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Something is killing gray whales. Is it a sign of oceans in peril?

August 18, 2021 at 10:03 a.m.

Balvi Vasquez pets and talks to a gray whale in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, on February 16, 2021. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS) A gray whale swims into Los Angeles...

Nurse Cindy Bayasgalan swabs first-grader Alyssa Ponce for a coronavirus infection at a mobile testing site at Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima last week.

$350 million. 1,000 health care workers. 500,000 tests weekly. Inside LAUSD’s virus testing effort

August 18, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

LOS ANGELES – The scene at Telfair Elementary in the days leading up to the Monday opening of the school year reflected what will be the new normal across the...

Raizah Touch swabs her son Skyzell Touch, 6, for a coronavirus test at Northridge Middle School on Aug. 11.

Inside LAUSD’s virus testing effort

August 17, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

Nurse Cindy Bayasgalan swabs first-grader Alyssa Ponce for a coronavirus infection at a mobile testing site at Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima last week. Children and parents wait in line...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1 in 9 Americans over the age of 45 report "subjective cognitive decline."

5 tips for safe and sane travel with someone who has dementia

August 17, 2021 at 11:47 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — With an estimated 1 in 9 Americans over age 45 reporting "subjective cognitive decline" — a.k.a. memory loss that impairs daily life — dementia is a growing...

Designed to attract young shoppers in stores and online, apps like Klarna promise a safer, easier alternative to credit with no interest and no surprise fees.

How buy-now-pay-later apps work

August 16, 2021 at 2:06 p.m.

If you've been in the mall or scrolling through online shopping sites recently, you might have seen brightly colored ads urging you to split your purchase into four payments with...

MONEY TALKS | Americans revealed they are fairly open about money with 70% saying that some or all of their friends know what they make. "Conventional wisdom has long been that it's considered taboo or in poor taste to discuss money openly with family, friends and family, so it was interesting to discover that, in fact, more than half of respondents shared information about their earnings with their circles," Hammell said.

Sleek, new credit apps target a young generation already drowning in debt

August 16, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.

Alana Voechting, a 27-year-old nursing student, had never heard of Klarna when she noticed its bright pink logo while checking out at Sephora.com with $165 in skin care products. Mounting...

Arvin Lamebear Gallagher winces at a needle held by nurse Roberta Wagner as she prepares to vaccinate him for COVID-19 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.

Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

August 16, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.

LODGE POLE, Mont. — For the first several months of the pandemic, the residents of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation were spared by their seclusion in the plains of northern...

Kathleen Adams, head public-health nurse at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, lugs coolers to her car for the next drive to vaccinate a resident of the Native American reservation in north central Montana.

Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

August 16, 2021 at 11:13 a.m.

Summer Ariwite holds hands with her niece, Kaycee Moss, who recently turned 12, old enough to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by Samantha Allen, a public-health nurse at the Fort Belknap...

Fans watch Brockhampton perform at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Coachella promoter AEG sets mandatory vaccination policy for fans and staff

August 13, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Concert giant AEG Presents, which runs marquee festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach along with local clubs like the Roxy and El Rey Theater, announced a mandatory vaccination...

Maria Barajas, 68, still has a ringing in one ear after the LAPD' s fireworks detonation on East 27th Street." One tries to have their house and live peacefully," she said," and then, boom!

Residents displaced by LAPD fireworks explosion feel angry, alone, ignored

August 10, 2021 at 10:26 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Even before the Los Angeles Police Department blew up the residential block in South L.A. where her family has lived for nearly two years, life was hard...

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