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Rosalina Villanueva looks over Spanish-language newspapers recently, at a newsstand in downtown Los Angeles, July 16, 1986. The city's swelling Hispanic population has prompted an explosion of Spanish-language media that is attracting increased advertiser dollars. (AP Photo/Craig Mathew)

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Los Angeles, CA - November 07: A view of City Hall and its reflection, from the United States Courthouse, also known as the First Street U.S. Courthouse, at 350 W. 1st St., in downtown Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Chino, CA - July 20: A parents rights supporter holds up a sign during Chino Valley Unified School District board meeting at Don Lugo High School in Chino on Thursday night July 20, 2023. CVUSD will vote on a parental notification policy requiring schools to notify parents if their child changes their pronouns. (Photo by Will Lester/MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 8, 2026 - - Amber Willard adjusts an umbrella that gives her dog Athena shade while the pair live homeless in Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on July 8, 2026. Members of Starts With One Today gave Willard water and dog food for Athena. Victoriah Bech Parker, founder of Starts With One Today, her husband Jonathan Parker, co-founder of the organization and trainer Kim Dabagian were the team handing out food and water. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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NEWBERRY SPRINGS, CA - JUNE 24, 2026: Granddaughter Nicole Matson , 7, of Newberry Springs spends time with the only surviving male ostrich Bamm-Bamm after its female companion Pebbles was shot and killed while in a fenced in area on her grandfather Mike Matson's property on June 24, 2026 in Newberry Springs, CA. Pebbles was shot three months ago and on June 14 three more of his ostriches were shot and killed. Matson suspects a neighbor is responsible for both shootings. Matson called animal control on the neighbor's pitbulls after dogs dug through his fencing and killed four more of his ostriches. Nicole had raised many of the ostriches since they were babies.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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(Original Caption) Convicted spy Christopher Boyce is led by federal marshals at Burbank airport upon his arrival from Springfield, Massachusetts, for arraignment on charges related to his escape from Lompoc federal prison in January 1980.

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Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

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