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Firefighters Work to Contain Wildfire Northwest of L.A.

The blaze, called the Canyon fire, began early Thursday afternoon near Lake Piru, a reservoir about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

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Federal Agents in L.A. Conduct a Big Immigration Raid at a Home Depot

A rented Penske truck was used to ferry agents to the Home Depot where the raid was conducted, days after an appeals court upheld an order limiting some enforcement tactics.

© Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Videos on social media showed agents in tactical vests jumping out of a Penske rental truck in a Home Depot parking lot and then running onto the streets of the Westlake neighborhood, which is home to many Latino immigrants.
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Trump to Create Task Force for Los Angeles Olympics on Security

The group would likely work with city officials, who have a strained relationship with President Trump, ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

© Mike Blake/Reuters

Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, and Nicole Hoevertsz, an International Olympic Committee executive, talked to reporters in June.
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Tsunami Warning Issued for Northern California

Waves were reported along a wide swath of the Northern California coast, including in San Francisco. The rest of the state was under a lesser tsunami advisory.

© Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

Kite surfers were on Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday despite a tsunami warning.
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Tsunami Warning Issued for Northern California

The area includes Crescent City, which is particularly vulnerable because of its low elevation. The rest of the state was under a lesser tsunami advisory.

© Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

Waves at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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Here’s the latest.

The 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s coast led to warnings and advisories for parts of Japan, Hawaii and Alaska.

© Marco Garcia/Reuters

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Appeals Court Blocks California’s Background Checks for Ammunition Buyers

The law violates the Second Amendment, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.

© Andrew Burton for The New York Times

California voters approved a ballot initiative in 2019 to require background checks for ammunition buyers.
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