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SUN VALLEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Gov. Gavin Newsom takes a picture with Joseph Martinez, left, and Christopher Gray following his campaign rally in Sun Valley urging those gathered to vote no on the recall. Photographed at Chef Robert Catering on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 in Sun Valley, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Newsom arremete contra los republicanos, mientras Elder apunta a la esposa del gobernador en el cierre de la campana

September 13, 2021 at 5:34 p.m.

A unas horas de las elecciones revocatorias en California, el gobernador Gavin Newsom y el principal candidato republicano Larry Elder pasaron el domingo haciendo su último esfuerzo ante los votantes...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to a question while meeting with reporters after casting his recall ballot at a voting center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The last day to vote in the recall election is Tuesday Sept. 14. A majority of voters must mark "no" on the recall to keep Newsom in office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Solemn remembrances, BBQ lunches and last-ditch pleas on recall campaign’s final weekend

September 12, 2021 at 12:52 a.m.

Three days before the recall election, California's candidates in the gubernatorial race were leaning into their last hours to sway voters, making campaign stops to commemorate Sept. 11, take shots...

NEWBURY PARK, CA. September 5, 2021: Recall candidate Kevin Wiley speaks to a congregation at the Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park Sunday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Oracion y politiqueria: Iglesias se vuelven centro de campana de la destitucion del gobernador en California

September 9, 2021 at 9:55 p.m.

Los Ángeles — Todo comenzó como un servicio dominical tradicional. Las alabanzas se elevaban en un coro emocional. La gente estrechaba la mano de sus vecinos en los bancos.Pero luego, en lugar...

Prayer and politicking: Churches become a center of the California recall campaign

September 7, 2021 at 7:48 p.m.

ROCKLIN, Calif. — It started as a traditional Sunday service.The worship rose and fell in emotional chorus. People shook hands with their neighbors in the pews. But then, in lieu of a...

Candidates for the California recall governor race are from left: Kevin Faulconer, John Cox and Kevin Kiley.

Republican recall hopefuls seek to differentiate themselves in San Francisco debate

August 20, 2021 at 4:54 a.m.

Three Republican contenders fighting to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in September's recall election again sought to differentiate themselves to voters by focusing in a Thursday debate on the governor and...

Cox served with subpoena, Elder blasted for remarks on women at California recall debate

August 18, 2021 at 4:35 a.m.

SACRAMENTO — Republicans hoping to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election focused their criticism on the Democratic governor and a leading replacement candidate who both declined to them at...

File - In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. The Utah Department of Health has confirmed this year's first human death from West Nile virus. Authorities said Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, that a central Utah resident at least 65 years old died from the disease carried by mosquitoes sometime between Sept. 21 and 28. Utah health officials have confirmed 19 human cases West Nile virus this year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

West Nile virus detected in Los Angeles, Orange counties

August 9, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.

The first West Nile virus infections of 2021 have been detected in Los Angeles and Orange counties.An L.A. County resident who lives in the South Bay was hospitalized for a...

Lakewood, CA - March 31: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine given to seniors at coronavirus vaccination clinic established by L.A. County Department of Public Health at Whispering Fountains Senior Living Community on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in Lakewood, CA.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Algunas personas vacunadas, preocupadas por las infecciones ‘de irrupcion’, buscan otra dosis; es necesario?

August 9, 2021 at 2:45 a.m.

Con la variante Delta altamente contagiosa esparciéndose en todo California y el país, algunas personas que ya han sido vacunadas contra el COVID-19 se preguntan si otra inyección podría protegerlos...

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Dixie fire in Butte County.The fire ignited around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening in the Feather River Canyon area above the Cresta Dam. By 8 a.m. Wednesday, it had grown to 500 acres and was 0% contained.

PG&E equipment may have sparked Dixie fire, growing near burn scar of deadly Camp fire

July 19, 2021 at 8:46 p.m.

Utility equipment from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may have sparked the Dixie fire, which has scorched more than 30,000 acres in Butte and Plumas counties over the past week,...

The Lava fire in Siskiyou County is now at 13,330 acres with 20% containment. It's the largest of five wildfire burning in California.

Explosive Lava fire in Northern California keeps growing, forcing thousands to flee their homes

June 30, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

The raging Lava fire in Northern California grew to more than 17,000 acres by Wednesday morning, forcing thousands from their homes and offering a preview for the fire season ahead.Gov....

TULARE, CA - APRIL 21: A worker sets up irrigation lines to water almond tree rootstocks along Road 36 on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Tulare, CA. A deepening drought and new regulations are causing some California growers to consider an end to farming. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Newsom extends drought emergency to 41 California counties

May 11, 2021 at 9:05 p.m.

In a stark indication of California's growing water crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a drought emergency in 41 counties, including areas of the Central Valley that had urged...

Orrin Heatlie, the main organizer for the Recall of California Gov. Newsom campaign, records a radio program at the KABC radio station studio in Culver City, Calif., Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

How three political novices with turbulent pasts helped spark the Newsom recall

May 1, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.

It’s “Friday Night at the French Laundry,” the weekly radio broadcast run by leaders of the campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Bianca is calling to offer herself as...

Victor Serriteno, right, is suspected of starting the Markley Fire last August that merged with the Hennessey Fire. Both fires were later included in the overall LNU Lightning Complex. (Vacaville Police Department)

A first date may have led to a murder, a cover-up and a huge wildfire that killed 2

April 30, 2021 at 8:53 p.m.

It was a first date out of a horror movie, authorities say.Priscilla Castro, a 32-year-old from Vallejo, was headed to Vacaville on a Wednesday evening in August to meet Victor...

Holtville, CA - January 20: A collision between a Truck and an SUV carrying more than two dozen people near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday morning has left 13 dead and several others injured on Tuesday, Mar. 02, 2021 in Holtville, CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

SUV pulled into path of big rig in Imperial County crash that killed numerous migrants, NTSB says

April 13, 2021 at 1:42 p.m.

The driver of an SUV crammed with 25 people pulled into the path of a big rig at an intersection in a collision that left more than a dozen people...

A pedestrian walks below a sign for Dianne Feinstein Elementary School in San Francisco, on Dec. 17, 2020. The San Francisco school board has voted to remove the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln from public schools after officials deemed them and other prominent figures, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein unworthy of the honor. After months of controversy, the board voted 6-1 Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in favor of renaming 44 San Francisco school sites with new names with no connection to slavery, oppression, racism or similar criteria, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Amid ‘huge tension,’ San Francisco set to formally suspend renaming of public schools

April 6, 2021 at 3:21 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO — Back in January, the San Francisco Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to rename more than 40 schools as ers cheered the board for "unapologetically" targeting historical figures...

Ontario, CA - March 16: Tametra Shaw, 31, seen through a window of her apartment shattered in a massive explosion caused by fireworks in Ontario. Two people were killed when a massive blast caused by exploding fireworks shook an Ontario neighborhood Tuesday afternoon near Francis Street and Fern Avenue on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 in Ontario, CA.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Two dead after fireworks spark massive explosion at Ontario house

March 16, 2021 at 9:13 p.m.

Two people died after a massive explosion set off by fireworks at an Ontario house rocked a residential neighborhood Tuesday.Ontario Fire Department Chief Ray Gayk said at a media briefing...

HOLTVILLE, CA - MARCH 2, 2021: CHP MAIT investigate the scene where an SUV was carrying 25 people collided with a semi-truck killing 13 on Highway 115 near the Mexican border on March 2, 2021 in Holtville, California. All the back seats had beens stripped form the vehicle. The engers in the SUV ranged in age form 15-53.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Two SUVs breached the U.S.-Mexico border. One erupted in fire. The other crashed, killing 13

March 4, 2021 at 10:16 p.m.

CALEXICO, Calif. — The Ford Expedition carrying 25 people that was struck by a big rig Tuesday morning, killing 13, had crossed from Mexico after breaching a section of the border fence,...

Un SUV con 25 personas en la frontera. Un choque horrible, un precio en vidas

March 3, 2021 at 11:11 p.m.

HOLTVILLE, Calif. — Cuando los primeros socorristas llegaron a la intersección, cerca de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, los cuerpos yacían en la carretera donde habían sido arrojados por la...

An SUV packed with 25 people at the border. A horrible crash, an unthinkable toll

March 3, 2021 at 11:17 p.m.

HOLTVILLE, Calif. — By the time first responders arrived at the intersection near the U.S.-Mexico border, bodies lay on the highway where they had been flung by the force of the early...

HOLTVILLE, CA - MARCH 02: Law enforcement inspect the scene of a deadly crash at State Route 115 on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Holtville, CA. The crash, which took place near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday morning, left 15 people dead and several others injured, officials said.(Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Al menos 13 personas mueren en un choque cerca de la frontera entre California y Mexicali

March 3, 2021 at 10:33 p.m.

Un choque entre un semirremolque y un todoterreno en el que viajaban más de dos docenas de personas cerca de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México el martes por...

At least 13 killed in crash of SUV carrying more than 2 dozen near U.S.-Mexico border

March 3, 2021 at 6:06 p.m.

A collision between a big rig and an SUV carrying more than two dozen people near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday morning killed at least 13 and injured several others, officials...

L.A. County sheriff's deputies investigate an accident involving golfer Tiger Woods on Tuesday along Hawthorne Boulevard in Rancho Palos Verdes.

A bright morning, a bend in the road, a horrible crash: Tiger Woods’ injuries cloud his future in golf

February 25, 2021 at 3:06 a.m.

The luxury sport-utility vehicle was moving fast along twisty Hawthorne Boulevard when its driver lost control, plowing into the center divider, smashing the “Welcome to Rolling Hills Estates” sign to...

Tiger Woods ‘lucky to be alive’ after serious rollover crash in Rancho Palos Verdes

February 24, 2021 at 2:26 p.m.

Golf star Tiger Woods was "lucky to be alive" Tuesday after being seriously injured in a rollover crash near Rancho Palos Verdes, the Los Angeles County sheriff said.Woods was the...

<p>A United Airlines enger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. on Sept. 8, 2015.</p>

On United Airlines flight to LAX, he gave R to man dying of COVID-19

December 24, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.

It began as normally as a plane flight could during a pandemic. United Airlines Flight 591, carrying 164 people, took off from Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 14 for a routine...

Huntington Beach Fire officials reported Sunday a good Samaritan rescued six engers from a boat that caught fire at around 12:48 p.m. Sunday near Peter's Landing. The cause is still unknown.

Boaters, including 2 children, burned after explosion in Huntington Beach

November 2, 2020 at 9:54 p.m.

A boater touted by authorities as a good Samaritan helped six people to safety after a boat they were on caught fire following an explosion Sunday afternoon in Huntington Beach,...

CHINO HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 27: Air tanker makes fire retardant drop behind homes on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Most evacuations lifted as firefighters gain control over Orange County blazes

October 28, 2020 at 9:46 p.m.

Two wind-driven fires that forced nearly 100,000 people to evacuate in Orange County continued to burn out of control Tuesday, helping to create the nation's worst air quality as smoke...

Orange County under siege by wildfires; 2 firefighters gravely burned

October 27, 2020 at 1:07 p.m.

A wind-driven brush fire broke out in Orange County on Monday , threatening communities and forcing residents from their homes, amid conditions forecasters were calling the most dangerous fire weather...

Sally Fontanilla, pictured here during a trip Seattle, loved traveling with her husband Ben. They were supposed to take an Alaskan cruise this summer, but the pandemic cancelled their plans.

Husband-and-wife nurses contract COVID-19. She died in the hospital where she worked

October 15, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.

When coronavirus cases began to tick up in the spring, Saludacion "Sally" Solon Fontanilla, a nurse at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, took some time off. As a...

The cub has doubled in weight in the past month and is set to be transferred to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Arizona in about a week.

Cachorra de puma rescatada recupera su rugido

October 8, 2020 at 10:47 p.m.

Con los ojos muy abiertos y una mirada nerviosa en su rostro, la cachorra de puma se dirigió cautelosamente a una cámara oculta. Olfateó alrededor de la lente, luego abrió...

Rescued mountain lion cub recovers her roar

October 8, 2020 at 9:53 p.m.

With wide eyes and a nervous look on her face, the mountain lion cub cautiously pawed her way to a hidden camera. She sniffed around the lens, then opened her...

SANTA MONICA, CA -- MAY 01: National Nurses United protest marking International Workers Day, also known as May Day, with shift change actions outside their hospitals and other actions inside their facilities, calling for optimal COVID-19 protections at Providence St. John's Health Center on Friday, May 1, 2020, in Santa Monica, CA. Coronavirus actions. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Stay home, wash hands and other ways to mark International Nurses Day

May 12, 2020 at 4:14 p.m.

Stay home, be healthy and provide more personal protective equipment. These are the requests nurses around the world are voicing for International Nurses Day on Tuesday. This year’s recognition of...

Orange County homeless population jumps to nearly 7,000, survey shows

April 25, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

A new census of Orange County’s homeless population found nearly 7,000 people living in shelters or on the streets countywide — a significant uptick from the last such count in...

American flag design will stay on police cars in Laguna Beach

April 17, 2019 at 5:46 a.m.

The Laguna Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to keep an American flag design on city police cars.The vote came after days of national debate about the design for the...

Sewage spill closes stretch of shoreline in Laguna Beach

February 25, 2019 at 9:52 p.m.

A sewage spill closed about 300 feet of Aliso Beach in South Laguna on Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the Orange County Health Care Agency.The 11 a.m....

New odor control system should bring relief to Laguna Beach neighborhood by summer, city officials say

February 25, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.

The Laguna Beach City Council has approved purchasing a new odor control system aimed at reducing the stench emanating from a sewer lift station in a south end neighborhood by...

Laguna Beach’s lone goatherder sees the canyon’s kids more than his own

February 25, 2019 at 9:49 p.m.

With a shrill call, Agotilio Moreno beckons 150 goats scattered across the rolling slopes of Laguna Canyon. In a chorus of bleats, the goats flock near the electric fence where...

After 54 years at Laguna Beach home, a family moved to Paradise. Three weeks later, they lost everything in the Camp fire

February 25, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Dick and Carol Stein loaded up a moving van and trailer in mid-October and drove away from their Laguna Beach home of 54 years, headed to a community in Northern...

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