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The 18th century Crooked House pub near Dudley, England, burned and was unlawfully bulldozed. Now its owners have been ordered to rebuild and keep its previous, lopsided specifications. The owners of a quirky 18th century British pub unlawfully bulldozed after a mysterious fire last year were ordered Tuesday by a …

Steel was born in Seoul and raised in South Korea, Japan and the United States. She’s been active for years in GOP politics, serving on the state Board of Equalization for eight years before being elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2014. She won a seat in …

People dance at World Seafood Restaurant during a banquet marking the one-year anniversary of the Monterey Park mass shooting. Cindy Lao’s line dance was destroyed by gunfire a year ago, but her spirit wasn’t. On Sunday, the one-year anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern Los Angeles County history, …

Rachaad White never envisioned himself here. Outside in the sweltering summer heat on a Saturday afternoon in 2018. Standing on a street corner outside of a Toys R Us parking lot, Young Thug bumping through his earphones as he held up a sign that read “70% OFF: GOING OUT OF …

As Jean Tsao prepared a feast with her son on Thanksgiving, her phone kept pinging. She and many other Taiwanese Americans were glued to what some have described as a “soap opera” of a presidential election across the Pacific. That day in Taiwan, after an attempt to unify the opposition …

Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy passes in the first half of the Wolverines’ win over Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday. With less than four minutes to go until halftime, the first 26 minutes of the Rose Bowl had been a defensive battle, as the Wolverines were deadlocked with the …

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe’s (4) teammates credit him with leading the team to this season’s College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Rose Bowl. Jalen Milroe spent the holidays at home with his family. He didn’t go anywhere else, didn’t talk to anyone else, but he still couldn’t escape the …

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) celebrates with offensive lineman JC Latham (65) after Milroe tossed a 48-yard touchdown pass against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 2. The offensive line will play a key role during the Tide’s showdown with Michigan at the Rose Bowl Monday. Alabama right tackle JC Latham is …

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe’s (4) teammates credit him with leading the team to this season’s College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Rose Bowl. Jalen Milroe spent the holidays at home with his family. He didn’t go anywhere else, didn’t talk to anyone else, but he still couldn’t escape the …

Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, at the Capitol, Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Sacramento. Bakersfield Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong can run in a Central Valley congressional race to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), a Sacramento County judge ruled Thursday. The decision by Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang overrules the office …

Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in the background at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. A mix-up of cleaning products in the backstage of Disneyland sent one park worker to a hospital early Thursday morning. Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Jon McClintock said paramedics responded to the scene shortly after 2 a.m. …

Then-President Trump walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in 2020. Former President Trump will be on California’s March 5 presidential primary ballot, despite calls from some officials to disqualify him because of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Trump’s name was included in the certified list …

Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa gets sacked by Michigan defensive end Jaylen Harrell on Nov. 18 in College Park. The Wolverines say facing Tagovailoa helped them prepare for facing Alabama’s mobile quarterback during the Rose Bowl. On the plane ride back from Michigan’s crushing 51-45 loss to Texas Christian in last …

As the Michigan football team boarded its flight ahead of its Week 10 game at Penn State, several players pulled up wearing shirts and beanies that carried the same message, etched in the school’s trademark maize and blue: Michigan vs. Everybody. The team has embraced the mentality since the beginning …

At a Nochebuena celebration hosted by Filipino American Archie Cubarrubia and his Cuban partner, T.J. Morales, in their North Hollywood home, karaoke is a must for everyone. That includes an 89-year-old Cuban immigrant who had never performed such an act in his life. Frank Navarro, who came from Miami to …

Lee Sun Kyun, center left, with fellow “Parasite” cast members at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2020, was found dead in Seoul. Actor Lee Sun Kyun, who gained international fame in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” has died in Seoul amid a police investigation over suspected drug use. He was …

The search for answers played out in a Rowland Heights home, in a room the owners use for karaoke. On this day, it was the stage for reenacting the worst mass shooting in modern Los Angeles County history. Full-length mirrors covered a wall. Chinese lanterns hung from the ceiling. A …

Irma Zamorano, center, a community activist and former Mountain View school district board member, joins supporters of Mayor Jessica Ancona as they rally and hold a press conference at El Monte City Hall. Gabriela Leos was at the Michelada Rumble in Santa Anita Park when she ran into El Monte …

El Segundo High School senior Sam Srikanth has applied to elite East Coast schools like Cornell and Duke and feels anxious about the intense competition. The admissions consultant described what it takes to get into an elite college: Take 10 to 20 Advanced Placement courses. Create a “showstopper project.” Asian …

When Guillermo Zamarripa arrived in New York from Mexico as an international student, he knew very little English. However, he had a dream like many students from abroad: to find a job in the United States. Zamarripa, who played in the UNAM Pumas basic forces before moving to the Big …

Demonstrators wave Israeli flags outside the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. Dueling demonstrations outside the Museum of Tolerance became heated on Wednesday night. Inside, a private screening of video of atrocities from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel was underway. Outside, horns were blaring, flags …

Good morning. It’s Monday, Oct. 30. I’m Helen Li, a reporting fellow for The Times. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. • In L.A.’s Santee Alley, Korean and Latino communities connect in acupuncture For two blocks near East Pico and Santee Alley, there are dozens of …

This poster provided by the Maine Department of Public Safety shows victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. A gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, killing 18 people in the deadliest mass shooting in state history. In a statement Friday, Gov. …

Police temporarily detained people in Durham, Maine, on Friday during a manhunt in the aftermath of mass shootings in nearby Lewiston. Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card was found dead Friday, ending an epic manhunt that forced a swath of Maine to shelter in place. Officials said law enforcement officers …

Aaron Young, 14, was one of the 18 victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, 2023. He died with his father, Bill Young. Rob Young knew something was off. He’d texted his brother Bill about buying tickets to see Blink-182 in Washington, D.C., but Bill hadn’t …

This must be Koreatown My first impression of Koreatown wasn’t a great one. In 2006, a family friend picked me up at LAX. I was 11, and all I could think about was how I had said goodbye to my relatives in Seoul just hours earlier. As soon as I …

Hunger striker Thenmozhi Soundararajan, center, and others rally in Sacramento last month for a bill to ban caste discrimination. SB 403 passed the Legislature, but Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed it Saturday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill highly watched by the South Asian community that would have …

An investigation is underway after Los Angeles police shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Canoga Park shopping center early Saturday. The man was armed and did not comply with officers’ commands, police said. Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man who was reported …

Sikhs in Fresno and across California have joined residents of Oaxacan descent in working to outlaw caste-based discrimination, which both have been subject to. As a teenager picking apples in the Central Valley town of Mendota, Miguel Arias was puzzled when Mexican farmers yelled the insult “Oaxaquita” at Oaxacans working …

What started as a spontaneous event, thought up by UFC president Dana White, turned out to be a memorable night on Saturday in Las Vegas. On a night usually reserved for boxing and Mexican champion Canelo Alvarez, the UFC took center stage with a full house of 18,700 fans filling …