Experts in probate law say the singer’s account is well within the realm of how conservatorship works. ‘You’re taking away a person’s right to make any decisions over themselves,’ one said.
Pilar Diaz Bombino made the long journey from Havana to Watts. Her next stop is UCLA.
Many Native Americans don’t have access to clean water, increasing their risk of illness. Fixing the current water systems or creating new ones could cost billions.
The 35-year-old man was swimming off the San Mateo County coast. The beach was ordered closed.
Two Dodgers co-owners buying minority ownership stakes in the Lakers could create new ways for the teams to partner in the rich, L.A. media landscape.
The people inside Champlain Towers South reflected Miami’s mix of South American immigrants and tourists, Orthodox Jews and retirees.
State officials say residents should brace for a summer of widespread burning and mandatory water conservation measures in some regions.
They divvy up revenue for schools, pandemic relief and homelessness in $262.6-billion state budget.
Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders agreed to extend them until Sept. 30.
The Clippers rally from a 14-point halftime deficit but struggle with their shooting in the fourth quarter in an 84-80 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
Cody Bellinger’s walk-off shot in the ninth inning, his second homer of a frustrating season, lifted the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Punk Rock Karaoke where you rock out with legends
For many kids, high school cheerleading is the closest thing to a first job. Unlike most jobs, the Supreme Court ruled, you can disparage the cheerocracy.
A collection of new sauces made to last all summer for spicing up grilled and barbecued food.
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I jump back in with Shiku in Grand Central Market.
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Seven new or recently updated hotels in Santa Barbara County, an easy-drive destination for beach, biking and wine-tasting vacations.
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‘The Trials of Frank Carson’ is a true crime podcast about power, politics and law in California’s Central Valley. Carson was Stanislaus County’s most controversial defense attorney, a wizard with juries and a courtroom brawler with an unapologetically caustic style.
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The killing of a critic of the Abbas government has enraged Palestinians who want free elections and political reform.
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If we are going to celebrate the new holiday and the end of slavery, we must acknowledge that the dreadful practice continues to shape the nation.
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A lawsuit is welcome, but not a substitute for action by Congress.
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With restrictions lifting everywhere, venturing out doesn’t mean abandoning your books. Ten summer reads to help you mark the return of beach season
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Quinta Brunson’s memoir, ‘She Memes Well,’ chronicles her rise to viral fame in the entertainment industry despite not really being into the internet.
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Trader Joe founder Joe Coulombe, who died last year, wrote a long, entertaining history of one of L.A.'s most iconic chains. Now you can read it.
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A marimba repairman came to rescue an aging instrument in Guatemala’s Los Angeles consulate. “I wanted to give it life again,” he said.
If we are going to celebrate the new holiday and the end of slavery, we must acknowledge that the dreadful practice continues to shape the nation.
Coronavirus: What You Need To Know
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China is detaining and prosecuting those who seek to document what really happened in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It doesn’t bode well for the effort to get to the bottom of the coronavirus’ origins.
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The process for getting a COVID-19 vaccine varies county to county.
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In the High Desert, the demand for child care is outpacing the supply. The high cost of providing care during the pandemic forced many providers to shut their doors, but prayer and hope kept Rasiene Reece going.
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El Salvador prolongó su racha sin perder a siete partidos al empatar 0-0 ante Guatemala el sábado por la noche en un entretenido encuentro ante casi un lleno en el Banc of California Stadium de Los Ángeles.
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El primer crucero en partir de un puerto estadounidense desde que la pandemia de coronavirus paralizó a este sector turístico durante 15 meses zarpa con casi todos sus pasajeros vacunados
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Media docena de científicos e ingenieros, especialistas en fallas desastrosas de estructuras, se dirigen al sur de Florida para compilar información de primera mano sobre las causas del catastrófico derrumbe del edificio de apartamentos Champlain Towers
When Justin Lin returned to the driver’s seat for ‘F9,’ he orchestrated a ‘Tokyo Drift’ reunion. Why it could be a hint about the future of the franchise.
His thwarted stint on ‘The Tonight Show’ may have left the comedian scarred. But ‘Conan’ proved there is more to late night than a name or a network.
Rappers Bow Wow (“Shortie Like Mine”) and Soulja Boy (“Kiss Me Thru the Phone”) square off on Verzuz today. Here’s how to watch their battle.
Michael Connelly and Titus Welliver sit down at Hollywood’s Musso & Frank to discuss the end of the Amazon series, the lost L.A. it depicts, and more.
Philip Anschutz is selling his 27% stake in the Lakers to Dodgers co-owners Mark Walter and Todd Boehly.
Sam Mikulak of Newport Beach and Shane Wiskus overcame obstacles to make the U.S. men’s gymnastics team, which will try to revive its fortunes in Tokyo.
The defending Olympic all-around champion held off an impressive effort by Sunisa Lee to top the field after the first segment of the two-part competition.
Santa Ana Mater Dei junior Domani Jackson matched the 100-meter state record by finishing in 10.25 seconds at the track and field championships at Arcadia High.
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The former president is reprising his false election grievances in his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House.
Derek Chauvin’s conviction and lengthy prison sentence in George Floyd’s murder could lead to better police training and hiring, experts say.
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The vice president’s trip is perhaps her most politically charged trip since taking office.
Elected leaders pushed for the lifting of U.S.-Mexico border restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which they say has harmed the region’s economy.
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A beginner’s guide to the salty, sweet, sour, spicy world of Mexican candy.
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Village Green Foods in Irvine helps home cooks pursue their culinary dreams.
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Dyed with your favorite colors, rainbow cookies are a wonderful treat to share with friends during Pride.
The perils of parenting through a pandemic
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Gil de Montes’ paintings channel pandemic isolation. Plus, reopening L.A. theater and a Julius Eastman revival in our weekly arts newsletter
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Southern California’s median home price hit another all-time high in May, but there are still deals to be found scattered across Los Angeles.
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Seismologist Lucy Jones, journalists Rong-Gong Lin and Patt Morrison of the L.A. Times, and journalists Jacob Margolis and Austin Cross of KPCC/LAist discuss earthquake safety and resilience in California. Here are five things to remember when preparing for the Big One.
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L.A. chefs, restaurateurs and the Food staff share the food and drink items they would want in their earthquake kits.
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Sunset Marquis hotel owner George Rosenthal is asking $38 million for his 180-acre retreat in Malibu complete with a 12,000-square-foot hacienda and vineyard.
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Off-black walls, African-inspired murals and comfortable vintage furnishings make Adrien Beard’s DTLA loft an inspiring place to hang. That’s the point. They call this fresh, unique style Neo Afro Eclectic.
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By Rachel Schnalzer Design and illustrations by Jade Cuevas Good morning, fellow Escapists.
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Try these dozen routes to make you — and your pup — happy hikers.
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Siri Lorece Hirth turned the front lawn of her tiny house rental into a densely planted microfarm. Here, she shares how she created a bounty for her community.
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By late December I no longer heard from him unless I initiated. Instead of accepting this as his way of saying ‘It’s over,’ I remembered him saying, ‘I think this is rare.’ So I kept waiting.
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The myth of undocumented immigrants traveling from poll to poll to illegally vote goes back more than three decades in California and has spread nationwide.
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Everyone who attended Saturday’s basketball game between the Coronado High Islanders and Orange Glen High Patriots knew it was going to be a classic, the kind of matchup prep dreams are made of. What wasn’t expected were the flying tortillas.
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Since 2018, 67% of all people shot and killed by the Los Angeles Police Department, a disproportionately high figure given that Latinxs make up just about half of L.A. County’s total population.
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The Facebook posts from Garcetti staffers contrasted sharply with the mayor’s public persona, where he has called for his office to ‘lead with love.’
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Conservative activists pressure election officials to drop people from voting rolls, claiming it invites massive ballot fraud in California
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The vice president is in El Paso to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in perhaps her most politically charged trip since taking office.
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The county-appointed board will hold a virtual public meeting 5 p.m. Monday
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High school softball: Southern California Regional results
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High school baseball: Southern California Regional results
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Celebrity Edge leaves Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with a limited number of mostly vaccinated passengers. Carnival vessels will follow from other ports soon.
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José Zelaya, the Disney Television Animation’s only Salvadoran designer and digital animator, as a boy dreamed he would “work for Mickey Mouse.”
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The man collecting the Loma Linda hospital’s COVID victims was all but invisible
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“Wonder Woman” with Gal Gadot and a 1972 doc about the Chicano experience lead our curated list of classic flicks playing in L.A. this week.
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26-year-olds are sharing the pains of their age: “Society is like, ‘You’re not thinking about having kids or getting married? What’s your aspiration, what’s your goal?’”
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The Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, with self-guided tours of 30 gardens, is back. Or join the California Native Plant Society of Orange County’s hike through O’Neill Regional Park.
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Soprano Renée Fleming sings in Irvine, the Wallis opens its outdoor stage and Keith David stars in a virtual “Macbeth.”
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New York’s attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.
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U.K. health secretary resigns and apologizes for violating social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair.
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Protesters clashed with Palestinian security forces during a protest in the West Bank over the death of a Palestinian Authority critic while in custody.
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After a fatal knife attack, police in Germany are examining the suspect’s mental health and seeking to determine whether he was radicalized.
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When your money makes money, that’s called passive income. This can mean investing in dividend-paying stocks, licensing your art or renting out your belongings.
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Stocks ended mostly higher Friday, in a turnaround for the market, which last week had its worst week since February on inflation concerns.
A shortage of semiconductors will bottom out in the second half of this year before starting to improve, Intel’s CEO predicts.
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At stake in the competition to build self-driving cars is something even more valuable than profitability: the last unclaimed corner of consumers’ attention during their waking hours.
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Chris Paul has experienced failures in the past with the Clippers and others. Now he draws on that experience in helping the Suns advance in playoffs.
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Clippers coach Tyronn Lue continues to tinker with rotations, with Patrick Beverley and Ivica Zubac getting more minutes while seeing success.
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Billionaire Philip Anschutz, founder of AEG and owner of Staples Center, has agreed to sell his stake in the Lakers to Mark Walter and Todd Boehly.
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Jason Kidd is reportedly returning to Dallas, this time to replace the coach he won a championship with as a point guard 10 years ago.
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L.A. school officials have more money than they imagined to make lasting academic progress. Can they meet the challenge to help students recover from pandemic school closures?
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Officials say the International School for Science and Culture overreported its enrollment, operated at an improperly zoned site and charged fees for instruction. But board members are hesitant to issue a notice of violation.
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The record budget is available in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, whose effects on students the district must now try to overcome.
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A report has excavated open secrets and long-buried trauma at the exclusive Thacher School, concluding it failed to protect its students.
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The city of Huntington Park has placed most of its finance department on leave, sparking claims of retaliation.
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More than 40 of the county’s law enforcement agencies have yet to provide the district attorney’s office names of officers who have histories of dishonesty and other misconduct that could affect their credibility in court.
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Ring provided at least 100 LAPD officers with free devices or discounts and encouraged them to endorse and recommend its doorbell and security cameras to police and members of the public.
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The USC Song Girls program and longtime coach Lori Nelson were the subject of a 2016 Title IX investigation, which turned up insufficient evidence that Nelson violated university policies.
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Sitting with my 96-year-old dad, and my partner, Dennis, I’d look back and forth between the two of them and see love past, present and future.
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Fatherhood means stepping up. That’s one of the many lessons shared over the years in L.A. Affairs columns that tackled issues of fatherhood, and family. In honor of Father’s Day, here are 11 of our favorites:
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When I came out to my father, he cursed me. I considered his words as if they were a fortune teller’s: “Mijo, you’re going to have a very lonely life.”
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My boyfriend was sweet. My boyfriend was hysterical. My boyfriend always told me how much he loved me. When we would have sex, my whole body felt worshipped, cared for — nurtured, even.
We consulted experts before going to Koreatown with actress and comedian Sherry Cola of “Good Trouble.” We learned about how to make decisions and mitigate risk of coronavirus and other germs while going to a spa, a Korean barbecue restaurant and karaoke with friends.
To better understand the risks of going to karaoke, we took actress and comedian Sherry Cola (“Good Trouble”) and her friends to The Venue in Koreatown -- after talking it through with some experts.
Communal eating, whether it’s family-style or at a buffet, can spread germs. But are you at extra risk for COVID-19? We took actress and comedian Sherry Cola (“Good Trouble”) and Cedars Sinai infectious disease physician Dr. Catherine Le to Quarters Korean BBQ to find out.
Saunas, pools, hot tubs, lots of skin. What should people be thinking about as they return to Korean spas? We asked experts and went to one with actress and comedian Sherry Cola to find out.