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Photo of "Embrace White Pride" banner taken by Camille Katz.

‘White pride’ banner displayed for second time over 101 Freeway in San Luis Obispo County

Four masked men displayed an ‘Embrace white pride’ banner over the 101 Freeway in Templeton, drawing counter-protesters and police to the scene.

3 O.C. family members killed, 4 seriously injured in crash on 10 Freeway near Palm Springs
Ex-corrections officer latest charged in sex abuse scandal at California women’s prison

Column: Making tamales with Gloria Molina and other stories
Riverside County deputy killed in crash, department’s third on-duty death in five months
Column: For Santiago Nieto, all roads in California lead to farmworkers
L.A. County homeless services workers can’t afford housing themselves, study finds
Column: Horse lovers to L.A. County: Leave us alone
How much COVID is in my community? It’s getting harder to tell
Buried fees, cuts and some gems in Newsom’s budget, and thankfully no major tax increase

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A man living on the streets displays what he claims to be the synthetic drug fentanyl in the Tenderloin section of San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2020. Photo by Shannon Stapleton, Reuters

Column: California doesn’t need a new war on drugs. We need a war on addiction

Gloria Molina, Chicana who blazed paths across L.A. politics, dies
L.A. on the Record: Settling in to Getty House
Bass’ $250-million budget proposal for homelessness program clears a key council hurdle
What you need to know about Newsom’s plan to offset California’s $31.5-billion deficit

California: Most read

Barack and Michelle Obama stir buzz at daughter Sasha’s USC graduation
Man killed in Marina del Rey road rage shooting came to California with a dream
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After 18 years in prison, he took over his old L.A. gang. A string of murders followed
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At the LAFD, pay for sex on duty, batter a cop, lie on medical records — and keep your job

In Depth

Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats
‘Challenging’ Westside homeless camp drew complaints. Now its residents are getting housing
The Week in Photos: Title 42 expires, and Sen. Feinstein is back at work

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Whittier College president resigns amid financial troubles, plunging enrollment

Whittier College Linda Oubré announced her resignation amid financial troubles and low enrollment at one of California’s oldest private liberal arts colleges.

A "SELL BY" date is stamped on a wrap around Manchego cheese, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Chicago. As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate peak freshness. Unlike “use by” labels, which are found on perishable foods like meat and dairy, “best before” labels have nothing to do with safety and may encourage consumers to throw away food that’s perfectly fine to eat. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Opinion: Is your fridge filled with ‘expired’ food? Here’s why you shouldn’t throw it away

INGLEWOOD , CA - FEBRUARY 14: From Right - Shanita Nicholas and Amanda-Jane Thomas owners of Sip & Sonder coffee shop on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Inglewood , CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

The best Black-owned coffee shops to visit in Los Angeles

Bakersfield, CA, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - Gonzalo Montellano, 65, is a lightweight with a record of 35-3-2 with 20 knockouts. He is owed $20,000 from the Boxing Pension Fund. Montellano trained and boxed in Los Angeles as a teenager, where he delivered Rolls Royce's to customers of his manager Vic Weiss. He said his boxing career got off to a rough start when Weiss was found dead, shot twice in the head and left in the truck of his red and white Roll Royce. He said others would promise him the world and leave him hanging. By the time he retired from boxing, he said he could barely stand the sport. "I don't watch it very much. You're good until you get in the top 10 and then it's all politics. That saying 'it's not what you know, it's who you know' is true for boxing. After boxing, he turned to drinking and gained 130 pounds, he said. He's lost much of that and now trains boxers in his garage. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

California created the nation’s only pension for aging boxers. But it’s failing many of them

Stockton, CA, Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - Rodney Jones, 54, is a champion middleweight with a record of 37-4-1 with 22 knockouts. Jones is owed $26,000 from the California Boxer's Pension. He's a now a professional money manager who helps others prepare for retirement. "Dealing with finances as a boxer you realize that you could have done better if you had knowledge," Jones said. "I want to make people aware of planning for the future." For a while, Jones operated a nonprofit and a boxing gym, but he said he needed to focus on ensuring he was saving enough for retirement. Jones continues to train at a local boxing club surrounded by children and their fathers aspiring to reach the heights he once achieved. "I would like to go back into boxing in the future in some form or another, but I need to right now solidify my retirement first." (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Could you have a California boxers’ pension? Here is what you need to know

Former boxer Alex Ramos faces hardship, but a lifeline is out of reach

In Southern California, everything is blooming everywhere all at once

Former boxer plans to use pension to fund backyard gym

The Week in Photos: His future coach found him working in a slaughterhouse; and it’s a no to $55,000 to leave a rent-controlled apartment.

Education

UCLA’s Bruin Woods camp closed for summer amid sexual assault and hazing allegations
Could a Narcan vending machine help stem opioid deaths among young people?
Schools struggle for bodies and potties one year into California’s big preschool expansion

Housing & Homelessness

A couple walks by a the memorial for David Henry Breaux at Compassion Bench at Central Park in Davis, as night falls Wednesday. Breaux was found fatally stabbed on April 27.

Two good men are dead in Davis stabbings. How will their families cope?

The brutal stabbings in Davis place a spotlight on how families cope with grievous loss and the complexities of human compassion.

Justice Department sues Koreatown landlord, alleging sexual harassment by property manager
L.A. County asks appeals court to dismiss long-running homelessness lawsuit
Fentanyl overdoses contribute to surge in L.A. County homeless deaths
Marine veteran who choked N.Y. subway passenger to death is charged with manslaughter
Bass looks to buy a 15-story hotel as she ramps up her fight against homelessness

Earthquakes

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Watch it sway: 10-story tower survives fake quake in possible boon for tall wood buildings
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Magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt near Calexico
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Projected losses from a major California earthquake soar. What’s behind seismic inflation?
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A third small earthquake in a day rattles area near Calexico

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Striking writers share their struggles and fight ‘for survival’
A year later, Taiwanese church remembers mass shooting in Laguna Woods
Jesus with dark skin? An old stained-glass window in New England stirs up questions
Bracing for more floods and snowmelt, three Yosemite campgrounds will close on Monday
California Democrats further torn after seeing Sen. Feinstein’s return to Washington
Wilmington man, 18, dies in Long Beach crash after BMW goes airborne and overturns

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Los Angeles welcomes back the sun and heat after an unusually wet year
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Man dies after being shot with his own gun in LAPD traffic stop, police say
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Man shot and killed in downtown L.A.
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A rabbit rescue operation is launched to save bunnies from rising floodwaters
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Essential California Week in Review: Sen. Dianne Feinstein is back at work
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In Southern California, immigrant aid groups brace for impact from Title 42’s end
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Family of man in ‘happy hunting’ shooting sues LAPD
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Column: They’re facing an ‘epidemic of loneliness and isolation,’ but solutions are within reach
Climate & Environment

State proposes $67 million to clean toxic parkways near former Exide battery plant
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Three killed in plane crash during Navy training exercise off San Clemente Island
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L.A.’s Eastside, in need of green space, will get a new 12-acre park under 6th Street Viaduct
Entertainment & Arts

18-year-old man admits to fatally shooting rapper Pop Smoke in Hollywood Hills home

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The forces that shape California and animate our lives
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People, politics and the quest for a more equitable California

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$55,000 to leave a rent-controlled apartment? Why these tenants say no thanks
USC peddled inferior online social work grad program to use as ‘cash cow,’ lawsuit alleges
Cannabis workers face death and exploitation. California is stepping in after Times investigation
What you need to know about the misconduct cases at the Los Angeles Fire Department
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A $300-million (minimum) gondola to Dodger Stadium? Why is Frank McCourt really pushing it?
Millions of Californians are willing to donate organs, but relatively few do. Here’s why

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