During his first days in office, Biden will send a bill to Congress that would reportedly provide a shorter pathway to citizenship for people with Temporary Protected Status as well as for DACA recipients.
Transfer of power
With President Trump isolated in the White House since the Capitol riot, Vice President Mike Pence increasingly fills the void in their waning days in office.
Prosecutors allege rioters planned to “capture and assassinate” lawmakers in Jan. 6 insurrection at U.S. Capitol.
Why so many military veterans and former and current police officers support — and take part in — far-right groups and protests, including the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The nation is facing a shortage of protective gear as anxiety over civil unrest has sent demand surging.
If Senate Democrats want to have any serious hope of convicting Trump, their best strategy is to slow the process down.
Coronavirus
State and local officials are voicing cautious optimism that the unrestrained, exponential daily worsening of the pandemic has slowed.
L.A. County races to vaccinate as many people as possible against the coronavirus before a strain thought to be even more contagious takes hold.
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday outlined a more centralized federal push for vaccines against COVID-19, including a call to allow people over 65 to be inoculated now.
Dodger Stadium takes center stage in L.A.'s COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Araceli Gonzalez-Burkle, a former politician, lost her good job in May. In December, she got COVID-19. Often, she doesn’t have enough money for laundry. She wants our government to focus on the suffering out there.
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Jeff Brain helped lead the 2002 San Fernando Valley secession movement. Now he’s built CloutHub, a refuge for Trump supporters alienated by Twitter.
Chewing qat, a green narcotic leaf, is so widespread and ritualistic that even the fighting in Yemen’s civil war can fall silent in the afternoons.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies involved in a controversial shooting are under investigation for an encounter with a skateboarder, who accuses the deputies of lying to cover up misconduct.
A retired judge appointed to hold a public examination of Andres Guardado’s death said Friday that she had concluded the inquest without hearing testimony from the deputy who fired the fatal shots or the detectives who are investigating the case, all of whom invoked their 5th Amendment rights.
For Disney, ending the annual pass program might be “a blessing in disguise,” a theme park expert says: Now the company can revamp the program to boost profits.
Weekend reads
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Tahoe’s western shore will be partly reopened for the holiday weekend, helping the economy but renewing fears about COVID-19 and crowds.
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Having traveled the difficult road of coming to terms with racism in its own past, Caltech on Friday said it would remove the names of Robert A. Millikan and five other important figures in its history from campus.
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Six buildings that tell the design story of Paul R. Williams, the first Black architect in the AIA. His work is little studied, but his archive, acquired by the Getty and USC, is about to change that.
What You Need To Know
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California has failed to quickly get the lifesaving doses to its most vulnerable population, residents of long-term care facilities, new data show.
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Santa Monica Pier will close on weekends. Boat service to Channel Islands National Park has been suspended.
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The California Department of Public Health on Nov. 13 issued an advisory urging Californians to stay home or in their region and avoid nonessential travel, including for tourism or recreation.
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Kennedy awarded the medal to Ralph Bunche and E.B. White. Reagan bestowed it on Mother Teresa. Trump gave it to ... Devin Nunes?
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The mobs attacking the Capitol were terrifying, but they aren’t the greatest danger to American democracy.
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20 years after 9/11, we’re on alert for the greatest threat yet to the nation’s security, not from external forces but from inside.
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Gender roles in worship divide liberal and conservative Catholics
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A doctor asks: If you don’t trust the coronavirus vaccine, why are you in medicine? Getting the shot is a civic duty.
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Nowhere has the hospice industry’s growth been more explosive, and its harmful side effects more evident, than in Los Angeles County.
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Mexican journalists call the crime beat “la nota roja,” the red story. Lurid details guarantee web hits, but documenting the mayhem is among the riskiest assignments.
Rams-Packers Lock Horns
The good news is the Rams are one win away from reaching the NFC championship game. The bad news is they must get past the top-seeded Green Bay Packers — led by superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers — at frigid Lambeau Field on Saturday. The Rams will counter with a powerful defense that features Aaron Donald, who is expected to play despite a rib injury. Jared Goff will start at QB for L.A., with Blake Bortles as his backup.
Matt Gay, the third kicker employed by the Rams this season, has been the model of consistency. He made all six kick attempts in Rams’ playoff opener last week against Seattle.
Visual Storytelling
Joe Biden ran for president vowing to save America’s soul, but the nation he’ll lead seems more lost than ever.
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Breaking down the on-field matchups between the Rams and Green Bay Packers heading into Saturday’s divisional-round playoff game.
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From one modern mansion to another, ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah recently dropped $27.5 million on an 11,000-square-foot Bel-Air showplace.
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Maybelle Blair, who played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, is raising money for a women’s baseball center. She turns 94 on Jan. 16.
Wanda and Vision are living in a sitcom world in “WandaVision.” We dig into the Marvel comics that might help you make sense of the Disney+ show.
She was a night owl who sent text messages filled with emojis. She was my pen pal, my friend. Here is what she said the last time we talked.
Writer Kemp Powers and star Leslie Odom Jr. explain the decision to turn a lost Sam Cooke performance into one of the film’s most resonant, hopeful moments.
Jeff Bridges says his tumor has “drastically shrunk.” But the news came the day of the Capitol riot. “To see our country attacking itself broke my heart.”
Brandon Ingram showed he’s improved since being part of the Anthony Davis trade, but he couldn’t stop the Lakers from beating the Pelicans 112-95.
Maybelle Blair, who played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, is raising money for a women’s baseball center. She turns 94 on Jan. 16.
Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager reach agreements with the Dodgers to avoid arbitration, but Walker Buehler doesn’t settle on contract.
Angels starters Andrew Heaney and Dylan Bundy avoided arbitration by agreeing to one-year deals, but Shohei Ohtani has not come to terms.
Jeremy Ridgeway, a former Blackwater guard, pleaded guilty to the massacre in 2007 in Nissor Square in Baghdad. He testified against the other guards. He accepted responsibility. But he didn’t get a pardon.
The Trump administration early Saturday carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Mexico’s president accuses the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of fabricating drug allegations against ex-defense chief Salvador Cienfuegos.
Damaged roads, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment are hampering Indonesia’s rescuers after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake left at least 46 dead and hundreds injured on Sulawesi island
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Thinly slicing Buddha’s hand transforms it from creepy to stunning in this modern tart made inspired by an old-fashioned pie.
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Our critic names some exceptional restaurants that opened in an impossible year.
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What We’re Into: Egg Salad Sando’s superb egg salad sandwiches.
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Illustrations by Slimy Oddity In history books of the future, the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic will be described in painstaking detail.
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Santa Monica Pier will close on weekends. Boat service to Channel Islands National Park has been suspended.
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The Wild: A weekly newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California.
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La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de EEUU dice que hay procedimientos vigentes que impedirían a Donald Trump disparar armas nucleares
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Marjorie Leach, 101, is one of those men and women who are at least 100 years old and have survived COVID-19.
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Se proyecta que Cyber Monday alcanzará $12.7 mil millones impulsados por la pandemia
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Across the country, fast-food restaurants have struggled to maintain the health and safety of front-line workers who face conditions that frequently put themselves and their families at risk of COVID-19.
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Why so many military veterans and former and current police officers support — and take part in — far-right groups and protests, including the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Many teachers, grocers and even some hospital employees are wary of the COVID-19 vaccine and don’t want it. The question of mandatory vaccine requirements by employers is complicated.
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Trump is leaving soon, but Trumpism remains strong — plus more from the week in Opinion.
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It’s a pretty big day for Cal-breds with Saturday’s Cal Cup at Santa Anita.
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Your regular field guide to the world of movies in your living room and beyond.
EVENTS AND OFFERS
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The ending of ‘Promising Young Woman’ is a destabilizing shock to audiences. Writer-director Emerald Fennell and stars Carey Mulligan and Bo Burnham share their thoughts on why the movie had to end the way it does.
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What’s on TV tonight, Saturday, Jan. 16, plus Sunday talk shows: “Two for the Win” on Hallmark; the Rams visit the Green Bay Packers
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The Mellon Foundation grants nearly $1 million to Lula Washington Dance Theatre, part of an effort to correct systemic inequality in arts funding.
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A coalition of medical professionals and TV writers believe shows could help educate diverse audiences toward wearing masks and getting vaccinated.
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Caltech will remove the name of its founding president and first Nobel laureate, William A. Millikan, from campus buildings because of his support of eugenics, joining universities across the nation in repudiating those who backed the racist movement.
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Amid reports that some firefighters are refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccination, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said he would “potentially” make the vaccination mandatory in a few months if firefighters remain reluctant.
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The removal of the 14 mailboxes including 11 in Los Angeles area and three in Huntington Beach -- is intended to ``protect the mail and the public, the Postal Service said.
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A security specialist warns that the cost of unemployment fraud in California could be much higher than the $4 billion that was previously reported.
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Guard Patrick Beverley (personal reasons) didn’t play, but the Clippers still cruised to a 15th straight win, 138-100, over the Kings in Sacramento.
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Health officials hope to eventually distribute up to 4,000 coronavirus vaccinations a day at the Forum in Inglewood.
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Bradie Tennell followed her rollicking short program with a rock-solid free skate Friday at the U.S. championships to earn her second women’s crown.
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Jordan Sanders scored 24 points and Endyia Rogers had nine of her 16 in overtime as USC beat No. 25 Washington State 81-77 on Friday at Galen Center.
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Senate Bill 225 would ban medically unnecessary surgeries on children with atypical genitalia until a child is 6 years old.
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More than 250 members of the literary community signed a letter this week urging publishers not to sign book deals with anyone in the Trump administration.
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Our journalists will answer your questions about the inauguration on Wednesday during our Times live chat.
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The president’s conduct is forcing party leaders to make a choice they tried to evade: Will the GOP be a party of white grievance or something broader?
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Afghan police say an insider attack by at least two members of an Afghan militia has killed 12 of their fellow militiamen.
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Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free.
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Up to 1.3 million people may have left in the past 12 months, according to research that questions official data.
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The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected. With nearly 400,000, the U.S. leads the world in COVID-19 deaths.
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Give another look to your daily rituals as well as your pandemic-era grooming and wellness with these tips.
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Marina Thompson has a secret. The “Bridgerton” character, played by Ruby Barker, wears a lover’s eye necklace in the first episode, tipping off Regency buffs.
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The eagle nest we’re all watching now, good hikes for children and where to look for whales.
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Social media users are lambasting Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ February 2021 Vogue shoot, decrying its lighting, backdrop and wardrobe direction.
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While side hustles that nurture the soul are not the highest-earning jobs, they allow you to feed your passions while padding your pocketbook.
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A modern mansion above the Bel-Air Country Club combines massive living spaces and sleek amenities. Asking price: $38.5 million.
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Amazon workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will start voting by mail in February on whether to form a union.
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Three years after selling his L.A. home, embattled entrepreneur Russell Simmons is trying to unload his New York condo for $5.5 million.
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Hiking and biking on backwoods trails offer travelers a couple of ways to explore — and still keep their distance from others.
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Explore Kenai Fjords National Park, Hawaii Volcanos National Park and Crater Lake National Park with these virtual travel activities.
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Airbnb and HotelTonight are canceling reservations in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
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These local mountain spots are often blanketed in white.
