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Justice Department to investigate UC Berkeley after protestors clash outside Turning Point USA campus event

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it would investigate security at the liberal bastion campus of UC Berkeley after multiple people were taken into custody Monday evening after clashes erupted…

Sally Kirkland dead: Oscar nominee and Globe winner was 84

Sally Kirkland, a prolific Golden Globe-winning star of stage and screen who was also nominated for an Academy Award, has died. The actor died early Tuesday morning in Palm Springs,…

Husband finds his wife’s body on their property a week after she vanished

More than a week after she was reported missing, a husband in Twentynine Palms has found his wife’s body on the couple’s property, San Bernardion County Sheriff’s Department officials said.…

Meet the ‘vato skateboarders’ from ‘One Battle After Another’

“It’s f— World War III out there,” says Gilberto Martinez Jr. as he skateboards while holding on to a car partway through Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed crime drama “One Battle…

LAFD knew of firefighter complaints about Lachman mop-up and said nothing

For months, as victims pleaded for information, the Los Angeles Fire Department kept secret that its firefighters were ordered to stop mop-up operations on a small brushfire that continued to…

Fast-moving atmospheric river storm, capable of heavy rain, rolling toward California

A fast-moving atmospheric river is heading toward California this week and could pack a punch, with the possibility of periods of heavy rain, and a risk of flooding and debris…

Hollywood Bowl names stage after legendary composer John Williams

For generations of Angelenos, summer at the Hollywood Bowl meant John Williams on the podium, lightsabers glowing in the crowd as he led the Los Angeles Philharmonic through “Star Wars,”…

Tigers, a serval and a tortoise: Moorpark College’s Teaching Zoo trains students for animal careers

The serval did not want to go into her crate. The spotted cat’s name was Naomi, she had just been weighed, and now it was time to do as she…

Contributor: Trump’s idea to rename Veterans Day fizzled for good reason

Amid the daily cacophony of crises and cruelty, the renaming continues. Perhaps you’ve noticed? As soon as he stepped back into the Oval Office, the president renamed the Gulf of…

Leases for VA land are millions of dollars under market value, Trump administration says

UCLA, the private Brentwood School and a parking company are collectively paying only about $2.3 million annually to lease land with a market value of more than $48 million on…