After the state logs four daily infection records in just the last two weeks, officials fear social gatherings could bring even more outbreaks over the July 4 weekend.
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Employers add almost 5 million new jobs in June as jobless rate drops to 11.1%. But businesses are already shutting back down as coronavirus spikes.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom restricts indoor dining, tasting rooms, entertainment centers, movie theaters, zoos, museums and card rooms in California counties struggling to control the coronavirus.
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Museums that reopened their doors or planned to welcome back visitors in the coming week are forced to change course again as coronavirus cases surge.
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Two lifeguards have tested positive, a third is showing symptoms and more than 20 are in quarantine.
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As COVID-19 numbers swell and Fourth of July approaches, L.A., Ventura county beaches will close while most parks, trails stay open
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Americans have no right to have a beer at the bar or walk around unmasked, but we like to imagine that freedom means we’re exempt from the law.
Race in America
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Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention to come up with a new political agenda building on the George Floyd protests.
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‘Nobody two years ago was saying who is going to jump into the millennial, Midwestern, gay mayor lane, right?’: Pete Buttigieg on the doors he opened for the LGBTQ community — and the inroads he didn’t make
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I’m glad that books about antiracism have zoomed to the top of bestseller lists, but I wonder how many will actually be read.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and onetime confidant and girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested, the FBI said Thursday.
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Supreme Court blocks House Democrats from seeing more of Robert S. Mueller’s Russia investigation report while it considers the case.
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Citing national security concerns, the U.S. compelled the Chinese owners of Grindr, the popular gay dating app, to sell the company to American investors. Here’s their vision for the company.
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“He is the real-life version of Hannibal Lecter,” Sacramento County Dist. Atty. Anne Marie Schubert told reporters
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Consumers place greater trust in websites “that display fraudulent reviews alongside non-fraudulent reviews,” according to a recent study.
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Our special-edition newsletter breaks down the latest coronavirus news, including new restrictions on businesses ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
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Cities and states are pressing ahead with plans to do so. But has anything changed about the coronavirus that makes it safer to go out now?
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With every Trump speech or tweet, you can hear Nixon and McCarthy lurking in the background.
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The current resurgence of COVID-19 infections began Memorial Day weekend. July Fourth weekend revelry will make things worse.
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When council members hold concentrated power over decisions that can cost developers and companies millions of dollars, it just invites corruption.
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What’s galling is that this isn’t the first time we’ve had to explain all this and demand our seats at the table.
Must Reads
After praising a video of a supporter shouting ‘white power,’ Trump vows to overturn fair housing rules and calls Black Lives Matter street painting a ‘symbol of hate.’
For the past 16 years, Mauro Rios Parra has sold fruit bars and ice cream on the streets of Pico-Union, one of L.A.'s densest cities and among the hardest hit by the coronavirus.
Save summer vacation
If you need to get away but want to do so as safely as possible, try a camping trip in an RV. It may be the only way to save summer vacation. Here is a guide for beginners. You can also try visiting local replicas from Europe’s wonders, since we can’t actually go there right now. Did you know there is a Little Mermaid statue in Glendale?
In a COVID-19 world, camping and RVing might be the hottest vacation trend of the summer.
Fourth of July
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The 4th of July will look different this year in Southern California. Here’s a list of events that are still on.
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To keep your dogs and cats safe during July 4th fireworks, have a plan, make sure their identification is up to date and give them plenty of exercise.
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The current resurgence of COVID-19 infections began Memorial Day weekend. July Fourth weekend revelry will make things worse.
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A list of restaurants and butcher shops in Los Angeles offering at-home Fourth of July grilling kits.
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A duo of fresh berry pies — blueberry and raspberry — is just the sort of refreshing, cold treat you want after a day in the summer heat.
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Las Vegas is planning a quieter Fourth of July celebration.
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“Asian Enough” is a podcast about being Asian American — with guests like John Cho, Lulu Wang, Mina Kimes, Margaret Cho and Padma Lakshmi.
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Hear interviews with TV stars in new podcast ‘Can’t Stop Watching’
The Pandemic in Photos
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered tougher restrictions on indoor activities for most of the state, marking a major step backward in the reopening and an attempt to slow an alarming rise of the coronavirus in 19 counties.
It takes enormous effort to arrange a big wedding — to find the perfect spot to say “I do,” to settle the guest list, the music, the food.
As a judge on the fashion design competition series, Naomi Campbell’s sometimes rough honesty is meant to guide contestants.
Ludwig Goransson, Nicholas Britell and others jump from film scores to television, and the Emmys are better for it
Beethoven’s A-minor String Quartet chronicles the composer’s illness and recovery. Nearly 200 years later, it’s a sonic window into our coronavirus world.
The actor also cocreated and stars in the animated musical “Central Park,” and delights in bringing his fave film casts together on “Reunited Apart.”
Two hand-painted portraits of late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will be featured on the covers of the “NBA 2K21 Mamba Edition” video games.
With about a week to go before teams are due to report to Orlando, Clippers coach Doc Rivers acknowledged he’s concerned about the health of everyone involved.
At least 25 workers at the SoFi Stadium construction site have tested positive for the coronavirus, including seven more in the past week.
As the NBA gears up to resume play, the Lakers and Clippers believe they can recapture the form that made them title contenders. Others are not so sure.
In the middle of America, without intention or, really, anyone noticing, a decades-long, real-world experiment shaped by the money, politics and eccentricities of two 80-something billionaires is underway in two equally white, Christian, Republican cities.
In its more than 1,400-year existence, the majestic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served as a cathedral, a mosque and a museum.
A judge has knocked down a key Trump administration policy limiting asylum, but the ruling’s immediate practical effect will be muted.
Newly released body camera footage shows Florida police officers celebrating after shooting demonstrators with rubber bullets during a May protest.
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A handful of Orange County restaurants have temporarily closed in the last week to deep clean and sanitize their spaces, some after discovering that employees had been infected with COVID-19, business owners said.
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Simple syrup can be customized easily by changing the sugar, liquid and infusing the syrup with seasonings.
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Jocelyn Ramirez of Todo Verde shares her vegan jackfruit carnitas recipe with smoky chipotle tomato salsa from her new cookbook, “La Vide Verde.”
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Public lands are being fought over more fiercely than ever.
Join the Conversation
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Museums that reopened their doors or planned to welcome back visitors in the coming week are forced to change course again as coronavirus cases surge.
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After four daily infection records in the last two weeks, officials fear social gatherings could bring even more outbreaks over the July 4 weekend.
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Employers add almost 5 million new jobs in June as jobless rate drops to 11.1%. But businesses are already shutting back down as coronavirus spikes.
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A medio año de la pandemia, es difícil imaginar que alguien, en cualquier lugar, no haya oído hablar del coronavirus.
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Cuando Tomajae Tolliver pensó en COVID-19, la economía y su trabajo, una pregunta pasó por su mente: "¿Cómo voy a sobrevivir?”
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¿Quiere beneficios monetarios como familia de estatus migratorio mixto? Le piden que siga este paso
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U.S.-based analysts say they believe that a fire at an Iranian nuclear site struck a new centrifuge-production facility.
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British judge refuses to give Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro control of gold in Bank of England vault.
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Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, California closes restaurant dining rooms, wineries and card rooms for at least three weeks in 19 counties.
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A whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.
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First-timers don’t always find their initial trip to be easygoing. But get the hang of it and you’ll be hooked.
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A list of our favorite Black plantfluencers, plant stylists, floral artists, enthusiasts, experts, and garden store owners on Instagram.
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Roses and agapanthus are still in full bloom in the Huntington’s rose garden, just in time to welcome visitors when the gardens reopen on July 1, after being closed for more than three months due to coronavirus.
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Los Angeles designers and influencers talk about how Black Lives Matter protests and this year’s Pride Month have reshaped their thoughts on the fashion industry.
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Take a look at starter homes listed at roughly $500,000 in Santa Ana, Anaheim and Tustin in Orange County.
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California regulators have sued Cisco Systems, alleging discriminating against an engineer at the company’s headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian.
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Some Tesla workers and labor activists say the company is threatening to fire employees who haven’t returned to the company’s California factory.
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Now PG&E is left to fend for itself as a new wildfire season is already underway.
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With the coronavirus crisis roiling vacation plans, some are turning to travel that allows for social distancing, including RV camping. This reporter tried it.
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Perhaps Europe will ban us, but Europe is still with us
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All major U.S. carriers will require masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, Airlines for America, an industry trade group, announced Monday.
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Rage Against the Machine co-founder Tom Morello has teamed with the Bloody Beetroots, Shea Diamond and Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds for “Stand Up.”
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La Marisoul closes out Union Station’s live Summer Sessions series. Here’s how you can catch the concert at home.
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“The Outpost,” directed by Rod Lurie and based on the book by Jake Tapper, depicts 2009’s Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan.
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Ecstasy and excess, rhythm and repetition, gender and ethnicity. Lyricism, protest, healing. Critic Mark Swed’s series on the ideas embedded in every note.
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The sheriff’s station will issue citations to those not following the statewide coronavirus health order to don face coverings while in public or high-risk settings.
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Anti-Semitic hate crimes rose nearly 12% in California in 2019, even as the overall number of hate crimes decreased, a state report shows.
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Restaurant dining rooms have been ordered to close for at least three weeks in 19 counties experiencing increased spread of the coronavirus, including Los Angeles.
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The popular spooky spectacle has been called off for 2020 as the pandemic continues, but is set to return in 2021.
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A look at what happened on July 2 in sports history, including Billie Jean King winning the first of her six women’s singles titles at Wimbledon in 1966.
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FC Dallas has seen six players test positive for the unique coronavirus since the team arrived in Orlando, Fla., raising questions over whether the competition should go forward at all.
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Mike Tierney joins our list of horse racing correspondents.
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Sparks introduce Reshanda Gray and Te’a Cooper, a journeywoman forward and rookie guard who hope to take advantage of new WNBA opportunities.
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A New York appeals court has cleared the way for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Trump’s niece over the objections of the president’s brother.
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As the House and Senate prepare to leave Washington for a two-week break, action on national police reform seems increasingly unlikely.
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Former George W. Bush officials have launched a super PAC supporting Joe Biden, the latest Republican group to back Biden over President Trump.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court says it won’t hear oral arguments in a lawsuit seeking to purge thousands of voters from the rolls until at least September.
