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Underwater Alien Base Off Malibu?
Geology, Marine, California

An unusual geologic feature exists underwater off the coast of Malibu. Some think it may actually be extraterrestrial.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Irma Alvarez, 1976

Photo by Michael Mally in the L.A. Times Photographic Collection at UCLA Library.

1976. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Irma Alvarez on patrol duty. A year earlier, Alvarez became California's first female peace officer intentionally shot and wounded in the line of duty. Her actions dispelled doubt, until then, that women were up to the challenges of police work on the streets.

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Did You Know?
San Gabriel Mission, Indigenous, Indian

Who and where were the earliest recorded burials in Los Angeles County?

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