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July 26, 2020 at 9:57 am

A face mask is part of the ‘scamdemic,’ they say. But they’ll be happy to sell you one

AMARILLO, Texas — Don Caple won’t wear a mask. He doesn’t think they actually stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, and he’s pretty sure...

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SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA–MAY 1, 2020– Over 1,500 people attending a rally at the capitol in Sacramento asking for the civil liberties and the opening of the economy, closed due to the coronavirus. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

May 8, 2020 at 5:53 am

At protests, mostly white crowds show how pandemic has widened racial and political divisions

The protesters have been almost entirely white — even in California, a state that mostly is not. The protests also have, for many, highlighted racial...

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September 18, 2019 at 12:23 pm

Prosecutors: Democratic donor Ed Buck used ‘position of power’ to drug and manipulate men

The wealthy gay-rights activist was arrested and charged this week with operating a drug house, with prosecutors calling him a violent sexual predator who preys...

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n this photo provided by the Ventura County Fire Department, VCFD firefighters respond to a boat fire off the coast of southern California, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard said it has launched several boats to help over two dozen people “in distress” off the coast of southern California. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department)

September 2, 2019 at 3:09 pm

‘I can’t breathe! There’s no escape hatch’: Dramatic mayday call from California boat on fire

LOS ANGELES - In an SOS call alerting authorities to the fire aboard a boat in the Channel Islands off Ventura County early Monday, the...

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January 19, 2019 at 5:11 pm

Drug-linked deaths of two young black men put spotlight on L.A. political gadfly

In-your-face activist Ed Buck is generating notoriety of a different kind after the deaths of two men in his West Hollywood apartment.

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September 4, 2014 at 12:04 pm

Web sitcom strikes a chord in gay ‘bear’ subculture

There’s a bear on the bed: 280 pounds. Covered in hair. Fast asleep. He’s startled awake. There’s a young man in the room, a good-looking...

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August 1, 2013 at 12:00 am

West Hollywood bars boycott vodka over Russian anti-gay laws

LOS ANGELES — West Hollywood may be home to a thriving Russian community, but at least one import is no longer welcome at the city’s...

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January 17, 2012 at 9:18 pm

Prosecutors: Slayings suspect stalked victims

Orange County prosecutors say a former Marine would select the homeless men and then hunt them down, waiting for the perfect moment to end their...

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August 25, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Extreme weather: ‘the new normal’

Federal climate scientists say 2011 has been one of the worst in U.S. history for extreme weather. With punishing blizzards, epic flooding, devastating drought and...

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