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Fall rainstorm: How to properly fill a sandbag

Firefighters demonstrate how to properly sandbag in this file photo. (KTLA)

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Residents sue over foul stench in Dominguez Channel that …

This Thursday, Oct. 21, 21021, aerial image taken with a drone, shows the Dominguez Channel flowing through Carson, Calif. Levels of wretched-smelling hydrogen sulfide gas that have plagued south Los Angeles County communities for weeks are declining as authorities use various mitigation methods in a flood control channel emitting the gross odors, officials said Friday. (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP)

Officials deploy deodorizer to deal with foul stench plaguing …

Public works officials work to deploy a deodorizer to assuage a foul smell coming from the Dominguez Channel in Carson on Oct. 15, 2021. (KTLA)

City of L.A. to switch street sweeping to every other …

A parking enforcement officer tickets a car parked in an area scheduled for street sweeping in an undated photo. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Workers Bulldozed Endangered Plants in Topanga to …

The hills above Santa Ynez Canyon in Topanga State Park are seen on May 21, 2008. (Credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

State Puts County Officials in Charge of Sativa Water …

The Sativa Los Angeles County Water District, pictured in 2012, is a small agency that serves just over 1,600 ratepayers in Compton and Willowbrook. (Credit: Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. City Officials Break Ground on Major Water Project …

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