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In Los Angeles County, a baby dies nearly every week from accidental suffocation, the most common form of unintentional death of infants under 1 year old, according to the the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.But these deaths can be prevented.The agency's infant safe sleep campaign provides the latest guidelines.

Image Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park and Hostel near Pescadero.Credit...Jason Henry for The New York Times It was big news a few years ago when, for the first time in more than a century, California's population shrank.The small but still startling decline in 2020 was driven by Covid-19 deaths and falling immigration and birth rates, and it was something of a turning point for a huge state founded on rapid growth and long accustomed to it.

The homes of Hollywood's rich and famous have long been enclosed by walls of sky-high ficus, designed to shield their wealthy occupants from paparazzi and peeping Toms alike.Robert Frost may have thought good fences make good neighbors, but in Los Angeles, those fences are planted rather than built.

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With an eye toward enhancing protection against the coronavirus, which is still evolving and circulating, federal health advisors said Thursday that the next round of COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to target the now-dominant XBB strains.The unanimous recommendation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory committee follows that of agency staff, who in a memo acknowledged that while older vaccine formulas can still help stave off severe disease, "protection wanes with time and is reduced against subsequent waves of variant viruses."

Image Santa Monica Beach.Credit...Beth Coller for The New York Times Slather up with sunscreen.Grab some flip-flops, towels and maybe a book.And make sure to check your beach's water quality.Heal the Bay, a nonprofit group based in Santa Monica, released its 33rd annual Beach Report Card yesterday, with information about how safe California's beaches are for swimming.

An obstetrician-gynecologist who worked for decades at the University of California, Los Angeles, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing patients, his lawyer said on Thursday.Dr. James Heaps, 66, appeared in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles County on Wednesday after jurors found him guilty in October 2022 of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person.

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A Woodland Hills pet owner got more than she bargained for early Friday morning when a coyote breezed through the dog door and unnerved her cat.Around 4 a.m.Friday, homeowner Mia Shoshan said her brother was awakened by the sound of the dog door opening, although the family's two small dogs were with them, she told KTLA.

Two people were killed in two separate shootings overnight in Los Angeles County, authorities said.The first shooting occurred about 8:15 p.m. Friday in the 1500 block of East 88th Street in South L.A., according to Adriana De La Torre, a law enforcement official with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

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The tornado that swirled through Montebello for minutes on Wednesday recorded winds of 110 miles per hour, the strongest twister to touch down in Los Angeles County since 1983, according to the National Weather Service.The Montebello tornado - which cut a path nearly half a mile long - left 17 buildings damaged and 11 structures red-tagged, according to the National Weather Service and local officials.