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The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.

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Lauren Harvey

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Kate Sequeira

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Jill Ornitz

Media and policy professional. Connecticut native. Fan of caramel and Kerouac.

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Alan LaGuardia

Hi! I'm Alan LaGuardia, a Los Angeles-based journalist, editor, content strategist, ideation specialist and photographer. I've written for the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Orlando Sentinel and many …

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Siena Giljum

Hi, I'm Siena! I live for awesome food and interesting people with stories to tell, especially those about how people live and why they live that way. These days, I …

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Anastasia Dextrene S. Johnson

Anastasia Dextrene S. Johnson is a 2X Telly award-winning journalist from Canada with a B.A.(Hons.) from the University of Toronto, a M.F.A. from New York University Tisch School of the …

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Latest Articles

As critters and losses pile up, Angels fans call for owner Arte Moreno to sell team

“We don’t like not doing well, either,” Logan O’Hoppe said. “It’s not OK to us. It doesn’t matter how much we’re getting paid or that we get treated great throughout the league and things like that. We hate it, too. I think people definitely don’t realize that."
By Joaquin Ruiz
• Los Angeles Times

Reid Detmers strikes out 14, Angels score walk-off win on errant throw to sweep Rangers

Reid Detmers had a career-high 14 strikeouts, and pinch-runner Donovan Walton touched home on an errant throw in the ninth inning Sunday to give the Angels a 2-1 walk-off win over the Texas Rangers at Angel Stadium and their first three-game sweep of the season.
By Joaquin Ruiz
• Los Angeles Times

What Newsom's proposed budget means for education in California

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Public school districts were winners in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal for next year, with boosted funding that includes $2.4 billion in ongoing increases for services to students with disabilities, money that education officials have …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

We watched everything we could at Netflix is a Joke. This is what stood out

Considering the amount of comedy that was dropped on L.A. last week for the third Netflix is a Joke Festival, the idea that anyone can see it all is laughable. Yet of course, like fools, once again we tried. Between big outdoor shows, theaters and intimate club gigs, the seven …
By Leila Jordan Berger
• Los Angeles Times

To earn some countries' film tax incentives, you have to pass the test

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Promising rebates of up to 40% on an infamously expensive art form, tax incentives for film and television production — now offered by nearly four dozen countries — have been instrumental in luring the industry from …
By Leila Jordan Berger
• Los Angeles Times

California is leading national preschool expansion, but quality lags, report says

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s preschool expansion has lead to surging enrollment and ranks high nationally in the amount of money spent on its youngest students, but needs to focus on improving the quality of its early education programs, researchers …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Why LAUSD plans to enroll more babies and toddlers, growing its role in L.A. child care

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. LAUSD is seeking to double its infant care centers and expand early education programs for toddlers, a plan that aims to push the district deeper into the child-care industry, provide affordable day care and eventually bolster …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

A baby uses 3,000 diapers a year. Why a state lawmaker wants parents to know how they're made

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Each year a baby goes through about 3,000 diapers, essential care products that are in continuous contact with sensitive skin. But manufacturers are not required to completely disclose what disposable diapers are made of, leaving parents …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Why there are limited benefits when parents hold back their child in kindergarten

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s called “red-shirting” or the “gift of time,” but the practice of holding back a child from kindergarten for a year offers few benefits over the long term, and the academic advantage for students of being …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Lesson plans go 'out the window' as educators pivot on César Chávez amid abuse allegations

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars and school systems to urgently revamp lessons about one of California’s most widely taught historic figures.Educators at K-12 …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Animal rescue says dogs injured during L.A. County enforcement operation; authorities deny claims

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The animal rescue at the center of Friday’s massive seizure says Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control workers injured several dogs as authorities swarmed a property in rural Lake Hughes in what officials called one …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Granada Hills man charged with setting fire to gentlemen's club

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Granada Hills man accused of being a “serial arsonist” faces felony charges in connection with fires at a Canoga Park gentlemen’s club and an electrical vault in the Los Angeles Fashion District.Cyrus Farsaad, 47, is …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Parents' battle over screen time reaches the classroom

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Frustration is simmering among parents who say their young children are spending too much classroom time online, disrupting their learning and development at a critical time and clashing with stricter screen restrictions at home. Grassroots coalitions …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

L.A.'s Persian restaurants offer sanctuary, support as Tehrangeles reacts to war

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A cheerful buzz filled the interior of Meymuni Cafe on Saturday afternoon, as groups of Iranians trickled in from a protest at the Federal Building down the street, proudly displaying “Free Iran” and “Make Iran great …
By Angela Osorio
• Los Angeles Times

As Altadena rebuilds, a new approach to child care is emerging

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It took nearly a year, but the families of B’nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool have found a permanent campus in Pasadena after the Eaton fire destroyed their site, a rebirth that has given hope to the …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

What it means to be 'ready' for kindergarten in California

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. About two-thirds of California’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten, according to new federal data. But being ready for school involves a lot more than a child’s ability to count or recite their …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

Why child care could be ‘at a standstill’ as California plans not to expand financial assistance

Jazmine Locke has filled out the paperwork and checked all the boxes. As a middle-income worker, she qualifies for California-subsidized day care for her 7-month-old daughter. Yet she holds little hope she will ever make it off the waitlist. Her older son, now 12, never did.“In my mind, I plan …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times

'We want a change to happen.' L.A. County students walk out over ICE raids

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A different kind of bell sounded on Friday at many Southern California campuses — a call that beckoned students to walk out of school instead of into their next class as thousands joined protests in a …
By Kate Sequeira
• Los Angeles Times