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Sequoia National Park’s General Sherman tree, one of largest in the world, still safe amid growing wildfire

The KNP Complex fire in Sequoia National Park grew more than 3,900 acres overnight, but officials said Sunday that hundreds of firefighters have valiantly kept key areas of the forest under control.

Sports wagering approved for Del Mar Fairgrounds, but don’t place that bet yet
Wildfires threatening giant sequoias continue to grow with another red-flag warning day

After months of COVID-closed doors, Boyle Heights’ Casa 0101 gingerly steps forward
L.A. County confirms its first West Nile virus-related death of 2021
George W. Bush scheduled to speak in Beverly Hills, Long Beach
FBI says fortune seized in Beverly Hills raid was criminals’ loot. Owners say: Where’s the proof?
Will the Santa Monica-Malibu schools divorce go forward? Yes, but ....
Dozens of protesters gather for anti-vaccine rally in front of L.A. City Hall, no problems reported
The Central Valley gives California a recall rarity: a squeaker of a race

California Politics

Denise Williams, of Adelanto, cares for her 1-year-old daughter Gigi Williams.

California’s reboot of troubled Medi-Cal puts pressure on health plans to perform

Essential California Week in Review: Total recall
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What just happened with single-family zoning in California?
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FBI says fortune seized in Beverly Hills raid was criminals’ loot. Owners say: Where’s the proof?
The Central Valley gives California a recall rarity: a squeaker of a race
Sequoia National Park’s General Sherman tree, one of largest in the world, still safe amid growing wildfire
In red California, anger over recall blowout. ‘The Democratic Party is the New York Yankees’

In Depth

Diving after decades-old mystery: Was helicopter wreckage found off San Diego the Helo 66?
Daytime robbery at Zero’s sneaker store caught on video
Column One: Black Muslims: Finding community and faith in South L.A.
LA Times Today: L.A. school district approves student COVID vaccine mandate

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

CARSON-CA-SEPTEMBER 16, 2021: CSUDH student Wesley Campbell, 29, receives a shot by Rite Aid pharmacist Lanchi Vu during the final of two pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics hosted by Cal State Dominguez Hills and Rite Aid for CSUDH students, faculty, staff and community members on campus in Carson on Thursday, September 16, 2021. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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COVID-19 vaccination rates lag in younger Black and Latino residents in L.A. County

Vaccination rates among L.A. County Black residents up to age 49 remain below 50%, and among Latino residents in the same age group, below 60%.

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 06: Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department Michel R Moore presents the United States flag to Maria Martinez, mother of LAPD Officer Valentin Martinez, the agency's first sworn employee to die of complications from the COVID-19. The social distance memory service was held at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills' Hall of Liberty this morning. Martinez was a 13-year veteran of the department and is presumed to have contacted the virus on duty. He was 45 when he died on July 24, 2020, leaving behind his mother, Maria Martinez, his siblings and his domestic partner, Megan Flynn, who is pregnant with their twins. Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD officers need COVID vaccine or negative coronavirus test to work overtime at big events

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus virus that causes COVID-19

Critically ill COVID-19 patients waiting days for ICU beds in Central California

FILE -- In this Jan. 7, 2019, file photo California Governor Gavin Newsom his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and their children wave after taking the oath office during his inauguration as 40th Governor of California, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom's office said, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, that he pulled his children out of summer camp after children at the camp weren't wearing face masks, a violation of state policy. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Two of Gavin Newsom’s children test positive for coronavirus; the governor has not

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 20, 2021: Most fans in the bleacher seats are wearing masks as tonight is the beginning of a new LA County health mandate requiring venues with more than 10,000 people to require masks at Dodger Stadium on August 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

COVID vaccinations or negative test to be required at Dodger, SoFi stadium events

California’s job growth tripled the nation’s, even as the Delta variant spread

San Francisco Mayor London Breed seen partying at a nightclub without a mask, report says

COVID-19 cases are falling. So why is L.A. imposing vaccine rules at bars, theme parks?

L.A. County wants to end COVID-19 surges. That means getting more people vaccinated

Universal City, CA - June 15: There were many mask wearers as people packed Universal City Walk, in Universal City, CA, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, as the state of California celebrates the end of pandemic-era restrictions, including mask wearing in most situations. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Universal Studios, Six Flags visitors may have to show COVID-19 vaccine proof or test

ARCADIA-CA-SEPTEMER 10, 2021: Lucas Sun, left, and Vito Hsu, both 13, listen as their teacher Karalee Nakatsuka instructs a history lesson about 9/11 at First Avenue Middle School in Arcadia on Friday, September 10, 2021. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

New data affirm it. L.A. County school safety policies are working as COVID rates are low

SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 15, 2021 - - Shauni Edmund, 13, left, and Ty'lir Langston, 11, hug during a mindfulness exercise before learning practical skills in technology at a tech summer camp at SoLA Impact's new Tech and Entrepreneurship CenterThe Beehive in South Los Angeles on July 15, 2021. Children learn animation, digital storytelling, video game design, Photoshop, coding and website design at the tech summer camp. The tech summer camp has been held over the last month, impacting about 100 local youth. Mayor Eric Garcetti visited The Beehive with other dignitaries and philanthropists. The event aims to highlight the practical ways that private, public and institutional capital can positively impact minority communities in South and East Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County sees big drops in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Long Beach

1 in 3 COVID-19 patients suffer from long COVID, a CDC study of Long Beach residents finds

Education

Viral TikTok trend that encourages vandalism hits California schools
School mural is transformed after original offended some Korean Americans
First trial in college admissions scandal gets underway

Housing & Homelessness

Starla Acosta, 65, has lunch at Mary's Kitchen in Orange on Tuesday, July 13.

Orange nonprofit serving the unhoused can stay open after judge grants temporary restraining order

An attorney representing Mary’s Kitchen filed for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Orange homeless nonprofit from being forcibly shut down by the city on Saturday. A judge has granted it.

Homeless veteran stabbed to death at encampment near VA in West L.A.
COVID-19 got this medical team into homeless camps. What about after the pandemic?
‘Gimme Shelter’: How recall candidates say they’d fix California housing problems
Judge lets stand L.A. ban on homeless RV parking — because the city isn’t enforcing it
4 hospitalized after car slams into Koreatown homeless encampment

Earthquakes

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Earthquake: 4.3 quake strikes in Carson
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.8 quake hits near Coalinga
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.6 quake rattles Thousand Oaks
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Magnitude 3.8 earthquake hits near Ukiah, Calif.

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Wildfire reaches Giant Forest; fate of giant sequoias unknown
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Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns could help save the world’s largest trees

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Recall bid targeting L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman collapses
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Poway synagogue shooter enters second guilty plea, this time in federal court
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Firefighters sue over city of L.A.'s vaccine mandate
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Victims of Dixie fire sue PG&E, whose equipment is suspected of sparking the massive blaze
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Emigrant fire erupts near Castaic, forcing closures on Interstate 5
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Robert Durst convicted of murdering his friend Susan Berman
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Hate attacks are up in Orange County, with a huge increase against Asian Americans, new report says
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California police officers accused of brutally beating Black teen in rare indictment
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Luz del Mundo church leader’s trial pushed back to May
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Rapper T.I. and wife Tiny won’t face criminal charges over 2005 sex assault allegation, authorities say
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Biden administration appeals order to stop expelling migrants under health law
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Giant Forest’s towering sequoias — including General Sherman — avoid flames another day

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Business & Economics

Lawmakers winnow bills requiring fixes to California’s troubled unemployment agency
Appeals court blocks long-sought expansion of Squaw Valley ski resort
James Flanigan, longtime Times business columnist, dies at 85
California tightens COVID-19 rules for large indoor events
Wayne Hughes, self-storage titan and USC megadonor, dead at 87