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Actor Alan Alda and Scripps Research will transform scientists into master storytellers
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Frieda Caplan, the first woman to own and run a produce company in the U.S. and is credited for introducing hundreds of exotic fruits and veggies to American markets, is dead. She was 96. -
Federal authorities moved Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti to New York on Friday ahead of a trial later this month on charges that he tried to extort more than $20 million from sports giant Nike, his attorney said.
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The 7-Eleven clerk, a father of four who came to the U.S. from Pakistan, has severe brain damage, according to his family.
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OneLife LA, held downtown Saturday, is the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ counter to the Women’s March, though it’s two years older.More Coverage
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Hundreds of Cudahy residents expressed outrage Friday over the Delta jet fuel dump, seen as part of a pattern of environmental injustice against the area.
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to advocate for reproductive rights, immigration reform, environmental justice and other issues as part of the fourth Women’s March.
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Two banners in Baldwin Park show Ricardo Pacheco with a donkey’s mouth and ears and accuse him of being a “liar,” “fraud,” “bully” and “abuser.”
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LAPD releases photo of bicycle part that it says prompted the fatal police shooting
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Federal officials are now screening passengers flying into LAX, JFK and SFO for a new, worrisome virus that has infected dozens in China.
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Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have been found to have traces of man-made chemicals linked to cancer.
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Los Angeles Times reporters found two dozen cases in which a death investigation was harmed by the procurement of body parts.
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How firms helped rewrite a law to make it difficult for coroners to stop them from harvesting body parts.
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The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.
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The Times found dozens of cases in which autopsy investigations were hindered or delayed by the procurement of tissues or organs — something the industry claims never happens.
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Culture and diaspora
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Skelton has covered government and politics for The Times since 1974.
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All the reasons why a building like St. Vincent’s Medical Center would make a perfect place to serve homeless people.
Newsom, wrapping up his week of community visits to talk about the homelessness crisis, acknowledged the trailers are only a small step to addressing a very large problem.
A skid row group is suing Los Angeles over a program that provides an alternative to criminal charges for minor offenses, arguing that it denies people a chance at a fair hearing and is “unnavigable” for people who are poor, homeless or disabled.
The region’s affordable-housing gap is growing, not shrinking, Microsoft noted, although last year it grew more slowly than before.
Sure, repurposing St. Vincent Medical Center as homeless housing could be tough, but let’s at least consider it.
The opponents of a Griffith Park shelter show that the only thing worse than the homelessness crisis are people who prevent any solution.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last week that may result in an assessment of the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa as a possible location for a homeless shelter.
Nury Martinez, the first Latina to serve as L.A. City Council president, called for a reassessment of the region’s homelessness strategy.
Handing out jackets, socks, food and other practical items helps, but it does nothing to address mental illness and addiction among homeless people.
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Climate & Environment
Firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia’s wildfires
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A lawsuit by young people who claimed the U.S. government’s climate policies jeopardize their future and violate their constitutional rights has been dismissed.
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Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gases and carmakers have big plans for them. But so far, few car buyers want them.
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Artist Jessica Rath imagines human-sized bumblebee nests at Rath’s “fruiting bodies” exhibit at Descanso Gardens.
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A UCLA team is vying for the Carbon XPrize, a competition to see who can recycle the most CO2 by turning it into useful products like concrete.
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A home surveillance video captured five California mountain lions defying their reputation as being notoriously solitary.
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The University of California is proposing annual tuition increases over five years, saying it will raise more financial aid and reduce costs for more than half of in-state undergraduates. The UC student association, however, opposes any increase, which could range from about $350 to $600 this fall.
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The gift is the largest from an individual donor in the history of UCLA’s College of Humanities division.
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The university has been ordered to pay back millions in tuition and fees to about 1,000 teaching assistants.
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Stellar Solutions Inc. has mothballed a costly project aimed at improving detection of electromagnetic pulses - ‘luminosities’ - thought to precede earthquakes.
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The deployment of 35 specialists came in response to a request from the Puerto Rican government to the California Governor’s Office after the quakes.
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The earthquake occurred 28 miles from California City, 58 miles from Barstow, 60 miles from Tehachapi and 62 miles from Rosamond.
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A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday at 8:28 a.m. un Brea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez wants to stop the city from allowing permits to build detention centers for unaccompanied immigrant minors.
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The jet fuel that was dumped by a Delta flight across southeastern Los Angeles County prompted concerns from residents who are uncertain about the health and environmental impacts of jet fuel exposure. However, experts say, long-term health impacts are unlikely.
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Frank Cruz always told other people’s stories. Now, he tells all in his memoir about his days as a reporter, Telemundo co-founder and everything in between. He carved paths for others along the way.
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A look at California stories from the last week, including the Delta jet fuel dump over Cudahy.
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L.A. is fuming over World Series cheating, feeling the history books contain a lie.
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The Edinburgh Bungalow Court, a historic-cultural monument, is on the market. If it doesn’t get a new buyer, it’s almost certain to be razed.
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A Laguna Beach man accused of paying body brokers to scout the country for patients for his sober-living home pleaded not guilty Friday to insurance fraud charges related to a scheme that prosecutors say extracted $3.2 million from medical insurance companies.
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to advocate for reproductive rights, immigration reform, environmental justice and other issues as part of the fourth Women’s March.
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Federal authorities moved Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti to New York on Friday ahead of a trial later this month on charges that he tried to extort more than $20 million from sports giant Nike, his attorney said.
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Actor Alan Alda and Scripps Research will transform scientists into master storytellers
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LAPD releases photo of bicycle part that it says prompted the fatal police shooting
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Federal authorities in three U.S. airports will begin screening travelers arriving from Wuhan, China, for signs they may be infected with a new coronavirus spreading in Asia.
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Laws & Policy
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California lawmakers on Friday revived a proposal to temporarily cut taxes on marijuana to help the state’s beleaguered legal market.
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Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra announced a lawsuit to limit the Trump administration’s new fracking efforts on federal lands inside California.
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Once described as “more labradoodle than Doberman,” Adam Schiff got tough on President Trump. That’s made him both a hero and a pariah.
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California lawmakers will consider raising taxes on some of the nation’s largest companies. The bigger the gap between CEO pay and the average worker’s pay, the bigger the tax increase.
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As a new poll shows homelessness as California voters’ top concern, Gov. Gavin Newsom is stumping the state promoting a homelessness plan he unveiled in his budget proposal.
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