The mystery behind viral satellite images showing the word "HELP" in an empty downtown Los Angeles lot has been solved. The words have been appearing for more than a year.

Police say there is no evidence of trafficking or criminal activity after messages written with pipes and wood went viral on social media.

Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

Large HELP and TRAFICO signs near Cesar Chavez Ave in LA stir fears of trafficking or protests over displacement.

Local hotels and city officials are working with Airbnb.org and Google to offer displaced evacuees free or discounted accommodations.

The mystery behind viral satellite images showing the word "HELP" in an empty downtown Los Angeles lot has been solved. The words have been appearing for more than a year.

The Los Angeles area spotted on Google Maps is next to a shipping yard. Members of an adventure group who explored the area were chased away by ferocious dogs.

Located at the intersection of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Mission Road, the messages were spelled out in apparent construction debris and read “Help,” “LAPD,” and “Trafico.” There are also signs that appear to spell out “Federal,” “FBI,” and something related to terrorism.

U.S. tech stocks, including Nvidia, Oracle and Google, plummeted Monday after Chinese startup DeepSeek said it created an AI system that can compete against chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT at much lower costs.

A patch of undeveloped land in downtown Los Angeles is going viral on social media for some distressing messages seen from above. The lot, located just east of the L.A. River at the intersection of East Cesar Chavez Avenue and North Mission Road,

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