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“Rio de Los Angeles,” a new augmented reality app, brings you the story of the river from pre-history to the present
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The Times’ art critic takes a verbal ax to Placerville’s lynching logo, plus more from the world of arts.
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How monuments are evolving, a cello disappears then mysteriously reappears, and Ai Weiwei on activism. Plus much more in our weekly arts newsletter
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What histories are we not honoring? Artists, architects and historians give their ideas for new monuments across the country.
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Motels, long the orphans of the hospitality industry, stand to gain popularity as people hit the road again and seek to avoid interior spaces.
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Shouldn’t public monuments have public input? In the George Floyd moment, artists and designers are changing the nature of monuments and the histories they honor.
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Centering the music is the L.A. Phil’s strategy going forward, plus reports on California missions and the latest monument controversies in our weekly arts newsletter.
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The pews and the roof are gone, but the mission and its tangled history remain
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“Hamilton” turns theater into TV and renews old debates. SoCal’s last Confederate monument comes down. Plus more culture in our weekly arts newsletter.
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Why would UC San Francisco destroy a Depression-era mural depicting a former slave turned midwife?
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The first Black architect licensed in California, Paul R. Williams created work that covers the gamut of 20th century architecture.
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The man behind the ‘I [Heart] New York’ logo and New York magazine’s pop-psychedelic punch in the 1960s shaped how we use symbols.
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Actor Leslie Odom Jr. and playwright Antoinette Nwandu talk equity, plus updates on statue topplings and a new L.A. arts center — in Essential Arts
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L.A. and Juneteenth, why Erik Satie remains relevant, a Patti LuPone Q&A, the liberation of Aunt Jemima — all the week’s essential culture news.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation now supports the removal of public Confederate monuments, regardless of how old or “historic” they may be.
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At fraternity houses and Hollywood mansions, parties that defy public health orders are fueling a coronavirus surge in the young.
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Hundreds of thousands of essential workers have kept their kids in child care during the pandemic and, so far, these centers haven’t been big disease spreaders.
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If the coronavirus has you reaching for hand sanitizer, don’t use one with methanol. It can be toxic if absorbed through the skin, the FDA warns.
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Scam calls and COVID-19 rackets are on the rise as a result of people being stuck at home, officials warn.
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Trying to get a handle on how California is reopening and what it means for you? Our guide includes updates and tips for remaining healthy and sane.
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Authorities say they’ve found an unfinished tunnel stretching from Arizona to Mexico.
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If you wondered why Canada is doing so much better on COVID-19 than the United States — here’s one reason: They follow the rules. Oh, and the police are watching.
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Violent clashes this week between protesters and police in Portland, Ore., have ratcheted up tensions in the city again.
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Less than three months before election day, President Trump is losing his iron grip on congressional Republicans and is facing pushback on multiple fronts, from delaying the election to false claims about mail-in voting leading to widespread fraud, that show his weakened status.
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Los Angeles Times awards columnist Glenn Whipp rounds up the Emmy news in his newsletter.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a pilot program to give some residents diagnosed with COVID-19 a $1,250 one-time stipend to stay home and quarantine.
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As talks in Washington, D.C., sputter, the chances of federal unemployment relief for millions of Americans are dropping.
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