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L.A. has a Super Bowl team for first time in 35 years as Rams beat Saints in overtime

By Bill Plaschke

Trump says Pelosi is behaving ‘irrationally’ in shutdown impasse as Russia questions swirl around him

The San Francisco Democrat has emerged as Trump's chief antagonist in the standoff.

By Laura King

Nancy Pelosi is winning in her battle with Trump. Here's why

By Doyle McManus

• Government shutdown: A timeline of how we got here

LAUSD teachers’ strike: Marathon weekend bargaining sessions continue

By Howard Blume

• During the teachers' strike, a child went to a museum. Here's what she missed at school

Mexico struggles to identify the victims of a gas pipeline explosion that killed at least 85

By Patrick J. McDonnell and Cecilia Sanchez

MORE TOP NEWS

Remember the subprime mortgage mess? $1.2 trillion in risky corporate debt is flashing similar warning signs

Regulators, lawmakers and others are worried about the growing leveraged loan market and the problems it could cause as the economy slows.

By Jim Puzzanghera

Ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith revisits topical, cult 1972 album with latest tour

Trevor Noah nabs a modern mansion in Bel-Air

Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a ‘very personal’ quest to fund early screening

By George Skelton

VOICES

5 off-the-grid hotels where nature and comfort meet

‘Green Book’ becomes Oscar favorite after Producers Guild win

Is it smarter to save for retirement or pay off debt first?

A Bali vacation sounds magical — and it is when you help keep the island beautiful

Around California

In the L.A. teachers’ strike, teaching families picket and pinch pennies

26m
Magnitude 2.1 earthquake hits Inglewood

2h
Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse puts on quite a show

Jan 20, 2019
LAUSD teachers’ strike: Marathon weekend bargaining sessions continue

Jan 20, 2019
UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla: Blunt-spoken visionary or belittling bully?

Jan 20, 2019
During the L.A. teachers' strike, a child went to a museum. Here's what she missed at school

Jan 20, 2019
Detective testifies he found no evidence that McStay family was killed at home

Jan 20, 2019

MUST READS

Why can’t Trump make deals? No one trusts him anymore

Jan 20, 2019

Fifty years ago today, Richard Nixon took office, and for him it was a time of hope, civility and optimism

Jan 20, 2019

Who is Ed Buck? The erratic life of the Democratic donor in whose home two dead men have been found

Jan 18, 2019

UCLA’s Katelyn Ohashi rediscovers her joy of gymnastics and becomes an internet sensation

Jan 17, 2019

This Boyle Heights teacher is the face of the L.A. teachers’ strike

Jan 17, 2019

Why you can’t look away from that Trump fast food photo

Jan 15, 2019

Gas shortages: A self-inflicted crisis by Mexico’s new president?

Jan 12, 2019

More wildfires, drought and climate change bring devastating changes to California wildlands

Jan 12, 2019

One day our sun will solidify into a giant crystal orb

Jan 11, 2019

As Coachella turns 20, its press-shy co-founder gets candid about sexual harassment and why Kanye dropped out

Jan 11, 2019

Americans who fought alongside the Kurds in Syria feel betrayed by Trump

Jan 11, 2019

America’s love-hate relationship with Marie Kondo and our clutter

Jan 10, 2019

Whether good news or bad, northern Sierra readers can always blame the Messenger

Jan 6, 2019

Firefighters’ fateful choices: How the Woolsey fire became an unstoppable monster

Jan 6, 2019

After widespread complaints, Coachella is enacting a new anti-sexual harassment policy. But is it enough?

Jan 3, 2019

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ENTERTAINMENT

- Television
Monday's TV highlights: 'Magnum P.I.' on CBS

By Ed Stockly

Jan 20, 2019

LOCAL

In the L.A. teachers’ strike, teaching families picket and pinch pennies

26m
Magnitude 2.1 earthquake hits Inglewood

2h
Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse puts on quite a show

Jan 20, 2019
LAUSD teachers’ strike: Marathon weekend bargaining sessions continue

Jan 20, 2019
UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla: Blunt-spoken visionary or belittling bully?

Jan 20, 2019

SPORTS

- NFL
Tom Brady leads Patriots to third straight Super Bowl with 37-31 overtime win over Chiefs

By Mike DiGiovanna

5h

POLITICS

- Capitol Journal
Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a ‘very personal’ quest to fund early screening

By George Skelton

4h

Trump says Pelosi is behaving ‘irrationally’ in shutdown impasse as Russia questions swirl around him

Jan 20, 2019
Why can’t Trump make deals? No one trusts him anymore

Jan 20, 2019
Native American drummer speaks on the MAGA-hat-wearing teens who surrounded him

Jan 20, 2019
Government shutdown: A timeline of how we got here

Jan 20, 2019
Nancy Pelosi is winning in her battle with Trump. Here's why

Jan 20, 2019

NATION & WORLD

- Nation Now
Life-threatening cold weather sets in across the Midwest and Northeast

By Associated Press

Jan 20, 2019

Mexico struggles to identify the victims of a gas pipeline explosion that killed at least 85

Jan 20, 2019
Richard Nixon's inaugural address, annotated — Nixon asked Americans to join in a ‘high adventure’

Jan 20, 2019
Fifty years ago today, Richard Nixon took office, and for him it was a time of hope, civility and optimism

Jan 20, 2019
On the Texas-Mexico border: Crisis? What crisis?

Jan 19, 2019
Anxiety in Alaska as endless aftershocks rattle residents

Jan 19, 2019

OPINION

- Op-Ed
Sure, the GOP snubbed Steve King. But when will they do something about Trump's racism?

By Rich Benjamin

1h

BUSINESS

- Business
Remember the subprime mortgage mess? $1.2 trillion in risky corporate debt is flashing similar warning signs

By Jim Puzzanghera

Jan 20, 2019

Is it smarter to save for retirement or pay off debt first?

Jan 20, 2019
Onetime Jackie Robinson scholarship recipient Nichol Whiteman helped the Dodgers Foundation find its swing

Jan 20, 2019
Hot Property: Trevor Noah nabs a modern mansion in Bel-Air

Jan 19, 2019
My Favorite Room: Family life comes together in Jaime Camil’s living room

Jan 19, 2019
Home of the Week: Tuscan villa creates a world of its own in Thousand Oaks

Jan 19, 2019

TRAVEL

- Travel
A Bali vacation sounds magical — and it is when you help keep the island beautiful

By Robin Abcarian

Jan 20, 2019

The 2004 tsunami could have killed me. I escaped, but it changed my perspective

Jan 20, 2019
Highway 1 reopens in two spots near Big Sur that were closed because of storm

Jan 18, 2019
5 off-the-grid hotels where nature and comfort meet

Jan 18, 2019
From LAX, $167 round trip to Salt Lake City on Southwest

Jan 18, 2019

CALIFORNIA LIFE & STYLE

- Food
The Hearth & Hound, April Bloomfield's Hollywood restaurant, to close

By Andrea Chang

Jan 19, 2019

True love is my spurned suitor fixing me up with the man of my dreams

Jan 19, 2019
Balmain opens its 'Balmain universe' to the world with new app

Jan 18, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar, Somali refugee turned congresswoman, to publish memoir in 2020

Jan 18, 2019
For his fall 2019 Louis Vuitton men's collection, Virgil Abloh pays homage to Michael Jackson

Jan 18, 2019
From Kim Kardashian’s bestie to dining deity: The rise of Foodgod

Jan 18, 2019

L.A. has a Super Bowl team for first time in 35 years as Rams beat Saints in overtime

Trump says Pelosi is behaving ‘irrationally’ in shutdown impasse as Russia questions swirl around him

Nancy Pelosi is winning in her battle with Trump. Here's why

LAUSD teachers’ strike: Marathon weekend bargaining sessions continue

Mexico struggles to identify the victims of a gas pipeline explosion that killed at least 85

Remember the subprime mortgage mess? $1.2 trillion in risky corporate debt is flashing similar warning signs

Ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith revisits topical, cult 1972 album with latest tour

Trevor Noah nabs a modern mansion in Bel-Air

Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a ‘very personal’ quest to fund early screening

5 off-the-grid hotels where nature and comfort meet

‘Green Book’ becomes Oscar favorite after Producers Guild win

Is it smarter to save for retirement or pay off debt first?

A Bali vacation sounds magical — and it is when you help keep the island beautiful

Monday's TV highlights: 'Magnum P.I.' on CBS

Tom Brady leads Patriots to third straight Super Bowl with 37-31 overtime win over Chiefs

Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a ‘very personal’ quest to fund early screening

Life-threatening cold weather sets in across the Midwest and Northeast

Sure, the GOP snubbed Steve King. But when will they do something about Trump's racism?

Remember the subprime mortgage mess? $1.2 trillion in risky corporate debt is flashing similar warning signs

A Bali vacation sounds magical — and it is when you help keep the island beautiful

The Hearth & Hound, April Bloomfield's Hollywood restaurant, to close

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