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After months of advocating for resilience and hope in the wake of the deadly attack on the Chabad of Poway, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein is retiring.
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Bernie Sanders is holding a rally in East L.A., part of his overall strategy to mobilize Latinos, particularly younger voters, to help him win California’s Democratic primary. -
San Diego police were investigating a shooting that left five people dead, including three children, at a home in the Paradise Hills neighborhood.
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Dry, gusty winds are set to return to L.A. and Ventura counties Sunday, returning fire weather to the regionMore Coverage
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From fire weather watch to extreme red flag warnings, we explain the conditions and causes for each level of alert.
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As Santa Clarita mourns two slain teens, authorities try to uncover a motive for the attack and how the shooter obtained the gun he used.
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Homeless people are honored guests at an elegant dinner called The King’s Table in Orange County as a way of bringing them dignity, hope, friendship and connection.
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After the Santa Clarita school shooting, a brutal question: How do you protect yourself from something you can’t predict and don’t understand?
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Dominic Blackwell, 14, and Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, were killed this week when a gunman opened fire at their high school in Santa Clarita. The two are now united by a tragedy that has become all too common on school campuses nationwide.
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A look at California stories from the last week, including the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita.
Times Investigations
Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have been found to have traces of man-made chemicals linked to cancer.
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Los Angeles Times reporters found two dozen cases in which a death investigation was harmed by the procurement of body parts.
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How firms helped rewrite a law to make it difficult for coroners to stop them from harvesting body parts.
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The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.
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The Times found dozens of cases in which autopsy investigations were hindered or delayed by the procurement of tissues or organs — something the industry claims never happens.
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City Beat: Moments in the life of L.A.
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Culture and diaspora
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Skelton has covered government and politics for The Times since 1974.
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It’s been a little over a year since the Woolsey fire began its assault on the Santa Monica Mountains, so survivors of that devastation can talk pretty calmly about what they and their neighbors experienced.
The proposal, if passed, could require council members to relinquish some of their cherished powers over approval of housing.
A plan by Southern California governments to locate more housing in cities closer to the coast does not address the real threats posed by climate change.
An exclusive poll done for the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Business Council Institute found that 95% of respondents believe homelessness is either a serious or very serious problem.
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How the poll of Los Angeles County attitudes toward homeless people was conducted.
This poll on homelessness in L.A. County was produced by the Los Angeles Times in partnership with the Los Angeles Business Council Institute, a nonprofit research arm of the Los Angeles Business Council.
Among homeless, a small minority of the severely mentally ill could be best served in public mental health hospitals that offer more intensive care.
Led by a revolt by the Inland Empire, cities in Southern California push growth to Los Angeles and Orange County.
Las Vegas officials passed a law that makes it a crime to sleep on the streets when beds are available at established shelters.
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Climate & Environment
California has joined other states in filing a second lawsuit against the administration for revoking the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.
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New satellite measurements of NOx air pollutants above major North American cities show that Los Angeles had the highest emissions but also the steepest declines.
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Gifting vintage and other resold goods is increasingly seen as a savvy way to save money, discover hard-to-find items and reduce our carbon footprint.
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Westlands Water District is about to get a rich deal from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, its former lawyer.
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Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a bill that would set aside $1 billion each year to pay for better infrastructure, land-use and evacuation route planning in wildfire zones.More Coverage
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A growing army of hot rodders is cannibalizing crashed electric cars and turning them into custom vehicles with electric power trains.
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A free tuition ride only makes it harder for colleges to pay for what kids need — small classes, good advisors and easy access to required classes.
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A professor of education at UCLA says school districts must use the best research to know what programs boost outcomes for kids and deserve more funding.
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Hundreds of Los Angeles students walked out of class Tuesday and rallied at the downtown federal building.
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Unprecedented visualizations have allowed scientists to dig deeper into the details of major earthquakes.
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A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported Wednesday at 11:26 a.m. 12 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif.
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The small earthquakes under El Centro, Calif., are important to monitor, especially since they occurred close to major faults.
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A magnitude 4.9 earthquake was reported at 8:35 a.m.
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A man was killed in an apparent homicide Friday evening near a Burger King in downtown Los Angeles, officials said.
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Santa Ana winds will bring elevated or critical fire danger to parts of Southern California this weekendMore Coverage
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It is the latest in a series of actions by the Democratic governor as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to deport those with criminal records, particularly to Southeast Asian nations.
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Huntington Beach has put its memorial bench program on hiatus, pending further study, after one installation was abruptly removed without notifying the donor.
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Student calls teacher hero for protecting students
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The city may dig a hole, about 450 by 450 feet and 47 feet deep, between Lido Isle and Bay Island, to entomb material unfit for open ocean disposal.
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A third consecutive California governor is blocking parole for a former follower of late cult leader Charles Manson.
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San Diego police were investigating a shooting that left five people dead, including three children, at a home in the Paradise Hills neighborhood.
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As Santa Clarita mourns two slain teens, authorities try to uncover a motive for the attack and how the shooter obtained the gun he used.
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Bashing newcomers from California is a cyclical sport with a long history in the heart of Idaho’s Treasure Valley.
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After the Santa Clarita school shooting, a brutal question: How do you protect yourself from something you can’t predict and don’t understand?
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Two students were killed in the shooting Thursday at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita. Three others were wounded, and two of them remain hospitalized.
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Laws & Policy
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A proposal to divert high-speed rail money from the Central Valley to California’s big cities has split the state’s political leadership.
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Since Proposition 187, the California GOP has been in freefall and still is. Today, Democrats hold a supermajority in each of California’s legislative houses and Republicans are essentially irrelevant.
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Betting on sports would be legal in California under an initiative proposed Wednesday by a coalition of Native American tribes.
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City Atty. Mike Feuer alleges that developer Michael Hakim owes the city more than $220,000 for legal bills racked up during a court battle over his 27-story project.
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New California voter registration data shows House Democrats who upset GOP incumbents begin the new election season in pretty good shape.
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