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The temblor shook dozens of towns across northeastern Japan and was even mildly felt in the capital, Tokyo. It hit in an area where strong earthquakes have repeatedly been reported in recent months, including one that triggered a weeklong mega-quake caution advisory in December.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it's opening a special investigation because the car was allegedly using automated software that Tesla is rolling out on robotaxis this year.

Video has circulated online of the June 15 attack on Arabelia Martinez, which took place around 4 p.m. that day in the 700 block of Figueroa Street. According to Martinez's son, the suspect harassed his mother, saying she had no legal right to be a street vendor and telling her to go back to Mexico, among other racially charged statements. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the battery as the alleged assailant remains at large.

At a news conference in Leslie N. Shaw Park, not far from the scene of an illegal fireworks tragedy last month, Hochman was joined by officials from the Los Angeles city and county fire departments and an assistant chief from the Los Angeles Police Department in reminding the public that all fireworks are illegal in the county, and prosecutions will result for anyone caught making, selling, buying or setting off illegal pyrotechnics.

More than $100,000 was pledged Wednesday to assist a 62-year-old street vendor who was attacked by an unidentified woman in an altercation recorded on video in downtown Los Angeles.

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within about a minute of each other on Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse and damage in Caracas. The rare back-to-back tremors, measuring magnitudes 7.1 and 7.5, rank among the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in more than a century.

The knockdown of the Palos Fire was declared at 5:58 p.m. Wednesday by the LAFD, meaning there were no active flames and no threat of fire spread. However, debris within the structure continues to smolder.

LAUSD appears to have removed the interim-acting tag and named Andres Chait the district's next Superintendent.

Firefighters have officially "knocked down" the fire at the embattled Linear cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights. Now the focus remains towards the health of local residents, in addition to clearing the debris and odor from the rotting foods in the now-burned down building.

Ex-LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is suing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, claiming Bass lied to shifted blame over the city's Palisades Fire response.

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin toured parts of Altadena as the area continues its long road to rebuilding after the Eaton Fire.

President Donald Trump met with ammunition manufacturers in hopes of speeding up weapons production.