The surge in plastic waste caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may push over the edge a fragile ecosystem of recycling plastic, already strained by falling oil prices and interruptions in the global trade in recyclables.
Journalists in the Arab world are finding that it’s becoming risky not just to criticize their own countries, but also their countries’ allies.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore anticipates Los Angeles will see more than 300 homicides this year — a grisly milestone not reached in more than a decade.
Officials stressed that the disease can strike any age group and that personal decisions on adhering to prevention measures will dictate when the county can further lift restrictions on businesses and public facilities.
A woman pulls down her mask and shouts “Trump 2020" and obscenities at the barista.
Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and other large California theme parks won’t open immediately under protocols.
Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger and Mookie Betts were unstoppable in Game 1 of the World Series, showing how the Dodgers and Rays aren’t on the same level.
“I do not want this to be a distraction. Therefore, I will take a leave from ... my volunteer political work with the mayor,” Jacobs said in a statement.
A judge has denied bail to Mexico’s former defense secretary charged with helping a cartel smuggle drugs into the U.S. in exchange for bribes.
Angel City Football Club will be the name of L.A.'s NWSL team. Its group of owner-investors now includes tennis legend Billie Jean King and her partner Ilana Kloss.
A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble that will be brought to Earth.
“Hello America” host Nish Kumar plays “a pointless complex quest” to show how the American voting system is like a bad game of Dungeons & Dragons.
When half of life is lived on Zoom, it was inevitable that someone, somewhere would be caught self-pleasuring.
Election 2020
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Trump ended September with $63.1 million in the bank; Biden had nearly three times as much.
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President Trump is calling on Atty. Gen. William Barr to launch an investigation into unverified claims about Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the Justice Department abandon its historical resistance to getting involved in elections.
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If a ballot can’t be preserved, officials will work to alert voters who need to resubmit their votes using the contact information printed on the mail-in envelope.
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How to celebrate Halloween
With Halloween around the corner, the coronavirus remains the scariest nightmare of all. Many of the traditional events in Southern California have been canceled. But here is what you can do: Decorate your home. Carve a hand-picked pumpkin. Bake a roasted pumpkin loaf topped with spiced bread crumbs. Take a spooky driving tour of L.A.
Can we safely celebrate Halloween this year, in the midst of a pandemic? Gatherings aren’t safe, and do you really want your children knocking at doors, begging for candy and grabbing from the same bowl? Americans stuck at home have plenty of time to come up with some creative — and safe — solutions.
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Americans have lost trust in the people and institutions keeping them informed about the coronavirus, a new poll finds.
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In August, the Los Angeles Times published a series on the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium antiwar demonstration. After an overwhelming response, most of the series will be collected in a 36-page zine.
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Sometimes overlapping talk isn’t an interruption. And sometimes an interruption is a verbal assault.
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If Twitter’s and Facebook’s responses to the N.Y. Post’s Hunter Biden story qualify as illegal contributions, other companies break the law constantly.
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We now have a kind of partisanship based on imperviousness to evidence and indifference to facts that energizes the wildest of conspiratorial claims.
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Is killing thousands of Native Americans worse than denying the existential dangers of climate change?
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President Trump spent a decade pursuing business projects in China, operating an office and maintaining a corporate bank account there, a report says.
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Mookie Betts understands how a five-tool skill set helps the team win, and he saw plenty of that in the Dodgers’ World Series Game 1 win.
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Clayton Kershaw has waited a long time for October glory, and his World Series Game 1 performance for the Dodgers was worthy of a championship.
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The Pomona Police Department has announced the retirement of K-9 Officer Sarge, a 7-year-old Belgian Malinois. Sarge will live with his trainer, Cpl. Joe Hernandez.
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The Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 to take Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday behind the pitching of Clayton Kershaw and spark of Mookie Betts.
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A world heritage site, the Galapagos marine reserve faces threats from industrial fishing, climate change and a drastic drop in tourism and funding for conservation.
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Photos from Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
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With COVID-19 stimulus stalled, L.A. clubs face doomsday scenario: ‘We’re in the deep end, drowning’
With COVID-19 stimulus stalled, L.A. clubs face doomsday scenario: ‘We’re in the deep end, drowning’
Most club owners say they will have to close their doors permanently in the coming months unless the Save Our Stages bill is passed.
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It took years for the American Public Health Assn. to say that police violence threatens the health of not just victims and their families, but entire communities.
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The Showtime Lakers wowed L.A. at the Fabulous Forum, and the fall produced indelible memories of Kirk Gibson’s fist pump and the Dodgers winning a World Series.
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The sky show begins in the wee hours and continues through dawn.
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Clayton Kershaw has waited a long time for October glory, and his World Series Game 1 performance for the Dodgers was worthy of a championship.
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President Trump is calling on Atty. Gen. William Barr to launch an investigation into unverified claims about Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the Justice Department abandon its historical resistance to getting involved in elections.
51 video games. Made in two weeks. All of them about life in 2020. Trust me, it’s better when it’s a game.
“GLOW” stars Sunita Mani, Sydelle Noel, Britney Young, Shakira Barrera, Kia Stevens and Ellen Wong called on Netflix for better representation on the hit show.
Netflix subscriptions surged as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but growth is slowing as businesses reopen and competition from streaming rivals rises.
Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Jennifer Coolidge and other “Legally Blonde” stars are reuniting 19 years after the film hit theaters.
Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly, speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference, says MLB is not likely to fully return to normal until 2022.
Tickets to see the Dodgers play the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series at Globe Life Field aren’t cheap — and have to be purchased in groups of four.
Tiger Woods won last year’s ZOZO Championship in Japan, and his familiarity with Sherwood Country Club puts him a good position to win again.
The Clippers finalized Tyronn Lue’s five-year contract and officially announced his hiring Tuesday. He will be introduced to the media on Wednesday.
The U.S. has experienced about 300,000 ‘excess deaths’ since the coronavirus came to America, and two-thirds of them can be attributed to COVID-19, the CDC says.
Amnesty International said late Tuesday there is ‘credible but disturbing evidence’ that security forces in the Nigerian metropolis of Lagos have fatally shot protesters demonstrating against police brutality.
Democrats and the Trump administration have been talking for three months about what the next COVID-19 economic relief package should include.
Biden holds a narrow lead in the nation’s perennial swing state, where early voting has started. Winning it would all but seal victory over Trump.
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All of your favorite (and not-so-favorite) candy, ranked.
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On this week’s episode, Jenn heads to Tokyo to eat chicken karaage with a karaage master at Lawson. Then she heads back to L.A. to eat her favorite chicken karaage at Tenkatori in Gardena.
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Whether for dishes that are hot or cold, sweet or savory, the extremely versatile pear stars in your favorite fall recipes.
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The sky show begins in the wee hours and continues through dawn.
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The iconic jeweler says Orange County is a natural choice for its latest bistro, which will seat 38 guests: The South Coast Plaza store is its highest-volume store in the United States outside of New York.
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Maybe your first-ever victory garden wasn’t a smash success this summer, but don’t give up now. Fall is prime planting time for edibles in Southern California, a more forgiving time with fewer demands for water or worries about scorching your plants. Now is the time to plant berries for spring harvest as well as a lush palette of greens, root crops, peas and brassicas for harvest throughout the winter.
EVENTS AND OFFERS
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Se espera que el Departamento de Justicia presente una demanda el martes alegando que Google ha estado abusando de su dominio en la búsqueda y publicidad online.
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Esa fue la primera vez que una ciudad tuvo un campeón de la NBA y de la Serie Mundial en el mismo año
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Los Estados Unidos están entrando en la “fase más difícil” de la pandemia, ya que el presidente Trump pelea con los demócratas sobre las medidas sanitarias y económicas para contrarrestarla.
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The Tampa Bay Rays are a good team, but the Dodgers are just a little bit better.
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The Galaxy’s troubles go far beyond the technical area.
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California will review the safety of all COVID-19 vaccines that receive federal approval before distributing them to the public.
Join the Conversation
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Nowhere in California will a voter who refuses to wear a mask be turned away, election officials said.
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With the end of a court order that barred Republicans from conducting “ballot security” operations at polling places, fears are growing of voter intimidation and suppression efforts in Democratic strongholds in November.
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All of your favorite (and not-so-favorite) candy, ranked.
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A grand juror who won a court fight to speak publicly about the Breonna Taylor investigation is taking issue with statements by Kentucky’s attorney general.
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As coronavirus infections and deaths rise, President Trump lashes out — again.
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Early ballots cast by people who die before election day are sometimes cited as proof of voter fraud, but in many states they’re perfectly legal.
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Thousands of retirees rally in the Belarusian capital of Minsk to demand the resignation of the country’s longtime authoritarian president.
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Ray Romano and series co-creator Phil Rosenthal among those to pay homage to late costar Peter Boyle
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I didn’t stand a chance with Libby. She was a gorgeous blond dancer. I’m short, and I wear glasses. When I tried to tell her how I felt about her, she (gently) shot me down.
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Phoenix-based Yandy has a knack for adding a dash of the provocative to pop culture with its Halloween costumes.
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He pulled off a surprise proposal. But 2020 had even more surprises in store for us. The question now is: Will we get married in 2021? Or will coronavirus still be looming over the ceremony. Should we just elope? Does it even matter?
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Snap Inc.'s stock price surged after the social media company reported revenue and user growth that topped estimates, fueled by jumps in ad spending and phone use.
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PG&E failed to conduct detailed climbing inspections of 967 transmission structures in high-fire-risk areas before the start of the peak wildfire season, a monitor tells the court.
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How Google grew is a story shaped by unbridled ambition, savvy decision-making, technology’s networking effects, lax regulatory oversight and the pressure for profits.
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Stocks closed broadly higher Tuesday as Wall Street welcomed a batch of solid earnings reports from U.S. companies.
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The city is seeing an increase in violent events amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cruise companies say pent-up demand, once the U.S. no-sail order is lifted, will lead to higher ticket costs.
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The job losses in the airline industry are staggering, but behind the numbers are real people.
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Here’s what happening behind the locked gates of Hearst Castle.
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TV Ratings story for the week of Oct. 12 — 18 Wed., Oct. 21, 2020
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What’s on TV Wednesday, Oct. 21: The season premiere of “The Conners” on ABC; World Series Game 2: The Tampa Bay Rays versus the Dodgers, on Fox
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Barack Obama, Chloe x Halle, SZA, Yara Shahidi, Usher, Jennifer Hudson and other celebrities are joining forces tonight for Complex’s “Pull Up & Vote Party.”
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invited her social media followers to play the popular mystery game Among Us on Twitch and boost participation in the election.
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A Los Angeles judge sentenced Luiz Fuentes to 78 years to life in prison.
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The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled that the fatal police shooting of Alex Flores Jr. was justified, though they disapproved of the tactics used in the lead-up to the shooting.
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Supporters of a coming ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products in California asked the state attorney general on Tuesday to investigate complaints that people gathering signatures for a referendum to overturn the law have misrepresented the petitions.
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A deadly fire engulfed the Conception dive boat because its owner failed to have effective oversight of the vessel and did not operate a required roving patrol that could have detected the fire earlier and saved lives, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
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The Dodgers were extremely cautious with Julio Urías for years because of injuries and his youth. Then he threw more than 150 pitches in five days of the NLCS.
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Chris Smith isn’t making the jump to the NBA this year, and holding off from turning pro has given him plenty of goals for his final season at UCLA.
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Entering his senior year, running back Stephen Carr wants to be more physical this season. His position coach says Carr looks “as good as he’s ever been.”
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Alec Anderson has taken over at right tackle in UCLA training camp after Jake Burton transferred to Baylor in late August.
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California Republicans say their ballot drop box program has followed all regulations and accuse Democratic officials of partisan retaliation.
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President Trump’s sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire.
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President Trump’s closing message is a lot like his presidency: chaotic, controversial and notable for anger and theatrics. It may repel the electorate.
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California voters are deciding in the November election whether to approve Proposition 17, which would allow people convicted of felonies who are on parole to vote in future elections in the state.
