Feb. 23, 2021

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California’s homegrown strain is more transmissible than its predecessors, is more resistant to vaccines and may cause more severe cases of COVID-19.

A sewing machine, a Pacific freighter and a Detroit family’s loss: This is the story of one body bag’s life cycle.

Emails reveal that Newsom administration officials and Poseidon Water executives have been heavily involved in a regional water board review of the desalination proposal.

Amid rising college costs and growing economic need, leaders are proposing an expansion in Cal Grant financial aid that would nearly double the number of students receiving assistance.

Ferlinghetti was the co-founder of the legendary City Lights bookstore and a champion of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.

The golf star had to be removed from the wreck near Ranchos Palos Verdes with the Jaws of Life and transported to a local hospital by ambulance.

Crafted by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders last week, the pandemic assistance plan also includes $4 billion in grants, tax breaks and fee waivers for small businesses.

California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra emerged relatively unscathed from the first of two hearings this week on his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary.

In Los Angeles, founded for Spain and a part of Mexico for generations, we pronounce our Spanish-language place names in a unique way.

Train zombies. Historic zombies. High-rise apartment zombies. DMZ zombies. The undead are proliferating in South Korea’s imagination.

Spoon by H restaurant is closing after months of reduced business, chargebacks and refund requests during the pandemic. It’s just one of many restaurants footing the bill as diners discover new ways to dine and dash.

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Massive proposed dam project could displace thousands in Lebanon
Massive proposed dam project could displace thousands in Lebanon

Bisri Valley is the proposed site of Lebanon’s second-largest dam, a mega-project aimed to serve Beirut’s growing population. The dam would submerge agricultural fields, forests and wild lands, displacing thousands of farmers and workers in adjacent villages. Environmental activists have waged an escalating campaign against the Bisri dam.

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Russell T Davies’ series, streaming on HBO Max, fails to reimagine the often moralizing and pathologizing treatment of HIV-positive people in pop culture.

Actress Shailene Woodley confirmed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” that she is engaged to Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers.

The award-winning star of ‘The Crown’ and the upcoming ‘The Father’ keeps her ego in check, she says, with the help of her dogs and blunt friends.

The Lakers will waive guard Quinn Cook before his contract becomes guaranteed, a source says. Multiple people call a DeMarcus Cousins return unlikely.

Vanessa Bryant criticized rapper Meek Mill, calling his reported lyrics referencing the late Kobe Bryant ‘extremely insensitive and disrespectful.’

StubHub has listed 20 Dodgers tickets for the April 9 home opener against the Washington Nationals on sale at prices ranging from $1,450 to $9,000.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing President Biden to forgo the typical pomp of a first meeting with a foreign leader, in this case Justin Trudeau.

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested on intrnational drug trafficking charges at an airport in Virginia.

The late conservative radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh remains a divisive figure as officials in Florida debate whether to lower flags in his honor.

Boston is facing a historic shift with the expected departure of its white male mayor, who will be succeeded, at least temporarily, by a Black woman.

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