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Several hours after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an anti-camping law that bans people from living on the street in some public areas, about two dozen activists gathered in front of the mayor’s mansion Thursday evening to voice their disapproval of the ordinance, and for some, to camp there overnight. “We’re not leaving!” yelled

The Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro will host its annual Seal Day on Saturday, July 31. (Photo courtesy Marine Mammal Care Center) The Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro rehabilitates sick, injured and stranded sea lions and seals. (Photo courtesy of Marine Mammal Care Center) The Marine Mammal Care Center in San

Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,454 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,290,226 as of Wednesday, July 28. Officials reported 15 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,658 deaths since tracking began. There were 66 more hospitalizations reported since Tuesday, increasing the official count

Five business groups reached out to Los Angeles County health officials, expressing their concerns over the rollout of the recent mask mandate which requires all county residents, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks in all indoor public places. In a letter to the Department of Public Health, the groups said the mandate was announced

On the same day that more than 200 residents met for an Orange County Board of Education forum on ethnic studies, a new group gathered to say it will push back against what they termed the board’s “misinformation” and “lies.” Members of “Truth in Education” on Tuesday said their group was formed to counter the

The trash and other debris that overwhelmed the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant earlier this month, leading to a sewage spill, created a life-threatening situation at the facility that required evacuations and a no-win choice between sending 17 million gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean or potentially having the entire plant flood. That’s according

Kanoa Igarashi flew to the air, spun above the wave’s lip and landed his board perfectly, the expression on his face looking as if he even surprised himself at the unbelievable move. The Huntington Beach surfer, who is representing for host country Japan, was up Monday, July 26, against Gabriel Medina, a Brazilian known for

One of five panelists scheduled to talk about ethnic studies at an Orange County Board of Education town hall Tuesday night is withdrawing from the forum in protest, complaining that other panelists are not experts on the subject and in fact, oppose it. Theresa Montaño, a Cal State Northridge professor in the Chicana and Chicano

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses is months away, but local officials offered a sneak peek at six of the floats that will appear in the 2022 parade.  The floats previewed Thursday, July 22 come on the heels of a similar preview done in May and include entries from the Burbank Tournament of Roses Association, City

In my former life as a farmer, in addition to my conservation effort breeding rare livestock, we also bred champion show dogs. My partner was the genetics expert, so he focused on making sure the dogs we bred had enough genetic diversity to be healthy, intelligent and long-lived. My focus was on the husbandry. I

Todd Haig waves a checkered flag during a victory lap in Long Beach harbor after his Nordic Racing team won the 72nd Catalina Water Ski Race on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Water cannons in Long Beach harbor greet competitors as they line up for the start of the 72nd

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters contained a less than 2-acre, light grass fire that had been burning in the Sepulveda Basin, and they were working on a second, smaller fire nearby. Firefighters were dispatched at 12:12 p.m. to the 6400 block of Balboa Boulevard, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. “A smaller fire,

The number of migrant children moving from an emergency shelter at Fairplex into homes with relatives or sponsors has more than doubled in the past three weeks, officials said Friday, July 23. A total of 2,461 children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone have been reunified with families or other sponsors, according to U.S. Department

Foothill Transit will pursue returning 13 first-generation electric buses experiencing multiple mechanical problems at a cost of $5 million, the transit agency’s board voted on Friday, July 23. The buses, required to last 12 years, have carried passengers mostly in Pomona and La Verne for about seven or eight years. They could be relinquished to

The “nearly catastrophic flooding” at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, which led to a sewage spill that closed South Bay beaches for several days last week, has left the facility operating at less-than-full capacity and requires repairs that could take more than a month, Los Angeles sanitation officials said this week. Those repairs have led

SYLMAR — Caltrans on Thursday announced a 55-hour closure of the westbound 210 Freeway in the Sylmar area this weekend as part of an ongoing repavement project. The closure, which will begin at 10 p.m. Friday and end at 5 a.m. Monday, is part of a series of 55-hour closures planned along the 210 Freeway

The L.A. Education Recovery Fund and LAUSD, in collaboration with the LA Sports Council and professional sports teams, host a sports clinic for students at the Robert F. Kennedy UCLA Community School in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Participating sports organizations include the LA Dodgers, LA Rams, LA Chargers, LA Galaxy, LA Kings,

Long Beach has a range of options for the Queen Mary’s future — but all of them will be expensive. That was the main takeaway of a study session the City Council held on Tuesday, July 20, on Long Beach’s potential next steps for managing the historic vessel. City staff outlined five different options identified

TOKYO — U.S. beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb has tested positive for COVID-19 and will likely miss the Olympic Games, the Southern California News Group has learned. Crabb tested positive shortly after arriving in Japan over the weekend, according to a person familiar with the situation. The former NCAA player of the year for Long

A man at Knott’s Berry Farm has climbed a large tower and is refusing to come down.

A Los Angeles development firm, city and county officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a new mixed-income housing project in San Pedro on Monday morning, July 19, continuing the goal that all three groups share of providing affordable housing across the region. The project from SoLa Impact will see a five-story apartment center rise up on