Storms

Angela Moskow, of the group California Oaks, with a fallen Live Oak tree in Tilden Regional Park

Here’s where California’s remarkably wet year is bringing welcome recovery

The wet winter has been nourishing crops, wetlands and threatened species.

LONG BEACH-CA-FEBRUARY 27, 2023: A visitor of Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long Beach is surrounded by clouds and gray skies on Monday, February 27, 2023. New winter storms are expected to bring even more precipitation to Southern California Monday through Wednesday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Was it the dreariest, gloomiest, wettest winter ever in L.A.?

Data show it has been the drabbest winter Southern Californians have lived through recently.

How our weather terminology has grown with recent storms

House hunting

MISSION HILLS, CA - October 11, 2022 - A home for sale in the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Mission Hills, CA.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Looking to buy a home this spring? Good luck, there’s not much out there

The number of homes for sale in Southern California has fallen to start the year, a reversal of normal trends.

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Trump case

Former President Trump, top, and, from left, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Nicolas Sarkozy and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump joins list of prosecuted ex-presidents around the world

House Republicans rally for Trump

Analysis: GOP made a bet on Trump — and it could be costly

Barabak: Can Trump defy the odds this time?

WrestleMania

Rhea Ripley has become a top star in WWE over the last year.

WrestleMania: Rhea Ripley on being true to herself, working with Dominik Mysterio

Rhea Ripley seemed ascendant three years ago at WrestleMania, but she wasn’t. Now she is in the main event of Night 1 at WrestleMania 39.

Ahead of WrestleMania, here’s a brief history of lucha libre in Los Angeles

‘We do it all: comedy wrestling, lucha libre.’ How Japanese indie talent is commanding WrestleMania weekend

WrestleMania Night 1: How to watch and match predictions

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David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah in the movie "Rye Lane."

‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ and other movies to watch at home

Chang: ‘Tetris’ will just really make you want to play Tetris

Lloyd: Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe team up in ‘Unstable,’ a charming workplace comedy
Lloyd: In pleasing ‘The Big Door Prize,’ O’Dowd contemplates life
Celeste Barber explores the extremities of wellness in ‘Wellmania’

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A 9-year-old girl didn’t want her goat slaughtered. California fair officials sent deputies after it

Animals & Pets

Jessica Long's 9-year-old daughter, identified in court records as E.L., with her goat, Cedar.

When a girl didn’t want her goat to be slaughtered, deputies were sent after it

FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. An unlikely coalition made up of a theme park owner, an animal rights group, a mayor and a philanthropist who owns an NFL team announced Thursday, March 30, 2023, that a plan is in place to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

52 years after her capture, orca Lolita may return to her home waters in the Pacific

Attorney billboards

SAN GABRIEL, CA, MARCH 27, 2023 - Portrait of attorney Scott Warmuth, whose billboard ads have made him a fixture in the Chinese community, at his office in San Gabriel. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Shyong: In San Gabriel Valley, ads from lawyer firms are a case of cultural irony

Chinese and white attorneys navigate cultural communication — a fraught and changing landscape, columnist Frank Shyong writes.

Opinion

Opinion: Even as mass shootings multiply, judges are erasing gun laws
Opinion: The Nashville shooting was horrific. The gun toll on our children is so much worse
Goldberg: Ron DeSantis’ response to Trump’s indictment is a frightening new low even for him
Opinion: I’m one of the Israeli protesters. This is why

Podcasts

The Times: The RV homeless encampments of L.A.
Foretold: Can a fortuneteller change her future?

California Living

Where to eat and drink in L.A. right now, according to our food writers

A jogger passes a cloudy sky at My. Hollywood Hiking Trail near Griffith Observatory.

For a calming challenge and the best views in L.A., head to a trail and start running

Water lilies and California native flowers bloom between puddles of water.

The best tips for gardening in super-soaked L.A.

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Horrifying stories of women chased down by the LAPD abortion squad before Roe vs. Wade
Dodgers

Plaschke: Newest Dodgers inspire and help set the tone for a season of intrigue
Politics

Trump indicted in alleged hush-money scheme, becoming first former U.S. president in history to be prosecuted
Travel & Experiences
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The 30 best hikes in Orange County

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Shape Your L.A.: How to get civically engaged and make Los Angeles work for you

Five ways you can use Shape Your L.A., The Times’ civic engagement tool

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Horrifying stories of women chased down by the LAPD abortion squad before Roe vs. Wade

In the 1950s and 1960s, the LAPD’s abortion squad hunted down women getting the procedure and the people performing them.

Debris covers the ground around a home that was damaged from severe weather in Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest that shredded homes and shopping centers. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Several killed as tornadoes strike parts of the South and Midwest

Los Angeles, CA - May 24: A view of Glendale is seen on the Glendale Peak Trail Head on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

‘Vile’: Anti-Armenian fliers posted near Armenian church in Glendale

Pope Francis autographs the plaster cast of a child as he leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, Saturday, April 1, 2023 after receiving treatment for a bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

‘Still alive,’ Pope Francis quips, as he leaves Rome hospital

When it comes to preventing COVID-19 deaths, ‘how we feel about each other matters’

Will celebrities pay for Twitter Blue? Many are ready to lose the check

Police kill man in gun battle on 10 Freeway in East L.A.; freeway closed for hours

Hackers post data stolen from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

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L.A. County continued to lose population even as other areas grew, data shows
Medi-Cal will soon end some people’s benefits. What this means for you
Apple Pay will let you ‘buy now, pay later.’ Here’s why you shouldn’t

Editors’ Pick

LOS ANGELES, CA-SEPTEMBER 10, 2022:Vivi Fierce, 28, of Hollywood, a member of Thick Strip, performs on stage at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Thick Strip is a size inclusive strip show. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Column One: Big is beautiful at one of L.A.’s hottest strip shows

‘People laughed at me for being fat, and I would just laugh along.’ Now she’s getting ready to perform in one of L.A.’s hottest strip revues.

Food

Everyone on social media said to eat these pastries. They were right
A Frank Sinatra red-sauce favorite reopens in Beverly Hills
3 spontaneous, no-reservations restaurants for great dining in L.A.

The Times’ 101 list

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These are the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles

Latinx Files: It’s only a matter of time before another tragedy like the Ciudad Juarez fire happens
A Mexican masked man fights for immigrant worker rights, in the streets and on the radio

L.A. Times en Español

Editorial: L.A.’s cruel and deadly jail is still full on shutdown date
Fin de una era: el condado de Los Ángeles levanta la emergencia de COVID-19
La EPA aprueba las reglas de California para eliminar gradualmente los camiones diésel

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L.A. on the Record: Effort to recall Councilmember Kevin de León fails
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Events & Offers

How to make friends in L.A.? Get brunch with strangers
Unpack your daddy issues with a performance about paternal relationships
Gabrielle Zevin takes us inside her video game-inspired, juggernaut bestseller
Every weekend, the internet’s biggest K-pop fans swarm L.A. cafes

World, Nation & Politics

House Republicans rally after Trump indictment, amping up attacks on Manhattan D.A.
U.N.-affiliated body considers deep sea mining amid demand for minerals
8 migrants attempting to cross into U.S. from Canada found dead in two days
Fox News defamation case headed to trial after judge rejects motion to dismiss

Business

Long Beach’s Virgin Orbit lays off 675 people, 85% of its workforce
A key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed slowed in February
Stocks rally to cap a winning month and quarter for Wall Street
7 key questions about worsening drug shortages, answered

Obituaries

Mark Russell, political satirist who delivered jokes at a piano, dies at 90
Leo D. Sullivan, trailblazing animation artist and educator, dies at 82
Paul O’Grady, British comedian and beloved ‘Lily Savage’ TV star, dies at 67
Founder of popular Din Tai Fung restaurant chain dies at 96

Education

Plunging enrollment, financial woes, trustee exodus. Whittier College confronts crisis
UC proposes first-time systemwide admission guarantee to all qualified transfer students
As talks with teachers heat up, LAUSD budget shows a higher ending balance, with caveats
LAUSD and union workers who led massive strike reach tentative settlement

Investigations

Corruption is widespread in California’s weed industry. Now, the state is taking action
Labor unions’ objections delay California investigation into wage theft system
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Examination of USC doctor’s earlier books finds more troubling instances of plagiarism
Inside the financial ties between a controversial housing nonprofit and Kevin de León

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