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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-02-22 > california-union-pushes-work-from-home-bill-as-newsom-calls-state-employees-back-to-office

California union pushes work-from-home bill as Newsom calls state employees back to the office

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (487+ words) One of California's larger public employee unions is pushing legislation to make remote work a permanent option for state workers as the clock ticks down on Gov. Gavin Newsom's July 1 mandate for most employees to be in the office four…...

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latimes.com > politics > story > 2026-02-22 > trans-athletes-face-intense-efforts-to-sideline-them-these-california-teens-are-resisting

Trans athletes face intense efforts to sideline them. These California teens are resisting

6+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1460+ words) At a recent meeting of California's high school sports governing board, two seniors from Arroyo Grande High School spoke out against a transgender peer competing on their track and field team and allegedly "watching" them in the girls' locker room....

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latimes.com > sports > lakers > story > 2026-02-22 > statue-outside-lakers-arena-is-another-first-for-pat-riley

Statue outside Lakers' arena is another first for Pat Riley, the consummate coach

6+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1031+ words) The Lakers had defeated the hated Boston Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals and there stood coach Pat Riley at the Forum in Inglewood with a microphone in his hands and joyous players behind him relishing the moment. Riley then made…...

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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-02-22 > palisades-in-limelight-west-altadena-fights-for-justice-eaton-fire

With Pacific Palisades in spotlight, Altadena fights for attention, post-fire justice

6+ hour, 52+ min ago  (999+ words) The Los Angeles firestorm of January 2025 was a double disaster, burning thousands of homes and taking dozens of lives across Pacific Palisades and Altadena. But over the last year, much of the national conversation has drifted toward Pacific Palisades and…...

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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-02-22 > la-wanted-to-dismantle-homeless-rvs-judge-just-shut-that-down

L.A. wanted to dismantle homeless RVs. A judge just shut that down

6+ hour, 52+ min ago  (760+ words) A judge has struck down the latest effort by the city of Los Angeles to tow and destroy broken down recreational vehicles, handing a legal victory to a group of Westside homeless advocates. In a two-page ruling, Superior Court Judge…...

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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-02-22 > california-serial-child-molester-granted-parole-victims-are-outraged

'That man is a monster,' California serial child molester granted parole. Victims are outraged

6+ hour, 52+ min ago  (947+ words) A Sacramento man once described by a judge as "the monster parents fear the most" seemed destined to spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of 16 counts of kidnapping and child molestation in 1999. Instead he…...

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latimes.com > sports > highschool > story > 2026-02-21 > high-school-boys-girls-soccer-saturday-playoff-scores

High school soccer: Saturday boys' and girls' playoff scores

11+ hour, 1+ min ago  (266+ words) #8 Orange Lutheran 3, #4 Placentia Valencia 1 (OL advances on aggregate) #2 Mater Dei 2, #6 JSerra 0 (MD advances on aggregate) Santa Monica 2, Anaheim Canyon 0 Fontana 2, Sultana 1 Newport Harbor 2, Downey 1 Bishop Amat 4, Citrus Hill 0 Los Alamitos 3, Godinez 2 Granite Hills 3, Indian Springs 0 Irvine University 1, Oxnard Pacifica 0 Santa…...

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latimes.com > sports > soccer > lafc > story > 2026-02-21 > lafc-kicks-off-season-with-rout-of-inter-miami-at-coliseum

LAFC kicks off season with shutout of reigning champion Inter Miami at Coliseum

11+ hour, 59+ min ago  (647+ words) LAFC kicked off the MLS season with a 3-0 statement win over reigning champion Inter Miami at a packed Coliseum on Saturday night. The matchup featured Miami star Lionel Messi and attracted an announced crowd of 75,673, the second-largest for a regular…...

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latimes.com > environment > story > 2026-02-21 > bodies-of-all-9-skiers-killed-in-devastating-avalanche-recovered

All 9 bodies of skiers killed in devastating avalanche recovered by authorities

15+ hour, 57+ min ago  (337+ words) California search-and-rescue teams have recovered the bodies of all nine missing skiers killed Tuesday in a devastating avalanche in a remote region of Sierra Nevada mountains north of Lake Tahoe. When a catastrophic avalanche rumbled over a stretch of the…...

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latimes.com > sports > dodgers > story > 2026-02-21 > dodgers-yoshinobu-yamamoto-cactus-league-opener

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets his work in during Dodgers' Cactus League opener as WBC looms

18+ hour, 3+ min ago  (483+ words) TEMPE, Ariz.Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto toed the rubber Saturday for the team's Cactus League opener against the Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium with the expectation that it would be his only start before joining Team Japan for next…...