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An empty high school classroom with rows of tan desk-chair combos and navy seats on a glossy blue floor. Small labels sit on several desktops. The walls hold handwritten poster paper, framed black-and-white photos, a green, white and orange flag, and posters including a Dodgers logo, a photo of a white columned building and a “We Can Do It!” Rosie the Riveter print above a counter and sink. Gray storage cabinets stand in the back corner.
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Lauren Halsey turned the Hollywood Bowl into a funk opera
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A pianist in a cream button-up shirt and jeans plays a black grand piano on an outdoor stage, while several audience members lie on the stage floor beneath and beside the piano. Behind them, sunlit hills rise to the Hollywood sign under a clear blue sky, with more concertgoers seated in lawn chairs in the background.
He trucked his grand piano into Griffith Park
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, in a tan uniform with four gold stars on each collar and a dark green tie, speaks into microphones at a lectern. His badge carries a black mourning band, and an American flag patch is on his shoulder. A U.S. flag hangs out of focus behind him.
Riverside sheriff broke election law, California Supreme Court rules. What's next?
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Santa Rosa Island fire: The race to save rare Torrey pines
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Is Hollywood dead? How President Trump says he'll revive it
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The ramen burger is back — inside Keizo Shimamoto's lowkey Irvine kitchen
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A smiling woman with short curly hair and glasses, wearing a magenta blazer over a white top, stands surrounded by supporters holding "Vote Karen Bass for Mayor" campaign signs.
Congress warns Bass: 'Every tool' will be used to get her testimony
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LA will host Olympics watch parties. Here’s where they might be
The city is modeling its park gatherings off this summer’s World Cup events.
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Trump administration to assign government lawyers to migrant kids’ cases, worrying advocates
The Trump administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings.
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How California insurance commissioner candidates Jane Kim and Ben Allen measure up
Jane Kim and Ben Allen, two Democrats with differing approaches, vie to regulate one of the biggest insurance markets in the world.
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The UC got rid of the SAT in admissions. It may be on its way back
Students don’t need to take the SAT to get into the UC. Professors say students are coming in unprepared for college-level work and want the test back.
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