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The California agency that oversees workplace safety has issued a $57,120 fine following the death of a nurse who contracted the coronavirus.
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The incident occurred at approximately 5:10 a.m. in the parking lot of the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station according to department officials.
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Remnants of Marie could interact with a dip in the jet stream to bring rain to California.
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An ambitious bill to require all public high school students in California to take a semester of ethnic studies failed Wednesday. Educators are back to the drawing board and advocates say they will persevere.
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The new Gerald Desmond Bridge, with twin 515-foot towers, will accommodate ever-taller container ships and thousands of cars a day.
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Here are their secrets. These are their habits. L.A. County’s ‘Teachers of the Year’ show how they run their classrooms amid the unprecedented upheaval in education.
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Airlines look to help ailing industry with coronavirus testing at airports (but it’s not a cure-all)
Airlines look to help ailing industry with coronavirus testing at airports (but it’s not a cure-all)
Airlines are pushing an idea intended to breathe new life into the travel industry: coronavirus tests that passengers can take before boarding a flight.
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A firehose stream of cash -- for two firefighters, more than $200,000 in OT pay already this year
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Police vehicles surrounded Abel Mata outside his Torrance home after someone reported that a dark-skinned Latino man had abducted a white baby.
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Sid Weiser, the founder of Weiser Family Farms, famous for introducing and popularizing unique varieties of produce, has died.
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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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Harvest Rock, a Pasadena-based Christian church, failed Thursday to persuade a federal appeals court to reopen churches for indoor worship.
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The governor took issue with the definition of a ‘duly authorized representative of the news media,’ calling it too broad.
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Trump’s stunning case cries out for full tax disclosure by any presidential nominee of a major party. And my flip-flop was validated in Tuesday’s dark debate that was so painful to watch.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 3216 which would have provided protections for workers laid off during the pandemic
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Police vehicles surrounded Abel Mata outside his Torrance home after someone reported that a dark-skinned Latino man had abducted a white baby.
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California establishes a reopening requirement for counties: Reduce infections in communities where the poor and people of color live.
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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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The new Gerald Desmond Bridge, with twin 515-foot towers, will accommodate ever-taller container ships and thousands of cars a day.
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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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PEN America asked the Colton school district to rescind its ban on Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” not realizing it had already done so.
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The legislation would have required all public high school students in the state to complete a semester of ethnic studies.
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An Anaheim junior high school band director molested eight female students from the 1970s to the 1990s, forcing one girl to have two abortions, a lawsuit alleges.
Housing & Homelessness
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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Questions loom after a homeless Black man was killed by sheriff’s deputies who stopped him for jaywalking.
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The partnership between San Francisco-based Sunrun and the French brand aims to save 10,000 households $50 a month off electricity bills.
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No homeless people should be camping in brush areas of Los Angeles that could explode with fire. They should be evacuated.
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Massive wildfires are more frequent and more ferocious in California, and the risks are making it more difficult to solve the state’s housing shortage.
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The Southern California median home price rose 12% in August, as people took advantage of rock-bottom interest rates amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Southern California Seismic Network recorded nearly 600 earthquakes, the smallest a magnitude 1.1, as of 6 a.m. Thursday, according to a report from the project by Caltech and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The biggest of the temblors measured 4.4 magnitude and struck about 4:30 p.m. near the town of Westmoreland.
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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported at 9:02 a.m. Tuesday near Fremont in Northern California.
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The earthquake occurred 12 miles from Salinas, Calif.
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If Proposition 21 passes, it would allow cities and counties in California to implement even stricter rent control policies.
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If Proposition 25 passes, it would eliminate cash bail, which requires suspects to pay a cash bond to be released from jail while waiting for their trial.
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If Proposition 24 passes, it would make changes to California’s new consumer privacy law, allowing consumers new rights to limit the sharing of their personal information.
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If Proposition 23 passes, it would increase rules for kidney dialysis centers, such as requiring at least one physician to remain on-site during a dialysis center’s operating hours.
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If Proposition 22 passes, it would allow companies like Uber and Lyft to continue to consider their workers as independent contractors, as opposed to full-time employees.
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President Trump tweeted that he and the first lady would “begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately.”
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One man has been detained in connection with an altercation that led to deadly gunfire, San Francisco police said.
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The Riverside Fire Department’s Engine 8 responded to a call for medical aid about 6 p.m. Thursday in the La Sierra neighborhood. As firefighters were assisting the patient, someone stole the engine.
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A 67-year-old with a black belt comes to the aid of her 82-year-old friend
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Vallejo cop fired over fatally shooting of Black man where officer shot so much he endangered others
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The foster attempt was undertaken this summer, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said.
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The 3,000-gallon capacity of the helitanker, unveiled in Orange County, far exceeds that of the county’s standard tankers, which is about 350 gallons.
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Northern California saw dramatically less rain than Southern California did over the last water year, which ended Wednesday.
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“Honey Boy” star Shia LaBeouf has been charged with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor theft stemming from a June incident in L.A.
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A lawsuit filed by former “Tarzan” actor Ron Ely blames Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies for the deaths of his wife and son in 2019.
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A 21-year-old El Camino College student has been missing for over a week. Police say there are suspicious circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
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The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for the San Francisco Bay Area’s hills and parts of Lake, Mendocino and Monterey counties, where fires are already burning.
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Phoenix player Junior Flemmings denied using a homophobic slur against San Diego Loyal’s Collin Martin during a USL game Wednesday night.
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Many California firms will have to increase the diversity of their boards of directors under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Companies like DoorDash, Grub Hub, Postmates and Uber Eats must sign formal agreements with local restaurants before advertising food delivery to customers.
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Smoke from the California and Pacific Northwest wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine regions.
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A plurality of the poll’s likely voters — 49% — said they favor Proposition 15, which would overhaul 1978’s landmark Proposition 13
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A new poll found 39% of likely voters support Proposition 22, compared with 36% who oppose the measure that would allow app-based companies to treat their workers as independent contractors, exempting them from employment law AB 5.
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Newsom again blamed payment delays on the crush of claims filed during the pandemic, an influx that overwhelmed the system’s 30-year-old technology.
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California should replace outdated technology and overhaul poor policies that have delayed unemployment benefits to those left jobless during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a strike team appointed by the governor.
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SB 1383 requires employers with five or more workers to offer 12 weeks of unpaid time off to bond with a child or care for a relative starting Jan. 1.
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With ridership and sales tax revenues plummeting, L.A.'s transit agency extends 20% cut in bus and rail service for nearly a year.
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New rules requiring U.S. Postal Service trucks to leave exactly on schedule went relatively unnoticed amid the public outcry over the removal of sorting machines across the country — but they were far more disruptive to mail delivery.
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A homicide investigation is underway after human bones were found at an Orange County Streetcar project worksite in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning.
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The positive testing data comes as confirmed cases has fallen to the lowest level since mid-June and hospitalizations have fallen to the lowest levels since the start of April.
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