The United States relied on Mexican laborers to bolster its workforce during World War
II, but activists and lawyers claimed for years that many of those workers were never fully compensated.
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The fast-moving brush fire above Lake View Terrace had residents wondering if their neighborhood would be the next to face the flames.
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An unemployed financial advisor apparently despondent over his troubles shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law and three children before taking his own life in a gated community in the northwest San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles police said today.
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Thousands cheered Sunday as the blue-and-white Star of David flag was raised for the first time in front of the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard.
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A 72-year-old Westlake District man is in custody after allegedly stabbing his 69-year-old wife to death early this morning.
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Actress Heather Locklear was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of drunk driving in Montecito, police said this morning.
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Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam Goldstein remained in critical condition Sunday after a fiery crash that killed four people when their Learjet skidded off a runway in South Carolina.
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Carson voters have decided that embattled Mayor Jim Dear will get to keep his job – at least for six more months.
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Three years ago, Gregory Lintner walked away with only scrapes and bruises from a Metrolink train crash in Glendale that killed 11 people.
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Carson Mayor Jim Dear has a name for the row of photographs of his predecessors at City Hall: “The wall of shame.”
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