Distributing the COVID-19 vaccine will be the biggest health operation in L.A. history. Can the bureaucracy pull it off?
Pfizer will ask U.S. regulators today to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, which could the bring first shots as early as next month.
California imposes night curfew as L.A. careens toward new lockdown measures
In absolute numbers, students and school staff in L.A. County are getting infected with the coronavirus in greater numbers, but it’s difficult to gauge what it says about campus safety amid overall surge in COVID-19 cases.
Many late-night food and bar businesses say the third pandemic shut-down is punishment that avoids the root cause of the coronavirus spike. Researchers say the science is sound.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti trumpeted his homeless program, A Bridge Home, as a means to shore up the supply of interim housing. Results have been mixed.
Rudy Giuliani announced an outlandish new Trump strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s victory while Biden met with governors of both parties amid growing recognition of his election.
Georgia’s top elections official, Brad Raffensperger, said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state’s presidential election after a hand tally.
The GOP has buried the notion of the ‘loyal opposition’ in the U.S., along with the peaceful transfer of power
A group of women, brought together through Los Angeles’ oldest African American church, share their struggles as caregivers for husbands, parents, siblings and grandparents.
Nearly two months after he was reported missing in South L.A., Juan Carlos Hernández’s body was found in a shallow grave off I-15 near Barstow.
A judge has blocked a Trump administration rule due to take effect today that would have put up new hurdles for asylum seekers.
New York’s attorney general has sent a subpoena to the Trump Organization for records related to consulting fees paid to Ivanka Trump.
President-elect Joe Biden turns 78 on Friday and is on track to be the oldest U.S. president in history, displacing Ronald Reagan.
As President Trump continues to push falsehoods about the election he lost, his legal team has failed to gain any traction in court for its baseless claims of widespread fraud. Here’s a look at where challenges stand in six key states.
Southwest will fill middles seats starting Dec. 1. For Alaska, the date is Jan. 6
Former Tampa Bay Rays prospect Brandon Martin avoided the death penalty Thursday as a jury in Riverside returned a verdict of life in prison without parole.
Biden’s ability to restore normalcy in government will rely heavily on his ability to revitalize key agencies.
Through both NBC’s “This Is Us” and HBO’s “Between the World And Me,” the actress hopes to spur people “to take action, not to take their foot off the gas.”
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Thanksgiving is the mother of all family dinners and a potent ritual. Figuring out how to celebrate it during the pandemic requires inventing alternative traditions.
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The state’s enhanced COVID-19 precautions are appropriate in the face of the third wave of infections, contrary to what the county supervisors seem to believe.
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For utter base cruelty, the Trump administration’s intentional inhumane treatment of migrant children stands out.
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It shouldn’t surprise anyone: What moved Latino voters in 2020 was grassroots organizing on local issues and needs, not narrow partisan agendas.
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The first COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. are expected to get a green light from regulators under a process known as emergency use authorization.
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Despite the Latin Grammys’ expanded inclusion of reggaeton and hip-hop, veterans Alejandro Sanz, Residente and Natalia Lafourcade sweep major wins.
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The World Health Organization guidelines panel advised against using the antiviral remdesivir for hospitalized patients.
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Back then, it was Bobby Fischer who ignited a national chess craze. This time, it’s a young woman — fictional, but fiercely inspiring.
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“Ghostways” collects two illustrated essays, “Ness” and “Holloways,” by British travel writer Robert Macfarlane, for the first time in the U.S.
Traveling for Thanksgiving
Flying, traveling by train and getting to your destination by car are no longer the same as they once were, so if you must travel for Thanksgiving, here’s how to minimize the risk and some extra guidance if you’re traveling with kids. Be sure to sanitize well if you’re staying at a hotel or motel. Lastly, be familiar with local guidance and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidelines. Stay safe.
How to travel this holiday season by plane, train and car, and how to safely stay in a hotel or a rental. If you’re staying local, we have ideas for how to spend the time.
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Next year’s Congress will feature at least 51 women of color – more than ever before. Ballots are still being tallied in two close races, so the number could climb.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a stay-at-home order prohibiting most nonessential activity between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in counties in the strictest tier of the state’s reopening road map.
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With COVID-19 cases surging and families hoping to gather safely for Thanksgiving, long lines for coronavirus tests have reappeared across the U.S.
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Paramahansa Yogananda found in Los Angeles the perfect home base for an organization which remains a worldwide spiritual force to this day.
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Two families’ struggle for justice reveals the dark truth of Saudi Arabia’s labor system.
Despite the Latin Grammys’ expanded inclusion of reggaeton and hip-hop, veterans Alejandro Sanz, Residente and Natalia Lafourcade sweep major wins.
Hong Kong filmmaker Yonfan’s animated drama “No. 7 Cherry Lane” is intellectually intoxicating and stylistically sumptuous.
Back then, it was Bobby Fischer who ignited a national chess craze. This time, it’s a young woman — fictional, but fiercely inspiring.
“Ghostways” collects two illustrated essays, “Ness” and “Holloways,” by British travel writer Robert Macfarlane, for the first time in the U.S.
General manager Rob Pelinka hint that Lakers may seek to rest James after long title run and short span between seasons.
Chargers’ Joey Bosa talks about his two weeks in concussion protocol. He has no recollection of the play that knocked him out of a game on Nov. 1.
The Dodgers will cut ties with its rookie-level affiliate in Ogden, Utah as part of the downsizing scheduled to take place across the minors for 2021.
Joe Noteboom said he was prepared to step in for the Rams’ Andrew Whitworth, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who could be out six to eight weeks because of a knee injury.
Azerbaijan’s president declares that his country’s forces have taken control of the Aghdam region, an area ceded by Armenia in a truce that ended heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 37, police said Friday.
The Defense Department says a Pentagon official installed in a top policy job by President Trump last week has tested positive for coronavirus.
The U.S. has executed a man in the death of a 16-year-old Texas girl, who was kidnapped and raped before being doused with gasoline and buried alive.
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Here’s how a handful of independent farmers are handling the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After 36 years, Clay Oven Indian restaurant in Irvine is moving locations and using a ghost kitchen.
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The greatest triumph of the season arrives on the day after Thanksgiving, when your protein-induced drowsiness has dissipated and the leftovers are yours to play with in the manner you desire.
Guide to the Holidays
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With much of life canceled because of COVID-19, so too are large holiday gatherings, which for many of us involved traveling, cooking and jostling with friends, family and relatives at the buffet table. So why my relief? Because, frankly, it was exhausting.
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How to politely turn down an invitation to socialize while there’s still a pandemic going on.
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Some consider it a faux pas to decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving, but is the stress of the pandemic turning more people into early decorators?
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Welcome to our comprehensive gift guide for the 2020 holiday season.
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The California Grocers Assn. is urging consumers to plan ahead and shop early to avoid crowds amid an alarming uptick in COVID-19 cases.
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Stir-fried green beans, cranberry membrillo and a crustless pumpkin custard: Thanksgiving classics hit “refresh” to fit this unordinary year.
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Las restricciones de viaje terrestre en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos se mantendrán hasta por lo menos el 21 de diciembre, anunció hoy la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) de México.
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A medida que se acercan las vacaciones y las cifras de COVID-19 aumentan, California muestra el peligro de la falta de disciplina y el anhelo de volver a la normalidad.
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¿Por qué los Dodgers capturarán su primer título de Serie Mundial desde 1988? Hay una confiabilidad en este equipo que estuvo ausente en años anteriores
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A new order will prohibit most nonessential activity outside the home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m for counties in California’s most restrictive purple tier.
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President Trump has stepped up his desperate effort to hold on to power.
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The order prohibits most nonessential activity outside the home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in counties in the strictest tier of the state’s reopening road map. It begins Saturday.
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Some consider it a faux pas to decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving, but is the stress of the pandemic turning more people into early decorators?
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TikTok sister duo Charli and Dixie D’Amelio are under fire for their “plain rude” behavior while dining with fellow social media star James Charles.
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An L.A.-based social media company had planned to host a party for influencers that health experts say doesn’t follow state safety protocols for COVID-19.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti trumpeted his homeless program, A Bridge Home, as a means to shore up the supply of interim housing. Results have been mixed.
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Distributing COVID-19 vaccine will be biggest health operation in L.A. history. Can the bureaucracy pull it off?
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The Houston rapper’s debut album follows a string of monster hit singles and a shooting that landed her in the tabloids and the hospital.
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Matthew Rankin’s perverse period reverie “The Twentieth Century” is a warped faux biopic of hallowed Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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Sergei Loznitsa’s brutally matter-of-fact, cynically comic “Donbass” depicts social destabilization in the titular war-ravaged region of eastern Ukraine.
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After a public feud over which union had jurisdiction over broadcast or streamed live theatrical performances, Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement that runs through December 2021.
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A Los Angeles County fire captain who was at the scene of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash has filed a retaliation lawsuit
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Like other destructive wildfires this season, the Mountain View fire was plume-dominated. What’s the science behind such clouds?
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Two former guards have been charged in connection with a 2016 incident that resulted in the death of a 65-year-old inmate who fell while his hands were handcuffed behind his back.
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What California’s new limited limited stay-at-home order for COVID-19 means for the state’s residents.
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Eric Stevens knew early on his wife was tough. Now as the former Rams player battles ALS, Amanda Stevens fights for access to experimental treatments.
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Sam Farmer makes his picks and predictions for Week 11 of the 2020 NFL season.
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Golden Gate has been closed to racing after a dramatic spike in coronavirus positives on the backstretch.
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Zaven Collins returned an interception 96 yards for a touchdown in the second overtime to give No. 25 Tulsa a 30-24 comeback victory over Tulane on Thursday night.
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As Trump’s lame-duck period drags on, General Services Administration leader Emily Murphy has refused to declare that her patron is in fact lame.
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he will not to extend several emergency loan programs set up with the Federal Reserve to support the economy in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
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A lawsuit might result in a loss that would only legitimate Trump’s appalling hijack of the government.
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California and other states are racing to finalize plans for who will get the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines and how they will be delivered.
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Mexico becomes the third country in the Americas to pass the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths and only the fourth in the world to do so.
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Public transport revenues in leading cities have been hit hard by COVID-19, and some passengers may never return.
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The United States, India and Brazil have the most infections and the most deaths.
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Mexico says it wants ex-officials accused of corruption tried in the country, but it is also willing to extradite drug traffickers.
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Here are places that need volunteers specifically on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but get your reservations in quick, and remember, these places need help the other 363 days of the year as well.
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Plant and garden lovers, here are some activities ready to take root in you. Just be sure to check before you go to make sure nothing’s changed, and wear a mask.
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FastAF is an Amazon and Instagram alternative for the must-have-it-now Angeleno.
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Through a series of interviews, Andrew Gelwicks learns life lessons from well-known LGBTQ+ celebrities, producers, writers, politicians, sports stars and leaders.
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Wall Street capped a day of choppy trading with modest gains for stocks Thursday, as the market’s tug of war continues between worries about the worsening pandemic in the present and optimism that a vaccine will rescue the economy in the future.
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The driverless car industry cheered a vote by the California Public Utilities Commission creating an approval process for would-be robotaxi fleet operators but lamented the red tape involved.
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A Hollywood Hills home that was instrumental in the formation of the Screen Actors Guild in the 1930s is on the market for $1.529 million.
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BuzzFeed Inc. will buy the HuffPost online news service from Verizon Communications Inc., marking the latest shake-up for new-media publishers.
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Hotels remain open, but guests should return nightly by 10 p.m.
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Agency again warns of growing COVID-19 risks and asks Americans to stay home.
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What happens when wedding plans collapse because of a pandemic? For better or worse, you stop crying and survey the marketplace for alternatives. If you’re smart, you can save money big time.
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A trip to the stars may not be in the cards for many of us, but it’s nice to dream.
