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s A sexual predator who evaded capture for more than three decades was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old boys who were abducted near their homes in Anaheim Hills and Agoura Hills. Kenneth Rasmuson, shackled next to his attorney in a Pomona courtroom, showed no emotion as Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez sentenced him under a plea bargain arranged in February with the District Attorney’s Office. Rasmuson pleaded no contest to the 1981 strangulation of Jeffrey Vargo of Anaheim Hills and the 1986 stabbing death of...

beaches — but official opening has yet to be announced Surfers got their boards and bodies wet. Strollers got sand between their toes. The smell of salty sea air was blocked only by the required face masks. Whether Los Angeles County beaches were actually open was a murky subject — but if they were not, some beachgoers didn’t get the memo. The county’s public health director is expected to announce the beach openings sometime Wednesday, May 13, according to an LA County supervisor’s spokesperson. But it’s not clear if the order will go into effect immediately; under current health orders,...