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Anaheim, CA - August 16, 2026: A statue of Walk Disney and Mickey Mouse in the center plaza at Disneyland Park on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Anaheim, California. Disneyland is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort, opened by Walt Disney in 1977. It's a world wide tourist attraction featuring characters, rides, and iconic Disney locations. (Arwen Clemans/Los Angeles Times)

Suspicious bags at Disneyland prompt bomb squad response, evacuation

Disneyland security alerted the Anaheim Police Department on Monday night to two bags someone had left near a roundabout, including one with marbles inside and wires sticking out of it and another with duct tape on top and sharp instruments sticking out of it.

VALENCIA, CA - JUNE 06, 2026: Riders take the first drop on Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA on Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Six Flags Magic Mountain shuts down second coaster amid safety concerns, rider death in Georgia

Waves crash against a home along E Seaside Walk on the Long Beach peninsula.

Nowhere to run: She escaped wildfires, now the ocean is at her door

DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 23, 2026: Sylvia Caliendo, 61, center, of Lake Forest, gets assistance from Eric Munoz, left, deck hand, and Lee Hamm, 39, right, of Poway, while reeling in a dorado aboard the Dana Pride, out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Dana Point, California. Sportfishing is doing well this season due to the warm waters off the coast. A lot of species not normally seen this far north, or not normally seen in such numbers, are getting caught regularly, and sportfishing outfits are happy. (Gary Coronado / For The Times)
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El Niño shifts exotic sea creatures to Southern California’s coast. Here’s what anglers are seeing

PASADENA, CALIF. OCTOBER 6, 2026 -- Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhangabuse appeared for their arraignment in a Pasadena courtroom Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, on charges of abuse of at least 14 surrogate-born children -- some of whom were as young as 2 months old -- at an Arcadia mansion where they all lived. Here Xuan shows medical devices attached to his chest. (David Butow / For The Times)
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Arcadia surrogacy mansion parents left years-long trail of red flags before child abuse case

SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 - - A pedestrian walks across the street from the Seychelle Condominiums where homeless nonprofit 1736 Family Crisis Center paid for a condo for its CEO Carol Adelkoff along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica on September 16, 2026. Adelkoff, earned more than $1.6 million in salary, bonuses and vacation payouts - despite living thousands of miles away in Hawaii. Adelkoff, with the 1736 Family Crisis Center, was the highest paid homeless executive in Los Angeles after earning the whopping figure over the last two years. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

L.A. nonprofit rented luxury Santa Monica apartment, BMW for CEO living in Hawaii

Filiberto Reyes with Ruso and family members.

Owner says beloved husky is found hanged in Lynwood; investigation underway

This photograph shows nitrous oxide canisters seized by police.

L.A. makes it a crime for cannabis and tobacco retailers to sell nitrous oxide

Former police officers, daughter killed in suspected murder-suicide in upscale California neighborhood

Record-breaking hurricane activity in Pacific Ocean is battering the California coast

Historic Black church in South L.A. burns for a third time

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The Shakespeare Bridge turns 100

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L.A.’s most iconic house can’t find a buyer. ‘It’s a pair of golden handcuffs’

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Steve Hilton on deportations: Start with ‘the worst of the worst’

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 - - Los Angeles mayoral candidate and city council member Nithya Raman, center, enjoys a light moment with The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action members at a "Latinos Con Raman" rally at La Cita Bar in downtown Los Angeles on September 18, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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Latino voters have shifted away from Karen Bass in L.A. mayor’s race, according to new poll

Raman leads Bass among Latinos, 45% to 21%, with 34% undecided, the latest Berkeley IGS/L.A. Times poll shows. But in the primary, Bass carried 35 Latino majority neighborhoods compared with seven for Raman.

Newberry Springs, CA, - August 23, 2026: The exterior of the Bagdad Cafe is seen on Route 66 on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026 in Newberry Springs, CA. The owner, Andrea Pruett, died in her 80s in January. The business, which is popular with tourists who are fans of the movie with the same name, has been struggling since the pandemic. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)
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A cult film made this lonely desert cafe famous. Now, it’s fighting to survive

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 06, 2026: Participants in the Barrio Athletics 5K Run pose for a group photo at Elysian Park on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Caroline Brehman / For The Times)
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Arellano: A failed run club ‘takeover’ of Leimert Park shows what’s at stake for Black L.A.

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The online predator next door: Feds hunt down L.A. members of child sex abuse network

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She got a restraining order against her ex — and still ended up dead. Here’s how the system failed her

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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF SEPT. 30, 2026 -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton visits patrons at Victorio's Ristorante in North Hollywood, where they held a watch party for the CNN debate between candidates Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton Wednesday night, Sept. 30, 2026. (Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times)

Republican Steve Hilton leans on cheeky ads, voter discontent in long-shot campaign for governor

Hilton has tried to walk a fine line, appealing to the 6 million Californians who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 while avoiding the president’s brand.

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA - JANUARY 12, 2024 - - Due to the lack of addresses in Carmel-By-The-Sea residents post creative names to identify their homes in the seaside town on January 12, 2024. Carmel-By-The-Sea has never had street addresses - except the post office - and does not have at-home postal delivery. The town is now debating about getting addresses because it's hard to get packages, and Medicare coverage, when you don't have a physical address. More places don't accept PO Boxes. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

‘We’re at our wit’s end.’ Carmel-by-the-Sea homes got addresses for the first time. Voter confusion ensued

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 18, 2026: Los Angeles Police Department graduates, a total of 22 recruits including four officers from the United Arab Emirates Police as part of a trainee exchange program, stand for a uniform inspection at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park on Friday, September 18, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Police lawsuits have cost L.A. nearly half a billion dollars since 2019, new data show

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 12, 2022: Genaro Leal joins community members in calling for the resignation of Nury Martinez, Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo at City Hall Council chambers in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
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Arellano: We live in a world the L.A. City Hall audio leak scandal wrought. Thank God

California gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, during CNN's California Gubernatorial Debate on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, in CNN's studio in Burbank, California. Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton are the final two contenders in the race for California Governor. The debate was moderated by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

Medicaid reckoning awaits next California governor after program’s rapid expansion

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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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Errol Flynn had a penchant for underage girls. His trial barely tarnished him

Comedian Lenny Bruce poses for a photograph
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Incendiary comic Lenny Bruce inspired generations. During his brief life, L.A vice cops hounded him

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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William Mulholland brought water to L.A. He failed to stop a disastrous flood

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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He played an iconic cop on TV. Did Robert Blake get away with murder?

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Were the Zodiac killer and the Black Dahlia the same person? The devil is in the details

LA's most famous unsolved killing, The Black Dahlia killing
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An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings

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)

This L.A. woman was jailed as a WWII traitor. How a pair of perjuries ensnared ‘Tokyo Rose’

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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Toting a tambourine, she built L.A.’s first megachurch. Then she suddenly disappeared

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)

A popular L.A. sheriff touted reforms in a troubled system. Then a young FBI agent showed up

Marvin Gaye, American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and musician photographed in Los Angeles.

Inside the tragedy that silenced a soul legend: Marvin Gaye’s last fight with his father

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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The assassination of RFK: An icon of hope, a hotel pantry and an ‘angry nobody’

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

Homicidal cousins and the Hillside Stranglers case: A trial that nearly did not happen

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