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TikTok stars like Bella Poarch can turn random songs into hits. So why not make ’em themselves? | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-06-01/tik-tok-bella-poarch-addison-rae-jxdn-dixie-damelio | null | Two Friday nights ago, amid the manmade waters of Mandalay Bay Beach in Las Vegas, Jxdn gave what he called his “first performance ever” — a real thrill, to judge by a video clip the 20-year-old social media influencer posted on Instagram, in which he flung himself around the stage as he yelped his wounded pop-punk son... |
Coronavirus name game: Farewell, B.1.1.7. Hello, Alpha! | https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-06-01/coronavirus-name-game-farewell-b-1-1-7-hello-alpha | null | Do you confuse the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant with B.1.351? What about P.1, P.2 and P.3?
The COVID-19 pandemic is confusing enough without arcane scientific nomenclature getting in the way. And so, nearly six months after the emergence of the first variants to “of concern,” the World Health Organization has unveiled ... |
Mardy Fish offers support to Naomi Osaka. He's been on his own mental health journey | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-01/mardy-fish-offers-his-support-to-naomi-osaka-hes-been-there | null | Tennis star Naomi Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion at age 23. She also suffers from depression and anxiety.
On Monday, Osaka withdrew from the French Open and announced she was stepping away from the sport for an undisclosed amount of time, a decision she said she made in part for her own mental health.
Retir... |
Letters to the Editor: The GOP is acting more like a crime family than a political party | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-01/gop-is-acting-more-like-a-crime-family | null | To the editor: Aside from the six Senate Republicans who voted to break their party’s filibuster against creating a bipartisan Jan. 6 commission, the others acted like members of a crime family. (“Senate Republicans block Jan. 6 commission to study Capitol insurrection,” May 28)
When their the boss asked for a persona... |
The secret behind this queer, Latinx-owned plant shop is 4 words: Come as you are | https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-06-01/the-queer-mexican-couple-behind-the-long-beach-plant-shop-plantiitas | null | On a recent morning, the fog outside in Long Beach is thick, but the vibes inside Kevin Alcaraz and Anthony Diaz’s spacious shop, Plantiitas, are bright and welcoming. There’s a statue of La Virgen perched high for protection. A sea of green plants — including Oxalis triangularis and maranta lemon lime prayer plants, ... |
'Friends' reunion director wishes people were kind to Matthew Perry | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-01/friends-reunion-details-matthew-perry-matt-leblanc | null | Matthew Perry is fine, thank you very much. So says the director of “Friends: The Reunion,” who wishes people would stop being “unkind” to the actor.
Fellow “Friends” cast member Matt LeBlanc has also generated a lot of buzz after he went viral for a particular pose he struck during the recent HBO Max special.
Fans ... |
In rural Northern California town, officials vote to rename Jim Crow Road | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/in-rural-northern-california-town-officials-vote-to-rename-jim-crow-road | null | A Northern California county has voted to rename Jim Crow Road after a debate over the racist implications of the name and accusations of “woke cancel culture.”
The 4-1 vote by the Sierra County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday came after property owners along the road, located about three miles from Downieville, aske... |
Supreme Court overturns 9th Circuit's rule that favors those seeking asylum | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-01/supreme-court-overturns-9th-circuit-decision-that-favors-asylum-seekers | null | The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a rule used by the 9th Circuit Court in California that presumed immigrants seeking asylum were telling the truth unless an immigration judge had made an “explicit” finding that they were not credible.
The justices in a 9-0 decision said this rule “cannot be reconciled” with law ... |
Biden to suspend Trump’s eleventh-hour oil leases in Arctic | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-01/biden-to-suspend-trumps-eleventh-hour-oil-leases-in-arctic | null | The Biden administration will suspend Arctic refuge drilling rights sold in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency, a move that buys time for further environmental analysis, according to a person familiar with the decision.
The Interior Department decision will temporarily halt action on 11 leases spanning about ... |
Man charged in BB gun shooting case is suspected in six more cases, authorities say | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/bb-gun-shooter-suspect-bail | null | Authorities have expanded their investigation of an Anaheim man charged with attempted murder in the firing of a BB gun at a Tesla in Norco last week, saying the man is now a suspect in at least six other similar cases and possibly more.
Jesse Leal Rodriguez, 34, has so far been charged with only the incident involvi... |
Tony Gonzalez sells Beverly Hills mansion to billionaire investor Wayne Boich | https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-06-01/tony-gonzalez-sells-beverly-hills-mansion-to-billionaire-investor-wayne-boich | null | NFL legend Tony Gonzalez found a deep-pocketed buyer in Beverly Hills, selling his 13,000-square-foot mansion to billionaire investor Wayne Boich for $21.15 million, according to a source not authorized to comment on the deal.
Boich, who serves as chairman and CEO of Boich Investment Group, got a decent discount on th... |
Los Angeles Times in Education and L.A. Department of Water and Power Team Up for Student Poster Contest | https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2021-06-01/los-angeles-times-in-education-and-l-a-department-of-water-and-power-team-up-for-student-poster-contest | null | Los Angeles Times in Education and its corporate sponsor, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), teamed up again this year for the 9th annual student poster contest to promote conservation of water and energy, which is a complement to the “Water, Energy, The Environment and You” curriculum guide offered thr... |
Southern California is well represented in the Women's College World Series | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-01/socal-players-in-college-softball-world-series-ucla | null | Top-seeded Oklahoma is one of six schools in the eight-team bracket at the Women’s College World Series this week with Southland high school graduates on their rosters.
One of the top candidates for freshman of the year is Tiare Jennings of Oklahoma, who starred at Long Beach St. Anthony. She’s hitting .469 with 23 h... |
Column: The California recall is fascinating — especially if you're an East Coast TV anchor | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-01/california-recall-national-news | null | Over the last few weeks, I’ve come to understand that Caitlyn Jenner is leading the field in the recall race to succeed Gavin Newsom as California governor, presumably due to her cogent grasp of the state’s important issues.
At least, that’s the impression I’ve gleaned from Jenner’s appearances on cable news programs,... |
70% of adult Californians are partially vaccinated against COVID-19 | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/70-percent-adult-californians-partially-vaccinated-covid-19 | null | One month ahead of the target date set by the Biden administration, California has now at least partially vaccinated 70% of its adult residents against COVID-19.
Clearing that hurdle is a vital development as the state prepares to fully reopen later this month.
The progress, however, comes alongside a significant d... |
Firefighter fatally shot, captain injured by colleague at Agua Dulce fire station | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/at-least-1-firefighter-hit-in-active-shooting-at-santa-clarita-fire-station | null | Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl L. Osby has dealt with the loss of many lives over the years, “but none as tragic as today,” he said Tuesday.
Never before has an off-duty firefighter walked into one of his firehouses, taken aim with a gun and started shooting — until Tuesday morning at Fire Station 81 ... |
CAA to sell majority stake in production firm to South Korea's JTBC Studios Co. | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-01/caa-sells-majority-stake-in-production-firm-to-south-koreas-jtbc-studios-co | null | Creative Artists Agency said Tuesday that it will sell a majority stake in production company Wiip to a South Korean studio.
The Century City talent agency did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which limits CAA’s involvement in production.
The company divested most of its shares in Wiip to settle a long-run... |
Coachella tickets go on sale today. Here's everything to know so far | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-06-01/coachella-stagecoach-festivals-april-2022 | null | The premier music festivals of Southern California, Coachella and Stagecoach, will at long last return in spring of 2022.
Promoter Goldenvoice announced dates for the much-anticipated return of shows to the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., after what will be two years of COVID-19-related closures and postponement... |
Hollywood's newest media giant to be named Warner Bros. Discovery | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-01/warner-bros-discovery-company-name | null | Discovery plans to name its proposed new company Warner Bros. Discovery, following its planned merger with WarnerMedia.
The transaction, which was announced last month, is a long way from being completed. The proposed $43-billion tie-up needs the approval of regulators, but Discovery is continuing its outreach to Holl... |
'So damn impressive': Celebrities stand with Naomi Osaka after French Open exit | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-01/naomi-osaka-french-open-statement-celebrity-reactions-tweets | null | Athletes, actors and other prominent figures have come out swinging on behalf of Naomi Osaka after the Japanese tennis champion withdrew from the French Open to prioritize her mental health.
Among the many who voiced their support for Osaka over the holiday weekend were basketball stars Steph Curry and Lisa Leslie, a... |
Keep your cool at mealtime with these summer salads | https://www.latimes.com/recipe/list/keep-your-cool-at-mealtime-with-these-summer-salads | null | Summer will be exceptionally blissful this year as we ease into normalcy after the restrictions of the last 14 months. I don’t know about you, but much as I welcome some warmth from the sun and more hours of daylight, I do not particularly want to be shvitzing over a hot stove in the 90+ degree heat we’ve had these las... |
For Pride Month, here are 22 L.A.-centric ways to show support for the LGBTQ community | https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-06-01/20-la-centric-ways-support-lgbtq-community | null | If you’re looking to champion the LGBTQ community, especially during Pride Month, look no further. We’ve compiled a list of organizations in L.A. and nationwide to support, thematic (and philanthropic) clothing collaborations to wear, authors to read and other key avenues for exploration.
Here are 22 ways to show sup... |
AMC eyes ArcLight theater locations. What about the Cinerama Dome? | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-01/amc-eyes-arclight-theaters-but-what-about-cinerama | null | AMC Entertainment, owner of the world’s largest theater chain, is eyeing cinema locations previously operated by ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres.
In a Tuesday filing, AMC Chief Executive Adam Aron said the company is “in discussions” with “multiple landlords” of locations previously operated by the popular Los A... |
Granderson: Fights for LGBTQ and racial justice have to go hand in hand | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-01/gay-pride-black-lives-matter-intersection-movements | null | During a heated debate over a bill that would ban employment and housing discrimination because of sexual orientation, New York City Councilman Edward L. Sadowsky said “no democracy is safe unless it protects and guards zealously the rights of each minority.” This was on May 23, 1974.
Sadowsky was one of 19 who voted ... |
When will America finally dismantle its racist myths? Two powerful new books try | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-06-01/when-will-america-finally-dismantle-its-racist-myths-two-powerful-new-books-try | null | On the Shelf
Myths and Monuments
How the Word is PassedBy Clint SmithLittle, Brown: 352 pages, $29Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of An American MythBy Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson and Jason StanfordPenguin: 416 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, w... |
Review: The devil can't make you watch this so-so 'Conjuring' sequel | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-01/the-conjuring-3-review | null | The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials.
All hell breaks loose early an... |
Dodgers' Trevor Bauer doesn't know why he's giving up so many home runs ... yet | https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-06-01/trevor-bauer-dodgers-giving-up-home-runs-seeks-answer | null | It’s the one blemish on an otherwise brilliant two-month start to the season for Trevor Bauer, the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner who signed a three-year, $102-million deal with the Dodgers in February.
The 30-year-old right-hander gave up three earned runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings of the Dodgers’ 9-... |
San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy dies after high-speed desert pursuit | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/san-bernardino-sheriffs-deputy-dies-after-high-speed-desert-pursuit | null | A 17-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department died in a hospital after a high-speed pursuit ended in gunfire on Monday.
Sgt. Dominic Vaca, 43, of the Morongo Basin Station was shot after an attempted traffic stop in Yucca Valley, a desert community outside Joshua Tree National Park.
“The gunsho... |
California to consider ending some workplace mask requirements | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/california-to-consider-ending-some-workplace-mask-requirements | null | A California workplace safety board on Thursday is scheduled to consider whether to relax mask and physical distancing rules for workers.
The proposal would allow workers in a room to take off masks if everyone in a room is fully vaccinated and do not have COVID-19 symptoms. Masks would still be required if anyone ... |
Supreme Court turns down Johnson & Johnson's appeal of $2-billion talc verdict | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/justices-turn-down-johnson-johnson-appeal-talc-verdict | null | The Supreme Court has let stand a $2-billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson in favor of women who say they developed ovarian cancer from using the company’s talc products.
The justices did not comment Tuesday in rejecting Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of the verdict. The company had argued that it was unfair for it to... |
7 movies to catch at this year's Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-01/los-angeles-latino-international-film-festival-afro-brazilian-diaspora-indigenous | null | Combining in-person screenings and virtual events, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival returns to the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood this week. The curated lineup features heavyweight Latino titles including a special presentation of the highly anticipated musical “In the Heights,” based on Lin-Manuel... |
Kathleen Turner dishes on her crush on Michael Douglas and their TV reunion | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-06-01/kathleen-turner-michael-douglas-kominsky-method | null | In the 1980s, Kathleen Turner was as hot as it gets: She was funny, sultry, adventurous and sassy in films like “Body Heat,” “Romancing the Stone” (one of three movies she’s made with Michael Douglas), “Prizzi’s Honor” and “The Man With Two Brains.” And she used that classic low, raspy voice to incredible effect as Jes... |
Australian court upholds government ban on residents traveling abroad | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/australia-court-upholds-coronavirus-ban-international-travel | null | An Australian court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the federal government’s near-blanket ban on international travel by residents, a measure that was instituted to keep the coronavirus out.
Australia is alone among developed democracies in preventing its citizens and permanent residents from leaving the country ex... |
The world's greatest cardsharp reveals all | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/the-worlds-greatest-cardsharp | null | Fremont Street, once the world capital of swank, used to be Steve Forte’s turf.
But on a spring day, he was just another face in a crowd, snaking through two relics of downtown Las Vegas, Binion’s and the Four Queens casino. No one bothered the man many consider the greatest card handler who ever lived.
Within the w... |
Photos: 26 photos that captured the month of May | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/photos-the-best-27-photos-for-may | null | May was a month that saw conflict as well as a difficult milestone. In this month, exactly a year after his death at the hands of a white police officer, the nation continued to mourn and pay its respects to George Floyd. The CDC cleared children 12 and older for COVID-19 vaccinations. A conflict between Israel and Ham... |
Why Jean Smart singles out her 'Hacks' role as the best of them all | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-06-01/jean-smart-hacks-mare-easttown-hbo | null | “I was always a late bloomer, but this is ridiculous!” Jean Smart laughs. The 69-year-old actress is referring to the deluge of great roles that have come her way in the last five or six years, including those in “Fargo,” “Legion” and “Watchmen.” Her two latest projects, “Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown,” both on HBO, cou... |
10 LGBTQ-owned California cannabis brands for Pride Month | https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-06-01/lgbtq-owned-california-weed-brands-pride-month | null | As Pride Month rolls along, it’s worth noting that legal weed — not just in California but across the country — owes a huge debt of gratitude to the LGBTQ community.
That’s because activists fighting for access to medical marijuana for terminally ill patients during the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and ’90s (most no... |
Disneyland won't be locals-only for long. Navigating the reduced-capacity lines | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-01/disneyland-wait-times-rides-lines-covid-19-pandemic | null | For the first time ever, Richard Grant of San Diego felt dizzy during a recent trip to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
The 31-year-old personal trainer and his girlfriend were resting on a bench outside California Adventure’s Soarin’ Around the World simulator on the afternoon of May 5. Like thousands of o... |
How Hailee Steinfeld learned to open up by playing poet Emily Dickinson | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-06-01/hailee-steinfeld-emily-dickinson | null | The Apple TV+ series “Dickinson” is a whirl of mindfully anachronistic elements. Against a tapestry of corsets, chores, oak trees and floating lines of poetry, the show employs contemporary music, language and behavior to shake the viewer out of any conventional expectations and into recognizing how radical Emily Dicki... |
Wanda Sykes, Jane Krakowski, Kenan Thompson and others: How to be funny in dark times | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-06-01/wanda-sykes-jane-krakowski-kenan-thompson-comedy-roundtable-2021 | null | The pandemic affected everyone in ways large and small, but for those tasked with helping us laugh through the saddest year in recent memory, it was an odd mix of concern, precaution and silliness. Being in production wasn’t always comfortable, but the six actors who gathered remotely for The Envelope’s Comedy Roundtab... |
Hashtags felt dated and cringeworthy. So why are influencers still using them? | https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-06-01/hashtags-influencers-use-them | null | Internet fads tend to have a distinct life cycle. First, the embrace by early adopters and tastemakers, particularly the young. Next, an explosion of popularity leading to inescapable ubiquity. Finally, death by overexposure and a wretched zombie afterlife of continued usage by parents and the terminally uncool.
Not ... |
L.A. Affairs: 23 LGBTQ+ dating stories for Pride Month | https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-05-27/la-affairs-14-lgbtq-love-stories-pride-month | null | In a nod to Pride Month, here’s a look back at some editor-curated, best-of, LGBTQ+-themed, reader-submitted L.A. Affairs columns.
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Good luck, Amazon. Unpacking MGM's vault may be harder than it sounds | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2021-06-01/mgm-amazon-and-the-value-of-hollywood-oldies-the-wide-shot | null | This is the June 1, 2021, edition of The Wide Shot, a weekly newsletter about everything happening in the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.
Jeff Bezos’ online bookstore Amazon.com was barely a year old in 1996 when Kirk Kerkorian bought storied movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a thir... |
What's on TV Tuesday: 'New Amsterdam'; 'House of Payne' | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-01/whats-on-tv-tuesday-new-amsterdam-house-of-payne | null | During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some temporary changes to our print sections. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print but an expanded version is available in your daily Times eNewspaper. You can find a printable PDF online at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv.
America’s Got Talent Simon Cow... |
Soccer newsletter: Breaking down Chelsea’s dramatic Champions League win | https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2021-06-01/soccer-uefa-champions-league-liga-mx-soccer | null | Hello, and welcome to the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, The Times’ soccer writer, and we begin today with a look back at Saturday’s Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City, a game that matched one of the best coaches in recent Premier League history … against City’s Pep Guardiola.
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Column: This solar company wouldn't let a dead woman out of her contract | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-01/column-solar-power-dead-customer | null | Worthwhile products sell themselves. So it’s always been strange to me that some companies selling solar power systems resort to the skeeviest sales practices imaginable — telemarketing, robocalls, hyper-aggressive salespeople.
Solar power is a good thing. It’s part of the solution to climate change.
Yet some players... |
Review: ‘Ahead of the Curve’ celebrates lesbian triumph while trying to find new purpose in uncertain times | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-01/ahead-of-the-curve-documentary-lesbian-magazine-deneuve-curve-franco-stevens-review | null | The true story of how Deneuve magazine — later renamed Curve — was able to launch in 1990 is as outlandish as the best urban legends.
When banks refused to lend Franco Stevens, then a 20-something lesbian, money to finance the venture, she took a gamble on her future. Stevens applied for multiple credit cards, cashed ... |
Essential California: The pandemic and the scrub jays | https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2021-06-01/california-scrub-jays-essential-california | null | Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, June 1. I’m Scott Sandell, newsletter editor at The Times, and I’m writing from Los Angeles.
Two weeks from today, California is scheduled to fully reopen its economy, lifting most of the restrictions we’ve lived with for more than a year... |
Today's Headlines: Las Vegas' reopening bet | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/newsletter/2021-06-01/las-vegas-coronavirus-reopening-todays-headlines | null | Las Vegas is betting on gamblers and tourists returning. Will the lost jobs come back too?
Las Vegas’ Reopening Bet
A year and two months since the coronavirus paralyzed the nation and drove record unemployment, the U.S. is emerging from the aftershock of the pandemic crisis.
In Las Vegas, where gambling revenue dr... |
Meet the young stars of Mexican, U.S. men's national soccer teams | https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2021-06-01/meet-the-young-stars-of-mexican-u-s-mens-national-soccer-teams | null | The U.S. and Mexican soccer federations are loaded with young talent that could alter the future of the teams for years to come. Here is a look at the top 10 Under-24 players on the Mexico and U.S. rosters:
Roberto Alvarado, 22, MF, Cruz Azul (Liga MX) ... Has appeared in 20 games for Mexico, including all six of El T... |
How to get your PPP loan forgiven | https://www.latimes.com/business/newsletter/2021-06-01/ppp-loan-forgiveness-business | null | Good morning. I’m L.A. Times Business reporter Samantha Masunaga, filling in for Rachel Schnalzer to bring you our weekly newsletter. The window to apply for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, which have provided a lifeline for many small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, closed Monday.
The next steps ... |
What Nations League will tell us about the future of U.S. and Mexico soccer teams | https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2021-06-01/u-s-nations-league-team-proven-vehicle-for-young-talent-to-shine | null | Alexi Lalas knows a turning point when he sees one.
It happened in his first national team start, at the Coliseum against a Mexican team that had lost only one of its previous 26 games against the U.S. But on that day, the 20-year-old Lalas helped the Americans gut out a 2-2 draw, starting a streak that would see them... |
After decades of rocky seas in Long Beach, Queen Mary in danger of sinking. Can it be saved? | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/queen-mary-could-capsize-without-urgent-repairs-report-shows | null | In the 85 years since its maiden voyage, the RMS Queen Mary has survived rogue waves, transatlantic crossings and even a world war.
For the last five decades, it’s enjoyed a second life docked in Long Beach, riding waves of popularity and tough times as a tourist attraction.
But the historic ship is now facing its ... |
Taix, an Echo Park favorite, could be overhauled. Should the city protect its building? | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/taix-restaurant-echo-park-preservation-debate | null | Taix French Restaurant has been an Echo Park standby for decades, an old-school gathering place for cocktails and “country French” cuisine that has seen generations of birthday parties, meetings and gatherings after Dodgers games.
Now, real estate developers are planning a project on its Sunset Boulevard site that wo... |
The Times podcast: Las Vegas doubles down on reopening at full capacity | https://www.latimes.com/podcasts/story/2021-06-01/the-times-podcast-las-vegas-reopening | null | Listen to this episode of The Times: Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Google
In 2019, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority estimated it hosted nearly 43 million tourists. Officials were expecting a record year for 2020, and the Nevada metropolis did set one … in the negative direction. Thanks to the COVID-19 pa... |
Column: Why Newsom may prefer early California recall election vote | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-01/gavin-newsom-early-california-recall-election-vote | null | Late summer brings many splendors to California. Sultry nights. Pennant drives. Leaves flaming crimson and yellow in the Sierra.
It might also bring just the second vote ever to oust a governor before his term is ended.
As things increasingly look up for Gavin Newsom — businesses reopening, COVID-19 waning, schools r... |
L.A. fire commissioner says union pressure led Garcetti to remove him from panel | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/la-fire-commissioner-andrew-glazier-removed-garcetti | null | A longtime member of the citizen panel overseeing the Los Angeles Fire Department says Mayor Eric Garcetti is removing him from his post at the request of the powerful firefighters union.
The decision to replace Andrew Glazier on the Board of Fire Commissioners when his term expires this month has led to a messy and ... |
Vatican issues new law criminalizing priestly abuse of adults, not just of minors | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/vatican-criminalizes-priestly-abuse-adults | null | Pope Francis has changed Roman Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests and to say that laypeople who hold church office can also be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.
The new provisions, released Tuesday after 14 years of study, were contained in the revised criminal law sec... |
Elliott: Naomi Osaka needs empathy and help, not condemnation for showing strength | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-01/naomi-osaka-depression-anxiety-french-open-withdraw | null | Naomi Osaka needs help, not condemnation.
She needs empathy, not iron-fisted Grand Slam tournament executives threatening to bar her from tennis’ most prestigious events.
Osaka’s disclosure she has suffered bouts of depression since she defeated Serena Williams in an emotionally charged 2018 U.S. Open final blew wide... |
The Sports Report: Will Anthony Davis play for Lakers in Game 5 vs. Suns? | https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2021-06-01/lakers-suns-nba-playoffs-clippers-dodgers-naomi-osaka-sports-report | null | Howdy, I’m your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who’s on vacation (probably practicing his version of a Trevor Bauer strikeout celebration). Let’s get right to the news.
Dan Woike on the Lakers: As the Lakers left Los Angeles for Phoenix ahead of Game 5 on Tuesday night, they boarded their fli... |
Lakers-Clippers playoff roundtable: Which L.A. team has the best shot to advance? | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-01/lakers-clippers-roundtable-nba-playoffs | null | The NBA postseason began with a spirited debate about whether the Clippers had intentionally slipped to the No. 4 seed at the end of the regular season to defer a matchup with the Lakers—a team that had to play its way into the postseason—until the back half of the playoffs. Forget a Staples Showdown; both Los Angeles ... |
Why was the mob in L.A. so much quieter than in Chicago or New York? | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/why-was-the-mob-in-l-a-so-much-quieter-than-chicago-or-new-york | null | Quick, now: When you think of bootleggers, blackmailers, gunsels and hoodlums in natty double-breasted topcoats, what city comes to mind?
Chicago, probably. New York, maybe. Detroit, possibly.
But surely not Los Angeles. Organized crime, in the place that liked to preen that it was the simon-pure “white spot” of Amer... |
Horse racing newsletter: Great finish to Hollywood Gold Cup | https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2021-06-01/hollywood-gold-cup-horse-racing | null | Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Santa Anita holds its last Grade 1s of the meeting.
Let’s start with a brief report from Belmont Park in advance of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. The information was obtained from the NYRA press office.
Trainer Brad Cox has the presumptive ... |
Biden honors victims of Tulsa Race Massacre at centennial event | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/biden-honor-forgotten-victims-tulsa-race-massacre | null | President Biden traveled to Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday to mark a shameful and largely forgotten part of American history, calling for racial reconciliation on the 100th anniversary of the violent destruction of the city’s thriving Black community by a white mob.
Biden became the first president to participate in a publi... |
Op-Ed: The day Facebook accused me of hate speech | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-01/facebook-hate-speech-censorship | null | There are many things you cannot post on Facebook. You can’t make terrorist threats. You cannot incite a riot. You cannot upload pictures of humans having sex with wombats.
You definitely cannot post the words “stupid Americans.” Just like that: the word “stupid” alongside the word “Americans.” I know it seems stupid,... |
Op-Ed: How populism greased the skids for the right wing's conspiracy-mongering paranoia | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-01/republican-party-populism-conservative-ideas | null | Over Memorial Day weekend, Michael Flynn, who briefly served as Donald Trump’s first national security advisor, appeared at a QAnon-affiliated conference in Dallas. During a Q&A session, an audience member asked, “I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here.”
What happened in Myanmar was an old-fashi... |
Kauai beat COVID-19. Now the Hawaiian island faces a new challenge: Rebuilding the economy | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/hawaii-kauai-coronavirus-economy | null | Homeless people here on Hawaii’s northern island got an unusual invitation last year: Come set up camp at a spectacular beach, with showers, toilets and electricity, and meals delivered by the local food bank.
The offer was part of an aggressive plan by Kauai’s leaders to contain the coronavirus.
The public campgroun... |
Secretary of State Blinken in Central America to target corruption, immigration | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-01/blinken-central-america-corruption-immigration | null | In search of trustworthy partners, the Biden administration dispatched its top diplomat to Costa Rica on Tuesday to take Central American officials to task on corruption in their countries and to examine how they can more efficiently block “irregular” migration to the U.S.
He could be facing a tough crowd. U.S. relat... |
Letters to the Editor: Who cares if offshore wind farms are unsightly? The planet is dying | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-01/offshore-windmills-unsightly-planet-is-dying | null | To the editor: I understand there’s a debate over whether solar and wind farms are visually displeasing, but why is this slowing down the adaption to clean renewable energy?
Are there that many people saying how beautiful oil rigs, oil derricks, big smoke-filled oil refineries and those huge cylindrical oils containe... |
Letters to the Editor: What a Times editorial on antisemitism got wrong about Jews | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-01/editorial-on-antisemitism-wrong-about-jews | null | To the editor: I applaud your timely editorial condemning antisemitic attacks.
Unfortunately, what we are seeing is that many will condemn antisemitism only when it emanates from white nationalists. I am grateful that you specifically cite the violent antisemitism caused by those who claim to be liberating Palestine.... |
China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu — a possible first | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/china-reports-human-case-h10n3-bird-flu | null | A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, but the risk of large-scale spread is low, the government said Tuesday.
The 41-year-old man in Jiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai, was hospitalized April 28 and is in stable condition, the National H... |
Climate change responsible for 37% of global heat deaths, study says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/climate-change-one-third-global-heat-deaths | null | More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change.
Scientists say that’s only a sliver of climate’s overall toll — even more people die from other extreme weather amplified by global warming such as s... |
Mexico raids building project, seizes land next to Teotihuacán pyramids | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/mexico-raids-building-project-teotihuacan-pyramids | null | Mexico sent in 250 National Guard troops and 60 police officers Monday to seize land next to the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacán, where authorities have said bulldozers were destroying outlying parts of the important archaeological site.
Mexican archaeological officials reported last week that they had been trying ... |
He watched two missiles destroy his bookshop. 'My soul came out of me' | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/missiles-destroy-gaza-bookshop-war-israel-hamas | null | The call sealing Samir Mansour’s bookstore for destruction came in the early morning.
For days, Gaza had been subject to Israeli bombardment, a relentless aerial assault that turned towers, boulevards and commercial districts in an instant into rubble-filled craters. Now, according to the Israeli soldier’s voice comi... |
In stunning increase, Peru now says its COVID-19 death toll exceeds 180,000 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/new-data-peru-covid-death-toll-over-180000 | null | In a stunning increase, Peru has announced a newly calculated COVID-19 death toll of more than 180,000, far more than double the country’s previous official count.
The announcement Monday was made in the presidential palace in Lima during the presentation of a report by a working group commissioned to analyze and upda... |
Huge U.S. flag stolen from veterans cemetery in Westwood | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-01/flag-stolen-veterans-cemetery-westwood-los-angeles-memorial-day | null | Authorities said a huge American flag and several smaller flags were stolen from the Los Angeles National Cemetery over the Memorial Day weekend.
Les’ Melnyk, a spokesperson for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration, said the garrison flag at the veterans cemetery in Westwood was reporte... |
Jim Murray on Lakers announcer Chick Hearn's Walk of Fame moment | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-06-sp-jimmurray6-story.html | null | Column by the late Jim Murray on Chick Hearn, originally published Sept. 25, 1986.
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“Top of the key to Baylor.... Baylor yo-yo-ing in the frontcourt.... Give and go to Goodrich!.... Bounce pass to West.... Dribble-drive to the basket.... He turns.... He’s fouled!.... Oh, no, Mendy didn’t call it! No harm, no foul...... |
Betty Broderick: Murder, Trial and Jail | https://www.latimes.com/la-broderick-sg-storygallery.html | null | Key Times articles about the case of La Jolla socialite Betty Broderick, convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989.
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Contact our Readers' Representative | https://www.latimes.com/about/la-contact-our-readers-rep-htmlstory.html | null | Alert us to factual errors or share your thoughts about The Times' journalistic standards, practices and coverage.
Please fill in your full name, city, state, ZIP and e-mail address. This information is seen only by the readers' representative and is not used for any commercial purpose. Your message becomes the proper... |
Submitting an article to Op-Ed | https://www.latimes.com/oe-howtosubmitoped-story.html | null | The Los Angeles Times welcomes opinion articles on any subject. Submissions must be exclusive to us, meaning they have been sent only to us, not published online or in print elsewhere, including on personal blogs or social media channels. Most published articles are about 750 words in length.
Some general submission g... |
Watch Marshawn Lynch answer all media questions with just a thank-you | https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-marshawn-lynch-interview-20141222-htmlstory.html | null | Marshawn Lynch finally opened up.
About a month after being fined $100,000 for violating the NFL's media policy and then answering nearly every question with "yeah" after the following week's game, the Seattle Seahawks star running back is no longer giving reporters one-word answers.
Following Sunday's huge 35-6 vict... |
Schwarzenegger fathered a child with longtime member of household staff | https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0517-arnold-20110517-story.html | null | Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago — before his first run for office — with a longtime member of their household staff.
Shriver moved out of the family’s Brentwood mansion earlier this year, after Schwarze... |
Farrah Fawcett dies at 62; actress soared with, then went beyond, 'Charlie's Angels' | https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-farrah-fawcett26-2009jun26-story.html | null | Farrah Fawcett, who soared to fame as a national sex symbol in the late 1970s on television’s campy “Charlie’s Angels” and in a swimsuit poster that showcased her feathery mane and made her a generation’s favorite pinup, died Thursday. She was 62.
Fawcett, whose celebrity overshadowed her ability as a serious actress,... |
Henry Fuhrmann, Assistant Managing Editor / Copy Desk, Library and Standards | https://www.latimes.com/la-mediacenter-fuhrmann-story.html | null | Henry Fuhrmann is a former assistant managing editor for the copy desks, the library and standards at the Los Angeles Times.
After joining The Times in 1990, Fuhrmann served as a copy editor and news editor on the Metro, Foreign and Calendar desks; as an assistant editor, senior copy desk chief and deputy section edit... |
'Ms. Marvel': G. Willow Wilson, Sana Amanat on Kamala Khan's transformation | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2014-03-27/ms-marvel-g-willow-wilson-sana-amanat-on-kamala-khan-transformation | null | The new Ms. Marvel was a media sensation months before her first adventure was published: Kamala Khan, the girl behind the superhero’s mask, would be Marvel’s first Muslim character to star in her own title.
But what shape her comic book series would take, and whether sales would match the hype, remained to be seen.
... |
Shelby Grad – Deputy Managing Editor, News | https://www.latimes.com/shelby-grad-deputy-managing-editor-news | null | As deputy managing editor for news, Shelby Grad supervises the Los Angeles Times’ daily report on all platforms. He manages a team that includes Audience Engagement, the News Desk, the Multiplatform Editing Desk, Utility Journalism and editors overseeing A1 and the weekend edition.
Grad came to The Times as a communi... |
Former President Reagan Dies at 93 | https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-ronald-reagan-dies-20040604-story.html | null | Ronald Reagan, the Hollywood actor who became one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century and transformed the political landscape of an era with his vision of conservative government, died Saturday at his home in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 93.
His wife, Nancy, his greatest fan and fierc... |
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