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This 1989 photo provided by Southwestern Law School shows Vaino Spencer, the first female black judge in California and one of the longest-serving jurists in state history. Spencer died of natural causes on Oct. 25, 2016, at the age of 96, her family said. Spencer's niece, Fatimah Gilliam, describes Spencer as &quot;a trailblazer and a self-made woman in an era when there were few opportunities for women and people of color.&quot; (Southwestern Law School via AP)

California’s first female black judge dies at 96

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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY OCT 31 AND THEREAFTER - In this Sunday Oct. 23, 2016 photo, Executive Director of the Huntington Museum of Art, Geoffrey K. Fleming, from left, Sue Richardson and Bob Bowen touch pieces of art during Sight Unseen at the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, W.Va. Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists will be shown at the Huntington Museum of Art from Oct. 15, 2016, through Jan. 8, 2017. (Anthony Davis/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

Exhibition of blind photographers on display in Huntington

By DAVE LAVENDER - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, photo, casino-bound travelers board a tour bus in Los Angeles. Bus tours have been a fixture across the American landscape for years, shuttling gamblers from cities to rural places where casinos are located, particularly in California where tribal operations are often hours away. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

First lawsuit filed in deadly California casino bus crash

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Names of 13 people killed in bus crash released

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This photo provided by KMIR-TV shows the scene of crash between a tour bus and a semi-truck crashed on Interstate 10 near Desert Hot Springs, near Palm Springs, in California's Mojave Desert Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Multiple deaths and injuries were reported. (KMIR-TV via AP)

The Latest: Driver in fatal bus crash sued in other wrecks

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Workers remove debris from a semi-truck that crashed with a tour bus on Interstate 10, west of the Indian Canyon Drive off-ramp, in Desert Hot Springs, near Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. A tour bus and the semi-truck crashed on the highway in Southern California early Sunday, killing at least a dozen of people and injuring at least 30 others, some critically, the California Highway Patrol said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Pena)

13 killed, 31 hurt in one of California’s deadliest wrecks

By Elliot Spagat and Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

In this Dec. 26, 1972, file photo, actress Jane Fonda, right, and Tom Hayden, one of the founders of SDS, talk at the home of a friend in London, after their arrival from Paris. Hayden, the famed 1960s anti-war activist who moved beyond his notoriety as a Chicago 8 defendant to become a California legislator, author and lecturer, has died at age 76. His wife, Barbara Williams, says Hayden died on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Santa Monica of a long illness. (AP Photo, File)

Tom Hayden, famed 1960s anti-war activist, dies at 76

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The Latest: LA deputy is 2nd to die on duty this month

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This photo provided by KMIR-TV shows the scene of crash between a tour bus and a semi-truck crashed on Interstate 10 near Desert Hot Springs, near Palm Springs, in California's Mojave Desert Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Multiple deaths and injuries were reported. (KMIR-TV via AP)

Tour bus slams into truck on slowed-down highway, killing 13

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Minnesota Lynx’s Maya Moore cheers her team during the second half of Game 2 of the WNBA basketball finals Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Minneapolis. The Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 79-60. Moore led the Lynx with 21 points. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Candace Parker’s resume now complete with WNBA title

By DAVE CAMPBELL - Associated Press

Burglars who staged wild LA chase sentenced to prison

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New York Giants kicker Josh Brown speaks with reporters at NFL football training camp, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, in East Rutherford, N.J. Brown has confirmed that an arrest on a domestic violence charge in May 2015 led to his one-game suspension by the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct policy. (AP Photo/Tom Canavan) **FILE**

Rams continue nomadic year, host Giants in London

By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sept. 27, 2016 file photo, Abraham Chaparro, holds a photograph of his murdered stepson, Miguel Garcia-Moran, outside his home in Brentwood, N.Y. Garcia-Moran is among four teenagers from Brentwood High School that have been found dead this past month in a string of brutal killings that assistant Suffolk County Police Commissioner Justin Meyers says may be tied to gang violence. (AP Photo/Claudia Torrens, File)

Police arrest 35 suspected members of a Long Island gang

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Chicago Cubs' Jason Heyward warms up before Game 3 of the National League baseball championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Dodgers save Kershaw for Game 6, and now they’ll need him

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

LA Mayor Garcetti wins WNBA bet with Minneapolis counterpart

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Minnesota Lynx’s Maya Moore cheers her team during the second half of Game 2 of the WNBA basketball finals Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Minneapolis. The Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 79-60. Moore led the Lynx with 21 points. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Ogwumike’s shot lifts Sparks to WNBA title, beat Lynx 77-76

By DAVE CAMPBELL - Associated Press

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti stands inside a section of a tunnel boring machine before workers lower it into a 45-foot deep pit, during a ceremonial naming and lowering for the Regional Connector Transit Project in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. The $1.55 billion Regional Connector Transit Project is a 1.9-mile underground light-rail tunnel that will connect the Blue, Expo, and Gold lines in downtown Los Angeles and will include three new stations. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Tunneling machine lowered into Los Angeles pit

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, file photo, New York Knicks basketball player Derrick Rose arrives at U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles. NBA star Rose is set to return to the witness stand in a $21 million lawsuit that alleges he and two friends raped an incapacitated woman. Before Rose retakes the stand Tuesday, Oct. 11, a judge will consider a mistrial request from Rose's lawyer. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) **FILE**

The Latest: APNewsBreak: Derrick Rose thankful for verdict

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A pass gets by Minnesota Wild's Jared Spurgeon, left, as Los Angeles Kings' Alec Martinez and goalie Jonathan Quick defend the net in the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Haula, Pominville spark Wild in 6-3 win over Kings

By DAVE CAMPBELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015, file pool photo, crews work on a relief well at the Aliso Canyon facility above the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles. A year after a leaking well near Los Angeles spewed natural gas for nearly four months and drove thousands of families from their homes, a White House task force is recommending dozens of changes to curtail leaks from the nation’s 400 underground natural gas storage wells. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

After Calif. leak, feds seek to curtail natural gas blowouts

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press