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Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire

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Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the blaze that became Los Angeles’s deadliest and destructive wildfire The trial of a 29-year-old charged with sparking a wildfire that went on to become the deadly Palisades inferno, the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history, is set to begin on Monday in a case that

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Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the blaze that became Los Angeles’s deadliest and destructive wildfire The trial of a 29-year-old charged with sparking a wildfire that went on to become the deadly Palisades inferno, the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history, is set to begin on Monday in a case that

The man accused of igniting last year's deadly Pacific Palisades fire faces trial Monday in Los Angeles. The court appearance comes against the backdrop of a devasted urban area still struggling to move on from the conflagration that looms large in the current mayor’s race.

The Guardian US reported the story as "Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire." Breitbart reported the story as "L.A. Trial Begins for Man Accused of Igniting Deadly Pacific Palisades Fire."

2 sources have covered this story, including The Guardian US and Breitbart. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 4 hours ago.

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