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Orange County Pride is bringing its annual festival and parade back to downtown Santa Ana.

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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Tuesday, Sept. 22, the grand opening day.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta arrives at the Ronald V.

An automated National Weather Service weather station collects data on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Montara, California, on April 5, 2016.

A pedestrian walks past the front of Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Imam Honest Qashidi outside the Masjid At-Thohir mosque in Pico Union.

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A block of Equinix data centers sit across the street from a Prime data center on Great Oaks Blvd. in South San Jose on Aug. 31, 2026.

Students walk on the campus of Fresno City College(Ashleigh Panoo / EdSource) Gov.

Pasadena Humane's popular "poorly drawn pets" fundraiser returns after exceeding expectations last year.

Joaquin Angeles and Aurora Flores pose for a portrait outside their home in East Los Angeles on Aug. 27, 2026.

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An American Eagle plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in October 2025.

From left, gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton during The Western Growers California Gubernatorial Candidate Forum at Fresno State in Fresno on April 1, 2026.

Students rally in support of undocumented students, urging University of California leaders to remove hiring restrictions for them, in front of Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles on May 17, 2023.

David Ellison Paramount Skydance speaks on stage during New York Upfront Partnership Event 2026 at Storied NYC on April 22, 2026, in New York City.

Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on February 20, 2025.

A protester walks past graffiti tagged on a wall across the street from the Metropolitan Detention Center in April.

Hunter Noack takes in the view at Summer Lake, Oregon, ahead of an In a Landscape performance.

A bicyclist makes his way through the Studebaker Road and Spring Street construction zone in Long Beach on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.

Waterfront houses are collapsing because of erosion.

From left: Ivan Cruz, Tony Zuniga, Maira Solis, Luis Morales and Ivan Peña of Mariachi Tierra Mia Two loves of Mexican American culture in L.A. are coming together in a show called “Mariachi Meets The Smiths” at The Ford.

Guadalupe Rosales, center, was part of the L.A. party crew scene in the mid-1990s.

Darin Brawley(Courtesy of Darin Brawley) Compton Unified Superintendent Darin Brawley has won a national education prize recognizing his leadership in improving student achievement in the district.

A group of frogs piles on top of one another in a tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, where they are being raised before being released into the local mountains, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026.

Makeshift tents line 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles.

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Workers continue to clear out the Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights.

Faculty and students say UC schools don't have a consistent approach to AI use.

The Darkroom burger, dry-aged beef, and swimming in a light au poivre bath.

Police and LA Metro investigate the scene of a crash between an SUV and an LA Metro Bus that left two people dead on Tuesday in Chatsworth.

Exterior of Chino Valley Unified School District building(Chino Valley Unified / Facebook ) A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge on Tuesday rejected Chino Valley Unified School District’s request to dissolve an injunction blocking its policy requi…

Shaking from Thursday's quake was felt in Compton, Downey and Long Beach.

Dodgers' outfielder Kyle Tucker celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning against the Cincinnati Reds on Sept. 17, 2026.

Members of California's HOPE team participated in a resource fair at the state capital during Foster Care Awareness Month in May, when the program was launched.

Pat Abatemarco, a child marriage survivor, speaks during a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 22, 2023.

Screenshots from body worn video taken during an by federal immigration agents on Oct. 21.

The mural will be painted at the Pasadena Job Center, which has connected day laborers to employers for decades.

Scores of minibikes were impounded by the Los Angeles Police Department during an enforcement operation on the 6th Street Bridge Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026.

A man reacts to the camera while driving past a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, and a missile at the Islamic Revolution square in downto…

An immigration agent arrests a worker at the Hand J car wash in Los Angeles during a raid in August 2025.

Exterior view of the United States Court House building located at 312 North Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, May 2022.

The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena is in a legal tug of war.

Police and LA Metro investigate the scene of a crash between an SUV and a LA Metro Bus that left three people dead on Tuesday in Chatsworth.

Federal prosecutor Bill Essayli, seen last month, said Wednesday that when it came to homelessness spending in L.A., "nobody was minding the shop."

Mellody Hobson and George Lucas speak onstage during the preview of the now-open Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Sept. 03, 2026.

Ian Choudri, CEO of California High Speed Rail, speaks during a press conference on the high-speed rail project at the Wasco Rail Yard facility in Wasco on Feb. 3, 2026.

Santa Ana city employees are prohibited from getting outside employment that involves federal immigration enforcement activities.

Healthcare workers and other supporters with the Billionaire Tax Now coalition hold placards during a media briefing in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.