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Amid all the grim realities of homelessness, there are glimmers of hope as the decade nears its end.
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Within a matter of days in 2016, Jon Peters said he heard similar stories involving officers who worked with him at the Los Angeles Police Department. -
Lancaster has proposed changes to the municipal code that would prohibit charitable groups from feeding homeless people in almost every public space.
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A look at California stories from the last week, including the viral Claremont Nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary and Joseph as asylum seekers.
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A chef saw Obi Ndefo lying in the street after a hit-and-run crash. He stopped to hold him and help this stranger. People called him a hero. He said he was just doing what we all should do.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected PG&E’s plan to exit bankruptcy on Friday.
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A steel-reinforced retaining wall will be built to shore up the tracks on Del Mar bluffs eroded by heavy rain last month.
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A hulking, unfinished mansion perched on a Bel-Air hillside must be torn down to the slab, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said in a recent ruling, declaring it a “danger to the public.” Then a bankruptcy filing put that order on pause.
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A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon at 3:14 p.m.
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A request to use a high school theater to host a talk by Rep. Rashida Tlaib was approved, then withdrawn, by the school district after protest letter.
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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Insights from a California native
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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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As the Supreme Court takes up a case on criminalizing homelessness, it’s worth considering the costs of incarceration verses providing rent and services.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to develop an plan to build more housing and to appoint someone from the private sector to oversee it.
L.A. city officials won a key battle Thursday over a pair of local laws meant to ease the way for more housing for homeless people, defeating a challenge from a Venice group that sought to overturn the ordinances.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to approve a new law that will crack down on campaign contributions from real estate developers seeking city approval for their projects.
Robert Marbut, known for urging cities to stop “enabling” homeless people, is poised to become the next executive director of federal homeless agency. His predecessor, Matthew Doherty, will advise California on homelessness.
Hesperia passed an ordinance intended to address what one City Council member called a “demographical problem” — the city’s increasing black and Latino population, prosecutors said.
After five years of leading LAHSA through restructuring and growth, Peter Lynn is stepping down as executive director. Homelessness has increased 33% during his tenure.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation contends that L.A. approves too many “luxury” buildings and not enough affordable housing. Judges have rejected its efforts to overturn approval of high-rises in Hollywood.
Herb Wesson, who is running for L.A. County supervisor, has a new campaign ad in which he is seen searching skid row for his homeless son, Doug.
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Climate & Environment
Michael Bloomberg’s plan stops well short of the goals of the ‘Green New Deal’ embraced by many of his Democratic rivals in the presidential race.
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Clean energy advocates are talking about what comes next — and warning that climate change demands faster action.
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Prompted by restaurant industry lawsuit, city will conduct thorough environmental analysis
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With a 2020 shutdown deadline looming, four coastal gas plants have become an early battleground in an increasingly urgent debate.
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A public mental health crisis swelled in New Zealand after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
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There are many lessons California can learn from Christchurch.
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Instead of testing innate aptitude, UC should require an exam that measures knowledge learned in the classroom.
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Some students at UC Berkeley can earn a degree from a prestigious university but can’t figure out how to budget or bake without being told?
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UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television will make over the Ralph Freud Playhouse with new seating, lighting and sound, plus an improved lobby.
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Christchurch, New Zealand, shattered by a 2011 earthquake, offers an urgent lesson for California.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 3:13 a.m. Thursday five miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported at 1:56 a.m. Thursday one mile from San Bernardino, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported at 10:57 a.m. 10 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the USGS.
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L.A. can push forward with its plans to open a homeless shelter in Venice after a Superior Court judge rejected a legal challenge to the project.
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A Fresno man convicted of a brutal killing during the robbery of a small amount of marijuana gets life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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All of the candidates who have qualified for the Democratic debate in L.A. next week say they’ll skip the event unless a labor dispute is resolved.
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Northern California’s Drake’s Beach, where it’s common to see elephant seals mating, is overrun with another phallic symbol: innkeeper worms.
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L.A. officials say they will get rid of library late fees, arguing that they discourage working families from taking advantage of books and other offerings.
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LAPD officer’s own body camera captured him touching dead woman’s breast, officials say, noting that officer thought he had turned it off.
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Commuters across the state awakened to dense fog Friday, which will make way for rain. Snow could dust the Grapevine, causing travel headaches in Southern California.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected PG&E’s plan to exit bankruptcy on Friday.
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The benefit is given when retirement fund investments are doing well.
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A hulking, unfinished mansion perched on a Bel-Air hillside must be torn down to the slab, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said in a recent ruling, declaring it a “danger to the public.” Then a bankruptcy filing put that order on pause.
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Northern California’s Drake’s Beach, where it’s common to see elephant seals mating, is overrun with another phallic symbol: innkeeper worms.
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Within a matter of days in 2016, Jon Peters said he heard similar stories involving officers who worked with him at the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Laws & Policy
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By standing up for bush league teams all over the country, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is showing wholesome small town values and priorities not always seen on the presidential campaign trail.
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California voters want to see major changes at PG&E as state leaders grapple with the best path forward for the state’s largest utility.
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A 28-year run for TV coverage of the California Legislature will end in January
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Any speculation — and there’s lots of it — about which candidate will benefit most from California Sen. Kamala Harris dropping out of the race last week isn’t worth much.
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Three City Council members called for full taxpayer financing of election campaigns in L.A., reviving an idea that was proposed before and went nowhere.
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