of her teeth and salivary glands, the use of a wheelchair and the

If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org , whose fees support independent bookstores. In keeping with our annual tradition, we asked three of our critics for their favorite books of the last year. Between them, they chose 15 books, three of them reissues, and the majority fiction. The selections include the latest works from a literary power couple — Percival Everett’s “James” and Danzy Senna’s “Colored Television” — as well as offerings from first-time novelists. The diverse narratives tackle thorny topics such as illness, racism and the dissolution of marriage; one selection employs experimental storytelling that shouldn’t work but does, while another is positively Joycean in its length. Our critics’ choices overlapped twice, and in those cases their reviews follow each other on this alphabetically arranged list. Happy reading. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) “Alphabetical Diaries” By Sheila HetiFarrar, Straus & Giroux: 224 pages, $27 Heti is one of the freest writers and thinkers I know. With her latest book, she took 10 years of her diaries and alphabetized them by the first letter of the first

By Elizabeth Germino December 10, 2024 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News Anna Mockel was 14 and suddenly obsessed with losing weight. It was spring 2020, and she had just graduated eighth grade remotely. Housebound and nervous about the transition to high school that coming fall, she sacrificed innumerable hours that COVID lockdown summer shuffling between social media apps. Anna spent a lot of time on YouTube “not searching for anything in particular,” just watching what popped up in her feed. She remembers the spiraling thoughts started when she’d watch videos featuring girls who were a bit older and invariably skinny. The more Anna watched, the more these videos would clog her feed, and the more determined she was to look like the girls in the videos. As she clicked and tapped, YouTube’s “Up Next” panel of recommended videos started morphing from content featuring skinny girls to “how-tos” on losing weight. Diet and exercise videos began to dominate Anna’s account. As she kept watching, she says, the content intensified, until her feed was flooded with videos glorifying skeletal-looking bodies and hacks for sustaining a

New SUV crash test results revealed New SUV crash test results show room for improvement in key safety categories 02:00 Researchers at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety who looked back at data on more than 200 vehicle-pedestrian crashes in the U.S. say Americans’ preference for large, tall vehicles is compounding the risks of serious injury to pedestrians associated with higher-speed crashes. The authors of the IIHS study conclude that the size of many American vehicles means serious pedestrian injuries are more likely in crashes when compared to the expected risks on the roads in Europe, where vehicles are generally smaller.  IIHS researchers analyzed 202 crashes involving a vehicle and at least one pedestrian aged 16 or older between 2015 and 2022 in four states, “to generate an estimate for the link between injury outcomes and impact speed,” with information about the front-end height of the vehicles being used additionally “to examine the moderating effect of” the vehicle’s size on the outcome for the pedestrians. “A small increase in crash speed can really ramp up the danger to a pedestrian. Our fondness for tall SUVs

Firefighters raced to protect structures as a fast-moving wildfire exploded near Pepperdine University in Malibu amid strong Santa Ana winds Monday evening. Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, near Malibu Canyon Road and Station Boundary, at around 10:45 p.m. As of 3:45 a.m., the fire was mapped at 1,600 acres with no containment. The cause of the fire was under investigation. The Franklin Fire erupts in the hills of Malibu amidst a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning high-wind weather event on Dec. 9. (Sky 5) The Franklin Fire erupts in the hills of Malibu amidst a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning high-wind weather event on Dec. 9. (Sky 5) The Franklin Fire erupts in the hills of Malibu amidst a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning high-wind weather event on Dec. 9. (Sky 5) Crews are seen attacking the Franklin Fire that erupted in the hills of Malibu amidst a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning high-wind weather event on Dec. 9. (RMG News) The Franklin Fire erupts in

TAIPEI, Taiwan —  President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports when he takes office, a move that would deepen a trade war he started six years ago. He has not offered many specifics, but China is already arming itself for economic battle. “Six years of really intense, focused preparatory work has gotten the top leaders in Beijing ready to deal with whatever comes down the pike,” said Even Pay, an analyst with research firm Trivium China. Here’s a look at how the showdown between the world’s two largest economies played out the last time Trump was in office and where things might be headed now. What happened during Trump’s first term? Trump kicked off a trade war in 2018 by imposing 25% tariffs on imports from China — including industrial machinery, cars, auto parts and television cameras. Those goods accounted for about $50 billion of the $540 billion the United States spent that year on Chinese-made products. The aim was to spur U.S. manufacturing, reduce a trade imbalance and punish China for trade practices Trump said were unfair. China imported just

A ferocious wildfire was spreading rapidly early Tuesday in Malibu, spurring evacuations along the coast while nearby Pepperdine University issued a campus-wide shelter-in-place order and firefighters struggled to battle the flames. Most of the eastern half of Malibu has been ordered evacuated, and the rest of the city is under an evacuation warning. Some 6,000 residents live in the area ordered evacuated, firefighters said — most of the city’s population of about 11,000 residents. About 2,000 structures are affected by the mandatory evacuation order. Dubbed the Franklin fire, the blaze was moving at a fierce pace, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, and had exploded to more than 850 acres as of 2 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Malibu Mayor Doug Stewart told ABC7 the situation the “worst possible scenario,” with a fire in the middle of night burning in the area of the Civic Center. “City Hall is right in the middle of all this,” he said. He said, however, that no one had yet been reported injured. The fire was reported just before 11 p.m. along Malibu Canyon Road

CBS News Live CBS News Los Angeles Live A large brush fire is burning in Malibu Canyon near Pepperdine University, prompting evacuations for residents.  The blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, was first reported a little after 10:45 p.m. near S. Malibu Canyon Road and Station Boundary just south of the Piuma area, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.  A water-dropping helicopter battling the Franklin Fire in Malibu on Dec. 10, 2024. KCAL News The fire has already engulfed 1,822 acres, according to Cal Fire. While officials have not released concrete numbers of how many structures have burned, witnesses and fire crews have told KCAL News some homes have been destroyed.  Just before 1 a.m., the flames crept over the top of the hill as the strong winds fueled their rapid spread towards Pepperdine. By 3 a.m. the Franklin Fire spread south across the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu Road, near Webb Way. It encroached on the Malibu Pier area and threatened some nearby structures along Malibu Knolls Road and the Sweetwater Mesa area. Matt Myerhoff, the city of Malibu information officer, said early

A fast-moving wildfire was spreading rapidly early Tuesday in Malibu, spurring nearby Pepperdine University to issue a campus-wide shelter-in-place order as firefighters struggled to battle the blaze. Dubbed the Franklin fire, the fire was reported just before 11 p.m. along Malibu Canyon Road and north of Francisco Ranch Road in the hills north of Pepperdine. The fire, which was fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, had scorched about 100 acres shortly before midnight but was moving at a ferocious pace, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Aerial footage from local news stations in the early hours of Tuesday morning showed flames devouring the hills as palm trees were tossed by strong winds. The National Weather Service reported sustained winds of up to 45 mph and gusts of up to 65 mph. The cause of the fire was unclear. “All community members on the Malibu campus are directed to shelter in place in the Tyler Campus Center or Payson Library,” Pepperdine shared on X at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday. A five-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway was ordered closed east of Corral Canyon Road and