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A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported Friday evening at 11:38 p.m. Pacific time in Rosemead, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Ginsburg showed me the power of working from a disadvantage — the more they underestimate you, the more satisfying the victory. Her 22-year battle against various cancers was an inspiration for someone who lost his mother just last year to ovarian cancer.
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Helped create the UCLA Meteorite Gallery, the largest collection of space debris in the West
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Schools that already are open will not be forced to close if the county falls to the purple tier.
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California gained 101,900 jobs in August, mostly due to the temporary hiring of federal census takers.
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Authorities say a woman was treated for minor injuries this week after a coyote bit her leg on a beach north of San Francisco.
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Actor Danny Masterson is charged with raping three women at his home between 2001 and 2003. His lawyer claims the charges are politically motivated,
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The blaze, which started Sept. 6, has now chewed through more than 72,000 acres and is rapidly continuing its northeastern expansion.
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K-12 schools in Los Angeles are not allowed to be open at the moment. Yet many schools have reopened anyway, either by outsourcing their facilities to established providers like the Y, or by rebranding as day camps, which are license-exempt and virtually unregulated in California.
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Mayor London Breed says indoor dining in limited capacity will be allowed when the city moves into the orange tier, possibly by the end of the month.
State Laws, Politics & Policy
Newly proposed cuts to the L.A. school police present difficult choices for a deeply divided school board.
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SB 1383 requires employers with five or more workers to offer 12 weeks of unpaid time off to bond with a child or care for a relative starting Jan. 1.
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New California law makes it easier for police, firefighters and other essential workers who get COVID on the job to obtain workers’ comp benefits.
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It’s time for the governor to start blaming mismanagement of the forests as much as climate change for these horrendous wildfires, columnist George Skelton writes.
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The Public Policy Institute of California poll released Wednesday night found that just 31% of likely California voters surveyed said they would vote for the proposal, Proposition 16, while 47% said they oppose it. The remainder, 22%, were undecided.
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A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported Friday evening at 11:38 p.m. Pacific time in Rosemead, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported Friday evening at 11:38 p.m. Pacific time in Rosemead, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The blaze, which started Sept. 6, has now chewed through more than 72,000 acres and is rapidly continuing its northeastern expansion.
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University of California campuses should prepare to continue online classes and limited campus density beyond fall, UC Health chief says.
Officials agree to create new statewide standards aimed at protecting more California workers against COVID-19.
If there is no post-Labor Day spike in COVID-19 cases and downward trends continue, L.A. County may move into a less restrictive tier in October.
California appears to be riding a wave of success beating back the coronavirus. But these signs of progress also bring concerns that it could be erased.
As wildfires rage in the West and hurricanes pummel the Gulf Coast during a pandemic, disaster aid has been forced to evolve, for better or worse.
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Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and other California theme parks have been shut for six months. An unusual set of circumstances in Orange County has led three mayors to demand a change.
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Here’s how and where to get a flu shot in Los Angeles and around California.
All along the West Coast, health facilities are reporting an influx of patients with breathing problems. Is it smoke inhalation or symptoms of COVID-19?
If you’re Latino in California, even if you have the luxury of a white-collar job, it’s almost a certainty that COVID-19 will stalk the life of someone you love.
The shutdown of the Foster Farms plant this week due to coronavirus deaths exposes lapses in one of the most dangerous workplace sectors.
The iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed since March because of the pandemic, forcing major cutbacks. Still, the animals must be cared for.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the California DMV to expand online services such as title transfers, registrations and driver’s license renewals, reducing the need for people to wait in person at a field office.
It’s hard to predict what may happen when California’s primary schools reopen. But when it comes to the state’s youngest students, data are more robust and reassuring.
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Fresno State University said CV Vitolo-Haddad would not become a faculty member there after the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student acknowledged having falsely posed as a person of color.
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There are psychological reasons Zoom school is so difficult. Luckily, science also gives us some solutions.
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University of California regents approved a ban on the use of quotas based on race or gender in admissions and hiring, underscoring their intent to limit how affirmative action would be restored if state voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing it.
Housing & Homelessness
The activist group Ground Game LA complains that a recent court hearing involving the L.A. City Council violated California’s open meeting law.
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The city’s report looked at hotels in L.A. that received taxpayer assistance or were built on city land. None of them took part in Project Roomkey.
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Photographer Ivan Kashinsky spent years documenting the lives of homeless people in the Sepulveda Basin.
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Heat exposure contributed to the deaths of at least three people, all believed to be unsheltered, who perished in Los Angeles County over the Labor Day weekend, according to the county coroner.
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The average cost of projects funded by a $1.2-billion bond program have risen from $350,000 to $531,000.
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Once again, California lawmakers tried and failed to pass legislation that would allow for more homes in single-family neighborhoods.
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The earthquake occurred four miles from Palm Springs, eight miles from Banning, 12 miles from Cathedral City, and 13 miles from Yucca Valley, Calif.
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Magnitude 3.4 earthquakes were reported Monday morning in an area near Ukiah, Calif.
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A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Sunday at 11:43 a.m. Pacific time in San Leandro, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Saturday evening at 6:48 p.m. Pacific time 11 miles from Goleta, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The Bobcat fire opened a new, dangerous front as it barreled toward homes in the Antelope Valley, prompting more evacuations.
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A front of cold, low-pressure air moving in from the northwest may help clear out some of the wildfire smoke that has been smothering the region.
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The Snow fire, which began Thursday and has grown to 2,500 acres, is forcing evacuations and threatening power lines near Palm Springs, officials say.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said California was “turning the corner” in its coronavirus fight. But fears linger
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Some of the 15 victims tried to hide and others were unable to outrun the flames in one of the deadliest and most expansive blazes in California history.
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The firefighter is the third to die while battling California wildfires since August.
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At a news briefing, sheriff’s officials offered yet another version of events of what led up to the fatal shooting on August 31
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A Muslim woman alleges in a federal lawsuit that her civil and religious rights were violated by Los Angeles police officers who forcibly removed her religious head covering last year.
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Images in the political ad, since removed, show a bull’s-eye obscuring the face of South L.A. Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, drawing criticism that it amounted to a threat.
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Yosemite National Park is likely to remain closed through the weekend over air-quality concerns.
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Loughlin was sentenced to two months behind bars — after her husband was handed a five-month term — for paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters admitted to USC.
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Extensive harvesting of marine life at San Pedro’s White Point Beach has ‘decimated’ the ecosystem, says Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer.
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If air purifiers are sold out or out of your budget, a simple air filter taped to a box fan can filter harmful particulate matter and keep it out of your lungs and bloodstream. Here’s what you need to know.
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Several members of a watchdog agency have called on Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign, marking a further escalation of tensions between the sheriff and his overseers.
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Prosecutors charged Deonte Lee Murray, 36, with one felony count each of carjacking, second-degree robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
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Several units at the facility are under quarantine as the number of those testing positive for the coronavirus more than doubled in the span of a few days.
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A 24-year-old male deputy shot in the head Saturday is out of the hospital but ‘has a long road ahead for recovery,’ Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
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At least 12 air tankers have been requested for structure protection as the Bobcat fire spurs the evacuation of some Antelope Valley residents.
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Cal/OSHA has proposed penalties of $222,075 for Overhill Farms and $214,080 for its temporary employment agency, Jobsource North America.
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One state law will ensure forgiven coronavirus loan funds aren’t treated as taxable income. Another offers up to $100 million in tax credits for some small businesses.
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Life during the COVID-19 pandemic means smaller parties, shrinking piñatas and struggles at party supply stores.
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California officials will mark the Labor Day holiday by sending a $900 supplemental unemployment benefit to jobless residents.
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How many more scorched summers can the king grape of Napa Valley survive?
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As Kimberly Holman-Maiden’s family pub struggled, she set out to help other Los Angeles mom-and-pops survive.
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California is exempting two dozen more professions from a landmark labor law designed to treat more people like employees instead of contractors.
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California lawmakers say there is growing evidence of possible widespread fraud in the state’s unemployment benefits system, which is overseen by the Employment Development Department. The news comes as Californians report stalled jobless benefits from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New rules requiring U.S. Postal Service trucks to leave exactly on schedule went relatively unnoticed amid the public outcry over the removal of sorting machines across the country — but they were far more disruptive to mail delivery.
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A homicide investigation is underway after human bones were found at an Orange County Streetcar project worksite in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning.
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The positive testing data comes as confirmed cases has fallen to the lowest level since mid-June and hospitalizations have fallen to the lowest levels since the start of April.
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Costs are rising for California’s high-speed rail project, focused on the Central Valley, as it confronts reduced revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade program.
