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Crime is down in Los Angeles for the first time in five years

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These California beaches have long been off-limits. But public outrage is changing the tide

Coastal access has captured California’s attention in ways that did not resonate in years past. The issue has taken on new meaning as conversations of equity dominate politics.

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How will California’s 2019 laws affect you?
Republicans appear happy to hand off shutdown impasse to Pelosi

It could be a risky strategy. In her 36 years in Washington, male politicians have repeatedly underestimated the incoming House speaker.

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After years of assailing Obamacare, some Republicans now fear the political fallout

Republicans in Congress now worry that a recent federal court ruling undermining Obamacare could give Democrats new ammunition for 2020.

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Just in time for New Year’s Eve, Utah adopts the nation’s toughest DUI law
Just in time for New Year’s Eve, Utah adopts the nation’s toughest DUI law

Utah will become the first state in the country to enforce the .05 BAC as the measuring stick for drunk driving.

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Neighborhood advocates or vigilantes? A group in Portland makes life tougher for the homeless

In Portland, a neighborhood patrol has marched up to the line of vigilantism. Experts say similar groups have sprung up in Long Beach and the west San Fernando Valley.

By Thacher Schmid
Veterans protest the gutting of West L.A. PTSD therapy groups
Veterans protest the gutting of West L.A. PTSD therapy groups
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How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day
How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day
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What’s next for the Dodgers? Bryce Harper? J.T. Realmuto? A look at the possibilities
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