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Adult Film Star Kylie Page Dies at 28 in Los Angeles; Cops Find Drugs and Sexual Photos at Her Home – Reports
Latestly
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July 3, 2025
Kylie Page, Netflix's Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On actor and adult film star, was found dead at her Los Angeles residence on June 25, 2025. She was 28 years old at the time of her passing. Kylie Page's death was confirmed by the Los Angeles County...
"We're from San Francisco": US tourist shares rainy Cape Town experience, leaving Mzansi confused
Briefly
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July 3, 2025
An American woman shared her first day exploring Cape Town after a 30-hour flight from San Francisco, documenting her winter adventure despite the cold and rainy weather The tourist's outfit choice for Cape Town's winter weather sparked confusion...
Trump administration sues City of Los Angeles
OurWeekly LA - California
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July 3, 2025
On Monday the Trump administration sued the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council over L.A.’s so-called “sanctuary city” policies, alleging in federal court that the ordinance violates the Constitution by “thwarting”...
Federal HIV prevention funds restored for Los Angeles
Beverly Press and Park Labrea News - California
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July 3, 2025
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), standing with Chief Strategy Officer for LA LGBT Center Terra Russell-Slavin, advocated for the funds. (photo courtesy of Laura Freidman) Nearly $20 million in federal anti-HIV funds were unfrozen following...
California's Cannabis Market Faces Uphill Battle as Excise Tax Rises to 19%
KZYX - California
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July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025 – California's legal cannabis industry awoke on July 1st to a significant shift, as the state's cannabis excise tax officially increased from 15% to 19% of gross receipts from retail sales. This 4% hike, mandated by a 2022 law (AB...
California Housing Crisis: Starter Homes Hit $1M+
The Network Journal
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A major housing affordability crisis in California is occurring. According to a recent Zillow report, 113 cities’ starter home prices are above $1 million. That’s over half of all U.S. cities where starter homes cost this much. What was once...
Californians Get a Pre-Holiday Reminder: Hands Off Cellphones While Driving
The Epoch Times
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July 3, 2025
A motorist uses a cellphone. LM Otero/AP Photo As a record number of travelers in California take the road for the Fourth of July weekend, the American Automobile Association (AAA) warned drivers about the dangers of using cellphones while driving...
California leaders address rising hate incidents
OurWeekly LA - California
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July 3, 2025
California lawmakers and state agencies are intensifying efforts to combat the growing prevalence of hate crimes and bias incidents across the state. On June 25, a legislative hearing and two newly released government reports highlighted the...
California Passes Important New YIMBY Housing Law
Reason Magazine
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July 3, 2025
NA On Monday, California enacted an important new law breaking down a key regulatory barrier to new housing construction. The CalMatters website has a helpful summary: A decade-spanning political battle between housing developers and defenders of...
Who is Kylie Page? Meet adult film star and Netflix actor found dead at Los Angeles house; her death linked to...
Bollywood Life
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July 3, 2025
American adult film star Kylie Page started her career in 2016 and soon became popular in the industry. She began working with top studios like Brazzers, Vixen Media Group, and Naughty America. All through her career, she appeared in over 200...
California Insurance Commissioner Appoints Members to New Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force
Insurance Journal
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July 3, 2025
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has appointed members to his new Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force, as part of his response to issues over smoke damage caused by wildfires across the state, including the handling of smoke...
Trump administration approves California's disaster funding relief request over Los Angeles riots
Just the News
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July 2, 2025
The Small Business Administration on Tuesday agreed to help cover some of the costs imposed on Los Angeles after riots broke out in the city over immigration raids last month, by approving disaster relief funding. California's Democratic Gov....
Los Angeles 7-Eleven employee allegedly beaten by manager taken off life support, family says
CBS Los Angeles - California
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The family of a 24-year-old woman who was allegedly beaten by her manager at a 7-Eleven confirms that they have taken her off of life support after days in the hospital. Jessica McLaughlin was at work on June 24 at around 2:10 p.m. when the...
Is there hope for California, after all?
The Spectator Australia
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July 2, 2025
California is catching the deregulation bug. The state legislature has apparently realized that people need houses too, and sometimes the endangered insects have got to go. On Monday, Gavin Newsom signed a bill streamlining permitting for building...
U.S. involvement in Middle East ignites protests in Los Angeles
The Corsair - California
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Conflicting activist groups gathered in front of the Wilshire Federal Building to protest U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war on June 18 and 23. On June 13, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a series of aerial strikes on Iran’s nuclear...
Police Arrest Newspaper Photographer, Threaten KXTV News Crew At Site Of California Explosion
TV News Check - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
Photo by Nicholas Wilson for Solano NewsNet A freelance journalist on assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper was arrested at the scene of a massive fireworks warehouse explosion in Yolo County on Wednesday. The photographer, Richard...
The Middle Ages are making a political comeback
The Straits Times
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July 3, 2025
In one of the most memorable scenes in Pulp Fiction, a film replete with memorable scenes, a Los Angeles gangster, Marsellus Wallace, turns the tables on a man who has kidnapped and abused him. He’s going to get a couple of friends to go to work...
Student governments across UC campuses banned from anti-Israel boycotts
Daily Bruin - California
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This post was updated July 3 at 12:29 a.m. UC President Michael Drake announced in a Wednesday letter that student governments at all UC campuses are banned from boycotting companies associated with Israel. The letter followed directives from the...
Can China’s Greater Bay Area Rival Tokyo And California?
Forbes
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In the global race to foster innovation, regional clusters such as California’s Silicon Valley and Japan’s Tokyo Bay have long dominated. But today, China's Greater Bay Area (GBA), spanning Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou, and seven other...
Former Arroyo Grande mayoral candidates faces nine counts of election fraud charges
SLO New Times - California
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Two-time Arroyo Grande mayoral candidate Gaea Powell faces nine criminal charges from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office alleging election fraud in the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. Filed on June 24, eight of those charges are...