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A Winnipeg firefighter visiting his girlfriend in California found himself in the thick of the Los Angeles-area fires, battling to save a friend's home and those of her neighbours — including one who calls him a hero after seeing her home still standing amid the devastation.

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra Syphard, a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute, said their timing and path through the city “may have no precedent in history.”

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A new sentencing hearing for brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez in the killing of their parents has been delayed for nearly two months because of Southern California’s wildfires.

Days after losing her home in the same fire that destroyed her Los Angeles elementary school, third-grader Gabriela Chevez-Muñoz resumed classes this week at another campus

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SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken will play the Los Angeles Kings at home Saturday evening. The game at Climate Pledge Arena begins at 7 p.m. PT.

The New York Jets are beginning to become a hub for former Florida State standouts. The Jets are now one of two franchises in the NFL with three Seminoles on their roster, the other being the Los Angeles Rams (Jared Verse, Braden Fiske, Keir Thomas).

The New York Jets have signed veteran wide receiver Ontaria "Pokey" Wilson in the middle of their search for a new HC and GM.

The Jets have signed WR Ontaria Wilson to a reserve/future contract. Wilson (6-0, 175) spent this past season in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was released Jan. 9 to allow him to sign with an NFL team.