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This L.A. company was hit with state's largest-ever COVID-19 fine. Some say it's a model for worker safety September 25, 2020

Overhill Farms formed a coronavirus safety committee with its workers and union after the state opened an inspection into coronavirus health violations.

Leila Miller

Column One: Discovering the life story of Dr. Good, who survived the Nazis September 25, 2020

As he and his father hid from the Germans in a Polish forest, the boy who would become a kindly suburban Southern California doctor vowed to study medicine.

Kevin Baxter

Op-Ed: California's burning; Americans are dying. I'm safe in Finland. Why would I ever go home? September 25, 2020

I'm a Northern Californian but I find myself inching toward a status I never dreamed of: expat.

David Kirp

Vehicle plows through Breonna Taylor protesters in Hollywood, hitting at least one person September 25, 2020

A truck drove through a group of protesters in Hollywood on Thursday night, striking and running over at least one person as it sped through the crowd, footage shows.

Matthew Ormseth, James Queally

App-based food delivery companies must work with restaurants under new California law September 25, 2020

Companies like DoorDash, Grub Hub, Postmates and Uber Eats must sign formal agreements with local restaurants before advertising food delivery to customers.

John Myers

L.A. Metro cuts budget by $1.2 billion, locking in steep reductions to bus, rail service September 25, 2020

With ridership and sales tax revenues plummeting, L.A.'s transit agency extends 20% cut in bus and rail service for nearly a year.

Laura J. Nelson

Parents sue LAUSD, blasting its online learning as an 'educational crisis' September 25, 2020

Los Angeles parents filed a class action lawsuit against Los Angeles Unified, saying the district is failing to provide students with their constitutional right to an education during distance learning.

Paloma Esquivel

LAPD officer rearrested on new felony charge after allegedly stealing cash at pot grow September 25, 2020

An LAPD officer was arrested for a second time — this time on a felony count — in connection to an incident in which he is accused of stealing cash from the backpack of a pot-grow employee.

Kevin Rector

Los Angeles D.A. will not prosecute KPCC reporter arrested after shooting of sheriff's deputies September 24, 2020

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute KPCC reporter Josie Huang, who was accused of interfering with an arrest outside a hospital the night two deputies were shot and seriously wounded.

James Queally

California's largest-ever fire threatens cannabis farms worth millions. Many won't evacuate September 24, 2020

Authorities want communities to evacuate from the approaching August Complex fire, but some weed growers are staying put, with lucrative buds close to harvest time.

Anita Chabria

Video shows O.C. sheriff's deputies fatally shooting Black man, sparking protests September 24, 2020

A Black man was fatally shot by Orange County sheriff's deputies in a videoed confrontation. One deputy yelled, "He's got my gun."

Richard Winton

UC Regent Richard Blum wrote 'inappropriate letter of support' to get student into Berkeley September 24, 2020

University of California Regent Richard Blum, a wealthy donor to UC Berkeley, wrote an "inappropriate letter of support" to help a student get into the university, according to the California State Auditor's office. UC officials are reviewing the case, which was discovered during an audit of the UC system's admission's process.

Teresa Watanabe

L.A. County D.A. hands off review of fatal LAPD shooting involving daughter of top police union official September 24, 2020

D.A. Jackie Lacey has handed off an investigation tied to an LAPD officer whose father is a powerful police union figure. The union has donated to Lacey's reelection campaign.

James Queally

Samuel Magaña, Mexican immigrant who rose to become L.A.'s tortilla mogul, dies at 88 September 24, 2020

Samuel Magaña immigrated to the U.S. by himself at 14. He eventually founded Diana's Mexican Food Products with his wife. On Monday, he died at 88.

Gustavo Arellano

Mountain lion found dead, apparently struck by traffic on 101 Freeway in Calabasas September 24, 2020

CHP officers said the body of a mountain lion found Wednesday morning on the 101 Freeway in Calabasas appeared to have been struck by a vehicle.

Luke Money

'Gimme Shelter': How wildfires ravaging California make its housing crisis harder to solve September 24, 2020

Massive wildfires are more frequent and more ferocious in California, and the risks are making it more difficult to solve the state's housing shortage.

Liam Dillon

'If you think it's bad now, just wait': California faces new fire threats, further straining resources September 24, 2020

A new heat wave is building in California, bringing dangerous fire weather to parts of the already fire-scarred state. And fire season is just beginning.

Luke Money, Anita Chabria, Faith E. Pinho

Recent rise in COVID-19 cases threatens to slow L.A. reopening, mayor says September 24, 2020

L.A. County can only enter a new tier on the state's color-coded reopening blueprint if the positivity rate and number of COVID-19 cases remain low.

Dakota Smith, Colleen Shalby

Spread of the Bobcat fire slows dramatically as some residents return home September 24, 2020

The Bobcat fire has burned 113,000 acres and destroyed nearly 50 structures, but officials say it will be contained by Sept. 30, a month earlier than projected.

Hayley Smith

Magnitude 3.1 earthquake strikes near Healdsburg, Calif. September 24, 2020

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 10 miles from Healdsburg, Calif., on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.