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A former rookie San Francisco police officer who was on his fourth day on the job when he fatally shot an unarmed carjacking suspect in 2017 has been charged with manslaughter, the city’s top prosecutor announced Monday.
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The new wave of coronavirus cases brings L.A. County closer to another stay-at-home order.
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California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control overstepped its power when it adopted a regulation allowing billboards to advertise pot along freeways, a judge rules.
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Three teenagers are killed early Monday after a car crashes into a guardrail on the southbound 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles, authorities say.
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Prosecutors allege Oswaldo Forero and Melbe Zepeda paid ‘cappers’ to recruit students who had vouchers meant to help them reenter the workforce.
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Amid pandemic fatigue, people are questioning the new California COVID-19 lockdown measures. Experts say these rules could help slow the infection rate.
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General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration’s legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards.
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President-elect Joe Biden has proposed a robust plan to jump start housing construction and add new housing subsidies in the U.S.
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A coronavirus outbreak at Concordia University in Irvine has infected over 60 people. The school cancels athletic practices, urges against Thanksgiving travel.
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A ban on outdoor dining and a late-night curfew are the latest COVID-19 rules in Los Angeles County.
State Laws, Politics & Policy
In Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom is bogged down fighting the surging pandemic and angering lots of voters no matter what he does.
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The governor’s office said the family learned about the potential exposure to the coronavirus Friday and was tested Sunday morning. Their results came back negative.
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No one in the Newsom family has tested positive for coronavirus, said the governor’s communications director, Nathan Click.
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The party used the boxes to collect ballots in some counties with closely contested U.S. House races. It’s legal in California to collect completed ballots and turn them in on behalf of voters. But state law says only county election officials are allowed to deploy ballot drop boxes.
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A 2017 photo shows Rick Jacobs, a close advisor to Mayor Eric Garcetti, making a sexually provocative gesture. Garcetti, who also appears in the photo, said he didn’t know about the gesture or any alleged misconduct by Jacobs.
California: Most read
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The new wave of coronavirus cases brings L.A. County closer to another stay-at-home order.
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L.A. County public health officials on Saturday announced they will issue an order suspending outdoor dining at restaurants amid a surge of new coronavirus cases.
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Amid pandemic fatigue, people are questioning the new California COVID-19 lockdown measures. Experts say these rules could help slow the infection rate.
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A ban on outdoor dining and a late-night curfew are the latest COVID-19 rules in Los Angeles County.
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Chefs and restaurateurs react to another shutdown of in-person dining amid L.A. County’s coronavirus surge. “We’re holding on for dear life,” one chef said. “There’s no aid in sight, nothing at all.”
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Protesters gathered Saturday at Huntington Beach Pier in defiance of the state’s coronavirus curfew that went into effect at 10 p.m.
The coronavirus is infecting more Californians daily than at any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns about a peak in deaths by Christmas.
Albert Bañuelos was slowly growing his restaurant business, and 2020 was set to be his best year yet. Then the pandemic hit.
A new surge of COVID-19 is battering Southern California, bearing down on exhausted healthcare workers, raising anxiety levels on hospital wards and stoking fears that there might not be enough staff and supplies for the difficult weeks ahead.
Another round of distressing COVID-19 case numbers has Los Angeles teetering on the brink of further restrictions to slow the spread of the virus — including the likely shutdown of outdoor restaurant dining.
Five California state prisons are introducing video visitation programs as in-person visits remain suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A modified stay-at-home order goes into effect for the much of California as of Saturday morning to try to slow the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Many Southern California policing agencies say they will take an education-first approach to the state’s new limited stay-at-home order.
COVID-19 spread hits unprecedented levels in California and officials worry how bad it will get
California’s economy perked up in October, as employers brought back tens of thousands of furloughed workers. But the state has regained less than half the jobs it lost in the spring’s catastrophic coronavirus downturn.
San Francisco’s reopening has hit the brakes. The city may soon join other Bay Area counties subject to stringent restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
California has seen four consecutive days with at least 10,000 newly confirmed coronavirus cases, a stretch unlike any in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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California is still debating ethnic studies in public education. Can the state finally get it right?
California is still debating ethnic studies in public education. Can the state finally get it right?
California educators from elementary school through college are debating anew how best to teach ethnic studies after more than a year of controversy and wrangling.
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A system of pooled coronavirus tests to catch asymptomatic infections among Duke University students helped keep the campus open in the midst of the pandemic.
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In absolute numbers, students and school staff in L.A. County are getting infected with the coronavirus in greater numbers, but it’s difficult to gauge what it says about campus safety amid overall surge in COVID-19 cases.
Housing & Homelessness
In major cities such as Los Angeles, rent is falling during the COVID-19 pandemic. But in suburban markets such as the Inland Empire, rent is rising fast.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti trumpeted his homeless program, A Bridge Home, as a means to shore up the supply of interim housing. Results have been mixed.
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To measure the relationship between crime-free policies and shifting demographics, The Times analyzed U.S. Census data.
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Nearly 2,000 communities in the U.S. and elsewhere encourage landlords to evict or exclude tenants who have had some interaction with law enforcement.
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Southern California home prices jumped 14% in October compared with a year earlier, according to DQNews.
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Affordable housing, such as Section 8 and public housing, is available, but it often requires navigating applications and government agencies. Here’s what you need to know.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday at 9:32 a.m. Pacific time 32 miles from Barstow, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 11:19 p.m. Monday seven miles from Desert Hot Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported 1:28 a.m. Monday in Loma Linda, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The afternoon earthquake occurred five miles from Hollister, six miles from Salinas, 11 miles from Gilroy and 13 miles from Watsonville, Calif.
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During a weekly COVID-19 briefing, California Gov.
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The state’s $26-billion tax windfall is less a story of some kind of surprise jackpot and more a cautionary tale of how early doomsday predictions were way off.
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Los Angeles County health officials announced the decision to suspend outdoor dining, effective Wednesday night, for at least three weeks.
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Beneath a highway overpass in South Los Angeles on Saturday night, a detective clicked his flashlight on and off as he carefully placed a yellow evidence marker in the middle of the street and then another closer to the curb, near the pooled blood of a 17-year-old boy.
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At the same time, advocates are urging California leaders to stop transfers from state prisons and jails to ICE custody and exercise public health oversight.
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A suspect has been arrested after at least two people died and multiple people were injured in the incident reported at Grace Baptist Church.
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A year ago, a 19-year-old student died. Documents show nearly 40% of San Diego State’s Greek system came under investigation from 2014 through 2019.
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Amid a rash of weekend gun violence, Los Angeles early Sunday reached a benchmark not seen in a decade: 300 homicides in a year.
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Three people were found dead in a home in Valley Village on Sunday morning, authorities said.
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As they look to the incoming Biden administration to grapple with issues that are top of mind for many in the diaspora — the economy, jobs, foreign policy and the coronavirus pandemic — community members say it would be a mistake to assume that there is a one-size-fits-all approach to pleasing a portion of the electorate that is so politically diverse.
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Two major projects at the original Port of Los Angeles are moving ahead despite the pandemic. It’s part of a dramatic reshaping of the waterfront.
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Column One: Armenian Americans marvel at an elder’s generosity as they grieve over an ancestral home
Column One: Armenian Americans marvel at an elder’s generosity as they grieve over an ancestral home
Clara Margossian, 102, built a life in Fresno after her family fled the Armenian genocide. With the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, she has given $1 million to help Armenia, a homeland she’s never seen.
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Two months after the Bobcat fire destroyed 17 Big Santa Anita Canyon historic cabins, the tight-knit community is taking stock of its losses and wondering whether — and how — to rebuild in order to preserve its storied past.
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Hospitals in San Diego County are at 76% of capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Firefighters assigned to inspect buildings under construction are hauling in huge amounts of overtime.
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California officials significantly rolled back reopenings and set a curfew amid an intense new wave of coronavirus cases.
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This year’s fires were deadly for both humans and wildlife. Thanks to veterinary care, a raccoon is returning to Orange County, while a trio of mountain lions will move to an Ohio zoo.
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California Auditor Elaine Howle urges the Employment Development Department to quickly change forms that include claimants’ Social Security numbers.
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State officials said the company and its temporary staffing agency failed to provide PPE, require physical distancing or train employees in ways to avoid infection.
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Lyft president says he wants to settle a dispute with labor unions after companies win a battle to allow workers to remain independent contractors.
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San Francisco voters have approved several tax measures targeting property owners and big businesses with highly paid bosses.
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Liberal Democrats and Gov. Gavin Newsom supported Proposition 15, while California’s largest businesses strongly opposed it.
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California voters approve Prop. 22, allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to remain independent contractors
California voters approve Prop. 22, allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to remain independent contractors
Proposition 22 creates special employment rules for California app-based companies, allowing drivers to remain independent contractors.
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The resignation of Sharon Hilliard comes nearly three months after state lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom requesting changes at the Employment Development Department.
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Newsom’s reluctance to take a position has sidelined him in one of the biggest debates about the future of work in California.
