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Walt Disney Co. Executive Chairman Bob Iger resigns from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 economic task force, a confirmation of the growing tensions over theme park closures
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A World War II veteran was awarded a Bronze Star 76 years after surviving a harrowing battle. The ceremony, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was a hopeful event at the 95-year-old’s Thousand Oaks retirement village.
Disney’s blunt criticism of coronavirus restrictions is putting more pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom and health officials at a critical moment.
The success of L.A. Unified’s massive testing program depends on SummerBio, a company just started by a former business associate of Supt. Austin Beutner. The deal came outside the district’s normal contracting process, under Beutner’s emergency powers.
Experts say many students in kindergarten through third grade will struggle with online school. Here are some ideas to help make virtual learning work as well as you can.
L.A. is set to resume parking enforcement on street sweeping days and other enforcement actions after a city report cited complaints about trash piling up on roadways and a drop in revenue.
Malls and nail salons in L.A. County can resume indoor operations with restrictions. Outdoor playgrounds also can reopen
An additional 17 students have been infected with the coronavirus. School officials said the additional cases were linked to off-campus gatherings.
It will be at least two more weeks before Orange County will be able to reopen more fully after its daily rate of new coronavirus cases increased.
The announcement comes at a time when more than 1,050 students at SDSU have tested positive for COVID-19.
Thousands of patients in L.A. County’s public hospital system face long, sometimes deadly waits to see specialists, a Times investigation has found. The system serves primarily the region’s poorest and most vulnerable residents.
California’s wineries in Napa and Sonoma are being hammered on multiple fronts. Vintners are growing weary.
The La Jolla school will rely heavily on technology and peer pressure as thousands of students populate its dorms.
The shutdown of the Foster Farms plant this week due to coronavirus deaths exposes lapses in one of the most dangerous workplace sectors.
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Santana has been at the center of city and county political machinations for the last two decades. His decision puts to rest rumors of him running for office.
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