Among Southern Californians with roots in Taiwan, there is strong support for President Trump. Some are single-issue voters who value their homeland’s interests above domestic issues.
California has failed during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide a free and equal education for all California students, violating the state Constitution, according to a lawsuit.
The L.A. Times will sue for records relating to detention centers run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Renters are going without permanent housing while homeowners are unable to cobble together enough money to rebuild their homes.
A top Georgia election official has lashed out angrily at the rhetoric surrounding the election and the threats of violence that have resulted.
The unprecedented spread of infections comes after officials had implemented some of the strictest regulations the county has seen in months.
COVID-19 vaccines: Healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be at the front of the line, a government advisory panel says.
Prosecutors alleged the captain failed to set a roving patrol, failed to conduct fire drills and failed to sufficiently train his crew.
The Justice Department is investigating a secret scheme to lobby White House officials for a pardon.
Online shoppers in the U.S. spent $10.8 billion on Cyber Monday, missing Adobe Inc.’s original projection by almost $2 billion, evidence that retailers pulled sales forward by offering deals earlier than usual.
Renegotiating rent is a tough conversation to have with your landlord, and it may not work. Here are some strategies to improve your chances, and some actions to take if you still can’t make the rent.
“I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” wrote “Juno” actor Elliot Page.
New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert.
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San Francisco might join Santa Clara County in requiring travelers arriving from more than 150 miles away to quarantine for 14 days.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic explodes, Latino neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley bear the brunt of sickness, fear and despair.
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A demonstration outside the home of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl is the latest against officials who have imposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Let’s count all the things Trump is doing that will make life difficult for his successor. It’s not pretty.
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Trump’s own attorney general says there wasn’t fraud that would change the election’s outcome. Leading Republicans should listen.
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The Supreme Court has ordered New York to lift COVID-19 restrictions on places of worship. A Pasadena-based church hopes it will order California to do that.
How the surge is impacting schools
The school year isn’t getting any easier. Most California counties are in the purple tier for COVID-19 restrictions, which means no in-person classes. The San Bernardino district will stay closed for the whole year. These mother-and-daughter teachers in L.A. are making remote learning work. Elsewhere, New York City is reopening schools despite rising coronavirus numbers. Florida will require schools to stay open.
L.A. County students have been out of school for nearly nine months due to a coronavirus crisis that has not let up. Distance learning has been challenging for students, teachers and parents alike, but extraordinary work has emerged. These are some of their stories.
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The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to states could start in December. Rita Shane, chief pharmacy officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses how the rollout will happen and how her hospital can store the vaccine in its ultra-cold freezers.
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Photos: Governor Newsom warns of regional stay-at-home order as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record
Photos: Governor Newsom warns of regional stay-at-home order as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record
Photos: Governor Newsom warns of regional stay-at-home order as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record
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Paramahansa Yogananda found in Los Angeles the perfect home base for an organization which remains a worldwide spiritual force to this day.
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Two families’ struggle for justice reveals the dark truth of Saudi Arabia’s labor system.
Actors allege that changes made to a union health plan will make it harder for them to keep their insurance during the pandemic.
The once-overlooked genre has become a lucrative cottage industry — and sparked competition for seasonal viewers. Call it the Christmas movie wars.
John Holiday stunned coach John Legend with a jazzy version of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” but some viewers hated it.
Props from a beer commercial are being displayed as sculpture.
Freshman Evan Mobley finishes with 17 points and 11 rebounds and Drew Peterson scores a game-high 19 points in USC’s 79-53 win over BYU.
CIF cancels high school football bowl games and state championships for volleyball, cross-country, water polo.
Former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, who has been hospitalized since Nov. 8, is out of intensive care and doing rehab.
Positive coronavirus tests prompted the cancellation of last week’s game against Colorado.
COVID-19 vaccines: Healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be at the front of the line, a government advisory panel says.
Despite a civil war and the COVID-19 pandemic, Yemen remains a crossing point for tens of thousands of East African migrants headed for Saudi Arabia.
There’s no proof the TSA’s controversial Quiet Skies program makes travel safer, and it has been poorly run, according to the government audit.
Dozens of criminals armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight, taking control of the streets as they looted a bank.
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Vince and Vicki Bernard of Bernard Ranches are facing unprecedented hardships during the pandemic and have been forced to make sacrifices to keep their farm alive.
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Meredith Blake and Robert Lloyd discuss the finale and look back over the latest season of ‘The British Baking Show.’
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Repurposing your Thanksgiving leftovers
Guide to the Holidays
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Want to get in the holiday spirit? These family-run tree farms allow you to choose and cut your own Christmas tree.
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Welcome to the mask-wearing, face-to-face-from-afar Santa sit-down season.
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Drive-through light shows, botanical gardens with room to roam -- it’s still possible to get out of the house while maintaining social distance.
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If you traveled during the holidays, you need to quarantine for 14 days when you return to California. Here’s what that means.
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Here are some consumer issues that must be addressed if we are to ensure fliers’ financial and physical safety is protected.
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Welcome to our comprehensive gift guide for the 2020 holiday season.
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¿Por qué los Dodgers capturarán su primer título de Serie Mundial desde 1988? Hay una confiabilidad en este equipo que estuvo ausente en años anteriores
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Se proyecta que Cyber Monday alcanzará $12.7 mil millones impulsados por la pandemia
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La actriz había dicho que su medio hermano estaba desaparecido hace casi un año
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As cases surge, working-class Latino neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley have been hit especially hard, Times data show.
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The new Lakers season begins this week with training camp and tips off Dec. 22 with season openers. Here a final time Tania Ganguli catches you up on Lakerland.
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California again records its most coronavirus cases in a single day, this time amid a wave of infections that is threatening to overwhelm hospitals.
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Prosecutors alleged the captain failed to set a roving patrol, failed to conduct fire drills and failed to sufficiently train his crew.
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“I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” wrote “Juno” actor Elliot Page.
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After wildfires that ravaged Santa Rosa and Paradise, residents who lost homes have seen none of the $1.3 billion in federal funding earmarked for relief.
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Five questions the Lakers face heading into training camp.
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Orange County defied polarization in the elections, moved back toward the center-right and reinforced its relevance to the state’s political future.
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What’s on TV Wednesday, Dec. 2: The season premiere of “SEAL Team” on CBS; an afternoon NFL football game on NBC
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Journalist Elaine Welteroth and fitness instructor Amanda Kloots are joining “The Talk” hosts Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba.
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BookExpo, the largest bookseller trade show in the U.S., and its consumer-facing sibling BookCon have been indefinitely canceled because of the pandemic.
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The immersive documentary “Mayor,” written and directed by David Osit, focuses on Musa Hadid, the dedicated leader of the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
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Approaching Santa Ana winds may lead to pre-emptive power shutoffs into the weekend
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Detectives are investigating a triple shooting at a Pasadena park.
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Federal regulators will consider requests in December by Pfizer and Moderna for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccines.
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The CSU extends its application deadline to Dec. 15 to ease the burden on students facing admissions challenges caused by COVID-19.
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The Clippers signed point guard Reggie Jackson to a one-year contract and waived center Joakim Noah, according to multiple people with knowledge of the moves not authorized to speak publicly on the matters.
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The Lakers will take on the Dallas Mavericks while the Clippers will travel to Denver to take on the Nuggets on Christmas, according to a report from ESPN.
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No. 14 North Carolina held off Stanford 67-63 in the semifinals at the relocated Maui Invitational while UC Riverside beat Washington 57-42.
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Zubac says some people don’t think the Clippers are a title contender after last year’s playoff collapse. He says they are determined to prove they are.
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Atty. Gen. William Barr said he appointed the special counsel in October, and has given John Durham extra protection to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
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President-elect Joe Biden has introduced top advisors he says will help his administration rebuild an economy hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Atty. Gen. William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud.
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The pandemic hit this Black family hard, medically and financially. A white couple has adapted, and thrives.
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U.S. officials say climate change, beetles and a deadly fungus are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some threatened grizzly bears.
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A group of environmental organizations backed by thousands of Dutch citizens is launching a civil case against the energy giant Shell.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating rural hospitals, including the tiny 25-bed facility in Memphis, Mo.
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Five people are killed and many more seriously injured after a car drives at high speed into a pedestrian zone in Germany, officials say.
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The five festive firs include what might be the tallest live-cut Christmas tree in the world.
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I had this image in my head of what a husband should be. Unsurprisingly, he looked a lot like my dad: He had a mustache, a house and — importantly — a career. I didn’t have any of that.
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Tired of virtual everything? Here are some real-life (and relatively safe) activities to get you out of the house and build some holiday cheer.
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Two winter sports pros share their #vanlife secrets for après-ski. Plus hikes for Thanksgiving weekend and why you should book Memorial Day campsites soon.
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Wall Street kicked off December with more milestones Tuesday after a broad rally for stocks pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq composite to new highs.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise says it will keep its technology innovation hub in San Jose as it moves its headquarters to Houston.
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Salesforce.com’s acquisition of Slack Technologies will give the corporate software giant a popular workplace-communications platform in one of the year’s biggest tech deals.
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Andrew Lee, an entrepreneur-turned-prince, just dropped $12.6 million on a lavish mansion in Thousand Oaks, the priciest sale the city has seen this year.
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With negative COVID-19 test results, travelers can visit several Hawaiian islands. Kauai’s rules are tighter, but with a bracelet monitor, a resort stay is possible.
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Gatherings with anyone other than household members is banned in new county protocols.
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Instead of booking a big weekend away, now’s the time to explore new corners of Los Angeles. Here are a few ideas.
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Maybe our lives are narrower now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but these landscapes go on and on.
