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Firefighters respond to the scene of a plane crash at a home in Yorba Linda, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. A twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed in Yorba Linda shortly after taking off from the nearby Fullerton Municipal Airport. The Orange County Fire Authority said the crash in a Yorba Linda neighborhood ignited a fire that burned the house Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Neighbors: Plane ‘sounded like a missile’ as it broke apart

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka (9) reacts after dunking against Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams (23)during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Leonard scores 18 points, Raptors rout Clippers 121-103

By IAN HARRISON - Associated Press

New England Patriots' Julian Edelman holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy, after the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. The Patriots won 13-3. Edelman was named the Most Valuable Player. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Patriots defeat Rams in lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever

By Barry Wilner - Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell (5) gets a shot off against Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin (23) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Clippers rally from 25 down, beat Pistons 111-101

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press

A woman walks past sand bags blocking an entry to a business in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. A powerful storm bearing down on California on Friday was expected to produce heavy rainfall, damaging winds, localized stream flooding and heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, forecasters said. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Northbound lanes of US 101 reopen, Caltrans says

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Los Angeles Lakers' Brandon Ingram, left, drives the ball past Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) and Klay Thompson in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Thompson returns from illness to lead Warriors past Lakers

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018 file photo, Michael Avenatti, lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, speaks outside court Michael Cohen's sentencing in New York. Los Angeles prosecutors say they will hold hearings over allegations that attorney Avenatti roughed up his girlfriend. City Attorney Mike Feuer said Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 his office has declined at this point to charge Avenatti with a misdemeanor but the matter remains open. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Latest: Avenatti hails decision on abuse allegation

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018 file photo, Michael Avenatti, lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, speaks outside court Michael Cohen's sentencing in New York. Los Angeles prosecutors say they will hold hearings over allegations that attorney Avenatti roughed up his girlfriend. City Attorney Mike Feuer said Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 his office has declined at this point to charge Avenatti with a misdemeanor but the matter remains open. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Prosecutor to hold hearings on abuse claim against Avenatti

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, Los Angeles Rams defensive back Sam Shields, left, breaks up a pass intended for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs during the first half of an NFL football game in Los Angeles. Shields is one of just four Rams who has played in the Super Bowl before. He finds the privilege even sweeter the second time around. In that big game against Pittsburgh eight years ago, Shields won a ring as an undrafted rookie defensive back making plays for Green Bay. He eventually became a Pro Bowl cornerback for the Packers before a fairly innocuous tackle in the 2016 season opener changed his life. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Rams’ Shields fights back from concussions to 2nd Super Bowl

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

In this June 28, 2017, file photo, Stan Lee arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of &quot;Spider-Man: Homecoming&quot; at the TCL Chinese Theatre. For comics lovers, Lee was as much a superhero as the characters he helped create. Those fans, along with Lee's friends and colleagues, will get to pay their final respects at a Hollywood memorial Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, for the Marvel Comics mastermind who helped bring the world Spider-Man, Black Panther and The Incredible Hulk. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Marvel’s Stan Lee gets hero worship at Hollywood memorial

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

This March 3, 2015, file photo shows an upscale apartment complex where authorities say a birth tourism business charged pregnant women $50,000 for lodging, food and transportation, after it was raided in Irvine, Calif. On Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, authorities announced they have charged 20 people in an unprecedented crackdown on businesses that helped hundreds of Chinese women travel to the United States to give birth to American citizen children. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

China ‘birth tourism’ operation prompts federal charges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Super Bowl Preview Capsule

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FILE - In this July 24, 2018, file photo Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore speaks at a news conference at police headquarters in Los Angeles. Moore, who became chief in 2018, announced Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, that crime is down in every category in Los Angeles and homicides are at their second lowest in more than 50 years. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Los Angeles mayor touts major drops in crime in 2018

By AMANDA LEE MYERS - Associated Press

A view of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The presidential primary is jolting to life without a traditional mainstay: the donor class. More specifically, their contribution checks. With as many as two dozen Democrats potentially running for the White House and no immediate front-runner, the money race in the early days of the primary is largely frozen, according to fundraisers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Big donors on the sidelines in early days of 2020 primary

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, left, goes up for a dunk as Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr. watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Zubac, Caldwell-Pope lead short-handed Lakers past Suns

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) calls a play during the first half of the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo. The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots are bringing two of the top scoring offenses in the NFL to the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Offensive lines key in Super Bowl for both Rams and Patriots

By KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press

Emily Blunt accepts the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for &quot;A Quiet Place&quot; at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium &amp; Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

The Latest: ‘Black Panther’ wins film cast SAG Award

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Striking Los Angeles Unified District teachers are joined by parents and students in front of Evelyn Thurman Gratts Elementary School in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. A tentative deal was reached Tuesday between Los Angeles school officials and the teachers union that will allow educators to return to classrooms after a six-day strike against the nation's second-largest district, officials said. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

The Latest: Los Angeles teachers ratify deal by large margin

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Striking Los Angeles Unified District teachers are joined by parents and students in front of Evelyn Thurman Gratts Elementary School in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. A tentative deal was reached Tuesday between Los Angeles school officials and the teachers union that will allow educators to return to classrooms after a six-day strike against the nation's second-largest district, officials said. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Los Angeles teachers head back to school after reaching deal

By Christopher Weber - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2019, file photo, student Leo Rittner Solomon, 6, front left, and parent Hilda Rodriguez Guzman, right, react as United Teachers Los Angeles president and teacher Alex Caputo-Pearl announces the nation's second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District, was going on strike in Los Angeles. The union said Monday, Jan. 21, that teachers are due back at picket lines Tuesday morning even if an agreement is reached Monday, saying it takes time to mobilize a ratification vote of a deal. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Latest: Los Angeles teachers OK contract, will end strike

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