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Sequoia National Forest, CA - September 16,2021: Sierra Cobras fire crew member Gustavo Cisneros keeps an eye on a hillside as flames roil the Sequoia National Forest on the Windy fire near the Tule River Reservation on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 in Sequoia National Forest, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Photos: Windy fire blows through Sequoia National Forest

Photos of the Windy fire near the Tule River Reservation in the Sequoia National Forest as crews from the Sierra Cobras and Roosevelt Hotshots fight to tamper the flames.

Residents displaced by LAPD fireworks explosion demand names of officers, repair of homes
California enacts two laws to slice through local zoning rules

Universal Studios, Six Flags visitors may have to show COVID-19 vaccine proof or test
The Blue Lot shows the ‘true essence’ of Santa Ana
It’s flu shot time. Here’s how and why to get one
New data affirm it. L.A. County school safety policies are working as COVID rates are low
L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez won’t run for mayor in 2022
A water scooter, an AR-15 rifle and a bag of heroin: Two arrested at Napa County lake
Metrolink suspends service to Oceanside to make emergency repairs

Recall and California Politics

EL MONTE, CA - MARCH 29: Tenant rights activists assemble at the El Monte City Hall to demand that the El Monte City Council pass an eviction moratorium barring all evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, March 29, 2020 in El Monte, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

California risks forfeiting millions meant for struggling renters, auditor warns

Arnold Schwarzenegger says voters were right to retain Newsom, calls GOP field ‘disastrous’
How did your neighborhood vote in the California recall election?
California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar steps down to head think tank
California recall price tag could hit $300 million. Some say it was a waste of money

California: Most read

Giant Forest trees prepped for flames in Sequoia National Park as KNP Complex fire closes in
L.A. County sheriff has legal power to ban gang-like groups of deputies, county lawyers say
New data affirm it. L.A. County school safety policies are working as COVID rates are low
1 in 3 COVID-19 patients suffer from long COVID, a CDC study of Long Beach residents finds

In Depth

LA Times Today: Malibu vs. Santa Monica in messy school district split
Newsom defeats the recall: Analysis
Photos: Newsom soundly defeats GOP-led recall effort
What’s at stake in California’s Recall Election

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 15, 2021 - - Shauni Edmund, 13, left, and Ty'lir Langston, 11, hug during a mindfulness exercise before learning practical skills in technology at a tech summer camp at SoLA Impact's new Tech and Entrepreneurship CenterThe Beehive in South Los Angeles on July 15, 2021. Children learn animation, digital storytelling, video game design, Photoshop, coding and website design at the tech summer camp. The tech summer camp has been held over the last month, impacting about 100 local youth. Mayor Eric Garcetti visited The Beehive with other dignitaries and philanthropists. The event aims to highlight the practical ways that private, public and institutional capital can positively impact minority communities in South and East Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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L.A. County sees big drops in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations

About a month ago, L.A. County was averaging more than 3,400 new coronavirus infections a day. As of Tuesday, it was averaging fewer than 1,800 a day.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Customers show proof of vaccination inside Permanent Records Roadhouse on Friday, July 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

You will have to show vaccine proof at L.A. nightclubs and bars. How it will work

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 10: Bennett Erickson, left, general manager at Sunset Beer checks proof of vaccination for Anthony Trapanese, middle, and Caitlin Forst, right, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles County required to show proof of vaccination before entering. The report will consider whether a mandate should require one dose or full vaccination to enter certain locations, and whether the policy should apply to all indoor public spaces or certain nonessential businesses and events. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County plans to require proof of vaccination at indoor bars, nightclubs, breweries, wineries

Gov. Gavin Newsom juggles numbered balls following the conclusion of a press conference at Universal Studios

California recall election results closely linked to COVID-19 vaccination rates

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 03, 2021 - Reese Bacon (R) waits in line to check in for his reservation to work out at a 24 Hour Fitness gym in San Francisco, California on March 03, 2021. As San Francisco moves into the red tier of the Covid-19 pandemic, gyms are now allowed to open at a maximum 10% capacity. (Josh Edelson/for the Times)

Contra Costa County orders COVID-19 vaccine proof or negative test for indoor restaurants, gyms

California coronavirus cases dropping, CDC says

Riverside County sheriff says he will not enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Thousands of LAPD employees plan to seek exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Can California avoid another COVID-19 surge? Britain offers a sober warning

SAN FERNANDO, CA - AUGUST 30, 2021:Katherine Baltazar,12, a 7th grader at San Fernando Middle School in San Fernando, receives the first dose of the Pfiizer vaccine from Lynn-Ti Allen, a licensed vocational nurse. A mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic was set up inside the gymnasium at San Fernando Middle School to inoculate LAUSD employees and students age 12 and older. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Who will follow L.A. school district in mandating vaccines for students?

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA - AUGUST 18: Dr. Absalon Galat, left, County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services Ambulatory Care Network uses a portable ultrasound connected to his iPhone to examine Luz Juarez, 58, right, who is living next to the La Canada Verde Creek on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Dr. Galat is examining Luz Juarez, whose arm and hand were still swollen from an abscess that had stubbornly resisted the antibiotics they had already provided. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

COVID-19 got this medical team into homeless camps. What about after the pandemic?

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 14, 2021 - - Los Angeles police officers go to separate advocates against vaccine mandates and pro-vaccine advocates in front of the L.A.P.D. Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on August 14, 2021. A man was stabbed during the melee and taken by paramedics to a nearby hospital. No arrests were made in the confrontation. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD employees sue city over vaccination mandate

SAN DIEGO, CA - DECEMBER 22: At Rady Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, health care workers receive their first of two doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine. Joey West, LVN inoculates Caitlin Breen, MD with the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine on Tuesday. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Thousands of San Diego County healthcare workers seek vaccine exemptions, citing religion

Education

School mural is transformed after original offended some Korean Americans
First trial in college admissions scandal gets underway
Police respond to San Diego County high school after student protest ‘escalates’

Housing & Homelessness

GemBob Brookhyser stands at a San Vincente Boulevard homeless encampment

Homeless veteran stabbed to death at encampment near VA in West L.A.

City Atty. Mike Feuer held a media briefing at the scene, calling for the encampment to be cleared and its residents housed.

‘Gimme Shelter’: How recall candidates say they’d fix California housing problems
Judge lets stand L.A. ban on homeless RV parking — because the city isn’t enforcing it
4 hospitalized after car slams into Koreatown homeless encampment
California prepares to spend billions on Medi-Cal services for homeless people and others
Editorial: No homeless people should be shooed off a sidewalk before they are offered housing

Earthquakes

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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.8 quake hits near Coalinga
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.6 quake rattles Thousand Oaks
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Magnitude 3.8 earthquake hits near Ukiah, Calif.
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.8 quake reported near Ukiah, Calif.

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Business & Economics

Lawmakers winnow bills requiring fixes to California’s troubled unemployment agency
Appeals court blocks long-sought expansion of Squaw Valley ski resort
James Flanigan, longtime Times business columnist, dies at 85
California tightens COVID-19 rules for large indoor events
Wayne Hughes, self-storage titan and USC megadonor, dead at 87