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Trump visits the controversial border wall in San Diego after slamming California homelessness.
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A man and woman were killed and two other women were wounded when a man started shooting at a group gathered near the 800 block of Bay View Avenue.
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University of California President Janet Napolitano announced she will resign. Here’s a look back at her tenure
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The debate over whether to fund a 64-unit homeless housing complex in Chatsworth will now head to the Los Angeles City Council.
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University of California President Janet Napolitano, champion of immigrant students and sexual abuse victims, says she will resign.
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The hearing was closed to public and press, with the judge citing the sensitive nature of what would likely be discussed in the courtroom.
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L.A. officials are revoking an agreement that has long allowed a local group to use an old firehouse on Crenshaw Boulevard, spurring an outpouring of protest from the group and its supporters.
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President Trump’s plan to get homeless people off L.A. streets is to eliminate layers of regulation to make it easier and cheaper to build more housing. But it’s too simple to link that approach with that of his liberal antagonists in California.
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Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 5 could mean more California workers would be considered employees eligible for workplace benefits.
Times Investigations
The U.S. Department of Transportation has called for a review of all Native American companies in its minority contracting program in response to a Times investigation.
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An internal investigation at UCLA uncovered key elements of William “Rick” Singer’s college admissions scheme in 2014.
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The L.A. Times finds the Trump administration appears to be violating U.S. law in implementing the Remain in Mexico policy, officials and lawyers warn.
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The Department of Homeland Security stored sensitive data from BioWatch on an insecure website where it was vulnerable to attacks by hackers, records show.
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College admissions scandal renews scrutiny of recruited athletes to elite colleges.
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Council President Herb Wesson says “anti-displacement zones” would cover the entire city of Los Angeles, but how they would work is far from clear.
L.A. City Councilman John Lee has come out against a rare proposal to build homeless housing in his San Fernando Valley district. The debate follows a closely watched campaign that revolved, in part, around warring views of the homeless crisis.
L.A. County’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to draft an amicus brief that urges the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to Martin vs. City of Boise.
A week after hearing about federal officials swinging through a vacant office building close to Los Angeles International Airport, Hawthorne officials and residents are still confused. The office building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Amid California’s housing crisis, Airbnb pledges $25 million to support affordable housing and small business in the San Francisco Bay Area, L.A. County.
California legislators passed a statewide cap on rents but didn’t take major action to increase the supply of housing this year.
As President Trump heads to California for two days of fundraising, his administration is reportedly still considering clearing homeless encampments and moving people into government-owned facilities.
The real estate project known as District Square has had a decadelong run of bad luck.
Trump, in California for a two-day visit, is likely to address homelessness, which he has used to bash the deep-blue state before the 2020 election.
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Climate & Environment
An internal report obtained by the Washington Post found that several archaeological sites at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument “likely will be wholly or partially destroyed by forthcoming border fence construction.”
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President Donald Trump says his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators.
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Scientists have developed a robot that can collect ocean samples, analyze microbes and then send data back to shore - bringing the lab to the ocean.
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Trump’s EPA plans to revoke a waiver that has empowered California to set tougher auto pollution standards than those required by the U.S. government.
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Black carbon particles have been found on the fetal side of the placenta of women exposed to air pollution during pregnancy, according to a study of 28 women.
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The city of South Gate is trying to mimic conditions before the explosive growth of L.A. after World War II that allowed certain rare native fish to thrive.
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Divesting is less a moral imperative than risk-averse stewardship of the university’s endowment and pension fund.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed back against criticism of his handling of the new vaccine laws, which prompted protests at the state Capitol.
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California college students say the biggest obstacle to success are costs and juggling work with school, surveys says.
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A magnitude-3.4 earthquake was reported Wednesday at 10:23 a.m. 14 miles from Fortuna, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude-3.8 earthquake was reported at 11:11 a.m. Monday 27 miles from Coachella and 32 miles from Indio, Calif.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was registered at 2:48 a.m. Saturday nine miles offshore from Huntington Beach.
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A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Thursday evening at 11:50 p.m. Pacific time 11 miles from Soledad, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Ed Buck: Detectives were able to build a case against Democratic donor Ed Buck on drug charges by following the 911 call
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Two students have been arrested in connection with an assault at Landmark Middle School that was captured on video.
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P-61 gained fame when he crossed the 405 Freeway in July, the first collared cat to do so. He died on the same freeway two months later.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the Trump administration’s plan to rescind California’s nearly half-century-old authority to impose tough car emissions standards, vowing to take action to stop it.
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Prosecutors call Ed Buck, who was arrested this week, a violent sexual predator who preyed on men struggling with addiction and homelessness.
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Dongyuan Li, 41, is the first of 19 people to plead guilty after being indicted on similar charges of running a “birth tourism” scheme.
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After more than a decade, why is Britney Spears still under a court-approved conservatorship, which leaves decisions involving her estate and everyday life to others?More Coverage
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President Trump’s plan to get homeless people off L.A. streets is to eliminate layers of regulation to make it easier and cheaper to build more housing. But it’s too simple to link that approach with that of his liberal antagonists in California.
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Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 5 could mean more California workers would be considered employees eligible for workplace benefits.
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University of California President Janet Napolitano, champion of immigrant students and sexual abuse victims, says she will resign.
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The hearing was closed to public and press, with the judge citing the sensitive nature of what would likely be discussed in the courtroom.
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Laws & Policy
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Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) will retire from Congress at the end of his term, adding to the flood of GOP exits nationwide.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a crackdown on e-cigarettes and plans to launch a vaping awareness campaign amid U.S. lung illness outbreak.
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The biggest immediate problem for California’s high-speed rail project is land acquisitions. Mismanagement of them is contributing to construction delays, cost increases, litigation and the launch of a federal audit.
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There was a sense among watchers of the California Legislature that the final hours of the 2019 session would be a bit of a letdown.
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California lawmakers tackled policing, environmental and labor rules in 2019. Will those fights last into 2020?
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