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USC report finds racial profiling with campus security, urges more oversight

A new USC report finds troubling instances of racial profiling by campus safety officers and recommends a new oversight board and more accountability.

L.A. finalizes its anti-camping law, setting the stage for vote-by-vote enforcement
Orange County to be dropped from Great Park name, Irvine officials decide

20-year-old arrested in deadly shooting at Corona movie theater
After Army veteran is gunned down at party, authorities offer reward to find suspect
Newsom’s biggest recall danger: Complacent Democrats who don’t turn out to vote
California urges wearing masks indoors as coronavirus spike worsens
State fines El Super grocery chain $447,000 for failing to provide COVID sick leave
Can employers force workers to get vaccinated? Here’s what we know
Earthquake: 3.5 quake reported near Paso Robles, Calif.

State Laws, Politics & Policy

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA: Jonatan Gutierrez, 32, right, and his parents Rocio Urzua, 54, center, and Pablo Gutierrez, 65, at left, are photographed at home in Santa Ana, California on Friday, July 2, 2021. Medi-Cal expansion will offer relier to income eligible adults 50 and older regardless of immigration status. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

California expands Medi-Cal, offering relief to older immigrants without legal status

A Pasadena startup got billions selling COVID tests. Then came questions
Abcarian: Sheriff Villanueva discusses his public power struggles, homelessness and more
Larry Elder leads GOP field in race to replace Newsom in recall, poll finds
Column: Dubious property tax appeals are costing L.A. County millions

California: Most read

California urges wearing masks indoors as coronavirus spike worsens
L.A. finalizes its anti-camping law, setting the stage for vote-by-vote enforcement
Column: I wish I could be angry with the unvaccinated. Being Black makes that complicated
Irvine’s ultimate NIMBY fight: A cemetery for veterans deemed an undesirable blight

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

SOUTH PASADENA, CA - JULY 18: Lilian Zhu, 17, is working at her laptop wearing her face mask inside Charlie's Coffee House during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, July 18, 2021 in South Pasadena, CA. Once again the Los Angeles County on Sunday began requiring people to wear masks in indoor public places, opening a new battle line as the coronavirus is rising significantly among unvaccinated people. L.A. County is by far the biggest jurisdiction in the nation to require masks again. But with coronavirus cases rising across the nation largely because of the highly infectious Delta variant, officials elsewhere will be watching to see if the effort works. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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California considers indoor mask rules after CDC’s recommendation

State health officials are reviewing federal guidance that residents who are vaccinated should resume wearing masks in indoor public settings.

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)

Newsom pulls kids from summer camp with no mask requirement

Vesuvio Cafe, Columbus Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco.

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

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

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

Public access expanded during the pandemic. Why do some cities want to take it away?

California’s new vaccination proof requirement: What you need to know

California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly, tightening restrictions in an effort to slow rising coronavirus infections in the nation's most populous state, mostly among the unvaccinated.

California government, health workers must show proof of vaccination or be tested regularly

Huntington Beach, CA - July 21: Basilico's Pasta e Vino on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 in Huntington Beach, CA. (Madeleine Hordinski / Los Angeles Times)

Huntington Beach restaurant urges unvaccinated diners in rebuff of COVID precautions

Nancy Garcia, a San Bernardino County employee who managed a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in San Bernardino.

Diminishing returns? Pop-up clinics vaccinate stragglers — but only a few

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 23: Marco Figueroa, 42, gets the Pfizer 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).

Hospitalizations increasing as L.A. County reports more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases

Education

California is failing to meet demand for UC admission. Why it’s a crisis
‘The need is now.’ Cecilia V. Estolano, new UC regents chair, calls for expanding enrollment
A Caltech scientist has apologized for damaging a sacred site. Is it enough?

Housing & Homelessness

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 29: C3 program director Ciara DeVozza, right, talks with 20-year-old homeless woman on the streets of Skid Row Los Angeles as a team of nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and a variety of healthcare professionals from multi disciplinary street outreach programs are going into the missions of skid row and onto the streets of skid row to test homeless people for Coronavirus Covid-19. Skid Row on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.’s anti-camping law could shift even more power to the City Council on homelessness

Under the proposed ordinance, enforcement of anti-camping laws cannot take place until the City Council has reviewed the location and given the go-ahead.

Disgraced attorney returns to sue city over restrictions on RV parking
Editorial: L.A. shouldn’t remove portable toilets from homeless encampments
Column: Encampments are dangerous eyesores, but they’re the only community homeless people know
‘Upzoning’ in my backyard? California bill won’t turbocharge home building, study says
Another month, another record: SoCal home prices hit all-time high

Earthquakes

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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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Earthquake: Magnitude 5.0 quake strikes near Fortuna, Calif.
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A quake in SoCal? No — a sonic boom, seismologists say

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An offbeat week for Newsom ahead of the recall election
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Yolo County reimposes indoor mask mandate, citing rising COVID cases and hospitalizations
Grid operator, expecting hot weather and high demand for electricity, issues flex alert for Wednesday

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L.A. Police Commission appoints new president, who promptly rejects ‘defund’ movement
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Ed Buck convicted in meth overdose deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean
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Two people shot, one fatally, in Corona theater showing ‘Purge’ film
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LAPD shootings up compared with recent years, including two occurring Monday
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After Rite Aid clerk killed in Glassell Park store, suspect is arrested
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Baby bear with badly burned paws found in path of Tamarack fire
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As L.A. ponders vaccine mandates, infections in the LAPD spike sharply
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Historic drought, low water levels reveal Gold Rush artifacts at Folsom Lake
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Multiple failures found after massive sewage spill into Santa Monica Bay
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Dramatic video shows Dixie fire, now 14th largest in California history, engulf forest camera

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Featured

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
Vaccinated people can get ‘breakthrough’ infections: How worried should we be?
UC raises tuition despite student outcry, touting more financial aid and budget stability
How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke
As the world burns, California will pick up the pace on climate — maybe

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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