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At least 20 killed, 26 wounded in El Paso shooting

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Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said. Meanwhile, the police chief said among the possibilities being investigated is whether it was a hate crime. Two law enforcement officials who spoke to…

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11,900 customers in Irvine still without power; outage could last days for some

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The lights, TV and Wi-Fi  adapter abruptly shut down inside Tera McVicker’s Irvine apartment as night fell Friday. Smoke from a fire at a nearby electrical substation left the smell of fumes in the air. Traffic signals visible outside went dark, as did the lights inside her neighbors’ residences. McVickers couldn’t sleep Friday night. Without…

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Outage cuts power to John Wayne Airport and 28,000 SCE customers

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Maintenance crews scrambled to diagnose and repair the cause of an electrical outage affecting thousands of residents in Irvine and Newport Beach along with travelers flying in and out of John Wayne Airport on Friday evening, Aug. 2. More than 24,000 Southern California Edison customers had lost power as of 7:30 p.m., the utility said…

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Riverside student accused of hacking school computer, changing grades

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A 15-year-old high school student could face a felony charge after he tricked teachers into providing their computer login information and then changed grades — his for the better and others’ for the worse — according to Riverside police. The ruse, known as “spearphishing,” is increasingly common, said the investigator on the case, Riverside police…