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The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a ban on camping at certain locations, in the first use of new laws that passed over the summer. In a 12-2 vote, the council outlawed sitting, sleeping and lying at 54 locations in three of its districts. Amid contentious debate over the summer, the council enacted [...]

Traffic alert: Full closure on stretch of 101 Freeway through downtown L.A. set to begin Friday

A portion of the 101 Freeway through downtown Los Angeles is set to undergo the first of two weekend closures to remove temporary frame supports from the new Sixth Street Viaduct. Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, a 2.5-mile stretch of the freeway will close in both directions from the 101/10 spilt to the 5/10/101 interchange [...]

Dodgers hammered by Braves, face elimination in NLCS

Behind the red-hot bat of Eddie Rosario, the Atlanta Braves are one win away from their first World Series appearance since 1999. All they need to do is put away the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Easier said than done. After all, the Braves were in exactly the same position last year and failed to [...]

Bill Clinton 'touched by the outpouring of support' after release from UC Irvine hospital

Former President Bill Clinton released a video saying he is on the road to recovery after being hospitalized in Southern California for six days to treat an infection unrelated to COVID-19. The 75-year-old Clinton, who arrived Sunday at his home in New York, said in the Wednesday video that he was glad to be back home and that [...]

Foul smell in Carson now expected to linger into weekend after initial treatment fails

The noxious smell plaguing Carson residents would dissipate by the middle of this week, Los Angeles County officials said. But Wednesday — right about when the smell was supposed to go away — the officials revised their timeline. Efforts to combat the odor have been hampered by low supplies of a biodegradable neutralizer. And workers [...]

VA says it will house homeless veterans camped outside its West L.A. campus

The Department of Veterans Affairs aims to place more than 500 unhoused veterans living in Los Angeles, including 40 from the high-profile Veterans Row encampment in Brentwood, into housing by the end of the year. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday that the initiative would be completed in two parts: first to house the about 40 [...]

U.S. has donated 200 million COVID shots to help vaccinate rest of the world

The U.S. on Thursday donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the rest of the world, the White House announced. The Biden administration aims to lead a global vaccination campaign even as it rolls out boosters for domestic use, which critics say diverts doses from those who are in greater need around the world. [...]

Can new coronavirus variants keep emerging?

Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging? Yes, as long as the virus that caused the pandemic keeps infecting people. But that doesn’t mean new variants will keep emerging as regularly, or that they’ll be more dangerous. With more than half the world still not vaccinated, the virus will likely keep finding people to [...]

Gabby Petito case: Potential human remains found amid search for Brian Laundrie at Florida park

Potential human remains were found Wednesday in a Florida wilderness area along with items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was found slain after he returned home alone from their cross-country road trip, according to the FBI. Michael McPherson, chief of the Tampa FBI office, said at a news conference that [...]

Woman killed in South Los Angeles in alleged domestic violence shooting

A man allegedly chased his ex-girlfriend in South Los Angeles Wednesday, attacking her in the middle of a traffic jam, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The woman, who was in her 50s, was attacked just before 11 a.m. near East 21st Street and South Central Avenue by her former boyfriend, who opened fire, [...]

14-year-old boy killed in Apple Valley hit-and-run

A search for a driver is underway after a 14-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Apple Valley Tuesday night, officials said. The boy was walking south from James Woody Park around 8:10 p.m. when he was struck by a white or silver two-door coupe that was traveling at over 60 mph on [...]

FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines and approves Moderna, J&J boosters

U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially. The Food and Drug Administration’s decisions mark a big step toward expanding the U.S. booster [...]

Netflix employees staging walkout in Hollywood amid fallout over Dave Chappelle special

Amid the continued fallout over a Dave Chappelle special, Netflix employees walked out of the company's Hollywood office and joined demonstrators in support of the transgender community Wednesday morning. The rally with activists and public figures took place at Netflix's building on 1341 Vine St., with dozens gathering before transgender Netflix employees and their allies walked [...]

Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 76% in L.A. County last year

Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 76% in Los Angeles County last year, mirroring a disturbing trend in many other jurisdictions as physical and verbal attacks on Asian Americans rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 44 anti-Asian hate crimes reported in L.A. County in 2020, more than three-quarters involved physical violence — a marked increase [...]

'Double-dip' La Niña develops, expected through winter: NOAA

La Niña conditions are set to emerge again for the second straight winter, impacting the weather across the U.S. in the months ahead, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration says. The climate pattern is part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, and is marked by below-normal sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean near the [...]