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Santa Clara County had the first recorded COVID-19 death in the nation. Now, more than 71% of its residents are at least partially vaccinated against the illness.
Diamond Valley Lake, an “inland ocean,” is Southern California’s prime defense against drought.
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A man arrested on suspicion of domestic violence says he was shoved face first into a locker by a Hawthorne police officer, causing an injury that ruptured his right eye and left him blind. The incident was captured on video, which the city has yet to make public.
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Coronavirus case rates for Black residents dropped by 13% and by 22% for Latino residents, while cases have dropped by 33% for white residents.
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A report has excavated open secrets and long-buried trauma at the exclusive Thacher School, concluding it failed to protect its students.
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L.A.'s trillion-dollar rail boom has so far showed mixed results. Everyone is looking for a game changer. Will rail to LAX be it?
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José Zelaya, the Disney Television Animation’s only Salvadoran designer and digital animator, as a boy dreamed he would “work for Mickey Mouse.”
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Kansas City Chiefs defensive end and native Angeleno Frank Clark was arrested in Los Angeles after police say they saw a submachine gun in his car.
A wildfire in the city of Vallejo on Monday night triggered evacuation orders.
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Two women had followed the tortoise after they spotted him at Pacific Avenue and Bixby Road to make sure he wouldn’t get hit by a car.
State Laws, Politics & Policy
The legal fight could continue for months and may be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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A federal appeals court decided unanimously to revive a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a California law that bans all-male corporate boards.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend $7 billion to build a state-owned broadband network along highway rights-of-way into communities up and down California.
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More than 40 of the county’s law enforcement agencies have yet to provide the district attorney’s office names of officers who have histories of dishonesty and other misconduct that could affect their credibility in court.
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Even as the economy is rebounding, unemployment remains high, and the debt is forecast to grow beyond the $24.3 billion estimated for the end of this year, state officials said.
California: Most read
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L.A.'s trillion-dollar rail boom has so far showed mixed results. Everyone is looking for a game changer. Will rail to LAX be it?
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California’s decision to close the prison in Susanville rocked the town, where the consequences could be dire for residents and businesses that depend on the economics of incarceration.
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A report has excavated open secrets and long-buried trauma at the exclusive Thacher School, concluding it failed to protect its students.
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California has received nearly 70,000 forms by residents looking to correct or complete their vaccination information, the state Department of Public Health says.
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It’s not clear how the coronavirus causes parts of the brain to shrink, if it’s due to the virus or COVID-19 symptoms, a former FDA official says.
This COVID-19 vaccination strategy is considered key to reopen the U.S.-Mexico land border crossing, which has been closed to nonessential travel.
L.A. County is reporting about two COVID-19 deaths a day, while the Bay Area is reporting four.
Unemployment in California fell to 7.9% in May, the fourth month state payrolls grew by more than 100,000 jobs. Still, full recovery will be slow.
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Reopening lessons: Leave time to park, don’t talk at the movies and 10 more important things Angelenos forgot in the pandemic
Californians can now access a digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccination record as part of a new system unveiled by the state, officials said.
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Fully vaccinated employees in most workplaces can now stop wearing masks in their places of employment.
With the pandemic waning, Californians who receive unemployment benefits will next month have to start showing that they are looking for work
A state board ends physical distancing requirements for California workers and says many fully vaccinated employees can stop wearing masks.
Village Well Books & Coffee opened in L.A.'s worst pandemic month, on a famously doomed corner. For owner Jennifer Caspar, it was all a lucky break.
Dr. Courtney Martin is medical director for maternity services at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. During the pandemic, she split her time between maternity COVID patients and an overflow COVID-19 ward.
The man collecting the Loma Linda hospital’s COVID victims was all but invisible
California fully reopened Tuesday, so residents who are fully vaccinated were able to go into many public places without masks, but many kept them on.
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Creative Artists Agency and a group of filmmakers such as George Clooney are creating an L.A. magnet school to help train high schoolers for jobs on movie and TV sets.
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San Bernardino County school officials failed to provide proper oversight of millions of dollars meant for the neediest students, state officials said.
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Retired teachers say the desire among students to pursue a trade rather than college is admirable and should be supported, not belittled.
Housing & Homelessness
The median home sales price hit a record $667,000 last month, but there are signs of a slowdown: One index of national home buyer demand is down 14% from an April peak.
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‘Faces of Mankind’ exhibit at Anaheim’s Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center displays 35 portraits of unhoused and formerly unhoused people.
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Redondo Beach addressed its homeless problem with a court diversion program that provides services instead of custody. When the pandemic brought it to a halt, the city came up with workaround. Now homeless court is held outdoors, in a police station parking lot.
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A growing encampment has left significant damage in the freshwater marsh. But that’s no reason not to be sensitive to the needs of homeless people.
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A San Clemente couple’s visit to Doheny State Beach to feed homeless people ended with the husband in handcuffs and his wife calling 911
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The city of Los Angeles filed a legal motion seeking dismissal of what it called a ‘misguided’ lawsuit that attempts to compel local government to provide shelter to thousands of homeless people living on downtown sidewalks and next to freeways.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 1:22 a.m. Friday 14 miles from El Centro, Calif.
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A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was reported at 8:27 p.m. Thursday two miles from Redondo Beach, Calif.
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Bay Area counties prep for extended drought, particularly Santa Clara, which had to drain water behind a key dam deemed vulnerable to earthquakes.
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The temblor Sunday evening was 20 miles from Santa Rosa.
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The Fresno Unified school board decided to reapprove contracts with the Fresno Police Department over the objections from community groups.
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What should children be reading this summer? Anything that interests them. Librarians at the L.A. Public Library also gave recommendations for K-12 students.
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The deputy, who has not been identified, has been placed on leave and is under investigation, sheriff’s officials said.
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Mark Peel was Wolfgang Puck’s opening chef at Spago, but he was less a celebrity chef than an intellectually curious chef’s chef.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked the convicted murderer’s parole last week, marking the seventh time a California governor has done so.
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The driver of the vehicle, which police say was stolen, lost control of the semitruck and struck a utility pole, several parked cars and a cinderblock wall before crashing into the house.
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Aaron Harvey was one of 33 people accused in a sweeping 2014 conspiracy case targeting gang murders. He fought back and the charges were dropped.
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The district attorney’s office is asking anyone with information on other alleged incidents to contact its tip line.
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Coronado superintendent vows accountability after incident that targeted Orange Glen High School in Escondido.
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Elected officials and interest groups still spar over California’s annual spending plan. But these days, the state budget is never truly finished.
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City officials say the water in Sacramento has an “earthy” taste due to the drought. It is one of many ways dry conditions affect our lives.
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Venture capitalists have poured billions into the digital mental health space, but some apps offer little more than distraction — or could do harm.
Police say Paul K. Kiyan, 34, was arrested by Los Angeles police after a homeowner saw him on surveillance video inside the house.
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The Orange County district attorney is asking for anyone with information in any road rage incidents involving Marcus Eriz and Wynne Lee to call (714) 834-7000.
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Moises and Daniel Monterrubio heel-toed across a 2,800-foot-long highline strung across Yosemite gullies plunging as deep as 1,600 feet.
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June gloom will make a comeback in coastal areas, though hot weather and fire conditions will continue in other areas through Monday.
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A reporter reflects on years spent covering killings in Los Angeles County and what that’s taught her about people and human nature.
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Crowds converged on a street festival in Leimert Park honoring Juneteenth, the long-celebrated holiday marking the freeing of slaves in the U.S. — and now the newest federal holiday.
Columnists
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Los Angeles has reopened, but many first responders remain unvaccinated. Just over 50% of the city’s firefighters and police officers have gotten one shot.
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Consumers are asked to limit their electricity use between 5 and 10 p.m. to avoid the shutoffs that happened during last year’s heat waves.
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New research has found a 22% drop in humidity across the Southwest since the 1970s.
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MacKenzie Scott announced donations of $2.7 billion to 286 organizations. More than three dozen of the recipients in Scott’s latest round of giving are California community colleges and universities, arts groups and nonprofits that work for social justice.
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New California guidelines say that fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear masks in most public settings.
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Here’s a rundown of what changes today: No more masks required for most vaccinated people, with a few exceptions.
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In our final installment, we look at earthquake insurance, important documents and good, old-fashioned cash.
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The San Francisco order will go into effect once the FDA gives formal approval for one of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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As of Tuesday, restrictions were lifted at most businesses, and Californians fully vaccinated for COVID-19 could go without masks in most settings.
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Tuesday is not the first time California has tried to reopen its economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. But officials are hopeful it will be the last.
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Los Angeles will be the biggest beneficiary of the money, which was proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to help cannabis businesses acquire permanent licenses.
