Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes healthcare mandate, Medi-Cal expansion

Gov. Gavin Newson announced sweeping proposals to tackle the state’s healthcare needs shortly after taking office on Monday, outlining a dramatic Medi-Cal expansion that would cover young undocumented adults, a requirement that all consumers in the state carry health insurance. | Continue reading


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Susan Zirinsky will replace David Rhodes as CBS News president, becoming first woman to lead division

The newsroom veteran and longtime "48 Hours" executive producer will take over the troubled division in March amid turbulent times for CBS and diminishing ratings for daily news programs. | Continue reading


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You’ll share this apartment with a stranger – but don’t dare call it a dorm

Pioneering developers are building rental housing where residents sleep alone but share the kitchen, living room and common areas with tenants often selected by the landlord. It's called "co-living" and one of the first such projects in Los Angeles is C1 near Marina del Rey. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Joshua Tree and Yosemite get trashed as shutdown continues

National Park Service is restricting access to more parkland in California as the partial government shutdown drags on. The south entrance to Yosemite National Park will be closed to anyone without a camping reservation. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

'Hidden Figures' NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson to Release Autobiography

Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA mathematician and computer scientist whose work was integral to the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, will release an autobiography for young readers next year.  | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

'Just to be safe' is exactly the wrong reason to get a medical test

Stewart's testing odyssey lasted three weeks, put him at physical risk and cost thousands. Before the tests began, a first-year medical resident could have told him what the results would be: Stewart didn't have heart disease. | Continue reading


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The 'nightmare' California flood more dangerous than a huge earthquake (2018)

A rare series of rainstorms could submerge swaths of California under an inland sea. | Continue reading


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What is Ryuk, the malware believed to have hit the Los Angeles Times?

Ryuk, a malware program that hobbled newspapers nationwide this weekend, is a sophisticated twist on an extortionate classic. | Continue reading


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Trump disputes Kelly's claim, tweets that concrete wall could still be built

President Trump claimed Monday that he has not given up on fulfilling his signature campaign promise of building a concrete border wall, pushing back on his outgoing chief of staff’s admission in a weekend interview with the Los Angeles Times that the administration long ago aban … | Continue reading


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Criminal charges against PG&E possible if found responsible for recent wildfires

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could face charges including murder or involuntary manslaughter if authorities determine that recent deadly California wildfires ignited as a result of the “reckless” operation or maintenance of power lines, state prosecutors said. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

They paid $100,000 to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they want their money back

Some of the astronaut-hopefuls that had planned to ride XCOR's Lynx suborbital space plane are now trying to get a portion of their $100,000 ticket deposit back after the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last year. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly defends his rocky tenure

John F. Kelly was supposed to be one of the “adults in the room” managing an impetuous President Trump. But as White House chief of staff, Kelly presided over some of the administration’s most controversial immigration and security policies. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

How Paradise became a deathtrap

After California’s worst wildfire, local and state officials said the tragedy of the Camp fire was unavoidable. But a Times investigation found authorities ignored repeated warnings of a wind-driven fire and never planned for an evacuation of the entire town of Paradise at once. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Foreign cyberattack hits newspapers: Here is what we know

The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers were the victims of an apparent cyberattack. | Continue reading


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Malware attack disrupts delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune papers across the U.S

A malware attack causes causes major delivery disruption of the Los Angeles Times and other papers. | Continue reading


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Suspected malware attack prevents distribution of Los Angeles Times newspaper to many subscribers

A malware attack causes causes major delivery disruption of the Los Angeles Times and other papers. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

A major computer breakdown prevented distribution of the Saturday edition of the Los Angeles Times to many subscribers. | Continue reading


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A group in Portland makes life tougher for the homeless

A group in Portland organized to right for safety and "livability," but stands accused of being a quasi-vigilante group that’s harassing, targeting, and surveilling vulnerable homeless people. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Public outrage changing the tide of off-limits California beaches

It's been a big year for coastal access in California. What changed? A massive public backlash that coastal officials have called a humbling reality check — and a growing awareness across the nation of the need for social justice in environmental issues. | Continue reading


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US Newspapers Hit by Cyberattack, causing printing and delivery disruptions

Because of a major computer breakdown that affected our printing and deliveries, many of you did not receive your copy of Saturday’s Los Angeles Times. | Continue reading


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Cyberattack from outside the U.S. hits newspapers across the country

A major computer breakdown prevented distribution of the Saturday edition of the Los Angeles Times to many subscribers. | Continue reading


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Los Angeles spends big to end homelessness, but the crisis drags on

This was the year that local tax money to tackle Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis began to flow in earnest: $442 million for housing, and $177 million for services, with $400 million more due by the middle of next year. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

TV antennas are making a comeback in the age of digital streaming

More consumers who cut the cable cord are turning to over-the-air broadcasts as an alternative. | Continue reading


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1 year into legal pot sales California doesn’t have expected bustling industry

When Californians voted in 2016 to allow the sale of recreational marijuana, advocates of the move envisioned thousands of pot shops and cannabis farms obtaining state licenses, making the drug easily available to all adults within a short drive. But the legal market hasn't perfo … | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Who moves to California? The wealthier and better educated, mostly

Hand-wringing over an exodus of disillusioned Californians may be a Golden State pastime, the subject of political punditry and strung-out social media threads. But the U.S. Census Bureau, in its latest migration surveys for 2017, belies the doomsday narrative. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Why you can't buy the 'bloody,' meatless Impossible Burger in supermarkets

The famous “bloody,” plant-based Impossible Burger is now available at almost 5,000 restaurants in all 50 states. But that very appearance of bloodiness may have presented another regulatory hurdle for the company and its effort to get the product into supermarkets. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Dirt-poor and ugly – the proud new mantra of those left behind in the new China

Millennials who feel left behind in China’s new economy have claimed an invented Chinese character as an ironically proud expression of loser-hood. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

WeWork keeps pushing. Now landlords and rivals are pushing back

WeWork, the office-sharing giant, is building an investment division to buy its own properties, sources say. At the same time, big real estate firms are venturing into flexible-space offerings of their own. And brokers are growing wary that WeWork is cutting them out of deals. | Continue reading


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Hint: It has little to do with ideology and everything to do with character. | Continue reading


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Inundated with Camp fire survivors, Chico is a ‘city within a city’

In the wake of the Camp fire, which ignited more than a month ago, residents of Chico say they are settling into the “new normal” — increased traffic, homes crowded with multiple families and a fleet of so-called fifth wheel travel trailers parked in driveways and RV parks. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Uber charged him $236 for a ride he didn’t take to a place he didn’t want to go

The bizarre experience is sufficiently hinky to merit a closer look. Steve Robinson’s total inability in reaching anyone at Uber by phone or email to address the problem ices the cake. | Continue reading


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EPA bars AP, CNN from summit on contaminants; guards shove reporter from building

The Environmental Protection Agency is barring The Associated Press, CNN and the environmental-focused news organization E&E from a national summit on harmful water contaminants. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon

U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan has so far resisted President Trump's demand, according to three people familiar with their conversations. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Stalls, stops and breakdowns: Problems plague push for electric buses

Largely unbeknownst to the public, electric buses made by Chinese battery maker BYD Ltd. are contending with a record of poor performance and mechanical problems. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Drone pilots' pay plummets 90% in 'race to the bottom'

Three years after federal regulators began allowing commercial drone flights, the fever to cash in has turned into a pitched battle for business. Prices for collecting airborne data have plummeted amid a flood of competition equipped with cheap, high-tech aircraft that practicall … | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Elon Musk unveils video of his first underground L.A. tunnel

Angelenos may be able to hitch a ride through town on Elon Musk’s first underground tunnel in just a few months. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

LA Homeless Population Map (2016)

A survey of the homeless population earlier this year revealed that our county has more than 43,000 people living on the street or in shelters. It’s a diverse group of individuals. They’re not defined by one characteristic, but instead by many. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Snap Inc. again shows why it should not have become a public company

The subtext of Snap's first-quarter earnings release: Why did we ever think of going public? | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

L.A., are you sure you want Amazon's HQ2?

Amazon promises up to 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment to the city that becomes its second headquarters. Yet the winning city may find itself a big loser. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 5 years ago

Waymo self-driving car involved in Arizona crash – but wasn't at fault

A self-driving vehicle owned by Google spinoff Waymo was involved in a crash Friday at a busy intersection in Arizona, but it was not at fault, police said. The Waymo vehicle, Chandler Police Det. Seth Tyler said, “was in the wrong place at the wrong time, basically.” | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

California is now the world's fifth-largest economy, surpassing United Kingdom

California's economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom and become the world's fifth largest, according to new federal data made public Friday. California's gross domestic product rose by $127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing $2.7 trillion, the data said. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

Christopher Nolan returns '2001: A Space Odyssey' to its original glory

One of cinema's best current directors, Christopher Nolan, is supervising a restoration of a classic film by one of the all-time greats Stanley Kubrick. His restored "2001: A Space Odyssey" will debut in Cannes. Unlike other restorations, this one isn't digital — it's pure film. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

DNA match sought to Zodiac Killer after break in Golden State Killer case

Several months ago, the Vallejo Police Department sent two letters written by the Zodiac Killer to a private lab in hopes of finding his DNA on the back of the stamps or envelope flaps that may have been licked. They are expecting results soon. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

False starts in search for Golden State Killer reveal pitfalls of DNA testing

Novel methods used by investigators to help catch the suspected Golden State Killer also raise a series of thorny questions about the role of genealogy sites in policing. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

Uber, Lyft and other gig jobs may face a shakeup under new California work rules

Following a state Supreme Court ruling Monday, businesses across California could be forced to reclassify swaths of their workforces as employees, with profound impacts on workers and companies. | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

Recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers' lives

A California man who built a business out of recycling electronic waste is headed to prison for 15 months after a federal appeals court rejected his claim that the “restore discs” he made to extend computers’ lives had no financial value, instead ruling that he'd infringed Micros … | Continue reading


@latimes.com | 6 years ago

Extreme storm in Kauai linked to climate change

As the people of Kauai continue to recover from a devastating storm, some scientists are warning that this was something new: the first major storm in Hawaii linked to climate change. | Continue reading


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