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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested, federal indictment set to be unsealed in sweeping case

Hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested Monday, months after raids on his Holmby Hills and Miami mansions as part of a federal inquiry into sex-trafficking allegations.

What to know about the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrest, lawsuits, raids

San Francisco District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin waves to supporters at a kickoff event for his mayoral campaign at Portsmouth Square in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, Saturday, April 6 2024. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

In ‘liberal’ San Francisco, the sole progressive vying for mayor is an underdog

A man carries an AI-generated image of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump carrying cats away from Haitian immigrants, a reference to falsehoods spread about Springfield, Ohio, during a campaign rally for Trump at the Tucson Music Hall in Tucson, Arizona, September 12, 2024. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Chabria: As political violence rises, speaking truth becomes harder

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, left, and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, top right listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hiltzik: Trump’s proposal to make overtime pay tax-exempt obscures how awful he was for all workers

MORENO VALLEY, CA - AUGUST 9, 2023: Cal Fire Scott Slumpff monitors computer screens which depicts views of wildfire camera systems throughout the state of California at the Southern California Geographic Area Coordination Center on August 9, 2023 in Moreno Valley, CA. The agency is using AI to help monitor the camera systems.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Google to invest in satellites and AI to better detect wildfires

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Only 2 of 12 shows that won 2024 Primetime Emmys were filmed in L.A.

Visalia, CA - October 12: Water flows from an underground well to irrigate an orchard on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 in Visalia, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A decade after signing of California groundwater law, major challenges remain

Scientists were expecting to find an intermediate-mass black hole at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397, but instead they found evidence of a concentration of smaller black holes lurking there. New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have led to the first measurement of the extent of a collection of black holes in a core-collapsed globular cluster. This is an artist's impression created to visualize the concentration of black holes at the center of NGC 6397. In reality, the small black holes here are far too small for the direct observing capacities of any existing or planned future telescope, including Hubble. It is predicted that this core-collapsed globular cluster could be host to more than 20 black holes.

Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out.

California extreme weather shift: From record heat to cold, rain, even snow

L.A. rattled by three more small earthquakes north of Malibu

Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change

Nonprofit helped conceive California’s homeless housing program, then left string of failed projects

A bear crashed a picnic and swiped at a woman’s leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make

Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

A bear crashed a picnic and swiped at a woman’s leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make

Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

Two dead after shots fired between LAPD officers and a gunman in North Hollywood

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

Feds charge suspect with gun crimes as Trump blames ‘rhetoric of Biden and Harris’

How a memorial to WWII sex slaves ignited a battle in Berlin

A bear crashed a picnic and swiped at a woman’s leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

Letters to the Editor: Dear Donald Trump: You’re right about us migrants. We’ll cut back on rapes and murders

2024 Emmy Awards: The complete list of winners

How a memorial to WWII sex slaves ignited a battle in Berlin

Michaela DePrince, resilient ballerina who worked with Beyoncé and Madonna, dies at 29

A flier promoting a homelessness ballot measure leaves out a key fact: It’s a tax increase

Green Day’s SoFi Stadium show proves it’s officially a classic rock band now

Michaela DePrince, resilient ballerina who worked with Beyoncé and Madonna, dies at 29

California firefighters’ union: Trump should ‘be ashamed’ over threat to withhold firefighting aid

2024 Emmy Awards: The complete list of winners

Feds charge suspect with gun crimes as Trump blames ‘rhetoric of Biden and Harris’

California firefighters’ union: Trump should ‘be ashamed’ over threat to withhold firefighting aid

Michaela DePrince, resilient ballerina who worked with Beyoncé and Madonna, dies at 29

2024 Emmy Awards: The complete list of winners

California firefighters’ union: Trump should ‘be ashamed’ over threat to withhold firefighting aid

Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

Letters to the Editor: Dear Donald Trump: You’re right about us migrants. We’ll cut back on rapes and murders

How this ultra fine-dining restaurant keeps thriving after 25 years in L.A.

Letters to the Editor: Dear Donald Trump: You’re right about us migrants. We’ll cut back on rapes and murders

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

A flier promoting a homelessness ballot measure leaves out a key fact: It’s a tax increase

A bear crashed a picnic and swiped at a woman’s leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make

Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

A bear crashed a picnic and swiped at a woman’s leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make

Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark

Column: Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout

How this ultra fine-dining restaurant keeps thriving after 25 years in L.A.

Michaela DePrince, resilient ballerina who worked with Beyoncé and Madonna, dies at 29

Suspect in killing of two people found dead in Long Beach, ending hours-long standoff

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Column: Trump talks tough on Russia now, but as president he bowed to Putin

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Endorsement: Adrin Nazarian for City Council District 2

Opinion: Authoritarianism and hatred are no match for a politics of love

Ojai, CA - June 10: Laura LaRue at home with her 16-month-old daughter Lasca on Monday, June 10, 2024 in Ojai, CA. Laura, 32, is a single-mom and former model raising her daughter in a former school bus. She went from living in a cabin on her mom's ranch to an off-grid trailer in Carpinteria, to a school bus with a newborn baby. During the pandemic, she started her natural tie dye business, Ride or Dye Ojai. "It's very chill and it's not that crazy at all," she says of the baby-proofed bus. "It's baby heaven." (Ryan Schude / For The Times)

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How a single mom turned a converted school bus into a dreamy live-work haven in Ojai

Tie-dye artist and former model Laura La Rue is raising her 16-month-old daughter in a former school bus. “I’m trying to be present for my daughter,” she says.

Californians Are Reading

Column: How can millions of voters still be undecided between Trump and Harris? Here are their reasons

Kevin de León and Ysabel Jurado trade insults in fight for Eastside city council seat

A second assassination attempt against former President Trump raises new questions

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Los Angeles, CA - June 05: Reies Flores, a career and technical education agriscience teacher walks through the gardens during an after school "Web Club" at Sotomayor Arts & Sciences Magnet in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Teachers Reies Flores and Arturo Romo run a campus-based farm and sustainable arts program rooted in climate knowledge. More than a decade in the making, the farm now has cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, fruit trees, native plants, flowers, vegetables, berries, etc. on a slice of land wedged between railroad tracks and the high school football field. There is farm-to-table cooking, composting, animal husbandry, greenhouse sciences, habitat restoration, and coordination with the cafeteria to reduce food waste across the campus. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Some L.A. teachers, tired of waiting, are creating their own climate curriculum

LOS ANGELES-CA-AUGUST 29, 2024: Students including Wyatt Gaines, right, water the green onion, basil and kale seedlings they planted in the garden at 24th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles on August 29, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

An oasis where kids learn to be climate literate amid trees, flower beds and herbs

Los Angeles, CA - June 05: Student Michelle Chan, 16, holds baby turkeys during an after school "Web Club" at Sotomayor Arts & Sciences Magnet in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Teachers Reies Flores and Arturo Romo run a campus-based farm and sustainable arts program rooted in climate knowledge. More than a decade in the making, the farm now has cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, fruit trees, native plants, flowers, vegetables, berries, etc. on a slice of land wedged between railroad tracks and the high school football field. There is farm-to-table cooking, composting, animal husbandry, greenhouse sciences, habitat restoration, and coordination with the cafeteria to reduce food waste across the campus. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Welcome to the farm where cows, pigs and sheep are part of the climate curriculum

Silver Lake, CA - June 04: Fifth grade teacher Brittany Jefferson teaches at her Jefferson Citizens of the World Charter School class on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Silver Lake, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Lessons in (fifth-grade) chemistry: Earth ‘has a fever’ from burning fossil fuels

LAWNDALE, CA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Eddie Cortes, a horticulture specialist and groundskeeper at ECHS, right, eats a freshly picked cumquat as students Jasmin Rodreiguez, left, and Julian Garcia, both 16, prepare to eat there's at the Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale on June 27, 2024. Cortes was talking about the high vitamin C content in the cumquat grown on campus. The high school is a sustainable campus with fruit trees, which the students have planted, chickens and a hyper-environmental curriculum. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

‘Social justice and equity are built into everything we teach’

El Segundo, CA - July 18: Science Desk Intern Noah Haggerty holds cards as he plays with other environmental reporters an environmental board game at Los Angeles Times Headquarters on Thursday, July 18, 2024 in El Segundo, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)

Try to save the planet from burning up in this board game

Los Angeles, CA - April 21: Edward Humes in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the Festival of Books in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

How can we save ourselves from drowning in garbage?

LOS ANGELES-CA-APRIL 19: Senior activist David Rosenstein, with Their Act, seated in a rocking chair attends a climate rally and march with Ann Bartz (2ndL) Jeff Olmstead (C) and Monica Sena at Los Angeles City Hall on Friday April 19, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/For The Times)

A key ally in the battle against climate change? People over 60

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Gen Z: Will they finally solve the plastic crisis?

A man walks at a second hand clothes dump site at the Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, on November 15, 2023. Kantamanto market is vast, spanning over 20 acres in the heart of Accra's business district, its stalls dominated by used clothing and shoes from the West and China. Its traders import a staggering 15 million garments a week, according to the OR Foundation environmental group. But roughly 40 percent of each bale ends up as waste, they say, dumped in landfills and often washed into the ocean, causing a public health crisis and harming the environment. Ghana became the world's largest importer of used clothing in 2021, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) data site, with garments worth $214 million shipped mostly from China, the United Kingdom and Canada. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP) (Photo by NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Can anything slow fast fashion down? Lawmakers are giving it a go

Los Angeles, CA - August 28: Stop motion shoot in the office for fast fashion at Los Angeles Times building on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)

The great paradox in retail: Great prices but bad-for-the-planet fast fashion

Women search for used clothes amid tons discarded in the Atacama desert, in Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile, on September 26, 2021. EcoFibra, Ecocitex and Sembra are circular economy projects that have textile waste as their raw material. The textile industry in Chile will be included in the law of Extended Responsibility of the Producer (REP), forcing clothes and textiles importers take charge of the waste they generate. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

The fast fashion mountain of shame is real

A phone shines a light on an illustrated globe covered in fires, storms, trash, and other climate disasters.

Climate disasters can elicit despair when they go viral. These activists found inspiration

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Scientists become a source of hope and information on TikTok, Instagram

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To fix climate anxiety (and also climate change), we first have to fix individualism

Nina Gomes recovers a discarded plastic bag from ocean waters, near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 19, 2024. The seven-year-old Brazilian environmental activist has spent years collecting garbage in the waters of Copacabana beach and teaching conservation methods to other children. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

‘It’s almost shameful to want to have children’

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Feeling climate anxiety? These books offer glimmers of hope — and much-needed wisdom

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Comic: Emerging from environmental dissociation

Brentwood, CA, Sunday, April 14, 2024 - Josiah Edwards leads a group Sunrise Movement protesters near VP Harris' Brentwood home calling on her to urge President Biden to declare a climate emergency. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Climate warriors fighting some of the ‘greatest crises humanity has ever seen’

TOPSHOT - This image grab taken from AFPTV footage shows two environmental activists from the collective dubbed "Riposte Alimentaire" (Food Retaliation) hurling soup at Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" (La Joconde) painting, at the Louvre museum in Paris, on January 28, 2024. Two protesters on January 28, 2024 hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in Paris, demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food", an AFP journalist said. It is the latest attack on the masterpiece in the French capital's Louvre museum, after someone threw a custard pie at it in May 2022, but it's thick glass casing ensured it came to no harm. (Photo by David CANTINIAUX / AFPTV / AFP) (Photo by DAVID CANTINIAUX/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

Protest is everywhere. But climate activists have the monopoly on art — for now

Will we be living in a fiery landscape with sizzling sidewalks, or will our penchant for innovation be our salvation?

Hotter, drier and all-around different: How climate change will alter your life in L.A.

A worker applies paint to a section of a decommissioned wind turbine blade at the Canvus manufacturing facility in Avon, Ohio, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. To keep turbine blades from piling up in landfills, startups like Canvus are turning them into new products and free marketing for wind power. Photographer: Brian Kaiser/Bloomberg via Getty Images

How to navigate the green economy: Here are four success stories

Los Angeles, CA - April 29: Avroh, Maya and Maryam, left to right, are three young plaintiffs who have sued the EPA, and poses for a portrait near the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California where a hearing for the lawsuit took place on Monday, April 29, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

For these California kids, the fight against climate change is personal

SOUTH PASADENA-CA-JULY 16, 2024: Fabienne Hadorn, co-founder of Arroyo Nature School, an outdoor-based program for preschool-aged kids, left, reads to the children in South Pasadena on July 16, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Children are stuck inside, glued to screens. Are ‘forest schools’ the antidote?

Election 2024

Goldberg: The rhetoric of Harris and Biden isn’t what’s sparking political violence. Here’s why

A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key U.S. House races. It could help Democrats

Betting on elections threatens confidence in voting and should be banned, U.S. agency says

George Gascón and Nathan Hochman set to debate in final stretch of L.A. County D.A. race

California Living

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Latinx Files: Why I’m taking a break from the Mexican men’s national soccer team

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Letters to the Editor: This satirical letter on the Harris-Trump debate was one for the ages

Inside California’s brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profits

Compton business owners say they lost thousands of dollars when Kendrick Lamar shot the ‘Not Like Us’ video in his hometown

Shaikin: Baseball teams are abandoning cities across California. How some are fighting back

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Where to find the most irresistible mooncakes in L.A. this season

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: A tlayuda filled with chorizo, with a side of blood sausage seasoned with mint grown in the garden, at Poncho's Tlayudas on Friday, September 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Shelby Moore / For The Times)

For Subscribers

13 excellent Latin American restaurants from the 101 Best Restaurants guide

LOS ANGELES-CA-OCTOBER 27, 2020: Sara's Market in Los Angeles is photographed on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Where to find the most exciting food pop-ups in L.A.

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This under-the-radar city is the hiking trails capital of California

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Fireworks flare into the night sky as the Trojan marching band plays the National Anthem at the LA Memorial Coliseum

Want to attend a Big Ten football game? Here’s a guide to all 18 stadiums

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12 must-try dishes that celebrate L.A.’s vibrant Salvadoran food scene

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The best places to eat and drink in L.A. this month, according to our food writers

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The busy person’s guide to PST ‘Art & Science Collide’ exhibitions

With a rotating roster of chefs, the menu at Asi Asi Project's supper clubs is always fun and exciting.

9 L.A. supper clubs serving up unique, connection-driven dining experiences

Weekend brunch spread at Joyce restaurant in Downtown L.A.

8 L.A. restaurants for a delicious Southern-style brunch

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9 under-the-radar things to do in Avalon, the iconic Catalina Island town

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Column: By MacArthur Park, the lights are out and residents are tired of empty promises

Immigrants, kittens and a clear debate winner

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 15: Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw holds a photograph of the rifle and other items found near where a suspect was discovered during a press conference regarding an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on September 15, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The FBI and U.S. Secret Service, along with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office, are investigating the incident, which the FBI said "appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump' while he was golfing at Trump International Golf Club. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A second assassination attempt against former President Trump raises new questions

While former President Trump played at his Florida golf course, a gunman opened fire

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Who is Ryan Routh? What to know about the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt

Two people died in North Long Beach on Monday morning, leading to an apparent standoff between Long Beach SWAT officers and a suspected gunman. The series of events began at 11:15 a.m., when Long Beach police responded to a reported shooting on the 300 block of East 63rd Street.

Suspect in killing of two people found dead in Long Beach, ending hours-long standoff

Arthur "Emmet" Stephenson Jr. and his daughter Tessa Stephenson Brand donate $150 million to fund pancreatic cancer research. Credit: City of Hope.

‘Grief into action.’ Philanthropists give historic $150 million donation to City of Hope for pancreatic cancer research

Labor advocates sue Metro over $730-million contract to build subway cars. Will it hurt Olympic planning?

The 5 biggest ‘Gilmore Girls’ revelations from Kelly Bishop’s memoir

Eric Roberts has no use for fame anymore. He just wants to work

California enacts law reviving a Jewish family’s claim to Nazi-looted art, bucking 9th Circuit

Column: Gov. Newsom’s got good climate bills on his desk. Will he sign them?

The Sports Report: Dodgers shut down Braves to split series

Galaxy’s turnaround season reflected in Tráfico turnaround win over LAFC

Review: Artist Olafur Eliasson’s thrilling new L.A. show whips up magic to pry open perception

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Feds charge suspect with gun crimes as Trump blames ‘rhetoric of Biden and Harris’

Column: How can millions of voters still be undecided between Trump and Harris? Here are their reasons

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help

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File - In this Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 file photo, a statue commemorating so-called 'comfort women', an euphemism given by Japan to the women and girls enslaved for sex by the Japanese army during World War II, is displayed at a residential area in central Berlin, Germany. This week, Berlin's Mitte district assembly approved a motion urging the local government to let the statue stand and find a solution for its long-term exhibition. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

How a memorial to WWII sex slaves ignited a battle in Berlin

Similar fights over memorials to the ‘comfort women’ have played out elsewhere, including Southern California. But the dispute has special resonance in Germany.

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Climate California

Los Angeles, CA - August 24: Cimate Change Activist/Essayist Alyssa Jaipersaud poses for a portrait at Exposition Park Rose Garden on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)

My town became environmentally conscious and so did I

With the environment constantly changing due to global warming, future generations will have a chance only if the current population takes sustainable actions.

El Monte, CA - August 27: Michael Isaac Yabara, a young climate change activist, stands for portraits at Whitter Narrows on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 in El Monte, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

‘Pick up a rake, get dirty, and then you’ll be protecting the land’

LONG BEACH, CA - JULY 31, 2024 - Diana Michaelson, 19, across the way from the Queen Mary in Long Beach on July 31, 2024. Michaelson was a 16-year-old junior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, now attending Cornell University, who has been worried about climate change. That's when she learned her hometown of Long Beach would be facing serious sea level rise by the time she's 25. "We have to act now. We Can't wait for future generations," said Michaelson. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Meet the Long Beach student who fought for green schools — and won

Our crisis, their future

Demanding to be heard

Sophia Perez a seventh-grader at Mark Twain Middle School stands for a portrait in Los Angeles, CA.

Plastic is what’s forming our future, and it’s killing us

Entertainment & Arts

Los Angeles, CA - July 13: Pepe Aguilar performs in Jaripeo Hasta Los Huesos Tour 2024 at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Ringo Chiu / For Los Angeles Times en Espanol)

Pepe Aguilar on life’s cosmic lessons and the new sound he’s rocking

In a career often rooted in reinvention, the Grammy-winning Pepe Aguilar talks about challenging life lessons, career moves and the project he owed himself.

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 15, 2024 - Eugene Levy and Dan Levy during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on Sunday, September 15, 2024 (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

76th Emmy Awards ratings surge to 6.87 million viewers, best since 2021

Malibu, CA - August 15: A portrait photo shoot of Kathy Griffin at her home in Malibu. on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 in Malibu, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Kathy Griffin’s voice in comedy won’t be silenced by Trump trauma, ageism or destroyed vocal cords

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Jane’s Addiction cancels reunion tour after spate of apologies about onstage fight

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Tito Jackson, original member of the Jackson 5, dies at 70

Sports

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws in the first inning of a baseball game.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto bends but doesn’t break as Dodgers split series versus Braves

Yoshinobu Yamamoto finds a way to get out of multiple jams and Freddie Freeman hits a three-run home run to lead the Dodgers to a 9-0 win over the Braves.

Madden family and friends gather in front of a 106' x 18.9' LED screen at their Goal Line Studios in Pleasanton, California.

John Madden is gone but his family is keeping his NFL gameday legacy alive

Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) hangs his head in Arizona before a game against the Cardinals.

Rams’ Cooper Kupp, John Johnson III, Jonah Jackson out for ‘extended periods’

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert answers questions after a victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh won’t speculate on Justin Herbert’s ‘rolled up’ injury

Pasadena, CA - September 14: UCLA head coach DeShaun Foster walks off the field.

Pain, eventual gain? DeShaun Foster wants UCLA to use horrid loss as motivation

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Orange County, California September 10, 2024- A house burns from the Airport Fire in El Cariso Village along Ortega Highway Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Photos: Fires ravaging California after heat wave

SAN CLEMENTE, CA SEPT. 6, 2024 - Hawaiii's John John Florence is carried off the sand after beating Brazilian Italo Ferreira during the Lexus WSL Finals at Lower Trestles in San Clemente on September 6, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

John John Florence and Caitlin Simmers crowned as surfing’s world champions in Lexus WSL Finals

Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday, September 1, 2024 - USC Trojans defensive end Lorenzo Cowan (37) makes a confetti angel on the field after a 27-20 win over the LSU Tigers in the Modelo Vegas Kickoff Classic at Allegiant Stadium. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Photos: USC opens season with thrilling victory over LSU in Las Vegas

PARIS, FRANCE July 28, 2024-USA battles for gold and silver medals in the epee at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France Sunday(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics

A capacity crowd cheers the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris at the conclusion of the DNC.

Photos: DNC underway in Chicago with an energized Harris-Walz ticket

Is ‘The Bear’ a comedy? We ask the stars at the 2024 Emmy Awards

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in season 1 of "The Bear."

A firefighter stands near debris along a business street in the aftermath of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai, China, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Strongest typhoon since 1949 hits Shanghai, knocks out power to homes

The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 has flooded roads with water and broken tree branches and knocked out power to some homes.

A view of the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Central Europe flooding leaves 14 dead in Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria

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