Amid all the confounding features of the COVID-19 pandemic, one stands out: We have vaccines of established efficacy against the disease that millions of Americans have shunned for partisan reasons, and nostrums of obvious ineffectiveness that millio

“100 Foot Wave,” which began Sunday on HBO and will continue for another five weekly episodes, is (mostly) the vividly told, highly engaging and idiosyncratic story of Garrett McNamara, surfer, and his quest to ride the biggest waves possible. It’s a

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LOS ANGELES – A shirtless man scaled a tower that stands over 300 feet at Knott's Berry Farm on Saturday night, drawing police and emergency responders to the Orange County, California, amusement park. Staff at Knott's Berry Farm first noticed a man

LOS ANGELES — Dueling protests outside a Koreatown spa over transgender rights Saturday prompted a large police response and resulted in more than a dozen arrests. LGBTQ activists gathered outside the Wi Spa on Saturday morning to counter a protest a

LOS ANGELES – He starts his shift before dawn working three industrial fryers at a frozen food factory. Jose Morales lifts a basket of burritos out of one vat of oil, hangs it to dry and dunks another in, all day juggling hot metal that has left mott

LOS ANGELES — Before his corpse was dumped in a shallow grave 50 miles north of Los Angeles, Mauricio Ismael Gonzalez-Ramirez was held prisoner at one of the hundreds of black-market pot farms that have exploded across California’s high desert in the

SEOUL, South Korea – In a week's time, the now-anachronistically named 2020 Olympic Games will finally get underway. It's a moment Japan has long been preparing for — since March of last year, when the Tokyo Games were pushed back because of the pand

An altercation at a Pitchess Detention Center dormitory Thursday afternoon sent seven jail staff and two inmates to the hospital, officials said. The incident at the Castaic facility began when deputies were conducting security checks inside one of t

LOS ANGELES — The schedule provided a nice runway for the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend, a chance for a road-weary and pitching-thin team to cruise into the All-Star break with three home games against the worst team in baseball, except the Arizon

“Running Against the Wind” is purportedly based on real events, and it’s sloppy and sort of random enough to be true. Abdi Getachew (Ferhane Beker) and Solomon Tefera (Alamudin Abduselam) grow up best friends in rural Ethiopa. After Solomon’s father

MIAMI — The Dodgers gave Tony Gonsolin the ball with one assignment: to pitch as deep into Tuesday’s game as possible. The Dodgers, down to four starters with Trevor Bauer on leave, were bracing for a bullpen game Wednesday. They needed innings from

During the past year, I turned to a daily cocktail (or two) to help get through the pandemic (just me?). I experimented with syrups and bitters, perfected my orange twist and went through many bottles of booze. But now that the world is opening back

LOS ANGELES — Kenzi Shiokava, who died June 18 at the age of 82 from chronic conditions exacerbated by injuries related to a recent car accident, became a sculptor more by chance than intention. It was the early 1970s, and he was completing his fourt

Hayden Pedigo didn't plan on running for a seat on the Amarillo City Council in 2019. As the amiable documentary "Kid Candidate" chronicles, Pedigo, then 24, decided to pursue politics after a lo-fi prank video went viral, prompting him to wonder wha

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police responded Wednesday night to a major explosion in South Los Angeles where they had confiscated more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks earlier in the day. At least 9 people were injured and some buildings were dam

LOS ANGELES — Billionaire Philip Anschutz, the founder of AEG and owner of Staples Center, has agreed to sell his stake in the Lakers, sources confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Friday night. The deal, first reported by Sportico, is to an unknown

California’s drought and wildfire conditions are accelerating at unprecedented rates, according to state officials, and residents should brace for a summer of widespread burning and mandatory water conservation measures in some regions. As reservoir

Jason Kidd, a Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach for the last two seasons, is in negotiations to become head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, according to people who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Kidd became the top candidate for

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels scored runs in all sorts of ways on Friday, blowing out the Detroit Tigers 11-3 in their most lopsided win of the season. They were patient early on, drawing walks in the second and third innings that eventually turned in

For more than two years, the University of California has grappled with how to manage proposed partnerships between UC medical systems and hospitals that impose restrictions on healthcare on religious grounds. That process is about to come to an end.

Mexico's national team will play its first two home matches in World Cup qualifying without spectators, a penalty for its fans' use of an anti-gay chant during last spring's pre-Olympic tournament in Guadalajara, the country's soccer federation annou

Writers and producers at MSNBC and Peacock news commentary channel "The Choice" are looking to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East. The 315-member bargaining unit, which would include writers, producers, booking producers, fact checkers

GENEVA — President Joe Biden traded the warm welcome of European allies Wednesday for his first sit-down as head of state with Russian President Vladimir Putin, holding nearly four hours of talks at a time when relations between Washington and Moscow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Californians streamed into Universal Studios behind him, an unmasked and unusually jovial Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Tuesday that the state was reopened and finally ready to “turn the page” after a tough year. And as he ends C

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris held her highest profile event since grabbing the helm of the White House’s voting rights efforts earlier this month, meeting with a group of rogue Democratic state lawmakers from Texas Wednesday to highlight

LOS ANGELES — Maria Lopez was skeptical when President-elect Joe Biden announced early in the year that he would send a groundbreaking legislative package to Congress that would overhaul U.S. immigration policy and offer a pathway to citizenship for

LOS ANGELES — A wildfire was raging out of control Sunday in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, forcing a mandatory evacuation in the mountain community of Pinyon Crest, south of Palm Desert. San Bernardino National Forest of

SALT LAKE CITY — They were down double digits and appeared done, a familiar script playing out for a second consecutive postseason round, when the Los Angeles Clippers finally found their zone. Not in a metaphorical sense. Two defenders stationed ato

SALT LAKE CITY — The Los Angeles Clippers had enough to withstand one run Thursday. It was the second that ended their night. Now, a team that has fallen behind two games to none already once in this postseason and lived to tell about it, returns to