Coronavirus
Small public health departments are struggling in rural Northern California, where coronavirus skepticism runs deep despite a statewide crisis.
L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner pushes for schools to become vaccine centers, which also would become part of his plan to open campuses safely.
California’s top epidemiologist told healthcare providers on Sunday to stop using a batch of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after a “higher than usual” number of people had apparent allergic reactions at a San Diego vaccination clinic.
As the number of coronavirus infections in California approaches 3 million, health officials said Sunday that a new strain — different from a highly contagious variant first identified in the U.K. — is popping up across the state.
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Many Californians 65 and older faced frustration and confusion as they tried to get the coronavirus vaccine after the state announced it was opening up vaccinations to older people.
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Transfer of power
A manhunt was underway for a Pennsylvania woman suspected of stealing a laptop from the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Capitol attack.
Ahead of Inauguration Day, tech platforms display a new willingness to take action against accounts spreading misinformation or advocating violence.
President Trump tried to marginalize California. He failed. Now, with Joe Biden and Democrats taking power, no state is more influential in setting a policy agenda.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in an interview with The Times that she would resign her Senate seat Monday.
All but one of California’s Republican members of Congress voted against President Trump’s impeachment.
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In less than five months, an unused parking lot has been transformed into 232 units of permanent and interim housing at $200,000 per unit, a record for speed and cost.
Guatemalan police and soldiers have used tear gas and wielded batons against a group of Honduran migrants who tried to push through a roadblock.
Sammy Potter and Jackson Parell set out New Year’s Day to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. They plan to also traverse the Continental Divide and the Pacific Rim.
A show about teenage karate warriors, “Cobra Kai” offers insights on repentance, redemption, forgiveness and unity in the face of existential evil.
A handful of directors consider the upcoming academy diversity rules and land on a cautiously optimistic outlook
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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L.A. County isn’t administering vaccines to people 65 and older just yet. But here’s how to sign up to find out when you get can one.
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The new stimulus bill passed by Congress includes $25 billion in rental relief for struggling tenants, $2.6 billion of which is coming to California. Can I apply?
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In many ways, the Rev. Martin Luther King’s legacy was on display this past year as tens of thousands poured into the streets saying they would no longer tolerate police brutality against Black Americans.
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We need to take a knee for America, and then come together to build the foundations of a new America that lives out its ideals, not just spouts them for political gain.
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The Missouri senator’s “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” canceled by Simon & Shuster after Hawley’s involvement in the riot at the Capitol, will be published by Regnery.
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Bruce Springsteen described Spector’s music as “violence covered in sugar and candy,” and the abuse suffered by those in his orbit grew inseparable from his art.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy
As memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and death continue to resound, his legacy looms large in the present. Many are likening the partnership of incoming Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the solidarity of King and Jewish leaders in the civil rights movement, while the new documentary “MLK/FBI” connects the past to our troubling present.
Martin Luther King Jr. understood that the official power of the state to punish and murder Black people was fatal for a democracy.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigns her Senate seat on Monday in a video statement released on Twitter. She says it’s not goodbye but hello, as the vice president of the United States.
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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.
Set on a destroyer, “Greyhound” had its cast “tilting, pitching, leaning, bucking, rolling and rising and falling in amusement park-worthy action,” Hanks writes.
In ‘Let Them All Talk,’ the former ‘Murphy Brown’ star improvises dialogue, works with Steven Soderbergh and gets into that fight. It was ‘just heaven.’
Bruce Springsteen described Spector’s music as “violence covered in sugar and candy,” and the abuse suffered by those in his orbit grew inseparable from his art.
Tucci and friend Colin Firth were all set to shoot the dementia drama when each felt something wasn’t quite right. So they traded roles.
Attending a Lakers game at Staples Center without fans amid the pandemic is a strange experience for players and an exercise in futility for others.
With the help of a network of sighted guides, Tony Duenas, 53, found fitness and freedom through endurance athletics after losing his eyesight in 2009.
Halley Harding was a gifted athlete and journalist who railed against bigotry and racism. His remarkable life isn’t well-known, but it should be.
UCLA, which has won six consecutive games, is ranked in the AP men’s college basketball poll for the first time since the season’s opening week.
Brazil has approved the use of COVID-19 vaccines made by Sinovac and AstraZeneca as the coronavirus continues to slam Latin America’s largest country.
Coronavirus deaths rise in nearly two-thirds of American states, pushing the overall toll toward 400,000, amid warnings of a new variant taking hold.
Twitter has temporarily suspended the account of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online.
Chinese state media say that 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week after an explosion in a gold mine are alive.
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With less-frequent trips to grocery stores encouraged right now, stock up on these pantry essentials to get dinner on the table easily.
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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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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.
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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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Californians are being asked to go no farther than 120 miles from home. Here are places that keep you within that limit.
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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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Give another look to your daily rituals as well as your pandemic-era grooming and wellness with these tips.
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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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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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Tommy Lasorda was more than just a larger-than-life personality.
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Historians will have to decide whether any previous presidential inauguration was fraught with the kind of tension looming over the Jan. 20 ceremony when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take the oath of office.
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This Saturday is the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in South Florida. It has evolved a lot since its inception a few years ago.
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The overdue creation of a Cabinet-level Secretary of Culture would give the country a lift we all crave. Here’s who I think would rise to the challenge.
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From a stoned Amsterdam monologue to a pair of sports coverage TV ads to a newly beloved sitcom, ‘Ted Lasso’ isn’t just a show. It’s a vibe.
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The new “Fox News Primetime” has set a slate of rotating hosts, mostly familiar faces for the network.
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Nadine Labaki is among the cast of ‘1982,’ set during the First Lebanon War.
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One person was killed and two seriously injured in a two-alarm fire in Malibu that started at a home and spread into nearby brush, Los Angeles County fire officials said.
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U.S. Rep. Lou Correa says he’s tested positive for the virus. He received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Dec. 19.
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Local, state and federal authorities will assist in putting on the King of the Hammers event later this month, despite pandemic restrictions on travel and crowds.
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Amateur detectives working to identify violent rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol don’t want the process to turn into an online witch hunt.
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The Washington Wizards have had five consecutive games postponed by the NBA because of COVID-19 issues, including Wednesday’s game vs. the Hornets.
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Several high school football games were played in California over the weekend in violation of state COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions.
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Five takeaways from the Clippers’ victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night at Staples Center.
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While Brandon Staley is heralded as a genius in some quarters, he’s only 38 with minimal NFL experience so his staff is as important as his smarts and charisma.
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Protests by armed right-wing groups erupted at some state capitols, but remained small and peaceful
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After House impeachment, a Senate trial looms for the soon-to-be-private-citizen Trump. His allies cry foul.
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When the incoming Biden administration takes charge of a Pentagon rocked by years of leadership churn, it’ll look to a holdover to provide continuity.
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Those who stormed the Capitol and their attorneys in early defense arguments say they went there at the ‘invitation’ of President Trump or were let in by police.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s arrest upon arriving in Moscow after recovering from his poisoning has drawn sharp criticism from the West.
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U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing the inauguration.
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Security remained tight around state houses throughout the country as fears of major protests by armed, far-right supporters of President Trump outside the Capitol and at state capitols Sunday proved unfounded, with only small groups, some carrying weapons, gathering in a handful of cities.
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An AP review of records finds veterans of President Trump’s failed campaign were key players in the rally that spawned the U.S. Capitol assault.
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I was still recovering from breast cancer. And my heart was shattered. I vowed I wouldn’t get back out in the dating world until I had worked through my fears and would take as much time as I needed to heal before attempting a new relationship.
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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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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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I was starting a new life in a new place with new friends, new opportunities and a whole new outlook. I hoped my love life would be looking up soon too.
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For all the risks U.S. investors are still facing, the political party of the incoming president isn’t necessarily one of them.
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‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah and ‘CSI’ actor David Berman are among the celebrities wheeling and dealing in the real estate market.
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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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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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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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Santa Monica Pier will close on weekends. Boat service to Channel Islands National Park has been suspended.
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These local mountain spots are often blanketed in white.
