With noise complaints in high-rise apartments surging, exasperated South Koreans have turned to extreme measures to get back at their upstairs dwellers.
Violence in eastern Myanmar, including airstrikes that drove thousands in the Karen ethnic minority to flee to Thailand, has increased with new attacks.
The report criticizes the Trump administration for placing religious freedom above all other rights, even if it meant excluding fair treatment of the LGBTQ community and others.
A federal judge did not immediately rule on a closely watched case over the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Among them are Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for an appeals court, positioning her to potentially become the first Black female Supreme Court justice.
Counties can allow outdoor bars, as well as increased capacities at houses of worship, indoor restaurants and movie theaters.
With some other areas of the country already seeing an alarming rebound, officials say the next few weeks are pivotal.
Biden calls for a task force against anti-Asian hate, Justice Department action and money for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
During former Officer Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd, a witness says she took video because ‘it wasn’t right, he was suffering.’
Chadwick Boseman’s castmates and colleagues remember the late actor’s daring work in his final film.
Kayleigh McEnany, the former Trump press secretary and CNN commentator, joins Fox News’ daytime program ‘Outnumbered’ starting April 6.
Ariana Grande is the latest pop star to take a seat on NBC’s ‘The Voice.’ The ‘7 Rings’ singer will replace Nick Jonas as a Season 21 coach.
Downtown Los Angeles is but one “center” of a city that grew out, rather than up. That was (mostly) on purpose.
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Los Angeles opened applications for its rent-relief program, which aims to help tenants and landlords with debt stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Universal Studios Hollywood announces an April 16 reopening and will debut its Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash ride. Disneyland opens April 30.
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NFL owners approve of 17th game for upcoming season; preseason is cut to three games.
Must Reads
I had major plans for the shutdown: learn French, start sewing again, clean my closets, reread the classics. They didn’t happen, but I learned a lot.
The Dodgers have only gotten better since dominating en route to winning 2020 World Series title. In 2021, they’ll become the greatest team in MLB history.
March Madness
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With UCLA playing Michigan in the Elite Eight, Tyus Edney remembers another March Madness matchup between the two teams that did not end well for the Bruins.
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USC will need all the firepower it can get, starting with Evan Mobley, if it’s going to have a chance against undefeated Gonzaga in the Elite Eight.
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UCLA coach Mick Cronin’s father, Hep, has taken some of the spotlight during the Bruins’ run in the NCAA tournament.
Coronavirus: What You Need To Know
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The pandemic has been stressful and isolating for everyone. For many Asian Americans, that’s been exacerbated by racist antagonism.
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Vaccine eligibility in L.A. County has expanded again. Here’s how to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
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We traveled around the L.A. region to ask people whether or not they would take the vaccine, and if not, why. Then we posed their questions to two experts. Here’s what they said.
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Museums, amusement parks and events are reopening. Here’s where and how to spend your time (safely) if you’re looking for something to do.
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As if banning trans female athletes on women’s teams weren’t bad enough, many states seek to interfere with their ability to find medical treatments.
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The movie could leave viewers with a benign view of how Amazon treats its workers, including the temporary ones.
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With 17-game NFL season approved, Chargers get Vikings in extra game. Preseason is cut to three games.
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With its policy of open bars and restaurants, the Spanish capital has built a reputation for being an oasis of fun in a pandemic-restricted Europe.
Visual Storytelling
Travel nurses come from all over the Unites States to aid overburdened healthcare systems. As of mid-March, the California Department of Public Health has deployed nearly 2,000 travel nurses across the state to help vaccinate.
Members of Korean pop sensation BTS say their own painful encounters with racism have included ‘expletives’ and being ‘mocked for the way’ they look.
CNN anchor Don Lemon ran a clock to emphasize the “excruciatingly long time” ex-police officer Derek Chauvin pinned his knee on George Floyd’s neck.
While Disney Hall remains dark in L.A., Gustavo Dudamel conducts the opera ‘Otello’ in Barcelona, where reopening is not what you might expect.
Pop fans with long memories will recognize the furor over Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero.’
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The Getty Museum has acquired “Lucretia,” a major 1627 work by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most celebrated female painter of her time.
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ArtCenter President Lorne M. Buchman succeeded in fundraising and grew the school’s programs, but longstanding diversity problems linger.
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Movie theaters, museums and theme parks across Southern California have begun reopening within COVID-19 guidelines. Call it our spring awakening.
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Hollywood’s scoring stages once provided musicians with abundant work. But pandemic-driven changes in recording could shift more jobs elsewhere.
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African and Korean American artist Michelle Robinson brings Art Deco to Hollywood with her artwork for the Oscars.
Here’s the entire schedule for the Dodgers’ 2021 MLB season, which opens on Thursday against the Colorado Rockies.
By adding former All-Star center Andre Drummond, the Lakers have fewer minutes for someone else, likely Marc Gasol. A look at what might happen.
The Dodgers are proud of their 2020 championship, but they want to win the World Series again in 2021 so they can celebrate alongside more fans.
Here’s the entire schedule for the Angels’ 2021 MLB season, which begins Thursday against the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium.
With its policy of open bars and restaurants, the Spanish capital has built a reputation for being an oasis of fun in a pandemic-restricted Europe.
Guatemala’s president has declared a ‘state of prevention’ along the border with Honduras amid rumors that a new migrant caravan may be forming there.
As the war in Syria enters its 11th year, the U.N. and other aid groups are seeking over $4 billion for aid, with more to help refugees.
China has sharply reduced the number of directly elected seats in Hong Kong’s legislature in a setback for democracy in the semi-autonomous city.
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Baby artichokes, fava beans, peas, new potatoes and rhubarb — recipes for all of spring’s best hits.
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For this week’s What We’re Into video, we’re checking out the flautas from Los Dorados LA, a food trailer specializing in tacos dorados.
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Where to get a fried fish sandwich.
The perils of parenting through a pandemic
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Readers vote the Dodgers moving to L.A. the 11th greatest moment in Dodger history.
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Tastemade’s expansion is a small example of a broader trend in which media companies are spending enormous sums on local-language movies and shows for international audiences.
Listen to our Great Reads
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Researchers are getting serious about understanding a disease patients call “long COVID.” Its symptoms include aches, fatigue, sleep problems and brain fog.
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After 20 hours in the Pacific Ocean, Desireé Rodriguez was the only one in her family left alive. She had almost given up. Then two fishermen spotted her.
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Cientos de familias migrantes, incluidos bebés y mujeres embarazadas, fueron detenidas bajo el puente internacional de Anzalduas, durmiendo en la tierra, sin mucha comida ni atención médica, dijeron personas que fueron liberadas.
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Se proyecta que Cyber Monday alcanzará $12.7 mil millones impulsados por la pandemia
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Marjorie Leach, 101, is one of those men and women who are at least 100 years old and have survived COVID-19.
EVENTS AND OFFERS
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Getting called a racial slur while surfing Manhattan Beach changed how Justin ‘Brick’ Howze and Gage Crismond view their role in the sport.
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Architect professor Alexis Navarro designed and built an accessory dwelling unit that is affordable and attractive. The result is inspiring.
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The Palm Springs area, Southern California’s favorite getaway, is ready for us with seven new or renovated hotels that feature cool vibes, splashy pools and luxe furnishings.
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J. Seward Johnson’s sculpture is to be reinstalled in late April. Not everyone is happy about that.
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Claremont, on the eastern edge of L.A. County, is home to historic architecture along its streets and on the campuses of the Claremont Colleges.
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Attention hardcore backpackers, day hikers and fans of outdoors selfies: The Times has created the ultimate guide to hiking in L.A.
Join the Conversation
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Kayleigh McEnany, the former Trump press secretary and CNN commentator, joins Fox News’ daytime program ‘Outnumbered’ starting April 6.
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With some other areas of the country already seeing an alarming coronavirus rebound, officials say the next few weeks are pivotal if California is to stave off yet another surge.
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An Aliso Viejo woman can’t understand why she purchased more than $3,000 worth of gift cards for an obvious scammer. Was she hypnotized?
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The Easter Sunday holiday is going be a big test of whether California can avoid another COVID-19 spike, experts say.
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium will reopen in May at 25% capacity after closing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Some parts of Germany are again suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, this time for people under 60, after reports of blood clots.
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As vaccine access rapidly expands, some say vulnerable homebound individuals are being left behind.
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Trump recently rattled off the names of those he viewed as future leaders of the GOP, including Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis.
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Afghan officials say attackers have gunned down three women working to administer the polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan.
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The former California senator has backed off the bold promises she made as a presidential candidate, falling in line with President Biden
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A technology start-up backed by Google has a plan for redirecting those seeking far-right extremist content. But it pushed some targets to Beau of the Fifth Column.
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Less than six months after Vanessa Bryant sold an Irvine home she owned with Kobe, the Tuscan-style spot is back on the market with a new look.
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SpaceX chalks up another failed landing for Starship, its prototype Mars rocket.
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Here’s what workers are now entitled to under the 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave requirement — and what employers’ obligations are.
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The Paramour Estate — it was a convent, but not the Los Feliz convent involved in the Perry battle — would set a neighborhood record if she gets her price.
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Nicolas Batum remembers when the Clippers shifted their momentum, coming back from 22 points down to beat Charlotte. ‘Something was born that night.’
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A revitalized Clippers squad on a roll avenged an earlier loss by dismantling the Milwaukee Bucks 129-105 on Monday at Staples Center.
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New Lakers center Andre Drummond had his first news conference Monday and made it clear why he joined: ‘I’m not here to do anything besides win.’
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With LeBron James and Anthony Davis still out with injuries, Lakers coach Frank Vogel is thrilled to have Andre Drummond on the team.
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Find a flick with our guide to new and classic movies playing outdoors at L.A.-area drive-ins, pop-ups and rooftops.
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Your weekend watch list also includes Pacific Opera Project’s ‘COVID fan Tutte,’ a virtual Passover celebration and photography of César E. Chávez.
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Disney California Adventure is the first of Anaheim’s Disney theme parks to let guests explore its full layout, albeit without rides — for now.
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The park’s initial reopening will be for hotel guests, pass holders and existing ticket holders with a wider opening for the general public on April 15
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The social media posts that bum me out? Sober birthdays or anniversaries by single guys. They deserve heart emojis, but my heart holds a deeper story.
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I told my best friend that I wasn’t sure whether it was a date or just a casual meetup. When Andrew showed up at my house in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops, I thought: ‘OK, not a date.’
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I am the invisible “B” in LGBTQIA+ — and I deserve to be seen. “Bierasure” is one of the lesser known issues that plague the LGBTQIA+ community. It’s the tendency to ignore and falsify evidence of bisexuality and its existence, and it leads to painful reactions when someone comes out as bisexual.
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It’s been one year with him. One year without my mom, who died shortly after we started dating. How do I love, when I carry this certainty that love is always lost?
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Despite being online and off campus, students largely maintained grades and course loads, a Times survey has found, but some figures point to the continuing struggles for Black, Latino and first-generation undergrads.
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The theme of the moment is that L.A. schools are safe — but it’s hard to turn on a dime after months of a contrary message.
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Seeking help with her 12-year-old’s video schooling, a mother says she endured teacher’s racist rant
Seeking help with her 12-year-old’s video schooling, a mother says she endured teacher’s racist rant
Katura Stokes said she just wanted to help her sixth-grade son connect so he could complete his online schooling. But she alleges that when a school video conference ended, a teacher’s racist rant began.
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The forced homecoming of students because of COVID-19 has been painful for those whose families do not know of or reject their LGBTQ identities.
Guides & Advice:
See what people had to say when asked whether they’d take a COVID-19 vaccine, and how experts are thinking about vaccination.
Booster shots may be needed in the future.
Side effects like a fever or aches are a sign that your body is building up its defenses to fight the coronavirus, experts say.
Clinical trials have begun to test the vaccines’ safety in children.