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  2. Pursuit suspect in allegedly stolen vehicle leads authorities ...

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    LOS ANGELES - A suspect was taken into custody after a wild and bizarre pursuit came to an end in the Norwalk area. The pursuit, which started after an LAPD traffic stop near San Pedro, escalated ...

  3. Pursuit vehicle goes airborne, woman makes a run for it ... - AOL

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    Alexi Chidbachian. September 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM. LOS ANGELES - A woman is in custody after leading officers on a dangerous high-speed pursuit through parts of Southern California. The chase began ...

  4. Conquest of California - Wikipedia

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    Many lived in or near the small Pueblo of Los Angeles (present-day Los Angeles). [2] Many other Californios lived on the 455 ranchos of Alta California , which contained slightly more than 8,600,000 acres (35,000 km 2 ), nearly all bestowed by the Spanish and then Mexican governors with an average of about 18,900 acres (76 km 2 ) each.

  5. Partition and secession in California - Wikipedia

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    The territory that became the present state of California was acquired by the U.S. as a result of American victory in the Mexican–American War and subsequent 1848 Mexican Cession. After the war, a confrontation erupted between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of these acquired territories.

  6. Video of LAPD high-speed chase that killed two bystanders ...

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    August 31, 2022 at 8:58 PM. A Los Angeles police car dash cam of a pursuit shows officers chased a fleeing motorist at high speed for at least 80 seconds before the suspect went through a red ...

  7. Alta California - Wikipedia

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    Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, [a] was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of Las Californias, but was made a separate province in 1804 (named Nueva California). [1]

  8. American Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and philosophical fervor in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. The American Enlightenment was influenced by the 17th- and 18th-century Age of Enlightenment in Europe and distinctive ...

  9. Driver injured after Independence police chase ends in crash ...

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    An Independence police chase ended in injury Tuesday when a speeding driver crashed an SUV into another car while fleeing police, the latest in a series of officer-involved crashes in the city.