Headlines: Meat Thief Steals Over $3K Worth of Smoked Brisket; A Year’s Worth of Rain Fell in Death Valley in Three Hours

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—Nearly a year's worth of rain fell in Death Valley over three hours last week, causing flash floods and trapping over 1,000 people. [Reuters]

—Siete Foods is giving away $40,000 to three Latino operators of taco businesses. [WTHR]

—Exploring the despair of young Californians in the face of the threat of global warming. [LAT]

—A class-action suit has been filed against Northern California's Siskiyou County and its sheriff, alleging racist traffic stops and restricted water transportation rights, amid a "sweeping campaign to harass and intimidate Hmong and other Asian Americans." [LAT]

—Thirty out of 140 "tiny home" units are reportedly sitting vacant at the West L.A. V.A., while veterans continue sleeping on the streets. [Westside Today]

—Jeremiah Pike, an inmate who ran away in the middle of being loaded onto a Sheriff's Department transport vehicle in West Hollywood on Friday, was recaptured later that afternoon. [KTLA]

—Roger E. Mosley, an actor known for his work on Magnum P.I., died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Lynwood on Sunday morning. [THR]

—Exploring the past, present, and future of trompo-made taco meats. [Texas Monthly]

—Colombia's new president, Gustavo Petro, a former member of the leftist M-19 guerrilla group, was sworn in on Sunday. [DW]

—Actress Anne Heche crashed her car into a Mar Vista home on Friday morning, causing a fire and heavy damage. She is expected to survive despite critical injuries. [NBC]

—Hotel workers are reacting to a proposed ordinance that would require hotels to rent vacant rooms to houseless individuals using a voucher system. [Business Insider]

—A fourth set of human remains has been discovered in a drying Lake Mead. [CBS]

-A thief jumped the fence of la Barbecue restaurant before loading at least 20 briskets, worth over $3,000, into an SUV and fleeing, KVUE TV reported. [BI]