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Mark your calendars. The 60 Freeway will be closed from Ontario to Riverside for 15 weekends.
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The son, an Army veteran, was hired by the department in June despite a record that department watchdogs said would generate scrutiny.
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Tickets written to motorists on streets where the speed limit had expired are illegal and should be overturned, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court
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The California Supreme Court refused earlier this week to hear an appeal by the administration disputing lower court rulings that found the state mistakenly used a portion of the money — paid by large banks and lenders as part of a nationwide legal agreement in 2012 — to pay off housing bonds.
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San Diego Union-Tribune finds allegations likely unwarranted
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Boxers representing Los Angeles and British police departments will square off in a charity event.
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Maty Ezraty, who died July 9 in Tokyo, is credited by many for popularizing yoga in Los Angeles and the country.
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The family of Hannah Williams, a 17-year-old girl shot and killed by Fullerton police along the 91 Freeway, has filed a notice of claim.
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Northern California’s Daffodil Hill could no longer accommodate the amount of tourists and Instagrammers.
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported Friday at 11:40 a.m. , 12 miles from Palm Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The Department of Homeland Security has dismantled or ended multiple programs intended to counter WMD attacks, a Times investigation found.
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The FBI is investigating a secret society of tattooed deputies in East Los Angeles as well as similar gang-like groups elsewhere within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, multiple people familiar with the inquiry said.
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A Southern California father has admitted to paying $250,000 to get his son into USC as a bogus volleyball player and will plead guilty to fraud conspiracy, his attorney and prosecutors say, as the list of wealthy and powerful parents charged in a federal investigation into college admissions fraud grew for the first time Friday since William “Rick” Singer’s decadelong scheme was uncovered in March.
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George Tyndall, the gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct toward hundreds of USC students, was arrested Wednesday and charged with committing more than two dozen felonies at the campus clinic where he practiced for decades.
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Two years ago, when the mayor’s office in St.
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Oregon has advanced the most ambitious response to housing affordability challenges in the country while California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have struggled to pass strong renter protections and legislation that would significantly increase the state’s supply of homes.
A law allows sanitation crews in Los Angeles to seize and destroy property kept by homeless people on city sidewalks. A new lawsuit challenges that practice.
Foreign purchases of U.S. residential real estate fell 36% to the lowest annual rate since 2013, as slowing overseas economies, the strong dollar and the White House’s anti-immigrant rhetoric put a chill on demand.
A coalition of skid row advocates accused Los Angeles of wanting to give the bulk of skid row over to luxury housing developers, ignoring the thousands of people living in tents and shelters in the blighted downtown district.
When Eric Garcetti ran for mayor six years ago, he rode a wave of anger over the political power wielded by the union that represents workers at the Department of Water and Power — and later vowed to reform the agency that Los Angeles residents love to hate.
Over the last several months, cities and counties across California have been releasing homeless counts.
Property owners and residents of shelters on skid row are going to court to block a contentious legal settlement that restricts Los Angeles’ ability to clear homeless encampments in the heavily blighted downtown district.
As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn’t 3%.
Apartments and condominiums for the middle class could be coming to skid row, under a rezoning plan unveiled Tuesday.
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Climate & Environment
After a series of tense exchanges over California wildfires, the Trump administration and the state have agreed to continue their firefighting partnership under existing reimbursement rates.
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As Sen. Dianne Feinstein chastises Chevron Corp. for an 800,000-gallon oil spill near Bakersfield, California officials confirm more leaking.
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A biological finding by the National Marine Fisheries Service threatens to derail the Trump administration plan to increase Delta water deliveries to Central Valley farmers.
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After a ‘near-miss’ last year, Southern California Edison said it is confident transfer operations will go smoothly.
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Think of the most radioactive landscapes on the planet and the names Chernobyl and Fukushima may come to mind.
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Talking about global warming with friends and family helps them learn key facts about the scientific agreement on climate change and influences their beliefs.
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The University of California on Thursday unveiled a plan to raise tuition for incoming class of freshmen and transfer students, but then freeze it for six years.
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Federal law enforcement agents have seized the records of an L.A. charter school that recently closed amid allegations of fiscal mismanagement.
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The world’s biggest educational publisher will release all future editions of its U.S. titles digitally first, as students dump their traditional textbooks and switch to online learning.
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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Thursday evening at 5:57 p.m. Pacific time 8 miles from Borrego Springs, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening at 8:59 p.m. near Ridgecrest, Calif.
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A magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon at 1:11 p.m. near Livermore, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. Pacific time seven miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Santa Ana police are investigating after a video of what appears to be a sex act inside a patrol car surfaced, the department said Friday.
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Rapper YG’s bulletproof Cadillac Escalade is at the center of the investigation of a deadly gun battle and pursuit on July 3. He denies any involvement.
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Nain DoPorto, 46, who works as a teacher at St. Genevieve High School in Panorama City, was arrested Wednesday.
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Experts say the group is not violent and questioned whether police had infringed on the group’s civil rights by covertly recording its activity for four weeks.
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Isaac Manuel Orozco faces life in prison after being found guilty of aggravated mayhem, attempted aggravated mayhem, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Some of the governor’s supporters are baffled by his decision to block two Bay Area cities from raising local taxes above state limits, exemptions he said were unneeded.
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For five curmudgeonly decades, Art Beal collected trash and constructed his fantastical ad hoc home on a Cambria cliffside. But is it art or an eyesore? And what will become of it?
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Oregon has advanced the most ambitious response to housing affordability challenges in the country while California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have struggled to pass strong renter protections and legislation that would significantly increase the state’s supply of homes.
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The son, an Army veteran, was hired by the department in June despite a record that department watchdogs said would generate scrutiny.
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Mass murderer? Cult leader? Musician? Charles Manson’s son, Michael Brunner, wrestles with father’s legacy and notoriety
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Experts say the group is not violent and questioned whether police had infringed on the group’s civil rights by covertly recording its activity for four weeks.
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San Diego Union-Tribune finds allegations likely unwarranted
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Ophthalmologist John Tanton became the unlikely architect of the modern-day anti-immigration movement in the United States through founding and funding propositions, nonprofits, activists and publications on a local and national level over the past 40 years.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom did the right thing with a new law to help utilities pay for costs associated with wildfires sparked by their equipment.
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Like thousands of Central American parents seeking asylum in the United States, Patricia panicked when, after she and her son crossed the Rio Grande into Texas last year, U.S. border agents took the boy away.
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The Majestic Yosemite can be called the Ahwahnee Hotel again.
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After six hours of heated testimony from conservationists and off-road vehicle enthusiasts, the California Coastal Commission on Thursday rejected the recommendation of its staff and voted against restricting vehicle access to Oceano Dunes — at least for the time being.
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