Los Angeles Times
UCLA women triumph to take title, in Wooden-like fashion
It was dominating. It was overwhelming. It was powder-blue pummeling, eight-clap crushing, Westwood wonderful. It was the UCLA women’s basketball team needing barely two hours to complete the struggles of 45 years, a stunningly swarming triumph...
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Pilots rescued after two U.S. warplanes go down in Iran
WASHINGTON — An American pilot flying over Iran was rescued Friday after his fighter jet was shot down by enemy fire, an attack that defied U.S. proclamations of total control over Iranian skies and prompted a hurried search and rescue operation for...
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In land of AI boom, data centers are a bust
Bryan Marsh was booed by the crowd as he approached the podium in Monterey Park’s City Hall. Things weren’t going as planned. In front of a wall of people holding “No Data Center” placards, he outlined how his company, Australia’s HMC StratCap,...
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Justices skeptical of birthright citizenship limits
WASHINGTON — With President Trump watching in the courtroom, the Supreme Court justices gave a mostly skeptical hearing on Wednesday to his claim that he may revise the Constitution to end birthright citizenship for babies born in this country to...
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People who leave California find much lower costs
For decades, it’s been an alluring fantasy of many Californians. Cash out. Leave the Golden State for somewhere more affordable, less crowded and probably less cool. Sure, you lose the beaches, hiking, cuisine and culture. On the other hand, you gain...
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Between threats, Trump says Iran talks are ‘serious’
WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened Monday to destroy vital Iranian energy and water infrastructure if a peace deal is not reached, as Tehran continued to deny negotiations were taking place and said it was preparing for a ground invasion after the...
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PALM SUNDAY CLOSURE
Israel barred the holiday Mass at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the first time in centuries, citing security. Instead, a small service was held at the Church of All Nations, above.
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Trump signs order to pay TSA workers
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a deal that sought to do the same was approved in the Senate but blocked in the House. House Republicans...
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THE DRIVE FOR A THREE-PEAT
The Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas and Freddie Freeman hold the last two World Series trophies before the opener against Arizona, with actor Will Ferrell at the wheel. Scan this code for our coverage at latimes.com and in our eNewspaper, which contains an...
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Cesar Chavez’s erasure is fast underway
It took three decades of battles and lobbying for Cesar Chavez’s name and likeness to grace hundreds of buildings, roads, parks and schools. It is taking just days for them to come down. In the two days after allegations emerged that the famed...
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A push to rename holiday as ‘Farmworkers Day’
California is moving quickly to rename Cesar Chavez Day in the wake of sex abuse allegations against the famed labor leader. The push to redesignate the March 31 holiday as “Farmworkers Day” was announced Thursday by Democratic leaders in the state...
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MASSIVE STRIKE LOOMS FOR LAUSD
Los Angeles Unified’s two largest labor groups — the teachers union and service employees — announced Wednesday they will join forces and both go on strike April 14 if no contract deal is reached before then, actions that would in effect shut down...
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2GOP hopefuls ahead in race for governor
Despite a long, entrenched Democratic reign over California politics, a new poll shows two Republicans leading by slim margins in the state’s 2026 race for governor as the June primary election fast approaches. The confounding results appear to be...
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Trump berates allies who won’t safeguard strait
WASHINGTON — President Trump expressed frustration Monday that U.S. allies were not enthusiastic about sending warships to protect merchant vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a sign of Washington’s growing isolation as it tries to stabilize...
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Trump turns his eye to Cuban leaders
MEXICO CITY — For more than six decades, communist Cuba thwarted every destabilizing measure Washington aimed its way — assassination plots, a trade embargo, sabotage, travel bans, and, most notoriously, the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, when Fidel...
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Heat wave in L.A. may be a record
Extreme weather alerts blanketed the nation Friday as Southern California endured temperatures 15 to 25 degrees above normal and braced for even hotter conditions next week. Nearly every part of the United States was either experiencing or preparing...
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How war and gas prices are jolting state’s economy
With crude oil topping $100 a barrel, and the average price of gas in the state approaching $5.50 a gallon, every touch of the nozzle is painful for California drivers. Now, with the Iran war nearing its third week, the soaring costs of energy are...
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A PRIEST SLAIN IN UNWANTED WAR
The bells rang, their peals obscuring the buzz of the Israeli drone overhead as the casket of Father Pierre al-Rahi arrived at the parish he had served. Only days before, Al-Rahi had stood in the very churchyard where the crowd assembled Wednesday for...
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Conflict could unleash threats on U.S. soil
With U.S. and Israeli forces continuing offensive strikes on Iran, federal counterterrorism authorities are warning that the desperate theocracy could launch retaliatory strikes on American soil using sleeper cells, affiliated Iranian terrorist groups,...
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Rides may cost more for travelers at LAX
At the top of the list of things people don’t like about LAX are the traffic in and out of the airport and the high cost of a ride. Now, airport officials are proposing a plan they hope will ease one of those problems, while increasing the other. On...
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FALLING SHORT
Nathan Martin edges a stumbling Michael Kimani Kamau of Kenya by 00.01 seconds in the closest race in L.A. Marathon history Sunday. Martin is now the second consecutive American champion.
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Relief, then a sense of dread
Software engineer Arin Saghatelian shed no tears when he heard that the supreme leader of his native land had been killed by American bombs. “I don’t think you’re going to find many people in support of that dictatorship or the mullahs that are in...
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War with Iran widens; Europe allies aid U.S.
WASHINGTON — President Trump declared he would be “personally involved” in selecting Iran’s next leader as U.S. and Israeli forces continued their bombardment of its government Thursday, even as officials in Tehran insisted they could withstand the...
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U.S. demands allies cooperate with war effort
The U.S. war effort against Iran was “accelerating” as American and Israeli forces fought for control of Iranian airspace and pressed farther inland to seek and destroy Iranian missile capabilities, top U.S. officials said Wednesday. “Four days in, we...
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Oil jumps, stocks fall with further strikes on Iran
WASHINGTON — The United States plunged further into conflict with Iran on Tuesday as a new round of strikes heightened fears of an expanding war in the Middle East, sending markets reeling and oil prices soaring and drawing urgent calls from European...
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A battle more complex than Iraq
A shock-and-awe campaign laying down a tsunami of bombs. An enemy succumbing rapidly under overwhelming firepower. And a triumphant U.S. president trumpeting a quick and easy campaign. In 2003, President George W. Bush strode confidently on the deck...
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Lawmakers question basis for war
According to President Trump, the United States attacked Iran because the Islamic Republic posed “imminent threats” to the U.S. and its allies, including through its use of terrorist proxies and continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. “Its menacing...
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Trump orders U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic AI
President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using technology from San Francisco artificial-intelligence company Anthropic, escalating a high-profile clash between the AI startup and the Pentagon over safety. In a Friday post on the...
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Medic helps fill a void on the streets
Starting out as a young medical practitioner, Brett Feldman sometimes walked for miles to treat homeless people living in the wooded outskirts of Allentown, Pa. Feldman was determined to treat those in need, wherever the path led. Nineteen years later...
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Trump reprises his dark political theater
Capitalizing on a grand stage Tuesday night, President Trump delivered a State of the Union speech laced with political broadsides blaming Democrats for the nation’s problems, including on immigration and the economy, and heaping praise on himself and...
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The worst traffic crossings in L.A.
Everyone who commutes in L.A. has a traffic choke point that is the very worst part of their drive — where everything stops, time seems to stand still, and you debate how many red-light cycles it’s going to take to get through the intersection. It’s...
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Dozens killed in cartel attacks in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — A topsecret special forces operation that killed the world’s most wanted drug trafficker Sunday was meant to highlight the Mexican government’s prowess in combating crime. But retaliatory violence by angry cartel members who torched...
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AFTER THE MOST
widespread Games in history, athletes march in the closing ceremony at Verona Olympic Arena. These Olympics had an eventful final day, with the U.S. men’s hockey team grabbing the last gold with a 2-1 overtime win over Canada.
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TRAFFIC
at the Port of Los Angeles, top, has declined recently. The suspension of tariffs may bring some relief to small businesses such as Baller Hardware, above.
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Reinventing a region ‘overbuilt with asphalt’
Los Angeles is often described as a concrete jungle, a city shaped by asphalt, parking lots and other hardscape. Now, for the first time, researchers have mapped that concrete in detail, and they claim a lot of it doesn’t need to be there. A new...
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L.A. opens door to turning empty offices into housing
Los Angeles officials just made it easier to convert empty commercial buildings to housing, opening the door to the creation of thousands of apartments across a city clamoring for housing. Developer Garrett Lee already is rolling. After years of...
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Civil rights probe of Eaton fire response
More than a year after the devastating Eaton fire — and following months of mounting pressure from survivors — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has opened a civil rights investigation into fire preparations and response, looking particularly at...
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Bondi defiant over handling of Epstein case
WASHINGTON — U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi repeatedly sparred with lawmakers on Wednesday as she was pressed over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and faced demands for greater transparency in the high-profile...
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Images are ‘huge’ clue in search for Guthrie
In the first major break in the investigation into the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, FBI officials on Tuesday released surveillance footage showing a masked individual approaching the 84-year-old’s front door the morning she was abducted. The images,...
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L.A. mayoral candidate Raman resists labels
More than five years ago, Nithya Raman made history as the first candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America to win a City Council seat in Los Angeles, ushering in a wave of other progressive candidates who pushed the council to the...
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A LEGEND’S DREAM IS DASHED
U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn crashes 13 seconds into the women’s downhill Sunday. She was treated for a left leg fracture. Her teammate Breezy Johnson won the event, America’s first gold of the Games.
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A warm embrace from icy Italy
MILAN — Spread across more than 265 miles in four cities from the snowy Dolomites to the sunny — for now — streets of Milan, the Milan-Cortina Olympics delivered one message. Unity. The most widespread Olympic Games in history showcased Italy’s...
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3 KILLED IN WESTWOOD CRASH
A car hit a bicyclist Thursday and then slammed into a 99 Ranch Market a block away, trapping multiple people beneath it, according to the LAFD. Two men and a woman died at the scene.
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L.A. Olympics head facing calls to resign
Casey Wasserman, the head of the LA28 Olympic committee, is facing growing calls to resign after the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein documents revealed racy emails between him and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Wasserman, in Italy for...
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Protesters blast ICE’s security role at Games
MILAN — Many of the officials supporting the nearly 250 U.S. athletes competing in this month’s Winter Olympics arrived in Italy last weekend to a greeting they may not have expected: Hundreds of demonstrators packed a square in central Milan to...
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Gaza medical evacuees enter Egypt
CAIRO — A small number of medical evacuees from Gaza entered Egypt on Monday as the Rafah border crossing reopened, marking a key step in the IsraelHamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one. Few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and...
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‘We’re underage. We’re scared’
MINNEAPOLIS — For weeks, administrators at this charter high school have arrived an hour before class, grabbed neon vests and walkie-talkies, and headed out into the cold to watch for ICE agents and escort students in. Lately, fewer than half of the...
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Protests across U.S. call for end to ICE violence
The afternoon sun beat down on Los Angeles City Hall as Xavi Moreno watched the crowd around him swell, struck by the momentum of it all. It was a scene of collective anger over the families, fruit vendors, gardeners, day laborers and others who have...
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HOMAN OUTLINES DEMANDS FOR A ROLLBACK
President Trump’s border policy advisor, Tom Homan, said Thursday that federal authorities would wind down immigration crackdowns in Minnesota only if agents were given access to jails to seize undocumented immigrants for deportation. Speaking to...
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Deaths of ski patrollers raise safety questions
After an enormous storm dumped 3 feet of snow on Mammoth Mountain, rookie ski patroller Claire Murphy and a partner scrambled to help make the resort safe for guests ahead of a very busy — and very lucrative — Presidents Day weekend. In howling wind...
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Federal tactics defy policing guidelines
Drawing on decades of experience after having dealt with the beating of Rodney King, the killing of George Floyd and more, American law enforcement leaders, civil rights advocates and other legal experts have honed best practices for officers making...
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In a losing battle with climate change, can Highway 1 survive?
California marked a milestone this month with the return of an uninterrupted Highway 1 through the perilous, yet spectacular cliffs of Big Sur. The famed coastal road was closed for more than three years after two major landslides buried the two-lane...
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Trump’s playbook falters in response to Minnesota killing
The Trump administration has blamed the death of an American citizen at the hands of immigration agents in Minnesota on the victim within hours of their killing for the second time this month, calling Alex Jeffrey Pretti an “assassin” and “domestic...
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Carmel chooses convenience over charm as addresses loom
City Hall in Carmel-bythe-Sea soon could have this address: 662 Monte Verde St. Seems pretty standard, right? Not in this wealthy little town on the Monterey Peninsula that has never had street addresses. For 109 years, residents have used...
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Trump backs off military threat to Greenland
NUUK, Greenland — President Trump retreated Wednesday from his most serious threats toward Denmark, easing transatlantic tensions and lifting Wall Street after rejecting the prospect he would use military force to annex Greenland, a Danish territory...
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Wire thefts, city delays leave streets in the dark
It’s been months since a swath of Hancock Park lost its streetlights — and it’ll be several more long months of what residents say are “pitch black” streets and roaming burglars before there’s a fix. So neighbors have been improvising. Last fall,...
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San Diego has an edge over L.A. on apartments
As Los Angeles grapples with a housing shortage, it could learn from San Diego, which has proved better at convincing construction companies to build more. The city is more welcoming to developers, industry insiders say, with fewer regulations and...
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Fighting homelessness fizzles into war of words
If a bed in a homeless shelter has been taken, is that bed still “available?” The plaintiffs in a fiveyear-old lawsuit alleging the city of Los Angeles failed to address homelessness say the answer is an obvious “no.” But the city begs to...
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Scenic route through Big Sur reopens
First, it was a series of strong atmospheric rivers that set off a troublesome landslide in January 2023, again splitting up the worldfamous drive along Big Sur’s iconic coastline. Then, a second winter of drenching storms triggered two more slides,...
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Venezuelans across the globe ask: What’s next?
MEXICO CITY — Andrea Paola Hernández has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the United States. All f led poverty and political repression in Venezuela. Hernández, a human rights activist and...
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As protests spread, Iran intensifies its crackdown
BEIRUT — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as “saboteurs” and insisting the Islamic Republic would “not back down,” even as the country remains in the throes of a full...
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Slaying by ICE a test of Trump policy
WASHINGTON — When a 37-year-old mother of three was fatally shot by an immigration agent Wednesday morning, driving in her Minneapolis neighborhood after dropping her son off at school, the Trump administration’s response was swift. The victim was to...
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‘ LOOKING FOR YOUR TRIBE’
When we went around the table at Thanksgiving, our close ones laid out their myriad plans and wishes for the coming year: writing projects, work goals, fitness regimens, travel plans. All the wishes sort of blended into a bit of white noise for me....
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Trump’s threats to launch attacks on 5 nations rattle allies and rivals
WASHINGTON — Venezuela risks “a second strike” if its interim government doesn’t acquiesce to U.S. demands. Cuba is “ready to fall,” and Colombia is “very sick, too.” Iran may get “hit very hard” if its government cracks down on protesters. And...
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After Maduro, a common refrain: The oil is ours
CARACAS, Venezuela — Like many other Venezuelans, Ramón Arape said the image of ex-President Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody was a stunning — and welcome — sight. “I confess that I felt a sense of relief when I saw the photo of Maduro in the hands of...
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Winter rains fall, and so do the records
California’s already wet winter is breaking rainfall records, with another powerful storm moving in this weekend along with the threat of new flooding and mudslides. After a remarkable dry streak in 2024 that helped fuel last January’s firestorms,...
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