More from @latimes

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

Feb 14

Police were searching for a motive Tuesday in the shooting deaths of three students at Michigan State University by a gunman who had no known connection with the school and who later killed himself.

latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Five other students remain in critical condition from Monday’s shooting in East Lansing, Mich.

All eight who were shot were students.

latimes.com/world-nation/s…

The shooting began Monday night at an academic building and later moved to the nearby student union, a popular gathering spot for students to eat or study. As hundreds of officers scoured the campus, students hid where they could.

latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Read 4 tweets

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

Feb 14

Finding radio dedication shows is easy: The host might be wishing a couple a happy anniversary or issuing a diplomatic apology on behalf of someone in the dog house. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

They’ll play songs like Selena’s “Dreaming of You” for long-distance couples, “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None the Richer for hopeful crushes and Dolly Parton’s rendition of “I Will Always Love You” for those wallowing in heartbreak. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

Nina Morales, from Sylmar spent seven years dedicating songs to her husband, Scrappy, while he was incarcerated in Delano, Calif. “The love that we had for each other,” she said, “he would hear it in my voice every time I called.” latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

Read 6 tweets

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

Feb 13

The tree removals come at a time when cities across the nation are being urged to expand their tree cover.

Experts agree that trees are among California’s best defenses against human-caused climate change.

Thread ⬇️
latimes.com/california/sto…

Global warming is making summers more brutal, and extreme heat is killing far more Californians than the state acknowledges.
latimes.com/environment/st…

Not only do trees filter pollutants from air and quell storm water runoff, they also help cool surface temperatures during extreme heat waves with shade and transpiration. latimes.com/california/sto…

Read 6 tweets

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

Feb 13

When 6 people including a baby were found shot to death in a small California town in January, authorities said they thought it was the work of a Mexican drug cartel.

But a month later, and even more astonishing motive is coming into focus.

Thread ⬇️
latimes.com/california/sto…

The massacre appears not a professional hit, but the culmination of years of beefs and simmering bad blood between two families who lived and hated one another on the same desolate patch of land.
latimes.com/california/sto…

The mutual hatred between the Analla and Parrazes families spilled over into a shooting at a trailer park, a beatdown in a dirt lot, a woman threatening a grandmother with a baseball bat, and finally, the massacre, records and interviews show.
latimes.com/california/sto…

Read 5 tweets

Los Angeles Times

@latimes

Feb 11

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the killers were looking for someone who was not at the Parraz home that night. An affidavit references a man who “occasionally stayed at the residence but hadn’t been there since,” three days before the killings. latimes.com/california/sto…

The man, whose name is redacted, “supposedly had a ‘hit’ on him when he was released from prison,” a detective wrote in an affidavit. latimes.com/california/sto…

John Tabares believes his brother Angel Uriarte was looking for Martin Parraz.

Four days before the killings, he said, someone shot at their grandmother’s home — the same offense that brought on the feud, all those years ago. latimes.com/california/sto…

Read 4 tweets