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Porter Ranch, CA - September 23: Savannah Singer, 7, foreground and her twin sister Madelynn Singer attend an online school City of Angels, an independent study program by LAUSD, at home on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 in Porter Ranch, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Surge of families seeking remote learning overwhelms L.A. public schools

Parents were frustrated after receiving little help enrolling into LAUSD’s independent study program. The school district is not alone.

California is losing a congressional seat. Which one it loses could help the GOP control the House
‘Burn scars’ of wildfires threaten drinking water in much of California and the West

Column: Of course, Karen Bass will run for mayor. Why settle for a gridlocked Congress?
Californians have legal rights to abortion, but getting one can be difficult
One dead, five injured in Pacoima collision
Lower temperatures help firefighters boost containment of Fawn fire
California to replace toppled Junipero Serra statue at Capitol with memorial to Native tribes
Mother and child die after fall at Petco Park before San Diego Padres game
The Dixie fire threatened to pass 1 million acres, then was stopped in its tracks. Here’s how

California Politics

San Diego, CA - September 25: At the California Republicans Convention on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 in San Diego, CA., Harmeet Dhillon answered audience questions from attendees during the panel discussion for “The National Debate over election integrity laws”. Also on the panel were Fred Whitaker (seated) and Garrett Fahy (standing). (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At a grim convention, California GOP seeks to regroup after bruising recall defeat

Momentous mayor’s race will be a pitched battle over how to fix L.A.'s ills
O.C. Fair & Event Center board backs off plan to fight bill aimed at ending gun shows
California Politics: There are so many Democrats
After police reform talks fail, Karen Bass discusses what’s next, and her message to George Floyd’s family

California: Most read

Surge of families seeking remote learning overwhelms L.A. public schools
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L.A. police, fire agencies hotbeds of vaccine opposition — and coronavirus outbreaks
The Dixie fire threatened to pass 1 million acres, then was stopped in its tracks. Here’s how
Citing religious beliefs to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine could cost you your job

In Depth

LA Times Today: Robert Durst convicted of murdering his friend Susan Berman
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LA Times Today: Column One: The ballad of Captain Dan

Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines

NORTHRIDGE, CA - AUGUST 11, 2021 - - Kaleigha Smith, 12, is tested for COVID-19 by medical assistant Laila Benamar, CNA/CMA, before she begins to attend classes on Monday at Northridge Middle School in Northridge on August 11, 2021. Some parents also received the test for COVID. LAUSD has the most robust COVID-19 testing protocol in California, is requiring all students and teachers to be tested weekly. California could be the first state in the U.S. with a teacher vaccine mandate. Gov. Newsom announced today that all teachers and school staff in the state will be required to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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As COVID infections continue to decline, L.A. County approaches 26,000 deaths

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have continued to decrease but officials still urge residents to get vaccinated and heed caution.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Gary Rucker gets a COVID-19 vaccine In the Skid Row neighborhood where the L.A. County Department of Health Services Housing for Health division and United Way of Greater L.A. host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Downtown on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Black L.A. residents have highest COVID hospitalization rate: ‘A deplorable reality’

RIVERSIDE, CA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2021: A nurse prepares a syringe with the J & J vaccine in the library of Arlington High School on September 22, 2021 in Riverside, California. A Los Angeles Times analysis has found counties in the Inland Empire had a higher rate of hospitalizations this summer than any other county in Southern California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

California to offer COVID booster shots for teachers, healthcare workers, seniors

Los Angeles, CA, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021 - Children frolic in a playground water fountain at Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County escapes post-Labor Day COVID surge, but more vaccinations are needed

VENTURA, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Respiratory Therapist Jose Herrera works with a covid19 positive patient inside the ICU Ventura County Medical Center - a hospital in the city of Ventura, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 in Ventura, CA.Today the hospital reports they have 22 covid19 posstive patients plus 3 under investigation. Of those cases, 4 are reported vaccinated and 2 are partially vaccinated and 16 are unvaccinated. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Average age of Californians dying of COVID-19 getting younger

California plans dramatic push of COVID-19 booster shots, vaccinations

Inland Empire COVID-19 hospitalizations far worse than L.A. Here’s why

L.A. teachers to receive 5% raise, pandemic-related bonuses under tentative agreement

L.A. County records big drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Cancelled flights are displayed on a departures board at San Francisco International Airport on September 09, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Hundreds of departing and arriving flights at San Francisco International Airport have been cancelled or significantly delayed each day since September 7 as a planned $16.2 million runway renovation project gets underway. The project is expected to be finished by September 27. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

San Francisco airport becomes first in U.S. to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers

MONTEREY PARK, CA - MARCH 26, 2021: Kendall Tam, left, a senior at Mark Keppel High School and captain of the girls varsity basketball team, talks with Emily Liu, a junior, before start of a practice session at the school in Monterey Park. This was the first week back to practice since a year ago last March when everything came to a halt due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

How California turned the tide and achieved the lowest coronavirus transmission rate in the U.S.

Victorville, CA - December 17: Nurse Salina Padilla, left, prepares Dr. Prabakar Tummala for Bamlanivimab, monoclonal antibody infusion at Desert Valley Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 in Victorville, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Big demand makes COVID-fighting antibodies hard to get in California

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 16: Rebeka Small, right, hugs Jennifer Galperson before the Yom Kippur service on the baseball field offered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Sinai Temple is holding their Yom Kippur services for the high holiday outdoor as the synagogue has been limited in capacity due to Covid cases. Sinai Temple in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California is the oldest and largest Conservative Jewish congregation in the greater Los Angeles area. Rabbi Nicole Guzik and Rabbi Erez Sherman led one of several services observing Yom Kippur on Thursday morning. Yom Kippur or 'Day of Atonement' is the holiest day of the year in Judaism with a theme of atonement and repentance. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

California has the lowest coronavirus rate in the nation. Here’s what we know

Education

L.A. teachers union sidesteps vote over Israel-Palestinian conflict
Money isn’t the problem. COVID-19 creates a dire U.S. shortage of teachers and school staff
San Jose State to pay $1.6 million to athletes over handling of sex abuse allegations

Housing & Homelessness

Column: You want the house, so you write the owner a love letter. But the practice is under fire

Critics say real estate love letters, common in tight markets, can be a tool of discrimination.

Column: ‘We may lose this.’ Despair over gentrification reaches new depths in South L.A.
Appeals court strikes down sweeping order to house L.A.’s skid row homeless population
Editorial: We need to house residents of homeless encampments even when there isn’t a crisis
Don’t be fooled: California’s new housing laws make significant changes to zoning
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How the pandemic helped scatter $1-million homes across L.A.

Earthquakes

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Earthquake: 4.3 quake strikes in Carson

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The forces that shape California and animate our lives
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Culture and diaspora
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People, politics and the quest for a more equitable California

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Business & Economics

Judge tosses out lawsuit that sought to stop San Onofre nuclear plant dismantlement
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