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A map of the Coachella Valley shows where a suspect was killed and a deputy injured in a shooting in Coachella

Riverside County deputy hospitalized, suspect dead after shooting in Coachella

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was wounded in a shooting that left another person dead Friday night, authorities confirmed.

Leader of California’s troubled unemployment benefits agency steps down
Homeland Security employee charged with molesting young girls in Orange County

Man accused of firing BB guns at Planned Parenthood in Pasadena faces federal charge
LAPD officers shoot and injure man in Boyle Heights
Rail line in southeast L.A. County approved as leaders seek to speed up construction
California’s net neutrality law is upheld, a blow to telecoms
Coverage of Lunar New Year 2022: The Year of the Tiger
Los Angeles to receive $53 million as part of California’s new youth jobs program
NASA veteran to become JPL’s first woman director

California Politics

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 07: Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Joe Buscaino held a press conference on the Venice Boardwalk to announce his plans for a Safer Los Angeles to address the homelessness crisis in the city of LA. Venice Boardwalk on Monday, June 7, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

Buscaino: Dock L.A. leaders’ salaries if sufficient progress isn’t made on homelessness

Gary K. Hart, charter school architect and former California education secretary, dies at 78
California Politics: Big bucks for ballot measure signatures
California says most halted disability claims are fraudulent
Column: California is headed for another bruising vaccine fight. Newsom should embrace a school mandate

California: Most read

FBI and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department accused of illegally seizing marijuana cash
Rail line in southeast L.A. County approved as leaders seek to speed up construction
How worried should we be about the new BA.2 Omicron subtype? Here’s what we know
Los Angeles County registrar approves recall petition for Dist. Atty. George Gascón

In Depth

California to pay for wildfire retrofits up to $40,000 per home, starting in rural San Diego
Funeral held for Tioni Theus, the 16-year-old found dead alongside 110 Freeway
California promised ‘social equity’ after pot legalization. Those hit hardest feel betrayed
Photos: Homeless camps in Inglewood cleared as Super Bowl nears

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

INGLEWOOD, CA - AUGUST 14, 2021- Jason Razon, right, and daughter Livie, 6, take a photo with Rams mascot Rampage before the Rams vs. Chargers game at SoFi Stadium Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 in Inglewood, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Rams-49ers football, Lunar New Year pose new COVID-19 challenge for California

California is on the downslope of yet another coronavirus surge as it enters another season of celebration.

SAN FRANCISCO-CA-JANUARY 14, 2022: A bustling Stockton Street in San Francisco's Chinatown on Wednesday, January 14, 2022. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

San Francisco eases mask, vaccination proof rules as Omicron recedes

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 29: Marlene Alvarez, an employee of the center, has Dr. Grace Neuman, head of COVID-19 testing, administer a rapid PCR COVID-19 test at the South Central Family Health Center (SCFHC) on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Grace Neuman, head of COVID-19 testing, said 15% of people tested are positvie. SCFHC is providing COVID-19 testing and vaccinations for all residents 12 years of age and older. Rapidly rising rate of people testing positive for COVID-19. According to the county Department of Public Health, the seven-day average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus rose to 14.5% as of Tuesday. One week ago, the rate was 3%. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Don’t be fooled by fake COVID test scammers. Here’s what to avoid

ALHAMBRA, CA - January 03 2022: Alhambra High School students head off for the day after the final bell rang on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 in Alhambra, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times

Podcast: The Omicron kids

Michael Lee-Chang,18, a senior at Redondo Union High School, in front of the school’s sign along Pacific Coast Highway

As student activists fight for COVID safety measures at schools, some face criticism

A 15-month-old dies of COVID-19, becoming L.A. County’s youngest coronavirus fatality

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

Jeffrey Toth, RN, administers a coronavirus PCR test

Optimism as Omicron peaks in California, but new BA.2 subtype raises questions

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)

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

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

Education

Art Spiegelman calls Tennessee schools’ ban on ‘Maus’ ‘myopic’ and ‘absurd’
Humboldt State gets a name and mission makeover as a ‘polytechnic university’
Op-Ed: Removing Indigenous concepts from ethnic studies sends a terrible message to California’s students

Housing & Homelessness

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 reelection

Wednesday’s announcement upends the June 7 election campaign to represent Bonin’s district, which takes in much of the Westside.

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

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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California museum returns massacre remains to Wiyot tribe
Long Beach man arrested in string of sexual batteries, more victims sought
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‘A cloud never dies:’ A California monastery mourns mindfulness advocate Thich Nhat Hanh
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Column: Will billionaire businessman Rick Caruso run for L.A. mayor, and could he win?
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With deaths from car accidents soaring, what can government do?
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La Habra Heights assistant fire chief arrested, accused of impersonating officer
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San Gabriel Valley poultry plant operators face 43 felony counts of wage theft, insurance fraud
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Authorities offer $20,000 reward in Lancaster shooting of man who was on phone with 911
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Esteban Torres, longtime L.A. congressman who championed Latino rights, dies at 91
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Metro slashes bus and rail service amid driver shortage
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California settlement limits ICE from re-detaining immigrants freed because of COVID
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Drakeo the Ruler’s family says lack of security at L.A. concert contributed to fatal stabbing
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Candidates for L.A. County sheriff spar over budget, vaccine mandates
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Adult who, at 17, sexually assaulted child is sentenced to juvenile facility
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Wildfire burning near Big Sur 70% contained; drier conditions expected overnight

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The forces that shape California and animate our lives
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People, politics and the quest for a more equitable California

Featured

As climate crisis worsens, this California city wants to build a gas plant
A bronze statue of Kobe and Gigi Bryant appears at site of chopper crash as fans mourn
No ifs, ands or butts: California bill would ban single-use smoking products like cigarette filters
COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers
Big changes for controversial SAT: Digital, shorter and a unique test for each student
All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill

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