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The local NAACP branch president called the image “lewd and racist and vile,” and said the deputy should be fired.
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The L.A. Surge Hospital treated a small number of coronavirus patients during the 39 days it was open. But doctors say it saved ‘many, many lives,’ while restoring their faith in medicine.
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O.C.'s Fairview Developmental Center, housing COVID-19 patients, was set to close but will stay open
O.C.'s Fairview Developmental Center, housing COVID-19 patients, was set to close but will stay open
With regional COVID-19 hospitalizations climbing, the state has decided to reactivate the Fairview Developmental Center, an alternative care site in Costa Mesa, which was set to demobilize June 30.
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The idea involves a controversial type of medical study known as a human challenge trial.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday said the surge in coronavirus cases hitting California was due in part to younger people who might believe “they are invincible” but nonetheless are becoming sick from COVID-19.
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The teen was one of four children inside the vehicle when a man jumped in and sped off.
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The city-run testing facility at Dodger Stadium was closed Monday. City officials were not immediately available to comment on whether it would be reopened.
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The move comes amid criticism over the transfer of hundreds of inmates to prisons from a Chino facility reeling from coronavirus infections.
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Newsom vows to crack down on restaurants and bars that ignored restrictions over the July 4 weekend. Some critics say it is too little, too late.
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California’s state Capitol is closed, and its Assembly leader is delaying hearings after Assemblywoman Autumn Burke and four others test positive for the coronavirus.
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A decade of 911 calls to the LAPD reviewed by The Times helps explain the possibilities and challenges of reimagining police.
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Neither home prices nor rents have gone down significantly in California despite double-digit unemployment.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom again Wednesday threatened more enforcement for businesses that fail to follow coronavirus guidance, but how it would work remains unclear
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A former official at the L.A. Department of Building and Safety alleges that he was ousted after raising concerns about fraud and other issues.
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California Senate passes a bill to provide job protections to employees of small businesses. But some say the protections will hurt those businesses.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday said the surge in coronavirus cases hitting California was due in part to younger people who might believe “they are invincible” but nonetheless are becoming sick from COVID-19.
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Newsom vows to crack down on restaurants and bars that ignored restrictions over the July 4 weekend. Some critics say it is too little, too late.
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The city-run testing facility at Dodger Stadium was closed Monday. City officials were not immediately available to comment on whether it would be reopened.
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Beaches in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were closed for three days in an effort to keep crowds away amid the growing coronavirus outbreak.
In Los Angeles County, officials said the holiday weekend saw the highest single-day count of new cases since the pandemic began: 3,200 on Friday.
The number of hospital patients with confirmed coronavirus infections jumped 41% in the last three weeks in Los Angeles County.
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As more Californians report anti-Asian hate incidents, activists push Gov. Gavin Newsom for aid.
How will L.A. County move forward in combating the coronavirus outbreak? Leaders from the Board of Supervisors offer a mixed bag of answers.
In what officials Saturday described as an “alarming” increase, hospitalizations of patients with confirmed coronavirus infections in Los Angeles County have jumped 41% in the last three weeks.
Another 287 LAPD employees are currently quarantined at home after having been exposed to the novel coronavirus.
The City Council voted to move forward with the display at an emergency meeting Saturday, granting Mayor R. Rex Parris’ request for authority to issue a permit and sign a contract with a fireworks vendor for a show set for 9 p.m.
Californians hoping the July 4 weekend would bring a return to a semblance of summer fun instead find closed beaches and limited restaurant service.
In a new world where crowds mean danger, swap meets and the vendors who make them run struggle to stay afloat.
For the past 16 years, Mauro Rios Parra has sold fruit bars and ice cream on the streets of Pico-Union, one of L.A.'s densest cities and among the hardest hit by the coronavirus.
Make-A-Wish and other organizations that help children are raising less money. Social workers and court services for families also face challenges.
In late March, Neal Brandenburg used street art to keep his daughters occupied. Months later, the Culver City chalk became a neighborhood sensation.
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Weeks after USC removed the name of Rufus Von KleinSmid, some are raising questions about a host of names and symbols on campus, examining whether they too should be purged at this historic moment of reckoning.
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Chief Todd Chamberlain stepped down from the post after a divided Los Angeles school board slashed his agency’s budget by 35% in response to a wave of community protests.
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Only 10% to 20% of classes will be offered in person and on campus, reversing USC’s original decision to reopen for the fall semester.
Housing & Homelessness
A federal judge ordered the city and county to provide beds and services for people. But options are scarce, and warehousing them in large congregate settings is the worst option. Outdoor camping is no better.
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More than six months after Mayor Eric Garcetti predicted that a new housing project for homeless people would open every three weeks, there has been only one other opening to celebrate. The coronavirus pandemic is one reason for the delay -- but only one.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom warns that he plans to announce new coronavirus restrictions ahead of the July 4 weekend in California as community spread grows.
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Consumer groups are raising concern over a potential foreclosure wave tied to PACE home improvement loans.
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Homelessness is a rare misfortune in Taiwan, but still a struggle. “I have nothing,” says one man. “I’m worried about starving.”
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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic is slashing statewide tax revenues, officials Tuesday unveiled an $800-million plan to house Los Angeles County’s homeless people who are most vulnerable to the disease caused by the virus.
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The magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck early Saturday, 40 miles from Chico and 36 miles from Paradise.
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The 4.5 earthquake occurred at 2:20 a.m. on Hawaii’s Big Island.
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Californians live in the land of wildfires, earthquakes and other natural disasters. Here’s what we can learn from people who take preparedness very seriously.
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Truck-sized boulders tumbled down the mountain near the Mt. Whitney trailhead after 5.8 earthquake rattles California’s Owens Valley.
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The Crews fire ignited about 11:30 a.m. Sunday near Highway 152 in Gilroy and forced dozens of residents to evacuate.
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The fire that began around Soledad Canyon Road and the 14 Freeway on Sunday was about 30% contained as of 9 a.m., the L.A. County Fire Department said.
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After slipping out of his handcuffs, the man was able to access the officer’s backup gun, the department said on Twitter.
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A Northern California TV station said police were investigating after a couple were filmed painting over a Black Lives Matter mural in Contra Costa.
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Chief judge’s comment on race roil court,
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Among the ranks of protesters who have filed complaints, joined lawsuits and pushed back against tactics used by area police agencies are women who say they were groped, sexually harassed or inappropriately searched.
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Contra Costa County, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and rural Colusa County, northwest of Sacramento, were added Sunday to the watch list of regions being monitored for their rising case counts and increasing hospitalizations, bringing to number to 24.
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A statue of a Spanish missionary in downtown Sacramento, California has been toppled by demonstrators
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In Santa Clarita, a brushfire that broke out near Soledad Canyon Road jumped the 14 Freeway around 4 p.m. Within hours it had spread to 1,100 acres.
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A man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday in Lennox when he tripped in the street after lighting a firework, police said.
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Despite a ban on Fourth of July fireworks displays due to the coronavirus, L.A. firefighters responded to thousands of emergency calls on Saturday.
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The beaches were closed and many fireworks shows were canceled, but Southern California still celebrated July 4.
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With continued surges in the coronavirus, San Diego’s hospitality industry could soon be facing an indoor dining ban.
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The quake was reported Sunday morning at 9:14 a.m. Pacific time 11 miles from Clearlake, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Sunday morning at 5:17 a.m. Pacific time 27 miles from Alpine, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Climate change is increasing California’s wet-to-dry extremes, but average precipitation is not declining.
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Kanye West tweets that he’s running for president
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The owner of Hernandez Hideaway refused to make employees wear masks.
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California’s unemployment agency is facing a barrage of bipartisan criticism from lawmakers over continuing delays in approving jobless claims.
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The coronavirus crisis has increased demand for outdoor signs. But that doesn’t mean sign makers are raking it in.
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A union official says a group of about 50 farmworkers have gone on strike, demanding free face coverings, gloves and information from the farm’s owner.
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Hollywood producer David Guillod surrendered to authorities Monday after he was charged with the rape or sexual assault of four women.
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PG&E was ordered to pay $4 million for role in the 2018 fire, a penalty the judge who issued the sentence said didn’t fit the enormity of the crime.
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The CEO entered guilty pleas on behalf of the company for 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the fire blamed on the electrical grid.
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L.A. County public health officials did not warn travelers or the public about early COVID cases at LAX, a Times investigation has found.
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For the third time in four years, California’s gas tax is set to increase on July 1. But some lawmakers are calling for a freeze on the higher levy, citing the financial burden already faced by many residents because of the COVID-19 spawned recession.
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Sonoma County wineries are reopening to an altered landscape
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Los Angeles will not ticket vehicles that are parked in rush-hour and anti-gridlock zones or in residential areas during street sweeping until Aug. 1 at the earliest.
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The Democratic Party of Orange County officials passed an emergency resolution condemning film legend John Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” and calling for an airport name change.
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Parking tickets on street sweeping days in Los Angeles will return July 6, the Transportation Department said.
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L.A. transit officials say they are beginning to change how the system is policed, with plans to move away from armed response to some nonviolent crimes and to devote more funds to homeless outreach.
