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Long Beach, CA - April 01: 2028 An aerial view of Long Beach.

Massive sewage main break prompts closure of all coastal waters off Long Beach

All open coastal swimming areas, bays, and lagoons in Long Beach have been closed after a sewer main break that spilled thousands of gallons of wastewater into the ocean.

Pool area with palm trees at Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California, December 23, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Dana Point landmark Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel resort sells for $600 million

One of the items seized from Dr. Violetta Mailyan was a Tesla Cybertruck.

California Botox doctor used $45 million in Medicare money to fund her lavish lifestyle, feds say

MARINA , CA - AUGUST 16, 2019 - Bar area dining room at Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Marina Del Rey, August 16, 2019. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

The Cheesecake Factory is a punchline. But it’s also the California dream

GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019: A Garden Grove Police Cruiser is parked for added security presence outside The Islamic Society of. Orange County in Garden Grove, Calif., on March 13, 2019. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Ex-Garden Grove police sergeant kidnapped, assaulted coworker, prosecutor says

UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 13, 2026: Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, left, and her challenger, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, face off in the NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Mayoral Debate Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

With only days left in the campaign, Bass and Raman make their final push

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 14: Homemade payday, left, and butterfinger bars for Halloween. Photographed on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Halloween on a budget: Readers weigh in on soaring candy costs — and their favorite treats

Los Angeles, CA. - October 25, 2026: Mayor Karen Bass greets phone banking volunteers at her South LA campaign headquarters on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA.. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass running against councilwoman Nithya Raman. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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SILVER LAKE, CA - OCTOBER 16, 2026 - Television screenwriter and producer Vali Chandrasekaran, the husband of Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, smiles while having his portrait taken in Silver Lake on October 16, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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MCFARLAND, CA SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 --- Stacks of trees ready for processing set next to mounds of wood chips and finer wood particles at Lignum Support in McFarland, CA. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times).
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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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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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SAN PEDRO, CA - MAY 09: The City of Los Angeles Fire Department boat Warner L. Lawrence also known as Fire Boat 2 in its dock at Fire Station 112 in San Pedro, CA on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Leigh Steinberg speaks onstage during the 39th Annual Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party at Storek on February 07, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Leigh Steinberg)

Proposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams

Los Angeles, California April 20, 2023-Los Angeles City Hall is lit up in honor of the passing of former mayor Richard Riordan Thursday night. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES , CA - AUGUST 4, 2026: City Council District 3 candidate Barri Worth Girvan meets voters during a neighborhood National Nigh Out event in Canoga Park's Lanark Park on August 4, 2026 in Los Angeles CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles, California - August 08, 2026: Los Angeles CD3 City Council Candidate Tim Gaspar poses for a portrait outside Lucky Strike Bowling Alley, where he was participating in a Kids on the Spectrum Bowling League event on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. Gaspar, an entrepreneur who grew up and lives in the West Valley, attends this event weekly and aims his campaign to give back and uplift his home city. (Arwen Clemans/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - October 25: Jose Trujillo, of Huntington Park, votes on the first day of early in-person and ballot drop-off voting in the November 4, 2025 California Statewide Special Election at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. As of October 25, 2025, vote centers in Los Angeles County are open for early in-person voting and ballot drop-off. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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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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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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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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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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