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A front of cold, low-pressure air moving in from the northwest may help clear out some of the wildfire smoke that has been smothering the region.
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Evacuations are ordered for the Snow Creek area, west of Palm Springs city limits. The blaze was reported Thursday and has since grown to 2,500 acres.
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Fresno State University said CV Vitolo-Haddad would not become a faculty member there after the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student acknowledged having falsely posed as a person of color.
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Some of the 15 victims tried to hide and others were unable to outrun the flames in one of the deadliest and most expansive blazes in California history.
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Newly proposed cuts to the L.A. school police present difficult choices for a deeply divided school board.
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A firefighter has died battling the El Dorado fire in the San Bernardino National Forest, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
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University of California campuses should prepare to continue online classes and limited campus density beyond fall, UC Health chief says.
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At a news briefing, sheriff’s officials offered yet another version of events of what led up to the fatal shooting on August 31
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Officials agree to create new statewide standards aimed at protecting more California workers against COVID-19.
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University of California regents approved a ban on the use of quotas based on race or gender in admissions and hiring, underscoring their intent to limit how affirmative action would be restored if state voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing it.
State Laws, Politics & Policy
SB 1383 requires employers with five or more workers to offer 12 weeks of unpaid time off to bond with a child or care for a relative starting Jan. 1.
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New California law makes it easier for police, firefighters and other essential workers who get COVID on the job to obtain workers’ comp benefits.
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It’s time for the governor to start blaming mismanagement of the forests as much as climate change for these horrendous wildfires, columnist George Skelton writes.
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The Public Policy Institute of California poll released Wednesday night found that just 31% of likely California voters surveyed said they would vote for the proposal, Proposition 16, while 47% said they oppose it. The remainder, 22%, were undecided.
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The arrests have been made since Sept. 3, after suspects with fraudulently obtained EDD cards have visited Beverly Hills stores, restaurants and other businesses
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A firefighter has died battling the El Dorado fire in the San Bernardino National Forest, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
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Evacuations are ordered for the Snow Creek area, west of Palm Springs city limits. The blaze was reported Thursday and has since grown to 2,500 acres.
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Loughlin was sentenced to two months behind bars — after her husband was handed a five-month term — for paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters admitted to USC.
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Fresno State University said CV Vitolo-Haddad would not become a faculty member there after the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student acknowledged having falsely posed as a person of color.
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If there is no post-Labor Day spike in COVID-19 cases and downward trends continue, L.A. County may move into a less restrictive tier in October.
California appears to be riding a wave of success beating back the coronavirus. But these signs of progress also bring concerns that it could be erased.
As wildfires rage in the West and hurricanes pummel the Gulf Coast during a pandemic, disaster aid has been forced to evolve, for better or worse.
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Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and other California theme parks have been shut for six months. An unusual set of circumstances in Orange County has led three mayors to demand a change.
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If you’re Latino in California, even if you have the luxury of a white-collar job, it’s almost a certainty that COVID-19 will stalk the life of someone you love.
The city’s report looked at hotels in L.A. that received taxpayer assistance or were built on city land. None of them took part in Project Roomkey.
A ransomware attack at the Newhall School District over the weekend has put online learning on hold for roughly 6,000 students.
The shutdown of the Foster Farms plant this week due to coronavirus deaths exposes lapses in one of the most dangerous workplace sectors.
The iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed since March because of the pandemic, forcing major cutbacks. Still, the animals must be cared for.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the California DMV to expand online services such as title transfers, registrations and driver’s license renewals, reducing the need for people to wait in person at a field office.
It’s hard to predict what may happen when California’s primary schools reopen. But when it comes to the state’s youngest students, data are more robust and reassuring.
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There are psychological reasons Zoom school is so difficult. Luckily, science also gives us some solutions.
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The digital divide still harms tens of thousands of L.A. students still without computers and internet access when they must learn online.
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The nation’s largest community college district said it will continue with online classes through the winter and spring terms.
Housing & Homelessness
The activist group Ground Game LA complains that a recent court hearing involving the L.A. City Council violated California’s open meeting law.
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Photographer Ivan Kashinsky spent years documenting the lives of homeless people in the Sepulveda Basin.
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Heat exposure contributed to the deaths of at least three people, all believed to be unsheltered, who perished in Los Angeles County over the Labor Day weekend, according to the county coroner.
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The average cost of projects funded by a $1.2-billion bond program have risen from $350,000 to $531,000.
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Once again, California lawmakers tried and failed to pass legislation that would allow for more homes in single-family neighborhoods.
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Far fewer infections have been reported than were feared. We must be doing something right.
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The earthquake occurred four miles from Palm Springs, eight miles from Banning, 12 miles from Cathedral City, and 13 miles from Yucca Valley, Calif.
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Magnitude 3.4 earthquakes were reported Monday morning in an area near Ukiah, Calif.
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A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Sunday at 11:43 a.m. Pacific time in San Leandro, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Saturday evening at 6:48 p.m. Pacific time 11 miles from Goleta, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said California was “turning the corner” in its coronavirus fight. But fears linger
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A Muslim woman alleges in a federal lawsuit that her civil and religious rights were violated by Los Angeles police officers who forcibly removed her religious head covering last year.
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Images in the political ad, since removed, show a bull’s-eye obscuring the face of South L.A. Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, drawing criticism that it amounted to a threat.
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Yosemite National Park is likely to remain closed through the weekend over air-quality concerns.
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Extensive harvesting of marine life at San Pedro’s White Point Beach has ‘decimated’ the ecosystem, says Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer.
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If air purifiers are sold out or out of your budget, a simple air filter taped to a box fan can filter harmful particulate matter and keep it out of your lungs and bloodstream. Here’s what you need to know.
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Several members of a watchdog agency have called on Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign, marking a further escalation of tensions between the sheriff and his overseers.
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Prosecutors charged Deonte Lee Murray, 36, with one felony count each of carjacking, second-degree robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
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Several units at the facility are under quarantine as the number of those testing positive for the coronavirus more than doubled in the span of a few days.
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A 24-year-old male deputy shot in the head Saturday is out of the hospital but ‘has a long road ahead for recovery,’ Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
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At least 12 air tankers have been requested for structure protection as the Bobcat fire spurs the evacuation of some Antelope Valley residents.
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For 31 years, a parade of progressive nonprofit tenants didn’t have to pay rent to a millionaire Marxist. Then he died and his son wants them out.
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California’s governor called record-breaking heat and wildfires a “climate damn emergency.” But actions speak louder than words.
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In August, the Los Angeles Times published a series on the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium antiwar demonstration. After an overwhelming response, most of the series will be collected in a 36-page zine.
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Many Californians are likely to see some improvement in air quality over the next few days, as weather conditions continue to move wildfire smoke.
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Column One: Marijuana seller’s story of ‘badass’ Mexican sisters was a cultural misstep, Latinas say
Column One: Marijuana seller’s story of ‘badass’ Mexican sisters was a cultural misstep, Latinas say
Susie Plascencia and Savina Monet weren’t going to let La Chingona cannabis get away with cultural appropriation.
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New rules requiring U.S. Postal Service trucks to leave exactly on schedule went relatively unnoticed amid the public outcry over the removal of sorting machines across the country — but they were far more disruptive to mail delivery.
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Cal/OSHA has proposed penalties of $222,075 for Overhill Farms and $214,080 for its temporary employment agency, Jobsource North America.
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One state law will ensure forgiven coronavirus loan funds aren’t treated as taxable income. Another offers up to $100 million in tax credits for some small businesses.
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Life during the COVID-19 pandemic means smaller parties, shrinking piñatas and struggles at party supply stores.
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California officials will mark the Labor Day holiday by sending a $900 supplemental unemployment benefit to jobless residents.
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How many more scorched summers can the king grape of Napa Valley survive?
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As Kimberly Holman-Maiden’s family pub struggled, she set out to help other Los Angeles mom-and-pops survive.
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California is exempting two dozen more professions from a landmark labor law designed to treat more people like employees instead of contractors.
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California lawmakers say there is growing evidence of possible widespread fraud in the state’s unemployment benefits system, which is overseen by the Employment Development Department. The news comes as Californians report stalled jobless benefits from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A homicide investigation is underway after human bones were found at an Orange County Streetcar project worksite in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning.
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The positive testing data comes as confirmed cases has fallen to the lowest level since mid-June and hospitalizations have fallen to the lowest levels since the start of April.
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Costs are rising for California’s high-speed rail project, focused on the Central Valley, as it confronts reduced revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade program.
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The driver, a 22-year veteran of the agency, most recently drove on Line 611, through Cudahy and Huntington Park.
