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Earthquake swarms keep rattling the Bay Area. What’s going on?

Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and raising fears that more seismic events may be on the horizon. The…

L.A.’s scouting troops work to restore their fire-stricken camp

Elliot Copen, 17, was worried the Scouting America camp he had visited dozens of times in an undeveloped canyon of the Santa Monica Mountains would feel empty. The Palisades fire…

43 hours on Amtrak’s train ride from L.A. to Chicago

We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out. “All right, folks,” said…

I called it a piece of junk. But it was a Frank Gehry L.A. masterpiece

The early 1980s Los Angeles of my childhood always felt like a place where you could brush against greatness and not even recognize it. Take the strange, faceless building at…

Tuning fork facial: A new ‘holistic’ and (expensive) beauty trend

I genuinely love a good facial — the ritual of it, the permission to lie still for 90 minutes, the way my skin looks afterward. I’m the person who books…

Stubborn clouds over Central California may bring record-cool December

Across much of Central California, a cluster of stubborn clouds has lingered for more than two weeks, bringing periods of intense fog and unseasonably low temperatures — and officials say…

ICE raids translate to bullying, missing class, academic struggles

High school principals across California and nationwide say raids by Immigration, Customs and Enforcement have provoked a “climate of distress” among immigrant students who have been bullied on campus and…

Trump says ’60 Minutes’ is ‘no better’ under new ownership following Marjorie Taylor Greene interview

“60 Minutes” is back in President Trump’s crosshairs. Trump went after the prestigious CBS News program following an interview Sunday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), his once ardent ally…

Sick City Records tries to ‘keep the music alive’ as potential closure looms

Just a few storefronts away from the now-vacant Button Mash, Sick City Records is on the brink of sharing the same fate. For nearly 20 years, therecord shop has offered…

Snubbed by CFP, Notre Dame AD says ACC relationship is damaged

One day removed from learning that Notre Dame had been left out of the College Football Playoff’s 12-team field, Fighting Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua was still fuming. In addition…