Hello this is Monday, January 9, And here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today.

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To brace California for more storms, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked for immediate federal help. More than 375,000 customers lost power near Sacramento over the weekend. “We expect to see the worst of this still ahead of us,” Newsom said.

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Under attack from both Republicans and Democrats, President Biden visits the southern border. Biden visited the US border with Mexico on Sunday, his first visit to the region since taking office two years ago, amid a record level of border crossings.

Representative Kevin McCarthy won his dream job at an outrageous and stifling cost. He raised money. He entered the campaign mile. He walked the halls in a crisp suit with the gleam of a salesman. But this week McCarthy ran into the most dangerous challenge of his career.

Why natural gas prices – and bills – are rising in Southern California. SoCalGas customers are paying steeply higher January bills as wholesale gas prices soar. Yet other parts of the US are seeing a drop in prices.

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LA lets the rain drain into the Pacific Ocean. Can we do better? Despite the abundance of water coming to the area, drought-stricken Los Angeles won’t be able to save even half of it. This area’s system of engineered waterways is designed to channel stormwater out to sea—a strategy to reduce flooding that nevertheless sacrifices countless precious gallons.

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Transfers the Lawyers for the Poor program from the LA County Bar Association. For an already busy public defender. Los Angeles County operates a program providing attorneys to indigent criminal defendants from the LA County Bar Assn. to the overworked office of the public defender.

California Senate’s new health chair to prioritize mental health and homelessness. State Sen. Susan Talamantes Egeman heads the health committee, where she will focus on expanding mental health services and moving homeless people into housing and treatment.

‘Catfish’ police frame another teen. Years before the Riverside murders, Austin Lee Edwards produced nude photos of a teenage girl, stalked and solicited her.

nation-world

Supporter-Bolsonaro protesters stormed Brazil’s Congress, High Court and Presidential Palace. Thousands of protesters bypassed security barricades, climbed onto rooftops, smashed windows and invaded the three buildings that adjoin the massive Three Powers Square in Brasilia.

40 killed, dozens injured in Senegal bus accident The president says two buses collided in the middle of the country, killing at least 40 people and injuring dozens more.

Strong earthquake hits Vanuatu, tsunami warning issued The US Geological Survey says a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued for potentially dangerous waves in nearby waters.

Hollywood and the Arts

The Golden Globes are back from the brink. Twenty months after NBC announced it was discontinuing the Golden Globe Awards amid controversy, the show long billed as “Hollywood’s party of the year” is set to return to the airwaves Tuesday night. Is.

Ready to Pay More for Streaming? That’s what Warner Bros. Discovery executives think. Gunnar Wiedenfels, chief financial officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, believes you’re not paying enough for your favorite streaming service.

‘M3GAN’ rocks the box office; ‘Avatar 2’ has become the biggest global release of 2022. As of Sunday morning, “Avatar: The Way of Water” had grossed an estimated $1.7 billion worldwide, according to the studio. The James Cameron film ranks as the seventh highest-grossing global release of all time.

Opinion

Bruce Beach was a victory for Indemnity. It matters that black people lost it. Erica Smith writes that not everyone is happy that the family of Will and Charles Bruce is selling their oceanfront estate for $20 million, just months after moving back to it.

On this flooded island of homeless people, climate change has never been more real. Erica Smith and Anita Chabria write that dozens of people living in tents on Bannon Island are most at risk from the storm in northern California.

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‘You can’t suppress it:’ Rams center Matt Scura battles shame and anger following his father’s death by suicide, but he hopes that talking about it will help others, writes Bill Plaschke.

Players, Coaches and Parents: Attention. LA Times columnist Eric Sondheimer has 27 New Year’s resolutions for covering high school sports.

Well, that’s a wrap. The defending Super Bowl champion Rams saw their season end with a 19–16 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Let’s examine his super downfall.

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A minister and trauma psychologist bridge the worlds of spirituality and psychology. It’s an intriguing maneuver at a Sunday-morning service at a respected Black church in South LA that straddles psychology and religion, but Pastor Thema Bryant, who lectures nationally and internationally on diversity, multiculturalism and trauma, both are equally at home in the world.

from the archives

richard nixon Was born on January 9, 1913 – 110 years ago today.

Up the front page of the Journalpur the morning after he announced his resignation on national television. what a day!

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