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Summer Weather in L.A. Was Perfect. Then Came Humidity and Mosquitoes.

Warmer water off the coast has made things slightly swampy for residents used to a succession of splendid days.

© Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times

Meteorologists don’t track humidity as closely as they do temperature, but trends point to stickier air than usual in coastal Southern California.
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California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says

A Justice Department report released on Thursday found that inmates at two state-run women’s prisons routinely had their rights violated. State officials say they have already put reforms in place.

© Dan Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

The Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, Calif., was one of two prisons named in a Justice Department report released on Thursday that found state authorities had deliberately ignored reports of inmate abuse.
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