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Los Angeles arson investigators have not determined the cause of the Saddleridge fire, but they do know where it started.
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A new state law mandating a later school start time for middle and high schools has drawn mixed reactions. Many school leaders are skeptical; parent opinion is mixed; many students seem to like the idea.
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Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have been found to have traces of man-made chemicals linked to cancer.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged PG&E to give money back to hundreds of thousands of customers affected by last week’s outages.
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Officials say someone poured red paint over the Christopher Columbus sculpture, drew anarchy symbols and scrawled messages on the statute’s base.
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Traffic investigators allege a driver was speeding when he lost control of his car and struck a parked SUV, killing a woman and dog sleeping inside.
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New California laws for those here illegally include letting them serve on government boards and banning immigration arrests in state courthouses.
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The victims include a veteran L.A. park ranger, an 89-year-old woman, a man in his 50s who had a heart attack and an unknown victim.
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The new pickup area for Uber, Lyft and taxis at LAX may not be big enough to accommodate rider demand, Uber says.
Times Investigations
Los Angeles Times reporters found two dozen cases in which a death investigation was harmed by the procurement of body parts.
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How firms helped rewrite a law to make it difficult for coroners to stop them from harvesting body parts.
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The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.
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The Times found dozens of cases in which autopsy investigations were hindered or delayed by the procurement of tissues or organs — something the industry claims never happens.
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Executives coached coroners on how to keep body parts harvesting records secret
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A newly formed group called Homeshare Alliance Los Angeles has been pushing City Council members to permit Angelenos to rent out a second unit to travelers.
No private bedrooms for these L.A. residents. They choose to live in pods or rooms filled with bunk beds.
The Los Angeles City Council will decide whether to halt no-fault evictions after reports landlords are evicting tenants prior to a new state law taking effect.
Over the past four years, lawmakers have quietly chipped away at zoning communities for single-family homes only, opening the door to smaller backyard units.
It began as so many do — while reporting another story. A Times photographer and I were finishing an article about the odd and sometimes ingenious ways that homeless people seek — and find — shelter. Then we heard about a double murder-suicide.
Most homeless people suffer from mental illness or substance abuse, studies show. In response, state law needs to change.
Three people bound by addiction and mental illness were searching for a place to belong. Their journey ended in a double murder-suicide.
In Westwood, the average apartment rents for $4,944, according to a recent study. That’s the highest rate in California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation capping rents for millions of Californians.
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Climate & Environment
A geothermal power company says it can make California’s Salton Sea the first major source of U.S. lithium production.
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The Marshall Islands, a key U.S. ally in the central Pacific, has declared a national climate crisis because of the mounting risk of sea-level rise.
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Jane Fonda was seen on social media handcuffed and being escorted by police after her arrest Friday outside the U.S. Capitol.
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Nearly 600 former EPA officials have called for an investigation into President Trump’s authority in response to threats from EPA targeting California.
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Filmmaker Ali Greer and teacher/chef Eric Tomassini are juggling full-time careers while living their dream of running the Avenue 33 Farm, an urban farm carved into the steep acre behind their Lincoln Heights home, just minutes from downtown L.A.
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California utilities are woefully behind on maintenance and new power systems to prevent long-term blackouts.
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A new California law requires middle and high schools in urban areas to delay start times to allow students to get more sleep.
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Good teachers know how to handle defiant students without suspending them. Let them do their jobs without more mandates.
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Some L.A. Unified parents, teachers and union leaders complained of hectic, uncomfortable conditions on campuses and criticized the decision to keep many schools open.
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A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Sunday evening at 8:55 p.m. Pacific time five miles from Borrego Springs, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurred one mile from Daly City, two miles from South San Francisco and three miles from San Francisco on Saturday morning.
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded at 6:11 a.m.
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The earthquake occurred four miles from Avenal, Calif., 23 miles from Lemoore, Calif., 31 miles from Hanford, Calif., and 33 miles from Corcoran, Calif.
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Tests conducted over the weekend at the Aliso Canyon gas facility showed no detectable levels of methane in the wake of a large wildfire that has charred a 7,900-acre swath in the hills of the northern San Fernando Valley.
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Authorities received a disturbance call about 3:30 a.m. from an Uber driver who stated his passengers were arguing and fighting inside his vehicle as he was driving on the westbound side of the freeway near Balboa Boulevard.
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The 1940 Automobile Show introduced 150 brand-new autos to Los Angeles drivers.
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Some money is being shifted from road construction to commuter rail in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help fight California’s war against climate change.
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Newsom’s veto rate for his first year in office was the second lowest of any governor in the last 15 years.
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In an era when the mega-rich have given flashy, enormous donations to higher education like Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University, Cerritos College is beaming with pride over the largest donation ever gifted to the community college: $2.3 million, a band saw and a drill press. All for the school’s woodworking program. “Two million dollars to Caltech is just another number in a very large endowment,” the college president said. “Two million dollars for us is transformative.”
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Plus, a look at the biggest headlines shaping the state this morning.
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A new California law requires middle and high schools in urban areas to delay start times to allow students to get more sleep.
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New California laws for those here illegally include letting them serve on government boards and banning immigration arrests in state courthouses.
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The new pickup area for Uber, Lyft and taxis at LAX may not be big enough to accommodate rider demand, Uber says.
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A new state law mandating a later school start time for middle and high schools has drawn mixed reactions. Many school leaders are skeptical; parent opinion is mixed; many students seem to like the idea.
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No private bedrooms for these L.A. residents. They choose to live in pods or rooms filled with bunk beds.
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Laws & Policy
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The governor said legislators should send him a bill that phases out the use of “closed colonies,” where donor dogs are “kept in cages for months and years to harvest their blood for sale.”
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A bill to curb late-night jail releases, passed in response to a woman’s overdose death after leaving county custody, is vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Senate Bill 600 declares that fertility preservation treatments are a basic healthcare service in California and required coverage by insurance plans.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a much different power crisis than what upended a previous California governor, Gray Davis. But the PG&E outages still pose a political threat.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom did what his two predecessors refused to do: prohibited smoking and vaping in most areas of California state parks and beaches.
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