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Before Roe vs. Wade

How do you police abortion? Tales from LAPD’s infamous ‘abortion squad’

In a still unsettled post-Roe world, no one knows for sure what enforcement of abortion laws will look like. But L.A. in the 1950s and 1960s offers a hint into at least one possibility.

Storms

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 02: People enjoy a gloomy day at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Was it L.A.’s dreariest, gloomiest, wettest winter ever? Here’s what the numbers say

According to weather data analyzed by The Times, it really has been the drabbest winter Southern Californians have lived through recently.

Bomb cyclone, atmospheric river, polar vortex: How our weather terminology has grown with recent wild storms

Twitter

Will celebrities pay for Twitter Blue? Many are ready to lose the check

Starting Saturday, Twitter plans to give verification check marks to Blue subscribers only. It will be a crucial test to see who is willing to pay.

Column One

Lucy Jones with her beautiful viola da gamba.

Can music inspire more people to care about climate change?

Lucy Jones, California’s beloved earthquake expert, sits down with environment reporter Rosanna Xia to discuss music’s power to inspire climate action.

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Californians Are Reading

Dodger Stadium’s flickering LED lights annoy Diamondbacks manager and players
Column: How Disney’s lawyers brutally mauled DeSantis over control of Disney World
Plunging enrollment, financial woes, trustee exodus. Whittier College confronts crisis

Gardening after the rain

Water lilies and California native flowers bloom between puddles of water.

Is it OK to plant in mud? The best tips for gardening in super-soaked L.A.

Savvy L.A. gardeners usually start planting before April, but after weeks of rain, is it OK to plant in the mud? Expert Yvonne Savio offers tips, plus April garden events.

Movie night

Kuhoo Verma, from left, Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler and Melanie Laurent in the movie "Murder Mystery 2."

Review: Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler win again with snappy ‘Murder Mystery 2’

Rege Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Sophia Lillis and Justice Smith wade through a mound of skeletons.

Hollywood never did ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ justice. A new movie rolls the dice

Opinion

Opinion: Even as mass shootings multiply, judges are erasing gun laws
Editorial: Nothing to celebrate about another political corruption verdict in L.A.
Opinion: Jerry Brown’s beetle legacy
Column: Trump’s indictment is a historic first. Here’s why more are likely to follow
Editorial: Trump should never return to the White House
Editorial: Migrant deaths at Mexican detention center symbolize failed immigration policies

Podcasts

The Times: The RV homeless encampments of L.A.
Foretold: Can a fortuneteller change her future?

California Living

L.A. Affairs: Online dating wasn’t going well. Was I geographically undesirable?

A group photo of women standing against an orange background, smiling.

How to make friends in L.A.? Get brunch with strangers

A jogger passes a cloudy sky at My. Hollywood Hiking Trail near Griffith Observatory.

For a calming challenge and the best views in L.A., head to a trail and start running

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Travel & Experiences
For Subscribers

10 things to do in Half Moon Bay, an old-fashioned surf town that’s a whole Scotland mood
Dodgers

Plaschke: Newest Dodgers inspire and help set the tone for a season of intrigue
Politics

Trump indicted in alleged hush-money scheme, becoming first former U.S. president in history to be prosecuted
World & Nation

Can this town save itself from fentanyl addiction? The race to turn around a threatened community
Travel & Experiences
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The 30 best hikes in Orange County

Your Community

Shape Your L.A.: How to get civically engaged and make Los Angeles work for you

Five ways you can use Shape Your L.A., The Times’ civic engagement tool

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Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman leaves Walter Reed with depression ‘in remission’

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More News

Monterey Park, CA - March 31: Police investigators line I-10 Freeway to look for evidence after police fatally shot a suspect (driving the white car) who apparently bailed out of a vehicle and ran across the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in the City Terrace area today, prompting a full closure of the highway and causing extensive backups in both directions. Photo taken in Monterey Park Friday, March 31, 2023. The shooting occurred late Friday morning on the 10 Freeway just east of the Long Beach (710) Freeway. The California Highway Patrol initially announced that all eastbound lanes of the freeway were closed at Eastern Avenue, but the westbound side of the heavily traveled freeway was also shut down to accommodate the investigation.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Fatal police shooting shuts down 10 Freeway in both directions in East L.A.

Monterey Park police officers fatally shot a man Friday on the 10 Freeway in East Los Angeles, shutting down traffic in both directions, authorities said.

Long Beach, CA, Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - A view of the 710 freeway from West Anaheim St. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

Video from 'Rust' shooting investigation

‘Rattled with guilt,’ assistant director David Halls convicted for role in ‘Rust’ shooting

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA-OCT. 24, 2022-Vivian Ramirez, left, and Maria Mejia, right, Soledad Enrichment Action community health workers, distribute COVID-19 related resources at a supermarket on Whittier Blvd. in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2022. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County ends COVID-19 emergency as case rate falls to 20-month low

Hackers post data stolen from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman leaves Walter Reed with depression ‘in remission’

Migrants attempting to cross into U.S. from Canada found dead

Long Beach’s Virgin Orbit lays off 675 people, 85% of its workforce

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For Subscribers

L.A. County continued to lose population even as other areas grew, data shows
Medi-Cal will soon end some people’s benefits. What this means for you
Apple Pay will let you ‘buy now, pay later.’ Here’s why you shouldn’t

Editors’ Pick

Los Angeles, CA - March 29: Storm clouds move out of the Los Angeles Basin in a view over Echo Park Lake toward downtown on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

For Subscribers

L.A. County continued to lose population even as other areas grew, data shows

The county remained the nation’s most populous. California saw a significant loss of people in several counties, including Santa Clara, Alameda and Lassen.

Food

These L.A. chefs and restaurants are finalists for the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards
Eating at an L.A. museum has never been better. These 18 places show us why
Celebrate the spring holidays with one of these 10 lamb recipes

The Times’ 101 list

For Subscribers

These are the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles

Latinx Files: It’s only a matter of time before another tragedy like the Ciudad Juarez fire happens
A Mexican masked man fights for immigrant worker rights, in the streets and on the radio

L.A. Times en Español

Niegan libertad condicional a Oscar Pistorius
Mucho en juego, en duelo Man City-Liverpool
México: Presidente visita ciudad donde murieron 39 migrantes

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Portrait of a family and a city in ‘A Thousand and One’
What to know about Trump’s historic indictment

Events & Offers

Unpack your daddy issues with a performance about paternal relationships
Gabrielle Zevin takes us inside her video game-inspired, juggernaut bestseller
Every weekend, the internet’s biggest K-pop fans swarm L.A. cafes
Can I Get It? Adele adds 34 more shows to her Las Vegas residency

World, Nation & Politics

Andrew Tate’s detention in Romania replaced with house arrest
Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds
Day of Visibility rallies held in support of transgender people’s rights amid backlash
52 years after capture, orca Lolita may return to the Pacific

Business

A key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed slowed in February
Stocks rally to cap a winning month and quarter for Wall Street
7 key questions about worsening drug shortages, answered
Column: Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be

Obituaries

Mark Russell, political satirist who delivered jokes at a piano, dies at 90
Leo D. Sullivan, trailblazing animation artist and educator, dies at 82
Paul O’Grady, British comedian and beloved ‘Lily Savage’ TV star, dies at 67
Founder of popular Din Tai Fung restaurant chain dies at 96

Education

UC proposes first-time systemwide admission guarantee to all qualified transfer students
As talks with teachers heat up, LAUSD budget shows a higher ending balance, with caveats
LAUSD and union workers who led massive strike reach tentative settlement
How the high cost of housing pushed many LAUSD workers to strike

Investigations

Corruption is widespread in California’s weed industry. Now, the state is taking action
Labor unions’ objections delay California investigation into wage theft system
For Subscribers

Examination of USC doctor’s earlier books finds more troubling instances of plagiarism
Inside the financial ties between a controversial housing nonprofit and Kevin de León

L.A. Affairs

L.A. Affairs: My feelings changed about a friend. How could I say ‘I like you’?
L.A. Affairs: Did you find love at Disneyland? Tell us your story
L.A. Affairs: I was wild, and he was a mountain man. Could we make magic together?
L.A. Affairs: I was too happy and in love to notice the red flags