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Councilman Mike Bonin attends the grand opening ceremony at Palisades Village on September 22, 2018 in Pacific Palisades.

Westside Councilman Mike Bonin says he won’t seek re-election

L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents Venice and other coastal areas, said Wednesday he will not seek re-election.

New bill would force courts to clear cannabis convictions faster
A 15-month-old dies of COVID-19, becoming L.A. County’s youngest coronavirus fatality

A bronze statue of Kobe and Gigi Bryant appears at site of chopper crash as fans mourn
Martine Colette, Wildlife Waystation founder who rescued animals by the thousands, dies
Student arrested in stabbing of fellow pupil at Westlake high school
Man gets 18 months for trying to enter cockpit, then jumping from taxiing plane at LAX
L.A. hasn’t cited any businesses for violating proof-of-vaccination rules
Westside charter school sued over COVID vaccine mandate, part of a growing legal strategy
California exceeds 8 million coronavirus cases, adding 2.5 million since New Year’s

California Politics

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - SEPTEMBER 23: An AllenCo Energy drill site near USC on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles moves to end oil drilling in the city

No ifs, ands or butts: California bill would ban single-use smoking products like cigarette filters
California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know
COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers
Editorial: California must do more to get bad doctors out of the profession

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Optimism as Omicron peaks in California, but new BA.2 subtype raises questions
COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers
A bronze statue of Kobe and Gigi Bryant appears at site of chopper crash as fans mourn
Video captures Laguna Hills student shouting racist slurs at Black basketball player

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Photos: Homeless camps in Inglewood cleared as Super Bowl nears
The secret to reaching 100? For Ray Anthony, his trusty trumpet and a fondness for bombshells
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A big-wave surfer from San Diego was hooked on the ocean’s power. Then came the concussions
‘Beautiful young ladies’ among 4 gunned down in ambush at Inglewood birthday party

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

View of the Silver Shadow cruise ship, which is stranded in the port of Recife after a passenger was diagnosed with Coronavirus, in Recife, Brazil, on March 15, 2020. - The Silver Shadow and its 609 passengers from 18 nationalities, was quarantined at the port on March 12, 2020, after a 78-year-old Canadian tested positive for Coronavirus. (Photo by LEO CALDAS / AFP) (Photo by LEO CALDAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Podcast: A comic and COVID walk into a cruise ship ...

How and why comedian Jen Murphy got trapped in a COVID cruise ship quarantine.

Parents say a man has been continually harassing students of Glendale Unified School District for wearing face masks.

Authorities investigating after man harasses Glendale Unified students for wearing masks

Inglewood, CA, Monday, January 17, 2022 - Fans arrive to watch the LA Rams and the Arizona Cardinals compete in the NFC divisional playoff game at SoFi Stadium. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Super Bowl guests to get KN95 masks at SoFi Stadium

Nurse Kaitlyn Read checks on IV pumps attached to a COVID-19 patient at Rady Children's Hospital on Jan. 19 in San Diego.

Will another devastating variant follow Omicron? Experts debate COVID-19 future, ‘endgame’

Hector Sanchez, an auto mechanic for Fleet Services for San Diego Unified receives the Moderna booster shot for COVID-19 at the UC San Diego Health Mobile Vaccine Clinic at Crawford High School in El Cerrito on January 12, 2022.

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More than 70 San Diego school employees to be fired for not getting COVID-19 vaccine

L.A. County seeing more fatalities from Omicron as COVID-19 deaths climb

All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill

At California hospitals, many children are coming in with COVID — not for COVID

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 13: Carina Tapia waits in the ambulance bay outside the Edmergancy Department at MLK Community Hospital, (MLKCH) on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

In South L.A., busy hospital deals with more widespread but less severe COVID infections

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 17: A person is given a COVID-19 test during an event sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE-CA) Kingdom Day Parade Committee in lieu of its annual parade in Leimert Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. Around 500 rapid tests were donated for the event. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

COVID-19 still spreading widely in L.A. County, though signs of decline continue

Los Angeles, CA - August 16: Third grade dual language students wear masks as they listen to instruction while Los Angeles Unified Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly, teachers, principals, school site employees visit on the first day of school at Los Angeles Unified School District at Montara Avenue Elementary School on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Unified Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly, Board Members and special guests celebrate the first day of instruction on August 16, welcoming students, teachers, principals, school site employees and families, while visiting special programs and classrooms at each site. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

LAUSD to require students to wear non-cloth face masks starting Monday

Colton, CA - January 11: Dr. Troy Pennington, ER program director, attends to a patient brought into emergency unit at the hospital. Recent surge in COVID cases and shortage of healthcare workers has put strain on care for patients at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 in Colton, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Even as Omicron plateaus, L.A. County officials recommend avoiding gatherings

Education

Big changes for controversial SAT: Digital, shorter and a unique test for each student
Four California universities rank in the top 10 nationally for research spending
The pandemic pushed more families to home-school. Many are sticking with it

Housing & Homelessness

Salvation Army’s Center of Hope aims to help homeless people ‘reintegrate’ into community

The Salvation Army Center of Hope in Anaheim will provide housing and other services to homeless people to reintegrate them back into the community.

Amid housing crunch, officials want Orange County to stay the way it is
How many records can Southern California home prices break? Last year, 10
L.A. mayoral candidate Jessica Lall wants a city department of homelessness
Orange County delays homeless count amid COVID-19 surge
How to help a stranger on the street in a mental health crisis

Earthquakes

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Magnitude 3.4 earthquake felt near La Quinta, Calif.
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.2 quake felt near Hollister, Calif.
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3.1 quake hits in Valle Vista
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Earthquake: 3.5 quake felt near Palm Springs

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Three hospitalized after car slams into Los Feliz restaurant
San Jose requires gun owners to have liability insurance
Long Beach man shot after confronting catalytic converter thieves
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Guns stolen from rail cars spark LAPD concern
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Rare January fire in Big Sur sparked by embers from pile burning operation, Cal Fire says
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State to investigate killing of suspected fentanyl dealer by Riverside County gang task force
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Homicides and shootings in L.A. are down so far this year, but robberies are up, LAPD chief says
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Apple and CEO Tim Cook are granted restraining order against alleged stalker
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As Super Bowl nears, 2,500 LAPD and sheriff’s employees out with COVID-related issues
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San Jose approves first law in U.S. requiring gun owners to have insurance
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Another round of Santa Ana winds blowing into Southern California
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Reward could grow to $110,000 for information about the killing of 16-year-old Tioni Theus
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The pandemic has created a boom for plastic surgery, doctors say
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For one Pasadena neighborhood, gun violence is unrelenting
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Train robberies — great or pedestrian — are nothing new in California

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California kids 12 and older could receive COVID-19 vaccine without parent’s OK
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A bitter feud centers on source of Arrowhead bottled water
Even as Omicron starts to ease in California, hospitals facing grim conditions
Marty Roberts of beloved L.A. lounge act Marty & Elayne dies at 89
Garcetti names first female fire chief as LAFD faces harassment complaints

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Business & Economics

Does L.A. want a billionaire mayor? Rick Caruso is trying to find out
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Cruise passengers share what it’s like to be on a ship with COVID cases
A Tesla on autopilot killed two people in Gardena. Is the driver guilty of manslaughter?
L.A. County felony charges are first in fatal crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot