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The CDC changes announced Thursday don’t immediately alter mask rules in California, but they have raised some questions.
Newsom’s latest budget plan boasts more than $100 billion in unexpected revenue that can be used to tackle some of California’s most vexing problems.
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A parent or guardian must be present and bring the child’s photo ID with proof of age. Some places may require signing a consent form.
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Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s office asks judge to dismiss 10 charges involving women who have accused Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley of sexual assault.
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Have you noticed? Every weekend, caravans of lowriders and custom cars are cruising and hopping in a resurgent ritual. Van Nuys Boulevard is one of the city’s oldest sites of this resilient SoCal obsession.
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Some fear CDC moving too fast in lifting COVID-19 mask guidance for the vaccinated
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A Southern California fitness company called Pure Barre charges job applicants $1,800 for their training. That may be illegal under California law.
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After Trump separated children from their families, they’ve gotten crucial therapy, paid for by the government. But the future of those services is up in the air.
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L.A.'s search for new solutions to a growing homelessness crisis is running up against residents’ love of their beaches and park spaces.
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A suspected serial killer was trying to smash in a door with a hatchet to finish off one of his victims when he was arrested, prosecutors say.
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Additional federal aid would raise the total of California’s small-business grants to $4 billion, making it the largest program of its kind, Newsom says.
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Business groups and others oppose the legislation, which supporters say would reduce the number of uninsured in California, reducing overall healthcare costs.
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Newsom has been traveling around California making expensive promises to voters who very likely will be deciding in a fall recall election whether to keep or toss him, columnist George Skelton writes.
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Nearly half of Californians disapprove of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s job performance, according to a Berkeley IGS Poll released on Thursday. Sen. Alex Padilla has higher approval ratings, but fewer have an opinion on the state’s junior senator.
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Gov. Newsom’s budget is flush with money he has to spend on education. He sets sights on transitional kindergarten for all.
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L.A.'s search for new solutions to a growing homelessness crisis is running up against residents’ love of their beaches and park spaces.
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Some fear CDC moving too fast in lifting COVID-19 mask guidance for the vaccinated
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People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks in most places, the CDC suggested. But in California, it may be a week or more before changes would be considered locally.
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Newsom’s latest budget plan boasts more than $100 billion in unexpected revenue that can be used to tackle some of California’s most vexing problems.
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In a momentous turn in the fight against COVID-19, federal officials are significantly easing mask guidelines as the threat of the pandemic rapidly fades.
An appeals court panel temporarily freezes the deadlines of a federal order to offer shelter to everyone on L.A.'s skid row by October.
Teenagers 12 to 15 are able to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine starting today. No appointment is needed at L.A. County-run sites.
All vaccine sites run by L.A. County will begin offering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children 12 and older starting Thursday.
California could lift most COVID-19 mask requirements by June 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
A Los Angeles Times analysis finds disparities in who’s getting vaccinated, also showing lower figures in more disadvantaged parts of California.
The dire COVID-19 situation in India has been particularly hard to watch for many Indian American healthcare workers.
The debate in Orange County signifies continuing skepticism toward the government’s handling of COVID-19 and speaks to the larger politicization that has plagued nearly every other aspect of the pandemic.
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Despite a statewide mood of optimism, about 52 Californians are still succumbing to the novel coronavirus each day.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments for California teenagers 12-15 could begin Thursday
Has your company or workplace decided how to handle the question of vaccines? The Times is interested in hearing from you.
After several weeks in the orange, or moderate, tier of California’s COVID-19 reopening system, Orange County is now within striking distance of its widest reopening.
Public health experts are optimistic that coronavirus case rates and vaccinations are trending in the right directions.
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The University of California is weighing a limited tuition increase for fall 2022, saying it will help raise more financial aid and stabilize campuses, but student leaders are adamantly opposed.
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Los Alamitos school board adopts standards meant to help students embrace their identities, avoid bias and respect people from different backgrounds.
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Providing transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-old children could cost $2.7 billion a year at full implementation.
Housing & Homelessness
It happened 9 a.m. Wednesday at La Jolla Village Drive and Torrey Pines Road. Police say officers contacted man about allegedly urinating in public.
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A homeless person suffered serious burns after someone threw a flammable liquid at them near Lincoln Park, a source told The Times.
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In the three years since the Los Angeles Fire Department began tracking them, fires related to homeless camps have more than doubled.
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Service providers who contract with the city and county often don’t get paid what they need to do the work. Don’t scrimp on paying the people who are the ones getting homeless people off the streets and helping them stay housed.
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Sanctioned campgrounds to shelter homeless people are fine as a temporary measure only.
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Sanctioned tent camps sprouted up in San Francisco at the beginning of the COVID pandemic and have become key to the city’s homelessness response.
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A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported at 9:35 p.m. Thursday one mile from Truckee, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The recently reopened Pasadena Central Library has closed due to seismic safety issues
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Mobile users in Washington state gained access to the earthquake early warning system’s mobile alerts, following California and Oregon.
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Earthquakes along strike-slip faults can cause tsunamis in certain contexts, a new model shows — and such faults exist right off parts of California.
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California’s mask rules remain in effect, and it will probably take a week or more before any substantive changes are made.
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Agents fanned out across Southern California this week to arrest 11 suspects on federal charges amid a sharp rise in fentanyl overdose deaths.
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California AG to decide whether Vallejo police officer’s fatal shooting of Sean Monterrosa is a crime
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Suspect brandished a knife at a deliveryman outside a 7-Eleven and demanded chips, police say.
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An unusual bid by L.A. City Councilman John Lee to pull back funding from a Chatsworth homeless housing project was opposed by a council committee.
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A CHP officer observed the man ‘move into the driver’s seat’ before bringing the Tesla to a stop and arrested him on suspicion of reckless driving.
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If no one steps up, the prize will become one of the five largest SuperLotto Plus jackpots to go unclaimed in more than 20 years.
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Officers who shot one protester in the head and another in the groin with projectiles last spring violated LAPD policy Police Commission rules.
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After a year of record-setting wildfires in 2020, California could be in for a difficult year due to extensive drought conditions in the West.
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Jackie Lacey’s husband will enter diversion program after facing assault charges for pointing a handgun at unarmed protesters outside his home.
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The man police say fatally shot a Stockton officer had previously been arrested in downtown Los Angeles on firearms charges, court records show.
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It’s a fierce battle that could affect your power bills, and the power wielded by gas and electric companies.
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Nearly $4 million has flowed into the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles from donors who use accounts that allow them to shield their identities.
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L.A. County Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Sheila Kuehl are proposing that the county provide at least $1,000 to at least 1,000 residents for three years.
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Jamiah Hargins wants microfarms to feed Los Angeles one frontyard at a time.
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The death of Pop Smoke stunned the music world last year. Now, new details of the slaying and how detectives tracked his alleged killers have come to light.
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A San Marino man who drove his truck through a crowd of protesters last year in Pasadena pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of conspiring to bring guns into California.
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A rise in anti-Asian hate attacks this year has been deeply traumatizing for many.
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The proposal to deliver $8 billion in new cash payments to millions of Californians amid the COVID-19 pandemic is part of a $100-billion state budget that has swelled with a significant windfall of tax revenues.
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A bouquet of 25 roses is running between $30 and $60, one vendor said, compared to the more typical range of $16 to $30.
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Federal appeals court rejects challenge to a California program that provides retirement savings for workers who don’t have a pension or 401(k).
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An Assembly panel recommended against creating a new department at a hearing where lawmakers noted a backlog of delayed claims has increased.
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L.A. hoping to supercharge economy by summer. But will tourists and office workers really return?
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Actor known as “Zach Avery” indicted on fraud charges in sprawling Hollywood Ponzi scheme
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In an unnamed and unheralded alley just south of Hollywood Boulevard, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton filmed scenes in some of their greatest films. It deserves recognition.
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A tidal wave of reopenings continues to wash over the state as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths recede.
