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Shown is entrance to a Presidio Heights building under renovation where a wealthy couple received a record half a million dollar buyout to vacate their luxury apartment of three decades in San Francisco on Friday, July 30, 2021. The $475,000 voluntary buyout is considered to be the largest in city history underscoring the lengths some landlords will go to to get rid of long-term tenants in a city with strict rent control and soaring market rents. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

San Francisco tenants get 6-figure buyout to leave luxe unit

The $475,000 buyout is considered to be the largest in city history and reflects the high value of the apartment.

Vaccinations at the O.C. Fair? With county infections rising, officials say it’s worth a shot
There are 2 snow leopards at the San Diego Zoo. Both endangered cats have COVID-19

L.A. mayor’s residence vandalized following protest
Newsom asks Biden to ensure Pentagon OKs use of satellite data for wildfire program
Ruth Pearl, mother of slain journalist who turned her grief into activism, dies at 85
Dixie fire swells beyond 240,000 acres, swallowing homes: ‘It’s been heartbreaking’
Damaged Hyperion plant is releasing partially treated sewage into Santa Monica Bay
Man killed, woman injured in South L.A. shootings; detectives suspect connection
The Newsom recall: What happens between now and election day

State Laws, Politics & Policy

Stockton Police Captain J.T. Marnoch holds up a Chinese-made AK-47 assault rifle during a press conference that authorities said was used by a heavily armed gunman to kill five school children and injure 30 others at an elementary school, Jan. 18, 1989, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California’s long history on assault weapons on the line in court battle

Black and Latino L.A. firefighters call for investigation of alleged racial bias, other wrongdoing
‘One giant French kiss wrapped in money’: Cannabis magnate admits bribing San Luis Obispo County supervisor
As violent crimes surge, Californians’ faith in gun control slips in new poll
Newsom’s biggest recall danger: Complacent Democrats who don’t turn out to vote

California: Most read

‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases rising in L.A., but the vaccinated are still protected, data show
Dixie fire swells beyond 240,000 acres, swallowing homes: ‘It’s been heartbreaking’
L.A. mayor’s residence vandalized following protest
‘He was a white man who had money’: Ed Buck’s Black victims fought to be believed

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 14: Megan K. Reilly, Interim Los Angeles Unified Superintendent visits Fairfax High School's "Field Day" event to launch the Ready Set volunteer recruitment campaign to highlight the nationwide need for mentors and tutors, to prepare the country's public education students for the upcoming school year. The event coincides with National Summer Learning Week, where U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is highlighting the importance of re-engaging students and building excitement around returning to in-person learning this fall. high school, with interim LAUSD superintendent and others. Fairfax High School on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

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LAUSD to require testing of students, staff regardless of vaccination status

In a policy shift, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced it will require all students and district employees returning to in-person activities for the upcoming academic year to undergo ‘baseline and ongoing weekly COVID-testing,’ regardless of vaccination status.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 27, 2021- Visitors to the Grand Central Market are mostly masked on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

California sees small boost in vaccinations but needs much more

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 27, 2021- Visitors to the Grand Central Market are both masked and unmasked and semi-masked on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

With coronavirus surge worsening, California urges wearing masks indoors

State fines El Super grocery chain $447,000 for failing to provide COVID sick leave

WILMINGTON, CA - JULY 27: Nursing student Joanna Aguilar, left, is giving a vaccination to Maria Isabel Cruz at a vaccination clinic at the Providence Wellness and Activity Center on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Wilmington, CA. Escalating COVID-19 cases are threatening a new surge in Southern California . Providence is holding three-day COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Wilmington for people 12 years old and up Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, July 27-29. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Can employers force workers to get vaccinated? Here’s what we know

Column: I wish I could be angry with the unvaccinated. Being Black makes that complicated

California considers indoor mask rules after CDC’s recommendation

Newsom pulls kids from summer camp with no mask requirement

San Francisco bars to require proof of COVID-19 vaccines for indoor patrons

Long Beach, CA., March 11, 2020 - A student bikes pass The Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach, where the campus has gone to online only classes on Tuesday, March 11, 2020 in Long Beach, California. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

CSU to require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, faculty, staff on campus this fall

People hold signs protesting against the requirement of face masks in school at the Vista Unified School District on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Sharon McKeeman (left) is the founder of Let Them Breathe.

San Diego parent group seeking to end school mask mandate sues state

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 23: Pedro Antonio Tobar Mendoza, 28, visiting from El Salvador gets the Johnson and Johnson vaccine from Registered Nurse Jonica Portillo at the Pico Union Project located at 1153 Valencia where Curative is offering Covid testing and a choice of Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine on Friday morning. We're asking the few that attended what has finally motivated people to get vaccinated. Pico Union Project on Friday, July 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

Aggressive measures to battle California’s new coronavirus surge: Will they work?

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks to the press before casting his vote with wife Avis Ridley-Thomas, right, at Hot and Cool Cafe in Leimert Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Mark Ridley-Thomas is running against attorney Grace Yoo for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council that is vacated by Councilman Herb Wesson. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

‘Well past time’: L.A. politicians want COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers

Education

Ojai boarding school strips former head’s name from campus after sexual abuse report
USC finds racial profiling with campus security, urges more oversight
California is failing to meet demand for UC admission. Why it’s a crisis

Housing & Homelessness

Anti-eviction signs decorate the Rodney Drive apartments in Los Feliz.

The national eviction moratorium is set to expire. What happens next?

A scramble by Democrats in Congress to extend the nationwide rental eviction moratorium fell short Friday before the House adjourned for recess.

Portland bans homeless camps in forest areas amid Oregon wildfires
L.A. finalizes its anti-camping law, setting the stage for vote-by-vote enforcement
L.A.’s anti-camping law could shift even more power to the City Council on homelessness
Disgraced attorney returns to sue city over restrictions on RV parking
Editorial: L.A. shouldn’t remove portable toilets from homeless encampments

Earthquakes

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After an earthquake, neighbors will need to help neighbors. Here’s how to get your community ready
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Earthquake: 3.5 quake reported near Paso Robles, Calif.
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Magnitude 3.4 earthquake hits near Ukiah
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Earthquake: Magnitude 4.3 quake reported near Fortuna, Calif.

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‘Possible jetpack man in sight,’ LAX air traffic control reports
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NBA player Jaxson Hayes arrested after altercation with officers, LAPD says
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More than 40 structures burn and thousands more are threatened as Dixie fire keeps growing
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Southern California swimmers should beware of strong currents after Alaska earthquake
Climate & Environment
Will drought and climate change feed more extremism in the West?
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Child abuse investigation leads to law banning faraway treatment programs
Obituaries
Ron Popeil, TV pitchman who hawked Veg-O-Matic, Mr. Microphone and more, dies
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Architect of ‘El Chapo’s’ cross-border narco tunnels sentenced to 10 years
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Irvine to commemorate historic site where L.A. County sheriff was killed by an outlaw in 1857
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Contentious George Washington mural at San Francisco school can stay, judge decides
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Investigators reportedly searching Arroyo Grande hills for Kristin Smart’s remains
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Orange County to be dropped from Great Park name, Irvine officials decide

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People, politics and the quest for a more equitable California

Featured

Irvine’s ultimate NIMBY fight: A cemetery for veterans deemed an undesirable blight
L.A. will require city employees to get vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19
‘The need is now.’ Cecilia V. Estolano, new UC regents chair, calls for expanding enrollment
California government, health workers must show proof of vaccination or be tested regularly
White residents burned this California Chinatown to the ground. An apology came 145 years later
Ramil the snow leopard tests positive for the coronavirus at the San Diego Zoo

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Business & Economics

Darren Kettle is named new Metrolink CEO
Newsom administration hires special counsel in probe of California unemployment fraud
Another stimulus is available for Californians. Are you eligible?
New stimulus checks, rent relief, business grants: Newsom signs more recovery bills
California extends contract with Bank of America for troubled unemployment benefits program