Student Loans

FILE - In this May 10, 2018, file photo, students walk past Sather Gate on the University of California at Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. The University of California's governing board voted Monday, June 15, 2020, to unanimously support a measure to restore affirmative action programs and repeal a controversial statewide ban that has been blamed for a decline in diversity in the prestigious university system. The vote in a special meeting of the Board of Regents means UC endorses a proposal that would ask voters in November to repeal Proposition 209, a 1996 voter-approved law that banned "preferential treatment" for minority groups applying to state colleges and government jobs. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Biden student debt relief plan blocked by appeals court

The Biden administration can’t discharge any student loans until the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis rules on an injunction request from six GOP-led states challenging the legality of the plan.

L.A. Politics

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 08: Michael Pitpitan, 13, kisses his grandmother, Congresswoman Karen Bass, following a family dinner. Bass is running against businessman Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles. Photographed on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Arellano: Karen Bass’ Latino-Black family is everything the ugly audiotape is not

Times columnist Gustavo Arellano found himself sharing Korean barbecue in Mid-City with Bass, her three adult kids and a grandchild the night before a leaked tape upended L.A. politics.

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 9, 2019 - - Los Angeles City Council Member Nury Martinez, right, addresses the crowd as Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, center, and Los Angeles City Council member Gil Cedillo listen at the, “Rally for Justice Immigrant Rights and Equality - 25 years beyond Proposition 187,” at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Los Angeles on November 9, 2019. Prop. 187 aimed to block undocumented immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education and other services in the State of California. Federal courts denied it from ever being implemented. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal Allard, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and many other politicians and activists spoke at the rally. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Roots of L.A. City Council’s leaked audio scandal can be traced back decades

Eunisses Hernandez unseated Gil Cedillo. Can she help solve L.A.’s political crisis?

Crime & Justice

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 21, 2022: Community activist Najee Ali comforts Blake Anderson during a press conference where Anderson attorneys announced their intent to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the L.A .County Sheriff's Department for excessive use of force when they violently arrested Anderson October 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Anderson was arrested at an Inglewood Hookah bar where he worked as a security guard over the weekend. The incident was captured on a cell phone video and shows sheriff officers slamming Anderson into a building and holding a gun to his head. From the left: Anderson's girlfriend and son, Leslie Macias and Jasiah Anderson,5, and Anderson's mom, Tiffany Flemming.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A violent arrest by L.A. County deputies was caught on video. Now the man is seeking justice

Attorneys and activists gathered to speak out against the arrest of Blake Anderson, a security guard in Inglewood. His lawyers plan to file a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Out of the woods, Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ heralds the return of a pop-music mastermind

After two rootsy pandemic albums, ‘Midnights’ picks up right where 2014’s ‘1989' and 2017’s ‘Reputation’ left off.

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LAGUNA SAN IGNACIO, BAJA CALIFORNIA - FEB. 21, 2021: A gray whale calf and its mother (cow) swim close to a boat in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California on Feb. 21, 2021. Laguna San Ignacio is part of El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Latin America's largest wildlife sanctuary established in 1988. Gray whales swim from Alaska to Baja California where they mate and give birth. The number of births has gone down dramatically. Since January 1, 2019, elevated gray whale strandings have occurred along the west coast of North America from Mexico through Alaska. This event has been declared an Unusual Mortality Event (UME). A new estimate shows that the gray whale population that migrates along the West Coast of North America has declined in number about 24 percent since 2016. Laguna San Ignacio is part of El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Latin America's largest wildlife sanctuary established in 1988. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

New peril for gray whale survival? Predatory orcas spotted in Baja calving lagoon

Predatory orcas have breached a gray whale safe space in Baja California. Could this spell disaster for a species already struggling for survival?

Gray whales continue to wash up dead and emaciated, but causes remain elusive

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Matt Smith is ‘House of the Dragon’s’ ‘agent of chaos.’ And he’s loving every minute

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High school football

Los Angeles, California October 21, 2022-Garfield quarterback Damian Cabrera scores on a two-point conversion.

Garfield rallies to defeat Roosevelt in star-studded East L.A. Classic at Coliseum

Garfield quarterback Damian Cabrera scores two touchdowns as Garfield wins 16-8 before 28,000 fans.

Oak Hills asserts its Mojave River League dominance with win over Apple Valley

Opinion

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Podcasts

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CALIFORNIA LIVING

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. - SEP. 5, 2022. Surfers walk across the sand as fog driftys ashore at sunset at Huntington Beach on Monday, Sep. 5, 2022. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: Former President Donald Trump is projected on a monitor during a hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack On the United States Capitol has spent nearly a year conducting more than 1,000 interviews, reviewed more than 140,000 documents day of the attack. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Trump subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

Dive-bombing drones deployed by Russia in Ukraine cast spotlight on Iran

SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 07: San Jose State Spartans running back Camdan McWright (6) tries cutting to the left on a run play during the game between UNLV Rebels and San Jose State Spartans on Friday, October 07, 2022 at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, California. (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Sheriff Villanueva is at war with nearly everyone. Will it cost him his job?

Two charged with shooting armored car guard, taking $140,000, may be linked to similar robberies

Court mostly upholds verdict against activists behind undercover Planned Parenthood videos

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Entertainment & Arts

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Sports

Lakers Russell Westbrook comes out of the game against the Clippers late in the fourth quarter

Plaschke: Lakers need to trade Russell Westbrook now. Enough is enough

His reckless play and divisive personality could cost them whatever chance they have at a rewarding season.

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (22) runs past Los Angeles Rams linebacker Bobby Wagner.

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Latino Life

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Business

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Stocks end higher on Wall Street, notching weekly gains
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Obituaries

Singer Mikaben dies at 41 after going into cardiac arrest onstage in Paris
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Education

UC Berkeley hires private security firm after fatal shooting near campus stirs safety concerns
Students walk out at Marshall High demanding better school security after campus stabbing
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Investigations

San Diego State has given conflicting, shifting accounts of how it handled gang rape allegation
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L.A. Affairs

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