Los Angeles Times
State’s fire season is pushing into spring
California has seen an uptick in wildfires, from Siskiyou County to San Diego. Southern California has caught the brunt of the surge. Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last...
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Fungi could be key to Joshua tree survival
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE — In the heart of the Mojave National Preserve, a scientist hunted for a baby Joshua tree that would never make it to adulthood. She parted some creosote branches to reveal a shriveled shrub, just ankle high. This doomed...
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Three killed in shooting at mosque in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Three people were killed when two teenage suspects opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday morning in an attack that sparked widespread shock and condemnation. Police swarmed the center after receiving calls of an active...
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Border wall plows across Indigenous sacred sites
TECATE, Mexico — White sage burning, Norma Meza Calles gathers guests at a Mexican wellness resort into a semicircle facing Kuuchamaa Mountain and asks everyone to close their eyes and feel its presence. “This is sacred to us like a church for you...
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As its oil runs out, Cuba is turning to capitalists
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — To Fidel Castro and Cuba’s communist elite, private businesses were totems of capitalist evil. Now, with the country running out of food and fuel, the regime on the brink and anger spreading in the streets, it’s those private...
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Xi warns Trump against threat to bilateral ties
BEIJING — An extraordinary display of power and precision along Tiananmen Square greeted President Trump in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off a two-day summit with particularly high stakes for the Americans. It was not immediately clear what the two...
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Bass and Becerra lead poll on L.A., governor races
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass continues to hold the lead among likely voters in her bid for reelection, but not by a big enough margin to avoid a likely runoff with either Spencer Pratt or Nithya Raman, who are battling for second position, a new poll...
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L.A. streetlights shed their golden glow
Light and Los Angeles are intrinsically linked. It’s a light that elicits emotion and demands reaction. Filmmaker David Lynch said L.A.’s “muted golden sunshine” was the reason filmmakers flocked here. In the New Yorker, writer Lawrence Weschler...
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Beijing is taking note of U.S. stumbles in Iran war
BEIJING — The Trump administration has repeatedly framed the war in Iran as a quick, winnable fight, vowing to defeat the Islamic Republic “totally and decisively” — incomparable to the “dumb” wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But from China’s...
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FINALLY, HELP AGAINST THE SLIDES
Officials in Rancho Palos Verdes will receive almost $2.3 million in federal funds for two landslide mitigation projects almost three years after the land shifts began expanding and accelerating. CALIFORNIA, B1
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A missile strike on a school, then overwhelming grief
Posters featuring the faces of the children and their teachers — often smiling — now line the boulevards and main square of Minab, a city that has been submerged in a state of perpetual mourning. They died in a missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyibeh...
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WORKING ON TIJUANA RIVER
A research team from UC San Diego studies the polluted waterway on the U.S. side in March. A coalition of experts, activists and politicians has unveiled a plan to clean up the river.
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65 years in the making: Rail backbone emerges
If a subway would work anywhere in modern Los Angeles, conventional wisdom said, it was along Wilshire Boulevard. In 1962, California’s thengovernor, Edmund G. Brown, stood in downtown L.A. in the shadow of a rotary drilling rig to support local...
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Tunnel fire shuts down 110 at Port of L.A.
An underground fire burning in what appeared to be an encampment shut down a major Los Angeles freeway for hours as officials worked to determine the level of damage to the frequently used route to the L.A. port complex. Southbound 110 Freeway lanes...
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Attacks in gulf renew fears of long war
BEIRUT — Confusion reigned on Monday over the fate of a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran after a wave of fresh strikes on the United Arab Emirates and Oman, along with reports of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, undermined...
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Detentions sow division among L.A. Iranians
Sarina Hosseiny said she had never heard of Qassem Suleimani, an Iranian general assassinated by the U.S. in 2020. That is, not until this year, when threatening comments cropped up on social media claiming that she and her mother were relatives of...
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Strike threat over ICE at World Cup site
Isaac Martinez has been a cook at SoFi Stadium for four years. He’s worked dozens of events including NFL games, a Super Bowl, Taylor Swift concerts, Wrestlemania and the college football national championship game. And he’s never been afraid to come...
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A way to get drivers to slow down
A year after the installation of speed cameras in San Francisco, drivers in the city are slowing down, data show, and experts say the technology could have a similar effect once cameras are installed in Los Angeles. According to a one-year analysis of...
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LANDMARK IMMIGRATION CASE
Immigrant rights supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices heard arguments in the government’s effort to end Temporary Protected Status for noncitizens.
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In U.S., Charles stresses climate, alliances
WASHINGTON — King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivering a carefully worded speech that threaded two of his most deeply held causes — climate action and the defense of Europe — to a roomful of people deeply divided on...
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Torrance man charged with trying to kill Trump
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Monday charged 31-year-old Torrance resident Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate President Trump after rushing past security at the White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner in Washington on Saturday. The...
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Threats to Trump officials are found
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who rattled Washington’s leaders by exchanging gunfire with officials just outside a press gala late Saturday, had made a long journey from Southern California and written a “manifesto” threatening Trump...
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‘In-your-face racism’ felt at Pomona College
Pomona College in Claremont has long projected the ideals of a liberal arts education: elite academics, small classes and deep student-faculty ties against a backdrop of lush courtyards at one of the nation’s most selective campuses. That image is now...
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Santa Monica banking on more than its name
For much of its history, Santa Monica has been the subject of glamorous picture postcards: the fun of the pier, the beauty of the beach, the innovative shopping meccas and tourist spots. But in recent years, the city has endured its share of...
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Netflix looking to buy Radford studio
Netflix is in negotiations to buy the historic Radford Studio Center lot in Studio City, a deal that symbolizes just how much the streaming giant has transformed the television industry and Hollywood’s legacy businesses. The Los Gatos, Calif.based...
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Will Apple CEO make bolder bets?
Tim Cook had a lot to prove when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs handed over the reins as chief executive nearly 15 years ago. Jobs was known as a creative visionary, a fiery innovator who launched the iPhone and other iconic products. While some...
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A PAPAL TOUR OF AFRICA
Pope Leo XIV is cheered during his visit to a nursing home in Saurimo, Angola, on Monday.
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Optimism fades away amid Cuba’s collapse Historic 2016 opening is swallowed by despair
Adecade ago this spring, President Obama stepped off Air Force One at José Martí International Airport — the first time a U.S. leader had touched ground in Cuba since Fidel Castro’s communist revolution. More than half a century of Cold War...
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Emerging deal would provide Iran with major concessions
WASHINGTON — Upbeat claims from President Trump over an imminent peace deal to end the war with Iran were met with deep skepticism Friday across the Middle East, where Iranian and Israeli officials questioned the prospects for a lasting agreement that...
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An alarming ocean heat wave
An extreme marine heat wave is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it could affect coastal weather and ecosystems for months. The ocean heat wave started forming at the end of last year but has...
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Under water, a hidden methane source
Methane, the second-biggest contributor to climate change, is spewing into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry, landfills and dairy farms. It’s also coming from another lesser-known source: reservoirs. As plants break down underwater, they...
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LAUSD strike is averted with 11th-hour deal
A strike that would have shut down schools for nearly 400,000 students was averted at the eleventh hour early Tuesday after the Los Angeles Unified School District reached a tentative agreement with the union that represents workers including...
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Blockade begins, threats multiply
CAIRO — President Trump said Monday that the U.S. military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks. Iran responded...
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Swalwell suspends campaign for governor
SAN DIEGO —Embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor on Sunday but continued to deny he sexually assaulted anyone. His campaign to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom has all but collapsed as key Democratic supporters,...
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DANCING IN THE DUST AT COACHELLA
Sophia Peterson, left, and Ariana Pellegrini of Los Angeles get in the groove Friday at the desert music festival in Indio, where hazardous dust storms and even rain are possible this weekend.
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Three unions unite in LAUSD strike threat
The looming strike next Tuesday at Los Angeles public schools unites three unlikely allies that, together, plan to bring the nation’s second-largest school system to a standstill and exert formidable pressure to reach a favorable settlement. The three...
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Ceasefire deal with Iran frays as attacks continue
WASHINGTON — A day after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, the truce showed signs of strain Wednesday as Iranian leaders accused Americans of violating the agreement and reports emerged that Tehran had moved to restrict traffic...
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Iranian hackers target key U.S. infrastructure
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are “urgently warning” private-sector companies nationwide that Iranian actors are conducting cyber operations targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, a campaign that has already caused disruptions, according to...
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Trump holds fast to Iran deadline, intensifies threat
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that the United States and Iran are at a “critical point” in negotiating a potential ceasefire agreement, even as he continued to threaten military strikes against Tehran ahead of a Tuesday night deadline to...
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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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