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It’s National Park Week, so indulge in the great outdoors at one of these five Southern California parks.
Nature preserves provide a quiet alternative to national and state parks and a more intimate glimpse of nature.
The area around Staples Center and L.A. Live had increased activity on Thursday night as fans returned to the arena to watch the Lakers-Celtics game.
Light at Sensorio, closed since December due to the pandemic, reopens today with a new exhibit made from 17,000 wine bottles
Climate change means Jordanians may soon not have enough water to drink. Others will face a similar scarcity.
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County officials say moving to a less restrictive category in California’s reopening blueprint is a hard-fought gain in the battle against COVID-19.
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Normally bustling Hollywood Boulevard became a ghost town after the state issued its “Safer at Home” order last March.
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Some businesses cut hours, services and staff, or closed altogether. But many have survived beyond their expectations.
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Restaurants, movie theaters, gyms reopen in L.A. County today
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Northern California Catholic schools, including high schools, have opened campuses five days a week, with few virus outbreaks. Science and discipline have helped.
The Los Angeles Times takes you on a visual journey through a year in California that’s impossible to sum up in just words. Use this opportunity to recall how much we really lived through in the shadow of a deadly virus — and how it all felt.
The arrest comes nearly 25 years after Smart vanished while walking back to her dorm at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
In-person classes have begun at L.A. schools, starting with the youngest students, who will be followed over the coming days by other grades.
Several hundred people gathered in the plaza area at the base of the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday to demonstrate against the so-called White Lives Matter rally.
Even with California on schedule to fully reopen in June, Whittier Boulevard business owners fear their customers will not return.
High school students recall their year at home as they prepare to return to campus for the first time since the pandemic began.
Easter services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
March ran the gamut of coverage for our photographers.
Investigators are working to determine the motive for a mass shooting inside an Orange business complex that left four people dead.
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A limited number of fans see the Dodgers win their home opener and receive their 2020 championship rings Friday.
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A look at the crew getting ready for opening day at Dodger Stadium.
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Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters, joins fellow honorary starters Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player at Augusta National.
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Rim of the World high school needed the practice time to get ready for its first game on Friday.
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Across California on Friday, full football practice was officially allowed in counties that had reached the minimum criteria for COVID-19 case rates.
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Julian Araujo, a 19-year-old Galaxy player, uses his soccer fortunes to give back to the people working in the fields of his hometown.
At Sundance in 2020, The Times invited young “Minari” star Alan Kim into its photo studio. Now he’s in the Golden Globes and Oscars races.
A gallery of 2020 celebrity portraits by the Los Angeles Times photo staff includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and more ...
As they say in Hollywood, “The show must go on,” and the Emmy pre-shows did just that despite the pandemic. Although the red carpets remained rolled up and the limos sat idle, a number of pre-shows moved forward in creative and interesting ways, teeing up to the big event.
Due to COVID-19, 2020 marks the first virtual Emmy Awards in the show’s 72-year history. We take you inside Staples Center for a look at the stage set and host Jimmy Kimmel’s plans.
Debbie Durkin organized a drive-through event where nominees and invitees can celebrate the 2020 Emmy Awards in the driveway of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Protests in Brooklyn Center, Minn., continue days after a 20-year-old Black man was shot to death by a police officer.
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A flourishing subgenre of YouTube channels features North Korean refugees telling how they fled the authoritarian government and how they’ve adjusted.
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A car slammed into a security barricade near the Capitol, killing one police officer and injuring another. The knife-wielding driver was fatally shot.
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Wet sweatshirts. Toddler shoes. A line of Scripture. These are some of the things left behind by migrants making their way across the Rio Grande.
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A shooting at a Colorado supermarket Monday killed 10 people, including a police officer, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said.
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Tens of thousands of North Korean women have been trafficked into forced marriages in China and give birth to stateless children. The mothers face a fraught choice between their children or their freedom, a choice that continues to haunt many.
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Twice a week, volunteers with Bicycle Meals ride out to deliver meals to their homeless neighbors in Koreatown.
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The iconic and trendy Melrose Avenue shopping district in Los Angeles has seen its business struggling as the COVID-19 pandemic hits its one-year anniversary. The reopening of Pink’s Hot Dogs after a two-month shutdown reflects the cycle of hope and despair.
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Chef Viet Nguyen demonstrates how he makes his broth and braises short ribs for his rib bone pho.
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Blizzard and whiteout conditions have given way to a blanket of snow along the 395 corridor.
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A downtown hotel that resembles a rocket ship about to blast off, the Brady Bunch house and a Buddhist temple are part of the decade’s glorious mishmash of buildings.
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The Bond fire erupted overnight in Orange County in dry brush and prompted evacuations in mountain communities amid high winds.
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Orange County was under siege from two wind-driven brush fires that forced evacuations, critically injured two firefighters and left others on edge.
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California’s wine county is once again facing threats from wildfires.
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Photos: Echo Park Lake homeless encampment closure begins
LAPD and protesters square off in Echo Park as an imminent city closure draws near.
Funeral held for L.A. County deputy who ‘made his own path’
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department motorcycle Deputy Thomas Albanese, who was killed in a collision in a Lakewood intersection last month while attempting to make a traffic stop, was eulogized Friday as a man who loved his job.
Will off-roading end at Oceano Dunes? Coastal Commission to consider fate of controversial park
A barrage of lawsuits will likely follow any action taken to resolve the long-running dispute over off-roading at Oceano Dunes.
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Photos: An unflinching look at homelessness during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue of homelessness in Southern California. We share images reminiscent of the Great Depression.
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As coronavirus case numbers have dropped, seven California counties have moved from the purple tier into the more permissive red tier.
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Almost a year has passed since Gordan and Diane Norman last saw each other in person — separated by Alzheimer’s and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the homeless issue in Southern California, where sometimes it can feel as though you are driving through the Great Depression.
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Photo highlights through the eyes of Los Angeles Times photojournalists from February 2021.
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A section of California’s iconic road was washed out by heavy rains Jan. 28. Repairs start Monday.
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The rollover crash on a steep road in Rancho Palos Verdes that badly broke legendary golfer Tiger Woods’ leg and may have jeopardized his career was an accident, and no criminal charges will be filed against Woods
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The government says a dam is necessary to provide drinking water in an era of rising temperatures and climate change. Activists say it’s another corrupt government project.
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For many patients, intubation can be a last effort to stave off death. But that doesn’t mitigate how terrifying the experience can be.
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NASA’s newest rover touched down safely on the surface of Mars in Jezero Crater
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The Original Los Angeles Flower Market in downtown L.A. prepares for Valentine’s Day on Sunday
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House prosecutors wrapped up their case against former President Trump on Thursday, arguing that rioters on Jan. 6. thought they were acting on Trump’s orders.
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Cash in the age of COVID: Asians get creative when it comes to ‘lucky’ lunar money.
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It all started when longtime Pismo Beach surfer Dana McGregor would leave his pet goat, Goatee, at home when he would go surfing and she would cry all the time he was gone, much to the annoyance of his neighbors.
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Rangers reopen most of the park, including all of Yosemite Valley. The southern entrance remains closed.
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Photo highlights through the eyes of Los Angeles Times photojournalists from January 2021.
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Tuesday was the one-year anniversary of the helicopter crash in Calabasas that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
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A winter storm swept over much of Southern California, dusting mountaintops with snow and bringing traffic to a standstill on several passes.
