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Multiple people are thought to have been injured in a train collision in Sacramento.
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Authorities say Garden Grove police shot and killed a man in neighboring Westminster on Thursday.
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Linda Nguyen, 47, remains hospitalized but will be booked on suspicion of murder after she is medically cleared. Investigators found a suicide note in her home.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will join other states in asking a federal court to block the new rules that seek to indefinitely detain immigrant minors and families.
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An ethnic studies requirement for all high school students in California is on hold.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing Southern California officials to plan for more than three times the new housing they proposed.
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About 3,885 residents have evacuated from the Mountain fire, which has burned more than 600 acres about 10 miles northeast of Redding.
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Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer added four deputies to a list of officers whose problematic pasts need to be disclosed at trials. Some believe the move has imperiled cases stretching back years.
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The man faces felony charges for allegedly killing two peacocks, a male and a female.
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Los Angeles could bar people from sleeping on streets and sidewalks near schools, parks and day cares and in other prohibited areas under a newly proposed set of rules that has drawn fire from activists.
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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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With wildfire season underway, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan to make it easier to clear homeless encampments in severe fire zones.
Miguel Santana, the former city administrative officer who has prodded Los Angeles to be more urgent and efficient in building housing for homeless people, is leaving the Proposition HHH citizens oversight committee.
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. Others couldn’t 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.
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Climate & Environment
Bernie Sanders announced a $16-trillion plan to face climate change during a California visit. Here’s a look at Green New Deal proposals out there.
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The Amnesty International comment came after President Jair Bolsonaro suggested without evidence that some nongovernmental groups may be setting fires over loss of funds.
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California fishermen are reporting one of the best salmon seasons in years after heavy rain and snow ended the state’s historic drought.
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Tropical cyclones in the Pacific basin rarely range north to California. In 1939 there were four in one month.
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As developers lobby the Trump administration for endangered species relief, California is moving to backstop wildlife threatened by federal rollbacks, including the San Bernardino kangaroo rat.
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Rising demand from unwitting consumers, local greed amid a failing economy, weak controls and corrupt law enforcement are driving the Danube’s last wild sturgeons to the brink of extinction.
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A video of Pacifica High School students doing a Nazi salute reflects rising racial tension as Orange County grows more diverse.
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School officials are reopening their investigation into high school students caught on video making a Nazi salute as new racist footage surfaces.
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A broad coalition of educators and student groups is defending California’s draft ethnic studies curriculum.
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Earthquake early-warning systems will be installed or strengthened in Lake Tahoe, Death Valley and Mammoth.
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New techniques to detect small earthquakes have deepened scientists’ understanding of what causes bigger quakes.
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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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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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The Board of Supervisors wants to scrap pejorative descriptions and use “people-first language” that downplays a person’s criminal record.
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Federal authorities have broken an international crime ring that stole millions through fraud schemes and money laundering.
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Several Balboa Park museums were also closed after a gas line was broken in front of the San Diego Zoo.
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s office recently launched an effort to add to a formal criminal allegation from Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra.
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon 15 miles from Ridgecrest, where two major earthquakes struck in early July.
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A shooting in downtown L.A. left four wounded Thursday, authorities said.
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Police say they think the suspect targeted Steven Shek Keung Chan, a 57-year-old retired administrator.
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Federal authorities have broken an international crime ring that stole millions through fraud schemes and money laundering.
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Los Angeles could bar people from sleeping on streets and sidewalks near schools, parks and day cares and in other prohibited areas under a newly proposed set of rules that has drawn fire from activists.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing Southern California officials to plan for more than three times the new housing they proposed.
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Police say they think the suspect targeted Steven Shek Keung Chan, a 57-year-old retired administrator.
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About 3,885 residents have evacuated from the Mountain fire, which has burned more than 600 acres about 10 miles northeast of Redding.
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Laws & Policy
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The gun lobby is fighting California legislation that would eliminate ghost guns by requiring background checks on purchasers of a firearm’s essential part.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Paradise Ridge Elementary School on Wednesday and told a second-grade class about Potter, his first pet.
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Sacramento Police cited an anti-vaccine activist for assaulting vaccine bill author state Sen. Richard Pan on Wednesday near the Capitol.
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The Gilroy shooter bought his weapon legally in Nevada. Now some California lawmakers want to meet with their Nevada counterparts and talk gun control.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused President Trump of trying to scuttle California’s strict car emissions standards to help the oil industry, calling it a “pathetic” decision that was disguised as a way to assist automobile manufacturers.
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