BY KELVIN CHAN | AP Business Writer LONDON — Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are taking part in a 24-hour…
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Is there a legal basis for reparations? Ask the lawyer
Q: With all the protests about social injustice in our country now, one argument being made is that reparations should be paid for slavery. Is…
Port of LA sees cargo surge in August as holidays approach
The Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 14, reported that August saw its strongest monthly cargo volumes of all time, echoing similarly encouraging stats…
Placentia to get 26 new townhomes on Golden Avenue
Placentia will get 26 more townhomes following the sale of the land that will hold the new Villena community. Brandywine Homes paid $3.5 million for…
Coronavirus state tracker: 61 new deaths, hospitalizations decrease by 76 in California on Sept. 14
According to the California COVID-19 statewide update between Saturday and Sunday, there were 11 fewer patients needing to be in intensive care units. Of the…
Louisville to pay millions to Breonna Taylor’s family as lawsuit is settled
By DYLAN LOVAN | Associated Press The city of Louisville will pay millions to the mother of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part…
Trump blames California — again — for fires, blames Democrats for protests and street violence
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump reiterated Tuesday that California is responsible for its raging fires. He said in the course of a wide-ranging 47-minute…
Faster transition to electric vehicles needed, Lung Association says
Even before the current outbreak of wildfires, the greater Los Angeles area perennially experienced the worst air pollution in the nation. The sprawling, automobile-centric region…
A tale of two Southern California nursing homes in the era of coronavirus
Administrator Hrag Bekerian felt confident, he said, that they were taking the right precautions at Gem Transitional Care Center before the coronavirus struck. The four-star-rated nursing home…
Santa Anita to postpone opening day of fall season because of air quality
Santa Anita will delay the opening of its fall horse racing season because of poor air quality from the Bobcat Fire. Originally scheduled for a…
Trial begins for man accused of stabbing to death an Irvine dentist
Trial began Monday for a man accused of stabbing to death his wife’s ex-lover, an Irvine dentist, after trying to run him down with a…
Coronavirus: Number of patients in ICUs at lowest level in five months in Orange County on Sept. 14
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 44 new cases of the coronavirus as of Monday, Sept. 14, increasing the cumulative total to 50,974 cases.…
Home sellers’ asking prices jump 34% in California
Listing prices in California have risen 34% since January as inventory shriveled amid the pandemic. Zillow says the statewide median listing price for all types…
5 things to know about changes to police use-of-force investigations in Riverside County
In an effort to avoid any conflicts of interest, Riverside County law enforcement agencies are no longer investigating serious use-of-force incidents by their own officers.…
Eviction filings by big landlords surged after Trump issued ban
By Patrick Clark and Prashant Gopal | Bloomberg Big landlords increased the number of eviction cases they filed after President Donald Trump announced his recent…