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The Los Angeles mayoral race just got a little more interesting. It’s already been a wild ride, where wildfire victim Spencer Pratt seemed to be a shoo-in for the second spot the night the polls closed, only to see his lead slowly erode over the days as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in an excruciatingly slow fashion. Somehow, LA Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who tanked in the May debate and was a consistent third in the polls, is now seemingly destined to take the number two position and head to the November general election to face the failed incumbent, Karen...

Jesus Pasos took one look around the grounds at Shomrei Torah Synagogue in West Hills on Sunday afternoon, and summed up in one word what everyone was thinking. "Wow!" the young Los Angeles city firefighter said. Yeah, wow. Pasos and his fellow firefighters were standing in the middle of the biggest community hug any of them had ever seen. More than 400 residents came to a barbecue at the synagogue to thank local firefighters for saving their homes from the Topanga Fire, which scorched more than 24,000 acres and destroyed three homes before it was put out earlier this month....