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Travel: Why so many flock to Sedona’s vortexes — and what to really expect when you get there

November 22, 2023 at 11:49 a.m.

Sedona’s vortexes are generally understood to be geographical sites of invisible and potent spiritual energy, usually associated with specific rock formations.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court sides with FDA on abortion pills, blocks Texas rulings for now

April 21, 2023 at 4:10 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of...

Bee sheds stand half-submerged in farm fields south of Tulare River Road. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Acres of LA County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters

April 6, 2023 at 11:28 a.m.

As epic Sierra Nevada snowpack threatens to overwhelm this phantom lake bed with spring runofF, some fear the Tulare Lake Compost facility could be transformed into an environmental disaster.

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appears during bilateral talks, Nov. 20, 1990, in Paris during a summit of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end Cold War, dies at 91

August 30, 2022 at 2:51 p.m.

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according...

2 shot, 3 others injured in shooting at Los Angeles middle school

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Los Angeles >> Two students were shot, one critically, and three other people were injured in a classroom shooting Thursday at Salvador Castro Middle School in the Westlake District of...

Not so ‘Perfect’

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Out of tune. In this one, the original Bellas, college graduates now and all pretty unhappy with life in the real world, reunite to take their a cappella act on...

The Ventura County Fire Department confirmed a firefighter called out “mayday” Thursday, Dec, 14, 2017, while working the Thomas fire. - Dec. 9 photo by Gene Blevins for the Los Angeles DailyNews — SCNG

Firefighter dies in ‘serious accident’ battling Thomas fire in Ventura County

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

A firefighter has died while battling the Thomas fire in Ventura County, officials said Thursday, Dec. 14.A name has not been released for the firefighter, who sounded a “mayday” alert...

Spiders get a bad rap, but they’re really our friends

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Question: It seems that there are spider webs all over my yard as well as in the Santa Clarita area where my children live. What kind of spiders are they?I...

photos by hans gutknecht — Los Angeles Daily News Hope of the ValleyRescue Mission Executive Director, Ken Craft shows an example of a temporary housing unit at Hope of the Valley Help Center in Van Nuys, CA., Monday, October 9.

Small pods could solve LA’s homeless crisis

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

The futuristic mini-modular home sitting inside a church parking lot in Van Nuys holds only a single bed, a small desk, and some shelves.But for the team of fourth year...

Plants that do best when ignored

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

It would be dereliction of duty on my part not to mention two plants, blooming now in all their glory, that defy the hottest weather with an outrageously floriferous late-summer...

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