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A man who made phony bomb and shooting threats, including to LAX and Southern California schools, has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison.
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A man affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute drugs inside and outside California’s prisons.
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Coronavirus testing at the Union Station site was shut down after filming of a “She’s All That” remake was approved at the railway station. Filming will go on as planned, but officials are working to reopen testing at that location.
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Michelle Steel’s election to the House of Representatives leaves a vacancy on the Board of Supervisors.
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Damario Beck is in custody in the attack at the Arden Fair Mall that killed 17-year-old Sa’Quan Reed-James and 19-year-old Dewayne James Jr.
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Republican candidate Mike Garcia holds his hotly contested congressional seat in CA-25. Christy Smith concedes as ballot margins grew on the close race.
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Deputies chased Joseph McLaughlin, 31, for allegedly violating his parole outside a Twentynine Palms casino. They shot him several times after he allegedly pretended to throw a rock.
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The weekly testing guidelines are some of the strongest in the nation, according to industry groups that lobbied for the change.
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Groups opposed to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti possibly joining the Biden administration demonstrated outside Garcetti’s residence on Monday for the seventh straight day.
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L.A. County at ‘most difficult moment in the pandemic’ as hospitals fill up, cases soar
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Raymond Chan, a deputy mayor who oversaw economic development for L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2016 and 2017, has been charged with conspiracy, bribery and other crimes.
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The county is still on track to meet its election certification deadline this week, the registrar of voters said.
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Older Democratic appointees on the influential federal appeals courts could step aside when Biden assumes office. But if Republicans hold the Senate, they could block more liberal nominees.
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California state prisons continue to contend with new, growing outbreaks at multiple facilities amid lapses in tracing, testing, and mask-wearing by guards.
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A governor sending himself to Washington is exactly the kind of naked political opportunism this country does not need right now.
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Public health officials in some counties are warning that unless the coronavirus surge can be stopped, hospitals could run out of beds in weeks.
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Groups opposed to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti possibly joining the Biden administration demonstrated outside Garcetti’s residence on Monday for the seventh straight day.
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Los Angeles County has issued a new COVID-19 pandemic order in a desperate move aimed at slowing an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections.
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They include Hollywood actresses, former CEOs, a famed parenting book writer, a fashion icon, a Newport Beach college counselor and university athletic officials.
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Catmosphere Laguna closed over the weekend after coronavirus restrictions made it impossible to make ends meet, owner Gail Allyn Landau said.
The new rules, affecting stores, playgrounds and gatherings, are less severe than the stay-at-home order initiated in the spring.
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti didn’t order the recent county ban on outdoor dining, but he’s still facing pressure from restaurant owners who are frustrated with his messaging.
Demonstrators converged outside the home of Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Sunday to protest a new round of COVID-19 restrictions.
There are more COVID patients in California hospitals than ever before, sparking a race to tamp down the increase before the healthcare system is overwhelmed.
Mark Armendo was found unresponsive in a jail cell in the San Diego County city of Vista in June and died two months later at UCSD Medical Center.
A projection cited by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has 4,000 more L.A. County residents dying of COVID-19 by the year’s end. But experts say that dire outcome is avoidable.
Black people are the overwhelming victims of sickle cell anemia. An experimental gene therapy being tested on Evie Junior, 27, gives him reason to feel positive.
As county health officials try to slow a worrisome coronavirus surge, holiday shopping and family gatherings could pose a danger as people tire of restrictions during a season many hoped would be a reprieve.
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Only 32% of Black adults say they would take a COVID-19 vaccine. That speaks volumes about the need for a reckoning on racism in healthcare and building trust in the communities hit hardest by the pandemic.
San Francisco and San Mateo counties on Saturday were moved into the state’s most restrictive tier, representing widespread risk of coronavirus transmission, as strict rules were implemented in Silicon Valley.
Inspections found that some Pasadena restaurants haven’t taken basic steps to correct COVID-19 violations and they were shut down.
The number of people hospitalized with coronavirus infections in California has doubled in the last two weeks and is rapidly headed to breaking past its summertime high, according to a Times analysis.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says schools will remain open despite the rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
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Five current and former Black employees are suing Southwestern College.
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The deadline to submit applications has been extended until Friday, Dec. 4, due to technical difficulties, the UC system said on Twitter.
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Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo wants the city to use federal coronavirus relief funds to keep tenants in Chinatown from losing their homes as their landlord plans large rent hikes.
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Our homeless neighbors worry about staying well in a deadly pandemic. But they have at best a thin membrane of tent to protect them.
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The Thanksgiving eve evictions came as activists argued that government officials had failed to provide shelter to keep people safe during the pandemic.
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The effort is part of a pilot program called Kids First to help homeless families and children in L.A. get healthcare, tutoring and permanent housing.
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There will still be turkey dinners, but Thanksgiving will be far less festive than usual on L.A.'s skid row this year.
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A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported at 7:46 a.m. Sunday, 23 miles from Fortuna, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The earthquake occurred one mile from Redlands, San Bernardino and Colton.
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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurred four miles from Palmdale at 8:52 a.m. Thursday.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday at 9:32 a.m. Pacific time 32 miles from Barstow, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Investigations continue into the cause of the fire, which burned for almost five days and smothered south San Diego County in noxious smoke
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Two deputies and two homicide detectives investigating the case have indicated they will not answer questions about the shooting of the 18-year-old.
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According to his independent record label, Highway 420 Productions, new music from the 26-year-old was on its way.
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Strong, gusty winds expected later this week could spark a rapid-growth wildfire amid bone-dry conditions, meteorologists warn.
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More Californians are hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any other time since the pandemic began.
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After a lengthy email exchange turned to an hours-long phone call, columnist Frank Shyong finds common ground with a reader who met him in the middle.
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A committee has recommended 42 San Francisco schools for a name change, saying their namesakes are tied to racism or oppression. The mayor and alumni are opposed.
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A man who broke into a South Pasadena home and attacked his estranged girlfriend was killed Saturday morning, authorities said.
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As the chasm between red and blue America grows, families across the country are politically divided. For Vietnamese Americans, the gap can be especially profound.
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A security team assigned to Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey shot at suspects during an attempted vehicle theft Saturday outside her Granada Hills home, authorities said.
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Gov. Gavin Newson has reversed parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, marking the fourth time a governor has blocked her release
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Six Buddhist temples in and near Orange County’s Little Saigon community are defaced in the last month.
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Most gatherings are banned for three weeks starting Monday.
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Police are looking for a person who shot and killed two young men at Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento on Black Friday.
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Listos California, a new state campaign, attempts to reach non-English-speaking immigrants and other vulnerable populations who have historically faced barriers to vital emergency information.
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A victim found Tuesday in Pasadena’s Hahamongna Watershed Park is identified as an outreach worker at homeless encampments.
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As coronavirus cases surge during the busy holiday shopping season, uncertainty and unease have set in on Main Streets.
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From Long Beach to Chinatown, restaurant workers and customers worry yet hope for the best on the day before the coronavirus shutdown — again.
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Chefs and restaurateurs react to another shutdown of in-person dining amid L.A. County’s coronavirus surge. “We’re holding on for dear life,” one chef said. “There’s no aid in sight, nothing at all.”
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Albert Bañuelos was slowly growing his restaurant business, and 2020 was set to be his best year yet. Then the pandemic hit.
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California Auditor Elaine Howle urges the Employment Development Department to quickly change forms that include claimants’ Social Security numbers.
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State officials said the company and its temporary staffing agency failed to provide PPE, require physical distancing or train employees in ways to avoid infection.
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Lyft president says he wants to settle a dispute with labor unions after companies win a battle to allow workers to remain independent contractors.
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San Francisco voters have approved several tax measures targeting property owners and big businesses with highly paid bosses.
