California Community Colleges signed a new deal to make it easier for students to transfer to Arizona State University. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via ) California Community Colleges announced an agreement Thursday with Arizona State University that creates a guaranteed transf...
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Newport Beach declared a local emergency after Tropical Storm Rachel caused coastal flooding on the Balboa Peninsula, with high tides expected to continue....
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Homes were red-tagged after powerful waves battered the Long Beach Peninsula, leaving one severely damaged and at risk of falling into the ocean.
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Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms.
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A Los Angeles judge has granted Hayden Panettiere's former fiance Wladimir Klitschko temporary guardianship of their daughter's estate.
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Adva Lavie has been found competent to stand trial in Los Angeles County after being accused of burglarizing the homes of wealthy men she met online.
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A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar drives along Venice Beach in 2024. (Mario Tama / Getty Images) Topline: New data shows Waymo’s robotaxis are crashing less often as they log more miles driven in Los Angeles. Experts recently joined LAist 89.3’s AirTalk with Larry Mantle and...
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College students type on laptop computers during a class lecture in Los Angeles on April 4, 2025. (Jay L Clendenin / Getty Images ) The Los Angeles Unified School District’s restrictions on generative artificial intelligence have drawn mixed reactions from education experts and s...
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A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday morning, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the USGC....
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In Newport Beach, several streets were underwater due to Tropical Storm Rachel on Friday morning, especially on the Balboa Peninsula.
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Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died....
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CalMatters reporter Levi Sumagaysay, center, moderates a conversation between insurance commissioner candidates Jane Kim, far left, and Ben Allen, far right, during the “Can California Fix Its Insurance Crisis? (Fred Greaves / CalMatters) Bernie Sanders. Jane Fonda. There’s some ...
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An Earth, Wind & Fire drummer who suffered a heart attack on the night of a San Francisco concert date is now in medical rehabilitation but is still in need of financial help. At the same time, the twice-postponed concert with Lionel Richie has now been formally canceled....
