Housing market

Huntington Beach, CA - April 22: A view of a home for sale at center of photo, 20821 Catamaran Ln. in Huntington Beach, listed at $1,199,000 Friday, April 22, 2022. The median home price in Orange Count has reached $1 million for the first time in history. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Southern California home prices slipped in July. More drops may be coming

Sales also decline as the market cools. But don’t expect a big crash, experts say.

State of GOP

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) at an Election Day gathering in Jackson, Wyo., on Tuesday.

Barabak: Cheney’s Wyoming loss may be fatal to the GOP we knew

Her congressional primary loss also undermines the truth and those who care about protecting democracy.

Cheney considers 2024 presidential run

Lebron James' new deal

The Lakers' LeBron James during Friday night's game against the Kings.

Plaschke: LeBron James’ new contract guarantees one thing — more Lakers mediocrity

Lakers to retire Pau Gasol’s No. 16 jersey

Books, plus

An image depicting activities to do at the library.

8 little-known things you can check out from L.A. libraries (that aren’t books)

Get hooked up with power sanders, telescopes and free passes to the zoo. All you need is a library card.

Opinion

Granderson: Is the U.S. a mighty power? Trump’s fall is a decision point
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Podcasts

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Redondo Beach, CA - January 06: Parents pick up iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests, provided by the state of California at Tulita Elementary School, as positive COVID-19 cases spike with the spread of the Omicron strain, in Redondo Beach, CA, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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NORWALK, CA-MAY 27, 2022: Katherine Garcia, 21, left, and her sister Johanna Garcia, 27, are photographed at their home in Norwalk. They are the daughters of Enrique Garcia, a 49 year old Santa Ana man and forklift operator who died in December of 2017 after a medical procedure at South Coast Global Medical Center. The Garcia sisters sued a gastroenterologist for negligence but lost at trial last moth on Orange County civil court. After the verdict, Robert McKenna III, an attorney representing the doctor, appeared in a social-media post celebrating the verdict in a way that sparked controversy. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Family and friends of Moises Murillo gather at Oakdale Memorial Park for his burial service on Thursday, June 15.

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SANTA CLARITA, CA - APRIL 28: The North Fire that started in Castaic burned about 150 acres while briefly threatening homes in Valencia. Photographed at Valencia on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in Santa Clarita, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Mandatory evacuation orders issued for rapidly growing brush fire in Castaic area

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MALIBU, CA - AUGUST 10, 2022 - - Genesis Moreno, left, and her mother Karmen Gomez de Moreno look out over Lechuza Beach in Malibu on August 10, 2022. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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VAN NUYS, CA - OCTOBER 29, 2021: Cris Abrego, the CEO of Endemol Shine Americas, a big reality show production firm, is photographed on the set of one of his shows, MasterChef, at Occidental Studios in Van Nuys. Abrego is one of the few Latinos from (east of) East Los Angeles, who has successfully climbed the corporate ladder in Hollywood. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Food

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Entertainment & Arts

Demi Lovato arrives at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Demi Lovato’s ‘29’ has become a TikTok anthem exposing older men dating teenage girls

Lovato’s latest song, “29,” has empowered victims of “grooming” to come forward with stories of escaping what they considered toxic relationships.

MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 29: Anne Heche poses for portrait at 3rd Annual Mammoth Film Festival Portrait Studio – Saturday on February 29, 2020 in Mammoth Lakes, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/Getty Images for Mammoth Media Institute)

L.A. County coroner reveals Anne Heche’s cause of death

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Sports

Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel throws to a Kansas City Royals batter during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

Tony Gonsolin spins scoreless start in Dodgers 2-1 win over Brewers

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Mike Trout hopeful to return to lineup Friday as Angels are swept by Mariners

Lakers to retire two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol’s No. 16 jersey in March

Latino Life

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World, Nation & Politics

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Business

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Obituaries

Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The Perfect Storm,’ dies
John L. Eastman, Paul McCartney’s brother-in-law who had a hand in the Beatles’ breakup, dies
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Education

Black students more harshly disciplined in Victor Valley high schools, feds say
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L.A.’s back-to-school challenges: low test scores, scramble for teachers, missing students
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Investigations

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