Los Angeles Times
Twists in a charitable bequest
Alexander Lewis loved pets so much that he left most of his roughly $28-million fortune to animal charities. But he didn’t say which charities. He left that decision to his longtime friend and accountant, Victoria Marie, naming her as the executor of...
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Many Latinos in Texas are done with Trump
EDINBURG, Texas — Clad in pressed jeans and cowboy hats, dozens of riders on horseback and drivers in pickups kicked up dust along a dirt road in Edinburg, near the southern tip of Texas. They were there for a cabalgata, a traditional horse procession,...
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Homes still far pricier in L.A. than in suburbs
To hear the skeptics tell it, Los Angeles County is far from prime real estate these days. Surveys of residents reveal deep dissatisfaction about the quality of life. Data show Los Angeles County’s population dropping even as other places...
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California voter fraud suspects puzzled by arrest
At the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles late Monday, several green card holders arrested in a crackdown on alleged California voter fraud expressed confusion over the charges — with some saying they had no recollection of registering to vote,...
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Fire, high surf in O.C. warn of what’s ahead
Few cities in California last week felt the full brunt of the climate crisis more than the small coastal town of San Clemente. The beach city at the southern end of Orange County for months has been dealing with widespread coastal erosion from El...
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MORE PROTESTS ROIL FRANCE
Police officers gather on Faubourg du Temple street as clashes erupted at Place de la Republique in Paris on Sunday. About 2,400 people were arrested as weekend rallies turned to rioting and looting.
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FIRES RAGE ON MULTIPLE FRONTS IN SOCAL
Fierce Santa Ana winds caused a chaotic afternoon as a fast-moving fire burned through multiple hillside homes in south Orange County while a nearby blaze in San Onofre shut down Interstate 5 for hours. The hot smoky conditions forced residents in San...
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AI employee of the month
The robot takeover looks a lot different from what we see in Hollywood thrillers. Even as artificial intelligencepowered humanoid robots dance, box and beat human running-speed records, the physical bots showing up in our daily lives in Los Angeles...
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Feds press state to withhold some voters’ ballots
The U.S. Department of Justice has ratcheted up its pressure campaign on California election officials to ferret out alleged voter fraud ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election, demanding that officials statewide prove the U.S. citizenship of thousands of...
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Diner’s on shaky ground
For decades, the bold, mid-century building at Lincoln and Olympic boulevards in Santa Monica has been the end of the line — the last address on the 2,400mile westward journey of Route 66. Once home to the Penguin Coffee Shop, today it holds Mel’s...
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ROUND AND ROUND IT WILL GO
Plans are underway to make the 100-year-old Griffith Park carousel operational again. Theme park designers will participate in the effort, which could take years and cost millions of dollars.
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Rachel soaks Southwest, but coast catches a break Weather Service meteorologist Daniel Berc said Sunday morning. Although the heaviest rain is over, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service, people across the Southwest can expect spot
Wide swaths of the Southwest were deluged Sunday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel weakened and moved inland, but coastal communities already battered by high surf emerged with less damage than some officials feared. The National Weather...
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Rising tides, flooding herald Rachel’s arrival
Coastal communities from Newport Beach to Long Beach were hit by significant flooding from large waves on Friday as Southern California braces for the arrival of Tropical Storm Rachel, which is expected to make landfall near the California-Mexico...
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SAN DIEGO HOMECOMING
Emotion spills over as the USS Abraham Lincoln returns after a grueling 321 days away.
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At AI’s epicenter, residents take on the tech
San Francisco Bay Area residents, living in the beating heart of the artificial-intelligence boom, are just as conflicted about the technology as the rest of the country. As OpenAI showed off its latest AI assistants in San Francisco last week,...
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Trump’s bashing of California hits a new extreme
WASHINGTON — As President Trump zigzags across the country in the final weeks before the midterm elections, he has made California his favorite foil as he tries to fire up his base. On Monday, he blamed the Golden State for the rising cost of gas,...
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SoCal’s sizzling weather shatters records
Southern California has seen some toasty Octobers, but this year’s start to the fall season has been marked by a persistent heat wave that’s shattered records and ushered in an unprecedented streak of 100-degree days. The extreme heat is driven by a...
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More robotaxis, more crashes: A dive into data
As more driverless cars hit Los Angeles streets, accidents involving them have surged. Accidents tied to Mountain View, Calif.-based Waymo tripled last year in L.A. County as it put more robotaxis on the road. The vehicles still had relatively few...
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Release of fuel may ease prices
The Group of 7 industrial nations said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record-high prices in the United...
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SUMMER’S ENCORE
An umbrella provides relief in Chinatown. Another heat wave is descending on the region.
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U.S. departs Iraq, where militias’ future is unclear
BEIRUT — America opened its “forever war” in Iraq more than 23 years ago with “Shock and Awe.” It ended it on Wednesday with little of either, even as the legacy of that conflict — which saw Iraq endure sectarian bloodbaths, civil war and an insurgency...
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GOP voters in state souring on Trump, poll finds
With gas prices topping $6 a gallon and an unpopular war continuing in Iran, President Trump’s approval has slipped with California Republicans — a falloff that could diminish the party’s chances in the state’s few competitive congressional races. A...
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State cuts excessive tests for English learners
In a major overhaul of a decades-old practice, nearly 1 million California students designated as English learners will no longer have to pass a battery of tests and benchmarks to move out of a program that advocates say has long been holding back...
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Barriers to save homes could destroy beaches
With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a streng thening El Niño, residents and government leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep a railroad from falling into the sea. But there is growing concern...
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Federal clash with state over air rules escalates
Congress recently challenged California’s authority to regulate air pollution from cargo ships and large commercial boats, opening the door to dirtier air in portside communities. The U.S. House of Representatives last week narrowly voted to take away...
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XI URGES ‘HUMAN CONTROL’ OF AI AT SUMMIT
WASHINGTON — China’s president issued a call from the White House on Thursday for artificial intelligence to remain “under human control” as the world’s two superpowers race for technological supremacy. Xi Jinping’s remarks reflect growing concern...
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Head Start’s bilingual lessons targeted
Meiqian Kuang switches seamlessly between Mandarin and English as she teaches her transitional kindergarten students at Hillcrest Elementary in Monterey Park. Signs in English, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese decorate the classroom, reflecting the...
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TRUMP STEPS UP THREATS AGAINST TEHRAN
NEW YORK — President Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran if it fails to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program, delivering a defensive speech justifying the mission at the United Nations on Tuesday. His remarks come more than six months into a...
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LAWSUIT OVER WHITE HOUSE ACCESS
Deepening the news media’s clashes with President Trump, CNN, MS NOW and Politico are headed to court to challenge the constitutionality of the president’s order to ban the three news organizations from the White House. The three outlets filed a...
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If not for China, oil prices might be worse
WASHINGTON — It could be much worse. When President Trump launched his war against Iran in late February, energy analysts issued dire warnings that oil prices could more than double during a protracted conflict and urged investors and motorists to...
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Driver charged in fatal crash had drug history
It looked like another afternoon commute at the bustling intersection of De Soto Avenue and Nordhoff Street on Tuesday when Metro Bus Line 166 crossed into the intersection. Cars in opposing traffic lanes were stopped. Suddenly, a 2004 Ford Expedition...
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A fight over the plight of dogs on Skid Row
In the heart of Skid Row on a hot summer afternoon, Amber Willard pushed a skinny brown and white pit bull named Athena on a rolling office chair. Victoriah Bech Parker, founder of the Starts With One Today animal rescue group, offered the dog a bowl...
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Canada launches retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products
WASHINGTON — A trade war between the United States and Canada entered a new phase Tuesday as Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect, escalating a dispute that has steadily strained relations between the allies. Canada’s tariffs,...
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Ranchers take stand over climate change
In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze. The unrelenting dryness has brought hardship upon cattle ranchers, who say...
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Bill Gates sounds the alarm on AI at Telluride festival
TELLURIDE, Colo. — For four days every Labor Day weekend, the Telluride Film Festival turns this tiny mountain town into something of a refuge from the outside world. Tucked into a box canyon and far from the usual machinery of Hollywood, moviegoers...
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EV growth persists despite federal curbs
California’s transition to electric vehicles is still underway, with more chargers for cars and trucks, more models to choose from and more ambitious sales targets. But it is increasingly shaped by what’s happening on the other side of the country, in...
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Charismatic feminist, Ms. magazine co-founder
Eating breakfast in a South Dakota coffee shop, Gloria Steinem was all too aware of the couple eyeballing her from the next booth. He was sporting chains. She wore leather pants and what Steinem later recalled as “an improbable hairdo.” The place was...
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TEHRAN WIDENS ATTACKS IN GULF REGION
DUBAI — Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region early Wednesday after a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media say included a deadly strike on a wedding party. The latest violence came after a monthlong lull in fighting....
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Rams owner to buy Angels for $4 billion
Rams owner Stan Kroenke has agreed to buy the Angels, adding Major League Baseball to a portfolio that spans six leagues and two continents. The deal marks the end of Arte Moreno’s turbulent ownership of the Angels, with the news triggering shock...
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A deadly deluge fueled by extreme weather
Epic flooding in the Grand Canyon that left at least two dead and more than a dozen missing was fueled in part by extreme weather, including the Southwest’s long-term drought, unusually high ocean temperatures and air from El Niño, forecasters...
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El Niño could worsen erosion of state’s coast
California’s modern coastline is under assault like never before, and El Niño is poised to make things worse. Hotter ocean waters are pushing tide lines higher. Powerful Pacific hurricanes are lashing the shoreline with series of strong waves, leaving...
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Off grid, off on the count
The spiderweb of dirt roads etched into the desert north of Pearblossom Highway encompasses some of the trashiest scenes in Los Angeles County: piles of tires, bags of used diapers, car parts, whole burned-out cars, couches, office chairs, dining...
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‘We won.’ ‘Close to over.’ Trump’s Iran war timeline
WASHINGTON — For the last six months, President Trump has attempted to control the narrative of the Iran war. As days, weeks and months passed, he repeatedly said that an agreement to end the conflict was close at hand and that Iran was already...
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Overlooked autism takes a toll on girls
Ruby Hobbs-Leffler felt things with an intensity that even a smart little girl with a big vocabulary couldn’t put into words. Life was an onslaught of bright lights, loud noises, intolerable textures and tastes. Feelings bubbled up uncontrollably:...
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Pushing urban, wildland limits in Reno
Over the last 15 years, the population of Reno — the socalled Biggest Little City in the World — has surged, thanks in large part to an inf lux of Californians drawn by Nevada’s cheaper housing, booming tech industry and relative lack of soul-crushing...
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The heat is rising, and so is the misery index
On paper, Southern California’s summer heat has been “pretty typical,” in the words of Mike Wofford, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. So why do so many people swear this summer has felt so unusually oppressive? Experts point...
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EL NIÑO IS HERE. FEARS ARE RISING
A rare convergence of a powerful El Niño, super king tides and sea level rise spurred by climate change could menace California with record coastal flooding this winter. Already, officials are observing higher tides than typical. Swells are eroding...
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Justices weigh security role of the ballroom
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is weighing President Trump’s claim that his new White House ballroom is urgently needed to protect him, his staff and guests from attacks by drones, terrorists and snipers. On Friday, with a lowercourt order about to go...
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Facing the music after LA Jazz Fest fail
This weekend, Martin Ludlow thought he would finally be on Dockweiler Beach, waiting for fans to arrive at the LA Jazz Festival. Ludlow, the founder of the festival and event promotion firm Bridge Street Inc., imagined that he would be perched on the...
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L.A. CITY COUNCIL REPEALS BANS ON CAMPING
The Los Angeles City Council has rescinded camping bans on a dozen locations in Hollywood, Echo Park and Silver Lake at the urging of the area’s council member, who called the bans ineffective in addressing homelessness. “Displacing our neighbors from...
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TRUMP’S PULLBACK ALARMS ALLIES IN ASIA
WASHINGTON — The only remaining U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Pacific departed Asia through Singapore last week en route to the Middle East, marking the latest step in a steady drawdown of American military assets across the region. An armada...
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While L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on the damage
As deadly firestorms raged in Los Angeles County, carving a path of destruction that displaced families and killed 31 people, bets online were rolling in. The wagers flowed into Polymarket, a company that bills itself as the largest platform for...
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Hydrogen is losing the state’s clean car fuel race
Hydrogen, viewed by its advocates as a clean fuel and a solution to climate change, is having a “non moment,” but don’t ask anyone in the industry to say that on the record. Years of market turmoil, federal funding cuts, canceled projects and industry...
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Deadline for fire cleanup comes and goes
Boyle Heights was reaching a breaking point as a deadline passed to clean up 88 million pounds of rotten food from the burned-down warehouse and residents begged for relief from the nauseating stench. The city says Lineage failed to meet the deadline...
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Voters split over wealth tax; ballot ID effort trailing
California voters are sharply divided over a ballot measure to impose a onetime tax on billionaires to help fund healthcare programs, a proposal already triggering a fierce and expensive political fight as the November election approaches, according to...
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Big Sur caught in grim cycle of disaster
Few places have been more thoroughly battered by the force of climate change and Mother Nature than Big Sur. Epic rains triggered landslides that closed Highway 1 into the famed coastal enclave for three years. It reopened to much celebration in...
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Glitch inflated uptick in homeless count
Deep in the data sheets published last month with the 2026 homeless count was a surprising statistic about change in Skid Row. According to the records, the downtown Los Angeles district’s homeless population swelled last year by more than 800 people,...
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7.4 QUAKE KILLS AT LEAST 111 IN WEST COLOMBIA
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through...
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L.A. trying to find a bike path forward
Someday, you might be able to ride a bike from the western San Fernando Valley to Long Beach along the Los Angeles River. But not yet. The longest unfinished stretch is the eight miles from Elysian Park through downtown to Maywood. For decades,...
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A sliver of Nepal thriving in the Rockies
Namgyal Sherpa speaks yak. So when a calf disappeared into the tall grass recently, he roamed among the herd making low, rumbling grunts. Then a few higherpitched calls. There was a rustle and a flash of black. A youngster sprang from the grass,...
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Catalina’s lone hospital is barely staying afloat
The Saturday morning calm at Catalina Island Health’s two-bed emergency room was broken just before noon, when two tourists with arm injuries burst in within minutes of one another. Praveen Biln, the registered nurse on duty in the ER, kicked into...
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L.A. aims to hold on to indie film production
Independent filmmaker Sylvia Ray always wanted to shoot her first feature film, “The Middle,” in California — as it’s set in Barstow, where she grew up. Instead, she shot it in Mexico. The math made the decision for her. Grants and incentives from the...
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In similar conditions, armed with L.A. lessons
Santa Monica Fire Department Deputy Chief Tom Clemo has barely slept since Saturday. He’s spent the last three days based in a high school in Spokane, Wash., leading a command post of crews assigned to fires that have destroyed roughly 700 structures...
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This marmot study’s got money troubles
Looking for some marmot content? Try OnlyFans or, rather, OnlyMarms. Researchers at a UCLAaffiliated marmot research lab launched an OnlyFans account to post videos of marmots captured in the wild as a way to help generate funding for their work and...
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MLK HOSPITAL TACKLES FUNDING CRISIS
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook is the main emergency medical care option for hundreds of thousands of South Los Angeles residents, but space is so tight that many patients are treated in large metal-frame tents on the pavement...
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A global milestone for California solar power
California hit a major milestone in May, generating more than half its electricity from the sun in what is believed to be a global first, according to an analysis of federal data. “California has had a wealth of solar growth in the last five years,”...
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ATTACKS BY IRAN, U.S. DIM PEACE HOPES
CAIRO — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of backand-forth strikes took hold again and hope for an end to the five-month-long war faded. Following a few days of respite, fears of a wider war have...
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A surprising twist in return-to-office effort
Los Angeles video gaming company Riot Games abandoned its return-to-office requirements in January, and surprisingly, more of its employees have been showing up at work. Two years of dictating that everyone commute into work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays...
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WILDFIRE RAGES IN FRANCE
A Dash aircraft flies over a massive blaze near Martignas-sur-Jalle, France, on Tuesday.
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Muggy conditions make summer heat unbearable
It’s not your imagination: This summer has been unusually sticky in Los Angeles, with humidity levels making conditions feel more like the Deep South than Southern California. As summer heat settles over the Southwest, it changes the circulation in...
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