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Facing complaints from licensed cannabis sellers about the loss of business to the black market, California officials have tripled the number of raids on unlicensed cannabis firms.
The Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on China over trade, technology and security — and now it has spread to America’s vaunted universities, turning the University of California into an especially big target.
China is tracking gamers and punishing young players for “excessive” playtime — with the help of American companies, including Riot Games.
Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s testimony to Congress this week may not drop any new bombshells about the now-concluded Russia investigation. But it could spur a new wave of Democrats to push for impeachment proceedings against the president.
Democratic dollars are largely split between Kamala Harris, the only major candidate of Indian descent, Tulsi Gabbard and Cory Booker. President Trump brings in more than $1 million.
Iran said it had smashed a CIA spy ring on its soil, officials boasted on Monday, saying some of the 17 Iranian nationals they had netted had already been sentenced to death.
Secretary of State Pompeo is shifting America’s human rights focus abroad to the mistreatment of Christians, rather than LGBTQ and women’s rights.
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.
Israeli work crews begin demolishing Palestinian homes in an east Jerusalem neighborhood, capping a legal battle over the buildings, which straddle the city and the occupied West Bank.
A bullet fired from the street entered a home and killed a 59-year-old Long Beach woman.
As actress Felicity Huffman awaits sentencing on a charge of fraud conspiracy, her colleagues on Netflix’s “Otherhood” movie speak out on her behalf.
College admissions scandal renews scrutiny of recruited athletes to elite colleges.
Saiara Shams, 41, alleges her co-workers made derogatory comments about her religion and prevented her from moving up the ranks at the L.A. Department of Water and Power.
Emotional support animals are still an uncommon breed in law enforcement, but their numbers are growing in California.
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Jon Favreau’s retelling of the 1994 animated original is all technological ambition and no dream.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A. has acquired its second performance art piece: a work by a Chinese artist that puts people in seemingly impossible poses.
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The comedian angered Hollywood and the right with a bloody Trump photo. Armed with a new doc, she’s staging a comeback
The actor appears set on shaking up his real estate portfolio, listing both his Encino home and a Lake Arrowhead retreat for sale.
In the Hollywood Hills, a newly remodeled home brings together Japanese and traditional design details. Asking price: $7.9 million.
At screenwriter James Vanderbilt’s Malibu home office, work life and family life find balance.
Besides Marvel’s “Phase 4" slate, this year’s Comic-Con was defined by a dearth of major studio movies. The question is, did anyone care?
Marvel shared details on Black Widow, Thor, The Eternals and more at Comic-Con
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The Black Widow lives on in a prequel, coming out May 2020. Scarlett Johansson says the timing is perfect.
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See, hear and interact with world-class authors, celebrities, chefs and newsmakers as they discuss their books and tell their stories.
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A wrongheaded ballot initiative to collect DNA from low-level cases will overwhelm crime labs and delay efforts to solve more serious crimes.
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Los Angeles and other cities shouldn’t be pressured by the Trump administration into becoming satellite arms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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The House promises to vote on payback for African Americans. The Senate will have to be shamed into action.
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Jonathan Gold remembered in (mostly) his own words.
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Our former restaurant critic’s favorite dishes to make at home
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It is possible that Jonathan Gold knew everything.
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Mientras los rumores de redadas aumentaban, LAPD trató de tranquilizar a la comunidad. ICE discrepó con la respuesta.
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Se están utilizando leyes más amplias sobre el tráfico sexual contra personas como Jeffrey Epstein, pero su elasticidad puede plantear otros problemas.
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El pelotero mexicano Fernando Valenzuela es ya una leyenda de los Dodgers
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Every weekend one of the most colorful markets sets up on the sidewalk of the Piñata District. It’s street food theater that overwhelms the senses.
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As the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing approaches, the women who helped America’s early space efforts reflect on their often unheralded roles — and the indignities they endured.
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May 3 was like any other Friday night at La Cañita, a beach-themed bar and restaurant in a working-class neighborhood near downtown Mexico City.
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Charles Manson’s son, Michael Brunner, speaks to a reporter about his father’s legacy and notoriety for the first time in 26 years.
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The Department of Homeland Security has dismantled or ended multiple programs intended to counter WMD attacks, a Times investigation found.
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Oregon has advanced the most ambitious response to housing affordability challenges in the country while California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have struggled to pass strong renter protections and legislation that would significantly increase the state’s supply of homes.
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By fusing animation and live-action techniques, Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ remake essentially creates a new medium that’s both and neither.
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I was too afraid to tell him exactly what I wanted: I didn’t want to be friends. I wanted more. I could have saved myself some time.
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“Hot girl summer” has become the summer’s most ubiquitous meme, thanks to a burgeoning hip-hop star named Megan Thee Stallion
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Deena Selenow was to direct Antoinette Nwandu’s searing play on race in America for Echo Theater Company, but days before the opening she was fired. What happened?
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Lionsgate Entertainment World, opening July 31 on Hengqin Island in China, may be the world’s first PG-13 theme park.
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“X-Men” superstar and Broadway triple-threat Hugh Jackman performs his concert show, “Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show,” at the Hollywood Bowl.
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‘The Lion King: The Gift’ album follows in the footsteps of Kendrick Lamar’s “Black Panther” and is a worthy addition to Beyonce’s own canon.
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A fire that erupted at a 99 Cents Only store in Culver City early Monday was still burning four hours after the blaze began.
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The federal government’s crackdown on China is fanning fears of racial profiling among Asian Americans, who say ethnic Chinese students and scholars are being unfairly singled out as possible spies.
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Plus, the biggest stories of the day from across California.
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Gas blow out sparks concerns over oil wells throughout Southern California
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He wants to know why Tim Raines is in and he’s not.
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He easily outshoots the field to win his first major.
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Dillon Peters makes a strong argument for belonging in the Angels’ rotation with an impressive performance in his first start of the season.
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Surely someone by week’s end will have laid out a careful contrasting study of the two men who will dominate political headlines in the days to come, offering a clear look at the vastly different personalities of President Trump and Robert S.
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Trump redoubles his attacks Sunday against minority congresswomen. A congressman who fought for civil rights offers a searing rebuke.
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Most of the presidential candidates have stampeded to the left on immigration, apparently in hopes of channeling voter indignation and winning support from Latinos.
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An aide to L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar is on leave as police investigate possible illegal recordings made inside a district office.
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China on Monday harshly criticized a weekend demonstration in which eggs were thrown at its office in Hong Kong, accusing the demonstrators of violence without mentioning a violent attack against protesters and civilians the same night.
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Chinese students and scholars feel targeted, and universities feel the pinch, amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on Beijing.
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India’s space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft a week after aborting the launch due to a technical problem.
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Puerto Rico’s embattled governor — who had gone almost entirely silent amid mass protests for his resignation — said Sunday that he wouldn’t seek reelection.
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Fun ways to keep it moving (and keep burning calories) as we delve into summer.
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Ashley Eckstein, known for her voice acting role in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” is the founder of fashion brand Her Universe for female sci-fi fans.
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One of the advantages to living in Los Angeles is the ability to get away from it all, without too much of a drive (assuming traffic cooperates, which is a big assumption). When I need a serious change of scenery but can’t hop on a plane, I head to Topanga Canyon.
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Whether you’re worried about plastic pollution or the amount of dough you blow on bottled water, there’s definitely a reusable bottle perfect for you. Here are 10 gorgeous options:
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Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest $1 billion in a partnership with research group OpenAI, gaining a prominent cloud-computing customer from the artificial intelligence field.
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U.S. stocks opened higher following a mixed session in Europe and Asia as investors looked ahead to a busy week of corporate earnings. Oil gained amid tensions in the Persian Gulf.
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E-cigarette maker Juul’s new medical director is a University of California researcher known for exposing the risks that nicotine poses to adolescents.
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The stars align Friday with the release of Quentin Tarantino’s much-anticipated “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and other top draws.
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The coulees, or deep ravines, were born of long-ago floods, which left soil that wine grapes love. Add a concert venue and spectacular vistas and it’s become a trifecta for tourists.
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You might think that eating your way through the land of lochs and Robert Burns might yield slim pickings. You’d be wrong about that -- and the haggis.
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The LAX center where applicants complete the application process probably will remain closed through September.
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There are several redwoods in the state that have a lunar backstory
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