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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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The future of combatting hate. We are a multidisciplinary laboratory focused on uplifting Jews and other minorities on and offline through innovative, social media-driven strategies.

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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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Latest Articles

Luskins donate $25 million to UCLA history department 'in service to the public good'

As a UCLA student in the 1940s, Meyer Luskin decided he could not make a living with a history degree. This week, the economics graduate pledged $25 million to the history department in hopes of inspiring current students to choose the path he did not.This gift, announced Tuesday, is the …
By Veronica Roseborough
• Los Angeles Times

Sparks snap eight-game losing streak with thrilling overtime win against Aces

When the Sparks’ 10-point lead started to drift away in the fourth quarter Friday night, it seemed like deja vu of Tuesday’s loss. What were once deafening cheers from the stands became a quiet lull as the 13,840 fans at Crypto.com Arena watched the Las Vegas Aces come barreling back.But …
By Marissa Kraus
• Los Angeles Times

Drug can amplify naloxone's effect and reduce opioid withdrawals, study shows

Naloxone has long been hailed as a life-saving drug in the face of the opioid epidemic. But its capacity to save someone from an overdose can be limited by the potency of the opioid — a person revived by naloxone can still overdose once it wears off. Stanford researchers have …
By Veronica Roseborough
• Los Angeles Times

Cameron Brink reflects on achieving her Olympic dream: 'I don't take it lightly'

Before USA Basketball 3x3 national team director Jay Demings officially offered Cameron Brink a spot on the Paris Olympics teams, she was in tears. “Oh my God, oh my God,” she recalled repeating as Demings held up a USA Basketball jersey with her name printed on the back.On Wednesday, USA …
By Marissa Kraus
• Los Angeles Times

Civic Orchestra of Los Angeles: A new home for young talent pursuing a career in music

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles was aglow. The neo-Gothic cathedral, designed in 1932 by the same firm that built UCLA’s Royce Hall, was hosting a free evening concert that was part memorial service, but also part christening.In March, the American Youth Symphony — which was founded in 1957 and …
By Nancy Golden
• Los Angeles Times

L.A. influencers, businesses live or die on TikTok's algorithm. Now they fear for the future

Brandon Hurst is known as Brandon the Plant Guy on TikTok. Brandon Hurst has built a loyal social media following and a growing business selling plants on TikTok, where a mysterious algorithm combined with the right content can let users amass thousands of followers. Hurst, who’s based in the San …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

UCLA struggles to recover after 200 arrested, pro-Palestinian camp torn down

More than 200 people were arrested Thursday morning as police moved into the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, dismantling tents and pushing out protesters in a clash that lasted hours. The operation capped two days of upheaval on the Westwood campus that began when UCLA declared the encampment “unlawful” and continued …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

DEA's big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California's troubled pot industry

Marijuana plants reflect the ultraviolet light that helps the plants grow inside the “clone cube” at the Artist Tree in West Hollywood in 2024. The plants inside the “clone cube” are available for purchase by customers. The cannabis company has continued to expand as many others in the industry are …
By Wilfred Waimiri
• Los Angeles Times

California college campuses become lightning rods for pro-Palestinian protests

A pro-Palestinian protester waves a flag while attending a demonstration next to an encampment at UC Irvine. Pro-Palestinian protesters, who are demanding divestment from Israel and an end to the country’s military actions in Gaza, have set up several new tent encampments at colleges and universities across California this week. …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

Police swarm Cal Poly Humboldt, arresting at least 25 and ending weeklong siege over Gaza war

Ending a weeklong siege, police on Tuesday arrested at least 25 protesters at Cal Poly Humboldt, where Gaza war demonstrators had occupied buildings and forced the campus to close. The move came as pro-Palestinian protesters, who are demanding divestment from Israel and an end to the country’s military actions in …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

L.A. sees a surge of billboards for personal injury lawyers. You'll never guess why

Among the myriad side effects of the pandemic: a surge in billboards and bus ads for personal injury law firms. They seem to have sprouted all over Los Angeles. Morgan & Morgan’s blue-and-yellow billboards proudly declare “Size Matters,” Jacob Emrani’s ads with red cursive writing direct readers to CallJacob.com, and …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

L.A. sees a surge of billboards for personal injury lawyers. You'll never guess why

Among the myriad side effects of the pandemic: a surge in billboards and bus ads for personal injury law firms. They seem to have sprouted all over Los Angeles. Morgan & Morgan’s blue-and-yellow billboards proudly declare “Size Matters,” Jacob Emrani’s ads with red cursive writing direct readers to CallJacob.com, and …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

L.A. sees a surge of billboards for personal injury lawyers. You'll never guess why

Among the myriad side effects of the pandemic: a surge in billboards and bus ads for personal injury law firms. They seem to have sprouted all over Los Angeles. Morgan & Morgan’s blue-and-yellow billboards proudly declare “Size Matters,” Jacob Emrani’s ads with red cursive writing direct readers to CallJacob.com, and …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

USC students protest the 'silencing' of valedictorian with cancellation of speech

USC students and pro-Palestinian activists march silently on campus Thursday to denounce what they say is the ‘institutional silencing’ of Asna Tabassum. The valedictorian’s graduation speech has been canceled. USC students, faculty and pro-Palestinian protesters responded to a call to action Thursday to fight back against what they say is …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

USC students protest the 'silencing' of valedictorian with cancellation of speech

USC students and pro-Palestinian activists march silently on campus Thursday to denounce what they say is the ‘institutional silencing’ of Asna Tabassum. The valedictorian’s graduation speech has been canceled. USC students, faculty and pro-Palestinian protesters responded to a call to action Thursday to fight back against what they say is …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

'Scammed on the worst day of my life': Pet owners say cremation service took their money, ghosted them

Robert Balog holds an image of his late cat, Stewie, in his home in Van Nuys. On a Monday night in early March, Robert Balog and a friend made the hour-and-a-half drive from Van Nuys to Oxnard to meet an elusive man in a Best Buy parking lot. The man, …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

'Scammed on the worst day of my life': Pet owners say cremation service took their money, ghosted them

Robert Balog holds an image of his late cat, Stewie, in his home in Van Nuys. On a Monday night in early March, Robert Balog and a friend made the hour-and-a-half drive from Van Nuys to Oxnard to meet an elusive man in a Best Buy parking lot. The man, …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

Suspect in brutal Venice attacks charged with rape and attempted murder

Two women were brutally attacked near the Venice canals on April 6. Prosecutors have charged a 29-year-old man with multiple counts of forcible rape and one count of attempted murder after attacking two women near the Venice canals earlier this month, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced at …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

LAFD recruit killed on 101 Freeway while responding to collision

Firefighters place a flag over the body of a Los Angeles Fire Department recruit killed Monday morning on the 101 Freeway. A Los Angeles Fire Department recruit was killed Monday morning on the 101 Freeway in Studio City while rendering aid at the site of a traffic collision. Jacob Fuerte, …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

'I can't focus on anything but rage.' Pro-Palestinian protests roil elite Pomona College

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students doubled down on protests at Pomona College Thursday as the elite liberal arts campus is roiled by an intensifying Israel divestment campaign that even harsh disciplinary action against protesters has not deterred. The demonstrations come less than one week after the campus was rocked when riot-gear-wearing …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

'I can't focus on anything but rage.' Pro-Palestinian protests roil elite Pomona College

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students doubled down on protests at Pomona College Thursday as the elite liberal arts campus is roiled by an intensifying Israel divestment campaign that even harsh disciplinary action against protesters has not deterred. The demonstrations come less than one week after the campus was rocked when riot-gear-wearing …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

L.A. Metro's D Line hits a milestone: Tunneling is complete for expansion to the Westside

A construction worker at the future Wilshire/Fairfax stop on Monday as L.A. Metro celebrated completion of tunneling for the subway’s D Line extension into the Westside. After five years of construction and numerous delays, crews have finished tunneling operations for the 9-mile westward expansion of the Metro D Line, which …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

License plate readers and video cameras are coming to Orange to fight crime, officials say

A Flock automated license plate reader camera in Costa Mesa. The city of Orange plans to add similar readers and cameras to fight crime. Joining other Southern California municipalities, Orange has announced plans to add dozens of license plate readers and video cameras to its streets in an effort to …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

Animal welfare activists pressure City Council to make changes amid shelter crisis

A dog waits to be adopted at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Center in Los Angeles. Animal welfare activists on Friday pressed the Los Angeles City Council to make changes at the Department of Animal Services, saying its network of shelters are facing “deplorable” conditions and an . The activists …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

Iris Apfel, beloved style icon whose fame peaked in her 90s, dies at 102

Iris Apfel, the beloved fashion icon and interior designer whose eccentric style inspired individuality, creativity and joy, has died, according to a post on her official Instagram account. She was 102. Known for her bold accessories, oversize round glasses and “totally mad” outfits, Apfel never let age slow her down. …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

Disputed campaign mailer causes stir in City Council District 10 race

A political mailer that arrived on residents’ doorsteps last month near Baldwin Hills is stirring controversy in the Los Angeles City Council District 10 race and prompted action by the council this week. The City Council Wednesday to crack down on fraudulent campaign materials and “deep fakes” after the Baldwin …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times

Cheers to being crooked again. English pub razed after a fire to be rebuilt as it was

The 18th century Crooked House pub near Dudley, England, burned and was unlawfully bulldozed. Now its owners have been ordered to rebuild and keep its previous, lopsided specifications. The owners of a quirky 18th century British pub unlawfully bulldozed after a mysterious fire last year were ordered Tuesday by a …
By Rhi Storer
• Los Angeles Times

City Council OKs $3.8 million to clean up and secure graffitied downtown skyscrapers

The City Council voted Friday to approve $3.8 million to clean up and secure the unfinished Oceanwide Plaza skyscraper project in downtown L.A. The city has said it will bill the building owner for the costs. The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to allot nearly $4 million to remove …
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen
• Los Angeles Times