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A memorial for Jackie at Fawnskin Freedom Park is overflowing with flowers, tributes and notes for the late eagle on Friday, Oct 2.

Gompers Elementary School in Lakewood.

George Van Tassel with an architectural model of Integratron he said was inspired by guidance from beings from Venus, now housed at the Huntington.

For more than 20 years, California has levied taxes on health insurers to help fund Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance program for low-income people.

A student makes their way to Wheeler Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, on Feb.19, 2026.

Planada Elementary School, built in 1955 below flood level, damaged by heavy rains and a levee break on Jan. 6, 2023.

Head Start providers say the changes could hurt the quality of of the program, which currently provides wraparound services to low-income children and their families.

The Eaton and Palisades fires are among the most destructive in California history.

Marielle Abaunza, left, executive vice president of business development at Signature Post in Burbank and Monica Levinson, a longtime Hollywood producer, in one of the facility's mix stages.

A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to temporarily pause the order to construct more than 2,500 new housing units on the Veterans Affairs campus in West L.A.

The Choices application window for the 2027-28 school year is open now through Nov. 6, 2026.

The University of California, Los Angeles (Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images) The Justice Department found Thursday that the law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, illegally considered race in admissions.

Lino de Jesús Pérez Cuevas, who is now a lawful permanent resident, reflected on his immigration journey with artist Hedy Torres.

Forecasters say this might be the longest heat wave of the season, stretching until the second week of October.

Speed cameras such as this one will be installed at 125 locations throughout the city.

A cord connected to solar panels plugs into an outlet in Agnes Chan’s backyard in Berkeley, California, on Aug. 23, 2026.

A fruit and vegetable market.

A draft version of the IRS 1040 tax form for 2026 is photographed Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.

People cheer during a performance by Tom Morello at a campaign event for a proposed "billionaires tax," in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2026.

From left, gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, during CNN’s California Gubernatorial Debate at CNN’s studio in Burbank on Sept. 30, 2026.

Griffin Colapinto, an Olympic surfer and San Clemente native, signs autographs after his event at the World Surf League's 2026 Lexus Trestles Pro competition in September.

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Construction of a ramp for California's high-speed rail project in Fresno on Sept. 12, 2025(Larry Valenzuela / CalMatters/CatchLight Local) California’s High-Speed Rail Authority failed this year to push through most of the state legislation it deemed nec…

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One big Olympics expense for the city so far has been $13 million for LAPD vehicles.

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Matt Szabo (L), the City Administrative Officer who negotiated the agreement with LA28 alongside the city's Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso (R), speak at an L.A.

Eligible public-schools students can claim up to $1500 in an investment account to use for college.

LAPD has asked the city to finance 300 new police vehicles for 2028.

A quesataco with mushrooms braised in salsa verde, top, alongside a birria mulita, left, and a pollo asado taco, bottom.

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The Los Angeles Times newspaper headquarters in El Segundo, California on January 18, 2024.

The main gate to Paramount Studios is seen on Melrose Avenue, July 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

A City Council meeting in Inglewood on February 10, 2026.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (left) and L.A.

An aerial view of the Caltech campus “40 hours, $2M+ AI credits, solve an open problem.”

A Metrolink train is seen at Union Station.

An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 26, 2024.

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An aerial view of a truck driving through trash at Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic on Feb. 22, 2024.

Mayor Karen Bass on June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles(Eric Thayer / Associated Press) How LAPD responds when someone is experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis is getting a closer look.

A detention officer waits outside the main entrance of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego on Feb. 20, 2026.

This aerial view shows the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.

Migrants deported from the U.S. get off an airliner at the runway of the Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela, Costa Rica, in April 2026.

A logo on a booth for CNN is seen in the press area at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, in Washington.

Police examine an e-bike at the Orange County District Attorney's buyback event on Sept. 13, 2026 at Angel Stadium.

Fremont teachers union President Victoria Chon and Jervon Graves, a California Teachers Association staff member, go over the route for canvassing in Fremont Unified.

This image from video provided by explore.org shows a brown bear known as “Backpack,” officially named Bear 89, wading through Brooks River on Sept. 8, 2026, in the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

People walk by the San Diego Superior Court in San Diego on Nov. 17, 2025.