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In the nearly four years since Alexis arrived alone in the United States as a 17-year-old from El Salvador, he has been granted asylum, learned English, secured a job at a bakery and studied for his upcoming driver’s license exam.
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What can be recycled in Los Angeles? Some plastic, all glass, most paper, but not your garden hose. -
A look at California stories from the last week, including the state’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over the legality of the new ‘public charge’ rule.
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Columnist Nita Lelyveld’s annual summer break at her family cabin lets her unplug from her gadgets and the whoosh of the 101 to take time to read, knit and refuel.
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Two people were shot Friday evening at a busy North Hollywood intersection.
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California sues the Trump administration to challenge the legality of a new ‘public charge’ rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who receive public aid.
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The 9th Circuit overturned a drug conviction on the grounds that border agents illegally searched a cellphone.
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The fire, which has burned 1,500 acres in Mexico, has not crossed into the U.S.
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Eddie Alvirez, 18, also is facing one felony count of negligent discharge of a firearm.
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Prosecutors say a string of shootings in South Los Angeles last year were racially motivated.
Times Investigations
College admissions scandal renews scrutiny of recruited athletes to elite colleges.
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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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City Beat: Moments in the life of L.A.
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The homeless crisis is rewriting the history of Los Angeles. Can the city meet the challenge?
First in a series: Big Mama and her neighbors live in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles. Through a special housing initiative they’ll soon have the opportunity to move into apartments.
Big Mama and her friends were promised new apartments, but there were delays. Weeks later, a few residents received new apartments, but Big Mama and Top Shelf were left behind.
After moving into their apartments, Big Mama, Top Shelf, and other former residents of the homeless encampment find life indoors difficult.
When L.A. tried to move an entire homeless encampment off the streets, some residents jumped at the opportunity for self improvement. Others were not able to overcome past struggles.
A homeless advocate has filed a federal lawsuit against a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy, claiming that he retaliated against her for protesting the clearing of an encampment.
Culver City approved a temporary rent control measure Monday, joining other Southern California cities that have boosted tenant protections.
Organizers for the 2028 L.A. Olympics would probably like everyone to forget about the homeless crisis, much like Japan wants visitors to ignore Fukushima.
Dog parks, fancy gyms and other perks help landlords lure high-paying tenants.
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Climate & Environment
The Native village of Igiugig, population 70, runs on diesel flown in for as much as $7.55 a gallon. An underwater hydro project could change that.
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The taut rope that was lowering an underwater listening station to the ocean’s floor collapsed on the tug boat’s deck with a slap, signaling to the crew on board that their mission was complete.
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Scientists who sampled seemingly pristine Arctic snow have discovered high levels of microplastics that were likely carried north by the atmosphere.
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Ian Recchio runs the ‘Frog Shack” at the L.A. Zoo, where biologists are racing against time to breed and reintroduce endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs.
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California is the largest user of chlorpyrifos, which is used on citrus and other crops and has been linked to neurological damage in animals and humans.
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ShakeAlertLA, the early warning app, will now issue alerts for weaker shaking after the Ridgecrest quakes in July didn’t register in L.A.
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Robert Cameron’s new job is to protect student loan borrowers from poor industry practices. His previous employer has been cited for poor industry practices.
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Schools in Paradise opened Thursday for the first time since a wildfire scorched the Northern California town. Attendance was less than half what it was before the Camp fire.
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LAUSD Supt. Austin Beutner touts increases in student achievement in his annual state of the schools speech. Principals are encouraged, but critics see marginal progress.
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Data from seismic sensors in buildings across Southern California show how the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake produced surprisingly long periods of shaking in some areas.
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Ridgecrest earthquake death in Pahrump is possibly Nevada’s first quake death on record
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Trona Catholics kept the faith as their town declined. Then, two earthquakes hit
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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon at 4:51 p.m. Pacific time one mile from Avenal, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A 20-page report details how 24-year-old Ryan Twyman died in a hail of bullets when Los Angeles County deputies opened fire on his car in June.
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A federal appeals court Friday suspended the nationwide effect of an order blocking a Trump administration rule that would bar asylum for most immigrants at the southern border.
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Country superstar Garth Brooks took a break from touring stadiums to perform at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, one of the stops on his Dive Bar Tour.
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California’s job market powered ahead in July amid the longest expansion since the 1960s, and unemployment remained at a record low.
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Three rounds were fired at the man near 3rd Street and Arizona Avenue. It was not immediately clear whether the man had been struck by the gunfire, but he ran from the area, police said.
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An Orange County jury convicted Hossein Nayeri in the kidnap-torture case that preceded an escape from the Orange County Jail.
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Two Long Beach residents were arrested in connection with the slaying of a Southern California musician who had worked with Sublime and Slightly Stoopid.
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What can be recycled in Los Angeles? Some plastic, all glass, most paper, but not your garden hose.
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California sues the Trump administration to challenge the legality of a new ‘public charge’ rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who receive public aid.
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After moving into their apartments, Big Mama, Top Shelf, and other former residents of the homeless encampment find life indoors difficult.
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Data from seismic sensors in buildings across Southern California show how the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake produced surprisingly long periods of shaking in some areas.
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First in a series: Big Mama and her neighbors live in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles. Through a special housing initiative they’ll soon have the opportunity to move into apartments.
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Laws & Policy
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Voters will likely consider a proposal in 2020 to limit Proposition 13’s tax limits to homeowners, boosting assessments on commercial properties and using much of the money on K-12 schools.
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California law decrees that unless a presidential contender publicly releases five years of federal income tax returns, the candidate can’t run on the state’s primary election ballot.
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Loraine Lundquist’s City Council bid energized progressive activists, but she ran into a buzzsaw of opposition from some of City Hall’s most experienced players.
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California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra said Trump’s effort to dismantle the Clean Power Plan undercuts efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Roughly 20% of legislators were erroneously matched to a person arrested when the ACLU used face-scanning software to screen their pictures against a criminal database.
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