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Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective dies after lengthy illness

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Robert Bolanos has died after a "lengthy illness," the sheriff’s department announced Sunday. Detective Bolanos joined LASD in 2000, working in the North County Correctional Facility and the Men's Central Jail. He completed his patrol training at th...

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Left / center-left‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles

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CenterLos Angeles County Sheriff's detective dies after lengthy illness

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Right / center-rightThe Los Angeles skyline was taken over by a He-Man drone show and people had thoughts about it

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KTLANews report · May 25, 2:45 AM

Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective dies after lengthy illness

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Robert Bolanos has died after a "lengthy illness," the sheriff’s department announced Sunday. Detective Bolanos joined LASD in 2000, workin...

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The Guardian USNews report · May 24, 3:00 PM

‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles

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La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years Los Angeles is known for famous museums such as t...

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Not the BeeNews report · May 24, 1:43 PM

The Los Angeles skyline was taken over by a He-Man drone show and people had thoughts about it

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If you came outside and looked up and saw this in the clouds above you, you'd be forgiven for imagining that the world was ending:

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May 24, 3:00 PM: The Guardian US joined the source map.

May 25, 2:45 AM: KTLA joined the source map.

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