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CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange is participating in the "Take Care With Peanuts" initiative that will see the hospital receive a mural of characters from the famous "Peanuts" comic strip.

O.C. pediatric hospital treating ‘highest number ever’ of child COVID patients

Earlier this month, Orange County reported that a third child under the age of 5 had died from COVID-19 complications.

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California approaches pandemic record for all hospitalizations
Orange County delays homeless count amid COVID-19 surge
Growing signs Omicron is leveling off in California
State to give $10,000 to low-income college students for community service work
Podcast: An American West with no snow?
Column: Dear Karen Bass and others, L.A. needs a real homeless plan we haven’t heard before
A Tesla on autopilot killed two people in Gardena. Is the driver guilty of manslaughter?

California Politics

PLAYA DEL REY, CA - JUNE 17, 2021: Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin speaks during the opening ceremony for Argo Drain Sub-Basin Facility Project on June 17, 2021 in Playa Del Rey, California. Bonin is the subject of a recall because of the Venice homeless situation. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Mike Bonin recall drive failed to turn in enough valid signatures, city clerk says

Editorial: California lawmakers must let the public participate by phone
‘Gimme Shelter’: What to expect in California housing in 2022
Garcetti names first female fire chief as LAFD faces harassment complaints
State Senate leader Bob Hertzberg to run for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

California: Most read

Growing signs Omicron is leveling off in California
A Tesla on autopilot killed two people in Gardena. Is the driver guilty of manslaughter?
‘It’s ugly out there’: Rail thefts leave tracks littered with pilfered packages
You’ve noticed it, right? There’s just something about L.A.’s light

In Depth

COVID surge, nurse burnout make mess out of hospital staffing
A father’s death, a son’s despair: How COVID upended a family
Photos: Los Angeles railroad tracks littered with pilfered e-commerce
Surfers were right: Imperial Beach is polluted with Tijuana sewage even in summer

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

SAN DIEGO, CA - JANUARY 14: Carleen Anderson, lead cake decorator at Twiggs Bakery & Coffeehouse on Adams Avenue in University Heights, decorates a strawberries and cream cake Friday Jan. 14, 2022. They have experienced about a 25 percent drop in business overall since the pandemic began according to owner Dan Stringfield. (Howard Lipin / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Weariness sets in as pandemic enters third year with no end in sight

‘Right now, the fatigue is coming into an all-time high,’ says one mental health specialist.

MISSION HILLS, CA - JANUARY 12: Dr. Marwa Kilani, left, the director of palliative care talks with Jose Luis Zarate Ventrura's hand at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 in Mission Hills, CA. Ventura is Covid19 positive. Dr. Kilani spends time with him listening to him. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

California surpasses 7 million coronavirus cases, adding 1 million in one week

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 25, 2020 - A man performs an oral test for COVID19 at a free testing site along Sunset Blvd. in Echo Park on November 25, 2020. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Op-Ed: In the Omicron surge, I am my family’s anger translator

Jeffrey Toth, RN, administers a coronavirus PCR test

L.A. County logs nearly tenfold increase in coronavirus cases in a month

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 05: Francis Delpech gets tested at 911 COVID Testing on Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. This site identified the first local case of "flurona." The patient was only described as a teenager. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County sees 10-month high in COVID death rate

More kids in the hospital with COVID renew fears for medically fragile children

L.A. County reports highest daily total of coronavirus deaths in more than 9 months

O.C. woman wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. After 6 months in the hospital, her outlook changed

Emergency rooms nearing ‘crisis levels’ in parts of California as Omicron surges

Medical personnel surround a car that is going through a coronavirus drive-thru test clinic at the San Mateo County Event Center. Drive-thru test clinics for COVID-19 are popping up across the country as more tests become available.

$7 million of PPE left outside and damaged by storms at Bay Area county facility

Morrie Markoff at his 108th birthday celebration with his daughter-in-law, Jadwiga.

Column: The secret to a long life? Curiosity, says Morrie, who has now survived two pandemics

Los Angeles, CA - January 14: Incoming Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho takes a selfie with students Elysian Heights Elementary Arts Magnet on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Irfan Khan)

Amid high absenteeism, incoming L.A. schools chief says campuses are safe

CULVER CITY-CA-OCTOBER 13, 2021: Kimberly Young, center, listens in on students Vanessa Merlis, left, and Ariana Moss, right, discussing topics in her ethnic studies class at Culver City High School on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Culver City Unified to close next week so all can ‘recoup and recover’ amid Omicron surge

Education

California to remove Mayan affirmation from ethnic studies after lawsuit argues it’s a prayer
California schools under intense strain, fighting to stay open during Omicron surge
California’s undergraduate enrollment dropped by about 250,000 during pandemic years

Housing & Homelessness

Los Angeles, California-Sept. 9, 2021-Rep. Karen Bass speaks to supporters at Los Angeles Trade Tech College at the kickoff to her campaign for mayor in Los Angeles, California on Oct. 16, 2021. Representative Bass was born and raised in Los Angeles and has a new vision for the city. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

If elected mayor, Rep. Karen Bass wants to house 15,000 homeless people in first year

L.A. mayoral candidate Rep.

How to help a stranger on the street in a mental health crisis
Kevin de León, working to clear encampments, wages an escalating fight with activists
If elected mayor, Rep. Karen Bass wants to house 15,000 homeless people in first year
L.A. County homeless count postponed due to Omicron
Newsom’s latest housing fix: More Californians living downtown

Earthquakes

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Earthquake: 3.5 quake felt near Palm Springs
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3.1 quake reported near Ventura
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Earthquake: 3.9 quake felt near Palm Springs
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Magnitude 2.6 earthquake hits in Rancho Palos Verdes

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Teenagers used fake medical case to get nearly $600 in ‘donations,’ authorities say
Man charged with murder in fatal attack on nurse at Union Station bus stop
L.A. Unified agrees to $14.7-million settlement with sex abuse victims
Marty Roberts of beloved L.A. lounge act Marty & Elayne dies at 89
A woman’s French bulldog was snatched in West Hollywood. She found him in Philadelphia

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L.A. police identify suspect, offer $250,000 reward in fatal stabbing of store employee
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Los Angeles chosen to host Summit of the Americas, a key gathering of region’s leaders
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Senate begins debate on voting rights legislation
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Long Beach diver dies during offshore excursion at Huntington Beach oil platform
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L.A. County felony charges are first in fatal crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot
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Police fatally shoot man they say charged them with a knife in Huntington Park
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The truth about California’s promise to clear marijuana convictions
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Native Americans want to ditch the name Squaw Valley. A county supervisor says context matters
Opinion
Op-Ed: You may not know his name, but for me Eric Priestley was a poet laureate of L.A.
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Lost hikers rescued by helicopter from Malibu Creek State Park

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Wherever there’s a fight for California’s future, this Mexican nerd will be there
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The forces that shape California and animate our lives
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Culture and diaspora
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An expert view on California government and politics
Erika D. Smith
People, politics and the quest for a more equitable California

Featured

Mother bears and cubs battle for survival as wildfire, drought and traffic take heavy toll
Here’s how California plans to spend $37 billion fighting climate change
After quitting BLM, co-founder Patrisse Cullors is healing: ‘I really thought I was gonna die’
After 2021 spike in shootings by officers, LAPD will audit its training on use of deadly force
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Business & Economics

Little India, already struggling before the pandemic, is at a crossroads
Flight cancellations continue at LAX as more bad weather rolls in, Omicron surge worsens
Outbreak at SpaceX yields 132 coronavirus cases; company says number dates to September
Vaccinated California employees face workplace restrictions
California rethinks nursing home funding after ‘appalling’ COVID-19 death toll