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Los Angeles, CA - October 27: UCLA Campus on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. UCLA Campus scene setters that can be used for stories about UCLA (Al Seib / For the Los Angeles Times)

Judge blocks Trump administration demand for race, GPA data of California college applicants

Will California’s public universities be forced to submit students’ race and GPA data to Trump? After California sued alongside 16 other Democratic-led states, a federal judge has issued an order on the matter.

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Santa Monica man charged with kidnapping of UCLA student, rape of a separate woman

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Southern California sisters face losing mom to brain cancer, father to deportation

This photograph taken on August 26, 2022 in Gorda, California, USA, shows an AmeriCo petrol station on Highway 1. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Gas is $10 a gallon at a Big Sur station. The owner explains why his prices can’t go higher

Two unsuspecting motorists were killed when their vehicle was struck by a domestic violence suspect fleeing from police in Pomona Wednesday April1, 2026.

‘Beautiful family’ shattered as Pomona couple expecting first child killed in police pursuit

A firefighting hand crew battling a wind-driven vegetation fire that broke out Friday in an area east of Moreno Valley. The Springs Fire was first reported at approximately 10:59 a.m. in the 15900 block of Gilman Springs Rd.and has burned over 1,000 acres and is 0% contained, as of 1 p.m., Cal Fire said.

Springs fire: Evacuations, road closures, shelters

Baldwin Park PD detectives, alongside regional partners, recovered approximately 1,800 stolen catalytic converters during a major operation in Norwalk. The street value of the recovered stolen Catalytic converters is estimated to be over $500,000. It’s also estimated that it cost between $1500 to $2000 to replace a catalytic converter.

$500,000 in stolen catalytic converters seized in L.A. County theft ring bust

Altadena, CA - October 14: During a break from the rain, a coyote peers around bushes at a rain-soaked and destroyed property in the Eaton fire in Altadena Tuesday, October. 14, 2025. A brief but substantial storm brings heavy rain, thunderstorms and flooding to Southern California today, prompting evacuation warnings for residents near recent burn areas. The storm is expected to produce between three-quarters of an inch to an inch-and-a-half of precipitation across most areas, with 2 to 4 inches possible on south-facing mountain slopes. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Coyote that attacked 4-year-old Carson boy linked to attack of another child

Two fires break out in Southern California amid Santa Ana winds, triggering evacuations

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PACIFIC PALISADES CA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - Palisades resident Spencer Pratt, who lost his home in the Palisades fire, stands with supporters after announcing his run for Los Angeles mayor on the one year anniversary of the Palisades fire in the Palisades Village on January 7, 2026. Pratt is suing the City of Los Angeles and DWP for alleged mismanagement, while also publicly advocating for accountability from officials like California Governor Gavin Newsom regarding the Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes in the tight-knit community. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 11: A former LAPD officer, Eric Halem, was convicted of robbing a 17-year-old of $350,000 in crypto. Halem entered the teenager's Koreatown apartment and robbed him of the hard drive. He is to be sentenced on March 31. Photographed in Koreatown in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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MT BALDY, CA, FEBRUARY 26, 2026: Friends Nicky Iriti, Moenau Montagnon, and Tevaihau Ducret, from left, of Tahiti, enjoy the sun drenched deck at Top of the Notch restaurant while visiting Mt. Baldy on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
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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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1990-06-22 - 'Holy Terror 'Manson tunnel LAPD crime scene photo. The railroad tunnel in which Ronald Baker was found had spooky graffiti and a dark mystique, the kind of place Valley kids dared each other to walk through at night. People called it the Manson Tunnel-the cult leader and his disciples had lived nearby at the Spahn Movie Ranch-and someone had spray-painted HOLY TERROR over the entrance.
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(Original Caption) Convicted spy Christopher Boyce is led by federal marshals at Burbank airport upon his arrival from Springfield, Massachusetts, for arraignment on charges related to his escape from Lompoc federal prison in January 1980.

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Boster, Mark -- - LOS ANGELES,CA.,JUNE 9, 2009: Veteran LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus,49, appears at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles for her arraignment on murder charges June 9, 2009. Lazarus is charged with the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

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