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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 20, 2026: A homeless woman sits with her belongings at a bus stop downtown on January 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Volunteers are fanning out across metro Los Angeles to begin the annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The tally provides a point-in-time snapshot of the homeless.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Copper theft, flooding and empty beds plague L.A. homeless housing, report finds

A new report on L.A.’s homeless services system finds fractured and inefficient data systems, and adds detail on other problems such as water damage, elevator outages and copper theft.

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Newsom signs bills providing environmental exemptions for San Diego stadium project

GRASS VALLEY, CA SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 Rep. Carl DeMaio speaks to attendees during his 'Beer, BBQ & Ballots' political event for Prop 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. (Fred Greaves / For The Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 Najee Ali, left, hugs Grandmother, Laura Lacey, while she visits the memorial of her granddaughter. An investigation is underway into the death of a six-month-old baby girl that was found in a dumpster in South Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2026,, across the street from Holmes Avenue Elementary School. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

Mother charged with murder in death of 4-month-old baby found in South L.A. dumpster

Nicole Linton appears in Los Angeles Superior Court for arraignment on murder charges stemming from a traffic accident, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Los Angeles. Linton, suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people and an 8 1/2-month-old fetus near Los Angeles, has been charged with murder, as well as vehicular manslaughter, and is being held on $9 million bail. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail.com via AP, Pool)

Tragic accident or murder? Jury to decide fate of L.A. nurse in high-speed wreck that left six dead

Los Angeles - Jan. 30, 2026: Protesters confront federal agents outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles during an "ICE Out" rally, part of nationwide demonstrations sparked by outrage over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good at the hands of federal immigration agents in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. Some demonstrators clashed with agents outside the federal facility before officers deployed pepper spray, and the LAPD declared a citywide tactical alert as tensions grew. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Newsom vetoes bills to block federal immigration agents from state employment

Using Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, detectives identified the vehicle involved and an associated address in the City of Anaheim. This morning, SAPD detectives arrested 75-year-old Hahn Nguyen, who admitted to owning and abandoning her 9-month-old pit bull, “Blackey.” Detectives also located the vehicle parked inside her garage. Nguyen was booked at the Santa Ana Jail for Penal Code 597(a)-Animal Cruelty and 597s(a)-Animal Abandonment.

Woman accused of intentionally killing puppy on Santa Ana street is arrested

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 14: Passerbys walks past Royce Hall at University of California Campus on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

UC asks judge to dismiss DOJ antisemitism suit, calling it ‘political coercion’

Trial begins for ‘Scrubs’ executive producer facing more than 20 sex assault charges

AI image of deadly snake sent Santa Ana into panic. It’s a new hoax headache for police

Man who ambushed and killed newly engaged L.A. County deputy will spend life in prison

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 8, 2026 - - Amber Willard adjusts an umbrella that gives her dog Athena shade while the pair live homeless in Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on July 8, 2026. Members of Starts With One Today gave Willard water and dog food for Athena. Victoriah Bech Parker, founder of Starts With One Today, her husband Jonathan Parker, co-founder of the organization and trainer Kim Dabagian were the team handing out food and water. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles, CA, Thursday, October 3, 2024 - LA County Sheriff's Men's Central Jail.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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South Gate, CA, United States - May 24, 2026: Firefighters battle an industrial fire in on Sunday, May 24, 2026 in South Gate, CA. (Second Sentence Here) (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA., November 5, 1942: Peggy Satterlee, left, actor Errol Flynn, center, with his attorney Robert E. Ford, right, at a preliminary hearing in a crowded Los Angeles courtroom on Nov. 5, 1942. 16-year-old Peggy Satterlee, charged that Flynn raped her on two consecutive nights on his yacht. (George R. Watson / Los Angeles Times)
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20030209 (LA/B5,SF/B5) –– DEVASTATION: The St. Francis Dam after it collapsed and sent a 10–story wall of water through San Francisquito Canyon. 20030209 (VN/B3) –– AFTER: The dam after it collapsed in 1928, sending a 10–foot wall of water roaring through San Francisquito Canyon. 00–10–14(Valley) –– (2 Photos) The St. Francis Dam, above left, was completed in 1926 and held water brought south in the L.A. Aqueduct. Above right, the dam shortly after it collapsed in 1928, killing more than 450 people. 98–03–08 (Ventura) –– Little was left after the St. Francis Damcollapsed, sendingbillions of gallons of water down San Francisquito Canyon. FILE PHOTO This is all that was left of the St. Francis dam in San Francisquito canyon after it collapsed in 1928.
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FILE - Escorted by sheriff's deputies, Robert Blake is surrounded by a crowd of photographers and reporters as he gets into his attorney's car after his release from jail to await his murder trial, in downtown Los Angeles, March 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose of the Japanese propaganda "Zero Hour" broadcasts which were beamed to American troops in the Pacific during the war, seems in a pensive mood as she looks through the bars of her cell in Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 28, 1945. Born in Los Angeles, 29 years ago to Japanese parents, she is awaiting trial for treason against the United States. (AP Photo)

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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson starts a Bible-reading marathon at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, June 28, 1931. The contest will continue through July 1, with what is said to be the largest Bible in the world being used by contestants. (AP Photo)
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 13, 1981 - HILLSIDE STRANGLER - Angelo Buono, "Hillside Strangler" suspect, smiles as he listens to motion by the deputy district attorney to dismiss murder charges against him. With him is one of his attorneys, Kathy Mader. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

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