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The overnight line of rain has moved out of SoCal, leading to increased sunshine for Wednesday.
Snow levels have lowered, so any lingering moisture can lead to accumulating snow over the Grapevine and I-5.
Another round of rain is expected Thursday morning, but this band will not be as intense as the last.
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1. Rescuers push through winter storm to 6 survivors of a California avalanche. 9 others are missing
Crews pushed through mountainous wilderness near Lake Tahoe during a snowstorm to rescue six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche but were trapped by its snow and ice. Nine others from their tour group remained missing.
Two of the six were taken to a hospital for treatment, said Ashley Quadros, a spokesperson for the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said Tuesday night that there were 15 skiers on the trip — not 16 as initially believed.
Search and rescue crews were dispatched to Frog Lake in the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe, after a 911 call reporting an avalanche and people buried. A powerful winter storm was moving through California at the time.
Extreme conditions in the Northern California mountains slowed the rescue effort. It took crews several hours to reach the skiers and take them to safety, where they were evaluated by the Truckee Fire Department.
2. Bass touts 27% drop in homicides in 2025 for areas most impacted by violence
Homicides in Los Angeles neighborhoods classified as “most impacted by violence” declined by 27% last year, Mayor Karen Bass announced Tuesday, citing new data highlighting continued decreases in violent crime.
Speaking at a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, Bass said Gang Reduction and Youth Development, or GRYD, zones experienced reductions in violence for a second consecutive year. Overall, homicides citywide fell 19% in 2025 to their lowest level since the 1960s, according to Los Angeles Police Department data.
“The work of our prevention and intervention partners in GRYD is a cornerstone of our comprehensive approach to public safety, and it’s delivering real results: a nearly 27% drop in all homicides within GRYD zones in 2025,” Bass said in a statement.
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3. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in landmark social-media trial
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify Wednesday in the landmark social-media trial occurring in a downtown LA courtroom, where a jury is being asked to determine whether child platform users are targeted to become hooked in order to increase profits at the expense of the viewers’ mental health.
Meta — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — and Google- owned YouTube are the remaining defendants in the Los Angeles Superior Court trial in which a woman who is now 20 years old and identified only as K.G.M. contends that her use of social media from an early age addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts.
Zuckerberg is expected to face tough questioning from K.G.M’s attorneys regarding how rational Meta has been in protecting young users and whether the steps were enough.
Around the Nation
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2. Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president’s name
3. Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia
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Farm bill proposes legislation to overrule California’s Prop. 12
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee has introduced the latest iteration of the Farm Bill — the legislation that sets federal agriculture and nutrition policy for the next several years.
Tucked away in the bill’s more than 800 pages is the answer to the National Pork Producers Council’s long-awaited prayer: an overturning of Proposition 12.
The ballot referendum, which voters approved in 2018, mandates that pork sold in the state be raised in a pen that is at least 24 square feet.
The law survived a challenge from the NPPC at the Supreme Court in 2023, went into effect in January 2024, and has forced producers to change how they are raising their pork if they want to sell it in the Golden State.
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