Decades ago, the Los Angeles coast was a dumping ground for thousands of barrels of acid sludge laced with the toxic pesticide DDT. The ocean buried the evidence for generations. No one could see it — until now.
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Over Democratic objections, the Republican-led Senate has voted to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation.
San Francisco shut down early in the pandemic and later limited reopening. Now the city is the first urban center in California where the risk of infection is rated as minimal.
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The long American tradition of threatening voting access — often for Black people and Latinos — has dramatically resurfaced in 2020, this time buttressed by a record-setting wave of litigation and an embattled president whose reelection campaign is built around a strategy of sowing doubt and confusion.
Xenophobic rhetoric and legislation from the Republican Party has pushed millions of Latinos — like Rafael and Carmela Serrano — to vote Democrat.
Offset, of the music group Migos, streamed part of the interaction on Instagram Live, which shows officers surrounding his vehicle near a Trump rally.
There’s been a COVID outbreak among Pence’s top aides. The vice president will continue an aggressive campaign schedule.
Pacific Gas and Electric may cut power to more than 1 million people in Northern and Central California amid extreme fire weather
Gale-force winds are likely to cause dangerous conditions in harbors on Catalina and Santa Cruz islands.
Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
The lack of gear and preparation for her expedition has led one local search and rescue team member to question how the woman survived the ordeal.
A San Diego County transit district is seeking to relieve the Coastal Commission and the city of Del Mar of jurisdiction over bluff projects.
Oahu is hanging loose and fighting the pandemic hard.
All of your favorite (and not-so-favorite) candy, ranked.
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The general election is approaching fast, with presidential, congressional, state legislative and local races on the Nov. 3 ballot. Here’s everything you need to know to make sure your vote is counted.
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It is all here. How to vote. Where to vote. Endorsements. What issues are on the ballot in California and Los Angeles County.
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California’s November election will feature 12 statewide ballot measures.
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Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more.
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Dependence on tech industries can’t help the state recover lower-wage job losses or reduce the entrenched inequality that makes California susceptible to rolling catastrophes.
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Well before Operation Warp Speed delivers COVID-19 vaccines en masse, we need to be prepared to distribute them effectively. Here’s how we should do it.
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A blue-state Democrat and a red-state Republican discuss the week in politics.
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About half of U.S. states have seen their highest daily coronavirus infection numbers so far at some point in October, and the country as a whole came very close to back-to-back record daily infection rates on Friday and Saturday
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Following their appearance at a Trump fundraiser in Orange County, the Mike Love-led (and Brian Wilson-absent) Beach Boys run through their hits in Ventura.
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Indiana has jumped into the Associated Press college football poll after pulling off the weekend’s most dramatic upset and Ohio State moved up to No. 3 following a dominant season debut.
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With a slew of acclaimed film and TV roles, the shape-shifting Irish actress has more than proved her early critics wrong. And she’s not done yet.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declared a second nationwide state of emergency in hopes of stemming a resurgence in coronavirus infections.
Tracking the Coronavirus
A study finds mask-wearing could spare more than 100,000 — perhaps over half a million — lives in the U.S. through February.
Very little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on women and the babies they carry.
Of the 3,600 new coronavirus infections reported in L.A. County on Thursday, officials said roughly 2,000 were from a backlog of tests.
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The coronavirus has killed Latinos at a rate disproportionate to their share of the population. Doctors don’t exactly know why.
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“Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen said on “Good Morning America” that he was concerned for actress Maria Bakalova during her scene with Rudy Giuliani.
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The lack of gear and preparation for her expedition has led one local search and rescue team member to question how the woman survived the ordeal.
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Very little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on women and the babies they carry.
With little presence the past six months, the L.A. Phil has stepped up its game with recordings and Dudamel virtual Hollywood Bowl concerts.
With a slew of acclaimed film and TV roles, the shape-shifting Irish actress has more than proved her early critics wrong. And she’s not done yet.
Writers Rachel Howzell Hall, Attica Locke and Ivy Pochoda talked with Times reporter James Queally for a 2020 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books event.
“The Queen’s Gambit,” about a female chess prodigy (Anya Taylor-Joy), is exciting, entertaining and convincing — especially when it comes to the game itself.
After so many playoff heartbreaks, Kershaw will try to tilt back the World Series for the Dodgers after a shocking loss.
With the Pac-12 not playing football games until November, fans have been left wandering a void of bland entertainment options every Saturday night.
By tying in low ratings to athletes making political statements in a question to President Trump, Brett Favre did nothing to help push equality.
Suspended USC receiver Munir McClain will hold a news conference to call for his reinstatement after he was questioned for receiving unemployment benefits.
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox are key to Netanyahu’s bid to stay in power, but their resistance to coronavirus restrictions is causing tensions.
Clashes with police and rioting last year left at least 31 people dead and caused $1.4 billion in damage — including torched shopping malls, supermarkets and subway stations.
Afghanistan is claiming it has killed a top Al Qaeda propagandist on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country’s east.
College towns have seen a surge of the coronavirus, especially in Texas, but they’re doubling down on in-person classes and fans at football games.
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If you’re feeling trashed from a candy overload, here are a few strategies that might help.
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Fall is the best time for muffins, doughnuts, yeasted fruit cakes and more sweet morning baked goods.
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The Taqueando pop-up is bringing some of L.A.'s best taqueros and taqueras (Priscilla Curiel, Tacos El Ruso and Mariscos Jalisco) to downtown L.A. for a five-week event.
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Becoming a single mom by choice seemed insane: I was a public schoolteacher, not a lawyer. I didn’t even have paid maternity leave. How could I afford daycare, diapers and doctor’s appointments? I expected people to think I was crazy, but they were supportive.
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A new website and Instagram account hint at the rapper/entrepreneur’s newest project with Caliva.
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KISS rocker Gene Simmons has hung a $22-million price tag on his Beverly Hills estate of 34 years.
EVENTS AND OFFERS
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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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Los angelinos estaban a solo un out de cerrar el partido que los pusiera 3-1 en la serie, sin embargo, dos errores causaron la derrota y la igualada en a mejor de siete
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La razón principal por la que la gente mata sus orquídeas es porque las riegan demasiado. Un experto ofrece consejos sobre cómo mantenerlas con vida.
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Rays defeat Dodgers in Game 4 of World Series
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No, this isn’t old news. Think of our neighbors to the north.
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Klein’s lamppost sculpture was moved without permission in 2017, now it’s back. Plus, museums at a crossroads in our weekly arts newsletter
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Locals celebrate a Christian Republican from their Indiana hometown as presidential material. But they’re talking about the late industrialist J. Irwin Miller, not Mike Pence.
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Very little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on women and the babies they carry.
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Towns like Whitefish, Mont., once could afford to view the coronavirus as a distant big-city problem. Not anymore.
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Ethiopia is denouncing ‘belligerent threats’ over the dam it has nearly completed on the Nile after President Trump said Egypt will blow it up.
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Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says a suicide bombing in Kabul has killed 18 people, including schoolchildren, and wounded several others.
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The U.S. coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day.
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Hostilities continue as the U.S. hosts diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan to talk about settling their decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
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An acre in the suburbs is not a farm of course, laid out within earshot of city hall and the state highway. Yet garden work can be farm work.
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The two-lot auction, open until Oct. 30, benefits the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance.
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Want to drink like the Rock and shop drugstores like Timothée Chalamet’s groomer? Leo can help
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Big-leaf maples in Icehouse Canyon create a fall glow, and why more bison are coming to Catalina.
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Talk host Ellen DeGeneres, talent-competition judge Simon Cowell and KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer make this week’s real estate pages.
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Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, are asking $39.9 million for their 9-acre, Bali-inspired compound.
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Although all-purpose sales sites like Craigslist and EBay can be good, niche sites can often sell specific types of items faster and with less hassle.
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On Broad Beach, a Mediterranean mansion boasts a stellar courtyard and an oceanfront patio on 120 feet of beach. Asking price: $42 million.
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For the 10% of you who said coronavirus would have no impact on your travel plans, available airfares are the feast before the feast.
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One takes you north to June Lake. Another reveals treasures hiding in plain sight in Los Angeles. A third brings you on a colorful desert sculpture tour.
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Two people can have the 1929-era landmark to themselves on select November nights.
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Forage for edible seaweed on a tour that includes a ramen lunch made with the day’s harvest.
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William Blinn, creator of “Starsky and Hutch” and an award-winning screenwriter responsible for “Brian’s Song,” “Roots” and “Purple Rain,” has died at 83.
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Texas country singer and songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker, who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at 78.
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Lupin III’s first 3DCG feature is a fun, zippy adventure where the gentleman thief and his friends triumph over Nazis.
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Roberto Lovato discusses his life and work with Times writer Esmeralda Bermudez for the 2020 Festival of Books.
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Across the state’s 58 counties, Los Angeles County remains by far the hardest hit, with nearly 300,000 cases and 6,989 deaths.
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Early voting centers opened across Los Angeles County on Saturday and will remain open through election day
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With the surge in homicides, criminal justice reform and defunding the police could become harder to do. Just look at Fresno.
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An independent review of stops conducted by LAPD officers last year found that racial disparities previously identified in a Times investigation were in part the result of failed strategies to use traffic and minor violations “as a pretext to identify or suppress more serious crimes.”
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Lewis Hamilton has made Formula One history by winning the Portuguese Grand Prix for a 92nd career victory.
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State health and safety guidelines need to be updated for high school football to proceed as scheduled in California.
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A soft liner by the Rays’ Brett Phillips, who hadn’t had a hit since Sept. 24, set off a chain of events that beat the Dodgers in World Series Game 4.
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Quarterback Justin Herbert has impressive stats early in his rookie season but will seek his first win when the Chargers host the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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2020 campaign ads mirror the candidates they represent. Trump’s are angry, negative and often dishonest. Biden’s are calmer and easier on the nerves.
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White House: vice president to maintain travel schedule.
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President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden hit the nation’s battleground states Saturday, offering a clear contrast to undecided voters.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski has announced that she’ll vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett.
