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To the editor: How many of judges on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals knew what was going on and did not report their former colleague Alex Kozinski’s alleged misconduct? (“9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski steps down after accusations of sexual misconduct,” Dec. 18)

To the editor: In reading Steve Lopez’s illuminating column on Carolyn Cherry’s daunting daily commute from her home in Hemet to her work in downtown Los Angeles, I can’t help but think what a waste California’s high-speed rail project is. (“Her six-hour commute each day seems crazy, but her affordable...

Australian police said there is no evidence of a terrorist link to a car ramming attack Thursday in central Melbourne that left 19 people injured.

San Francisco is the city everyone loves, even if they hate it.

The stately Victorians, like a gingerbread dream come to life. The majestic Golden Gate Bridge, standing like heaven’s portal above the fog. The plucky cable cars, scrabbling up its impossible hillsides.

It can almost make you forget...

With more music available more easily than ever before, listeners were sure to overlook plenty of strong albums in 2017. Here are three to consider.

Nearly a decade ago, California became the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring that hens, veal calves and pregnant pigs be raised in cages that gave them space to move. The most notable effect of the measure — Proposition 2 in 2008 — was to bar the sale of eggs produced by hens jammed...

Whether it was Lorde, Halsey or even Taylor Swift, pop singers knew that presenting themselves as outsiders was a clear way to connect with listeners in a year as fractured as 2017.

An epidemic of opioid abuse is ravaging the United States and, as we look for ways to respond to it, some see cannabis as part of the solution, while others see it as part of the problem. This is just one area in which unbiased scientific research is necessary, but outdated federal legislation,...

For weather experts, autumn in Southern California is “the great race.”

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is under pressure from activists and fellow Democrats to withhold support for a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown in exchange for protections for people brought to the country illegally as children.

Nothing makes right-wingers chuckle quite so much as “safe spaces.” Rush Limbaugh and his admirers can’t get over the idea that college students, whom they see as the most pampered beings in the universe, need special zones where they can clump together based on gender or race or sexual identity...

The minuscule Galilean town in which Joseph and Mary spent their lives and raised their son Jesus, was, quite literally, a joke. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” asked one disciple, when he heard where the Messiah was from. Some scholars posit that this was a popular saying in the 1st century....

As President Trump’s lawyers were preparing this week to meet with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, their client continued to undermine Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.

Two men were arrested in Australia after the SUV in which they were traveling rammed into pedestrians on a busy central Melbourne street Thursday, leaving 14 people injured in what police believe was a deliberate act.

When Tiffany Fariseo returned to her Ventura home a week after the Thomas fire forced her to flee, a power outage had spoiled her food, including two turkeys she had frozen for Christmas dinner.

Twelve journalists have been killed in Mexico this year, often for their coverage of drug cartels and corruption.

Organizers have stashed bullhorns in apartments and offices near Manhattan’s Times Square. They’ve stockpiled hot chocolate mix and sleeping bags in Salt Lake City. And they’ve started arranging carpools in Houston.

It may be the most wonderful time of the year for people, but it's a time of peak peril for our pets.

Every week, dozens of people walk into Petal and Wax, a Marina del Rey gift store, to return items they bought from online retailers.

Federal authorities continue to search for the motive that drove a gunman to open fire on county music festival this fall, a bloody rampage that left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded.

This photo by Paul Calvert appeared in the Dec. 12, 1949, Los Angeles Times. The caption reported “children often had a hard time getting through all the adults” similarly transfixed by the displays.