Wednesday’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:20 AM PST on January 15, 2025
- Fires Continue (CalFire map)
- Wildfire Weather Continues, Extreme Red Flag Warning In Effect (LAT, NBC4)
- Eaton Fire Death Toll Rises To 17 (Pasadena Now, LAist)
- More on Eaton Hero Climate Activist Edgar McGregor (LAT)
- Palisades Fire Death Toll Rises To 12 (LAist)
- Los Angeles Is A Climate Disaster (LAT)
- High Winds Carry Toxic Ash (LAT, SMDP, Daily Breeze)
- Internet Carries Toxic Fire Lies (LAist)
- Latest On Metro Fire Responses (The Source)
- Torched’s Alissa Walker Talks With Sixteenth Minute Podcast
- Metro Has 25 Consecutive Months Of Ridership Growth (@Flintheartglomgold Bluesky)
- Carnage: Three Killed In City Of Industry T-Bone Crash (KTLA)
- Driver Crashes Into Los Feliz Apartment, Killing Person Inside (KTLA)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Grossman Wins, Avoids Expedited Civil Trial (MyNewsLA, Daily Breeze)
- California Withdraws Clean Air Regulations Due To Anticipated Federal Resistance (LAist)
- Metro Meetings Resume Today
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