Trends in the equatorial Pacific suggest little relief in the foreseeable future for California.
Mexican authorities arrest two people in the disappearance of L.A. firefighter Francisco Aguilar, whose whereabouts are still unknown.
A private security guard for a TV station was arrested after the shooting in downtown Denver where a “Patriot Rally” and a counter-protest were going on.
Iran announced on Sunday its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 251 confirmed dead, the same day that two senior officials were confirmed infected and the nation’s currency hit a record low.
The hostilities raging in Nagorno-Karabakh lie at the heart of a decades-long fight that began during the chaotic breakup of the Soviet Union.
President Trump made his first public appearance since his hospitalization for the coronavirus with an event on the South Lawn of the White House.
Senate campaigns, which long focused on electing candidates who would be loyal to Trump, now pitch a darker message to Republican voters — one that assumes Trump won’t be there.
In 72% of the new cases, those who tested positive were under 50 years old, officials said.
U.S. relations with China haven’t been so strained since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1979. A quick improvement is unlikely no matter who wins the White House.
With Pac-12 teams not scheduled to play until November, it’s time to bring ever-waiting West Coast fans up to date on the 2020 season.
Neighbors in Silver Lake have been sounding the alarm, trying to prevent yet another death of a homeless person in a city where it happens far too often.
Armed right-wing groups are registering poll watchers and planning to monitor voting places during the presidential election.
Los Alamitos students in Orange County were among the first in the state to return to campus. Just across the county line, distance learning remains the norm for Long Beach students, frustrating some families.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci warns the U.S. could be in for a hard winter if coronavirus infections don’t come down, during a talk at the Berkeley Forum.
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When a little girl wound up in foster care, she got help to turn her life around. CASA, the program that provided it, needs many more volunteers.
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A new health equity metric urges counties to lower infection rates in poor communities of color, which are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus.
Election Resources
Want to help uphold democracy on election day? Consider being a poll worker if you’re at low risk for a coronavirus infection. Here’s what’s involved.
The Show Must Go On
Despite the pandemic, you can still experience the performing arts. A Yo-Yo Ma concert and an ‘Angels in America’ production are among this weekend’s streaming options. This Zoom trilogy is free online. Our critic misses live theater but is trying to embrace digital shows. And once it’s safe, the Music Center will offer more free concerts thanks to a large donation.
Drive-in dance and comedy, Chinese garden artistry, a jazz concert in your car and a family-friendly, pandemic-planned Halloween outing.
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Here’s the latest on what’s happening with the coronavirus, plus ways to spend your weekend and a look at some of the week’s best stories.
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In August, the Los Angeles Times published a series on the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium antiwar demonstration. After an overwhelming response, most of the series will be collected in a 36-page zine.
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My brother died in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not when we lost him. He disappeared from our lives years ago, diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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You have to believe in the possibility of a just America in order to feel betrayed by the unjust one.
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The flawed assumptions we made stemmed from strategic narcissism, a tendency to define problems as we would like them to be rather than as they actually are.
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Regardless of whether conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett gets confirmed to the Supreme Court, she and her like-minded conservative colleagues should not look for a way to retry Roe vs. Wade.
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The winner of the $100,000 California Distaff Handicap for fillies and mares was Just Grazed Me, same as last year.
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A pair of trappers caught a record-breaking Burmese python during a hunt for the South Florida Water Management District.
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Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths has surpassed 150,000, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America’s largest nation.
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A display of 19 hay bales, painted in support of Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, is set on fire in Massachusetts. A suspect is in custody.
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L.A. Times columnist Erika D. Smith, historian Lillian Faderman and gay activist Alexei Romanoff discuss the importance of intersectionality in the LGBTQ movement.
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A Los Angeles man who was serving a 15-year prison term after being convicted of armed robbery and other charges was declared factually innocent Tuesday.
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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.
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When George Floyd was killed, Jesse Ugstad filmed his white mom, who did a one-person Black Lives Matter march in their small Minnesota village of under 700. The small act of protest spurred a reckoning.
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‘We thought we were eternal,’ said the lucha libre star known as Olímpico. ‘We never knew something like this could happen.’
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Trump stops TV and radio ads in Ohio, Iowa and New Hampshire as Biden expands into Texas and Georgia.
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A pair of trappers caught a record-breaking Burmese python during a hunt for the South Florida Water Management District.
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A private security guard for a TV station was arrested after the shooting in downtown Denver. A ‘Patriot Rally’ and a counter-protest were going on.
Perhaps no other medium has better helped us process 2020. Our fall books special brings you the books and authors who’ve helped make sense of it.
Mandana Dayani, the cofounder and creator of I Am a Voter, a Los Angeles-based nonpartisan movement, wants you to vote in November and beyond. But will you?
We sift through the rubble of the Season 2 finale of Amazon’s “The Boys” with Aya Cash, Karen Fukuhara, Antony Starr, Karl Urban and showrunner Eric Kripke.
Some of the best “Star Wars” narratives are in video games. “Squadrons” is no exception. And in VR it almost replicates a theme park experience.
Now that he’s the unquestioned starter at quarterback for the Chargers, Justin Herbert thinks he’ll play at a higher level. The Chargers play in New Orleans on Monday.
Duncan Robinson played a vital role in lifting the Miami Heat to a win in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Lakers. Who else will be a surprise standout?
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is undecided about who will start Games 3, 4 and 5, but it will be some combination of Dustin May, Tony Gonsolin and Julio Urías.
Rams safeties John Johnson and Jordan Fuller are looking forward to playing on the field that their idol, Sean Taylor, once patrolled with Washington.
Death toll rises to 150,198, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America’s largest nation.
A display of 19 hay bales, painted in support of Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, is set on fire in Massachusetts. A suspect is in custody.
A pair of trappers caught a record-breaking Burmese python during a hunt for the South Florida Water Management District.
Gina Kim was documenting the story of South Korean women who were isolated against their will. Then the pandemic made the film unimaginably relevant.
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Kewpie, the Japanese mayonnaise created in 1925, has a lot of fans. To put it lightly.
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What to do with grapes from the 250-year-old vines at San Gabriel Mission? Make wine, of course
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Shiok Meats is among a bevy of companies hoping to win the “edible space race” by making cell-cultured beef, chicken and even bluefin tuna and foie gras.
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We moved into together on March 14. Overnight, we went from being two individuals with whole, separate lives to being a single, quarantined entity.
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Mr. Che, as he is called, has invested years in his penjing, mini potted landscapes that premiere Friday at the Huntington’s Chinese Garden expansion.
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Add botanical gardens and vineyards to your list of places to see changing leaves.
EVENTS AND OFFERS
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?Quiere beneficios monetarios como familia de estatus migratorio mixto? Le piden que siga este paso
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A medio a?o de la pandemia, es difícil imaginar que alguien, en cualquier lugar, no haya oído hablar del coronavirus.
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El misterio de un violonchelo raro robado tiene un final sorprendente
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Ed Ruscha’s images of Sunset Boulevard get interactive, Jenny Wong joins the Master Chorale and Latinx arts team up — in our weekly arts newsletter.
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Science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler’s prescient novel “Parable of the Sower” has attracted new readers during the pandemic. Her work is the subject of a new book and two TV series.
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Pierce Brosnan, LeBron James and Pharrell Williams keep the L.A. luxury real estate market hopping.
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Los Alamitos students in Orange County were among the first in the state to return to campus. Just across the county line, distance learning remains the norm for Long Beach students, frustrating some families.
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Three years after its disastrous response to the Tubbs fire, Sonoma County officials say they have found a better approach.
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Neighbors in Silver Lake have been sounding the alarm, trying to prevent yet another death of a homeless person in a city where it happens far too often. We can’t allow this level of suffering to become acceptable.
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Two Marine Corps veterans were among the men charged this week in connection with the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Mexico’s president has published an open letter to Pope Francis calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for abuses of Indigenous people during the conquest of Mexico in the 1500s.
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The arrest of a group of anti-government vigilantes in a kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer presents a new twist in the 2020 election.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a military parade showcasing new weapons, warns his country will “fully mobilize” its nuclear force if threatened.
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Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten just opened his new 8,500-square-foot store in the former Opening Ceremony space in Los Angeles.
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A wellness and fitness journalist redefines what it means to be healthy after a breast cancer diagnosis: The experience led me to dissect my so-called healthy lifestyle and figure out what was serving me and what wasn’t.
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Unemployment led her to a dream gig: Floral design that’s not afraid to get political. Alex Floro’s design studio encourages consumers to weaponize their spending power, ensuring that they’re giving their money to businesses that aim to make a difference.
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Vote-themed fashion is in. Check out these stylish offerings to wear this election season.
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In Lake Sherwood, a custom Cape Cod with more than an acre of amenities is on the market for $10.75 million.
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If a teenager under 18 wants to pick up some odd jobs — with parental oversight — there’s a platform for that.
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PG&E said California investigators were looking at its equipment as a possible cause of a fire that killed four people and burned more than 56,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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In the lawsuit, headed for trial next year, Epic alleges that Apple runs its mobile app store as an illegal monopoly because developers are barred from making iPhone and iPad apps available through their own websites.
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The forest has been shut for a month because of the Bobcat fire. Now some trails and roads reopen.
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The state capital takes its tree-loving culture seriously, which makes it a good candidate for a fall color getaway.
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Many of D.C.'s popular landmarks are welcoming guests. Free timed tickets are required
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The mountain-climbing tourist landmark has been closed for more than 6 months.
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In his pretaped Fox News ‘medical exam,’ the COVID-infected Trump was the picture of scripted health — as if he were a dictator with state TV behind him.
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What’s on TV Saturday, Oct. 10, plus Sunday Talk shows: “Cats” on HBO; College football; “Saturday Night Live” on NBC
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Channing Dungey, Netflix’s vice president of original content, is leaving the company after less than two years.
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Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of the North American literary world signed an open letter offering support to trans and nonbinary communities.
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UCLA officials are investigating “Zoom-bombing” incidents in which people disrupted online classes in the first week of the fall term, officials said.
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Hotter temperatures early next week in Los Angeles County could bring periods of elevated fire risk.
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The Lakers will continue their pursuit of the franchise’s 17th championship on Sunday after a Friday night loss.
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Los Angeles is the home to one of the largest Armenian diasporas. Here’s why many are fearful over the recent violence with Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, known to Armenians as Artsakh.
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Patrick Cantlay and Martin Laird are tied for the lead going into the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.
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The Lakers will get a second shot at winning the NBA title Sunday when they play a Miami team that, according to its coach, has demonstrated it belongs in the Finals.
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Learning from past playoff failures, the Dodgers strike out less and do more with the bat than hit homers. Star addition Mookie Betts is a catalyst.
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Atlanta Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos is one of several executives with ties to the Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman, and both feel the scars of Houston’s cheating in 2017.
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A federal judge has blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order dramatically reducing places where voters could drop off mail ballots during early voting in the November election.
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A federal judge in Pennsylvania threw out a lawsuit filed by President Trump’s campaign over the state’s poll-watching law and mail-in ballots.
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The Biden campaign has mostly done virtual outreach because of the pandemic, but union members and others have moved to Arizona to knock on doors.
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Aides say President Trump’s campaign has seen an alarming drop in support among older voters in its internal research.
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