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Once a staple of the summer job market for younger people, lifeguarding's lengthy training and low wages have drained its appeal. As a result, some local pools could operate at less capacity.

Keenan Anderson, a Black man, died hours after Los Angeles police officers repeatedly tased him in January. The coroner's office said the manner of death was not determined.

A new interpretation of an old law gives homebuilders leverage over California cities and their zoning codes. They’re using it to push through thousands of new apartments around the state.

Assembly Bill 873, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, would direct the state’s Instructional Quality Commission to incorporate media literacy into K-12 curriculum in English language arts, math, science, history and social studies frameworks.

Drug use has become a major public health crisis, but effective treatment remains hard to find. It does exist, though.

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.

Sunscreen is crucial for skin protection and the SPF is important. But dermatologists say the key to good summer skin care is applying plenty of lotion and re-applying it often, even when it's cloudy.

Temperatures will be well below average, with the chance of thunderstorms in some areas.

There are regulations to help shield outside workers from extreme heat, but rules to help indoor workers the same way remain in a holding pattern.

Celebrate the opening of the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Party with Pride at the Getty. Attend The Story Collider — live. Screen Ava DuVernay’s 2008 documentary This is the Life.

Warehouse workers who work in hot indoor environments say the climate crisis is moving faster than much-needed indoor heat regulation.

The St. John's United Methodist Church first caught fire in February 2022. It had still been holding services in the parking lot as the sanctuary was being renovated when the second fire broke out.