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Your morning catch up: The Food Team tried your recipes and gave their favorites, a notorious ‘winter vomiting bug’ is rising in California and more big stories.
Your morning catch-up: Drivers are turning toward cones, trash cans to save parking sports, California sues Trump administration over visa fee and more big stories
Your morning catch-up: Your county fair may be, er, unfair, the Justice Department’s ‘domestic terrorists’ list demand and more big stories
Your morning catch-up: The real health needs of autistic people, judge orders National Guard deployment in L.A. to end and more big stories.
Your morning catch-up: L.A.’s top restaurant may surprise you, earthquake swarms keep rattling the Bay Area and more big stories.
Your morning catch-up: A former L.A. congresswoman finds a new way to serve, Paramount challenges Netflix for Warner Bros. and more big stories.
Your morning catch-up: An environmental exposé documentary, what we know about the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal, and more big stories.
Your morning catch up: Candidates are lining up to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, UCLA got its new football coach in Bob Chesney and more big stories
Your morning catch up: Belmont Shore residents are asking for more policing as they say they feel unsafe, see who Team USA drew in this summer’s World Cup and more big stories
Your morning catch-up: Prisoners can’t read a former comrade, loss of federal funds threatens L.A. households and more big stories.
Your morning catch-up: A C-minus average for California roads, bridges and more, Matthew Perry’s ‘Dr. P’ sentenced and more.
Your morning catch-up: L.A. County votes to ban ICE agents from wearing masks, World Cup planning hits overdrive and more big stories.