Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Protesters demonstrating against clashed for hours with police on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, blocking the 110 Freeway, damaging cars and property and getting into a series of tense altercations with officers. Looting and vandalism were reported across the area early Saturday as police tried to push out the demonstrators, many of whom were arrested and hustled off in buses. At least four LAPD officers were hurt, some after being hit by debris.Fireworks were set off in the streets, the sparks hitting buildings. Smoke filled...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Protesters demonstrating against clashed for hours with police on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, blocking the 110 Freeway, damaging cars and property and getting into a series of tense altercations with officers. Looting and vandalism were reported across the area early Saturday as police tried to push out the demonstrators, many of whom were arrested and hustled off in buses. At least four LAPD officers were hurt, some after being hit by debris.Fireworks were set off in the streets, the sparks hitting buildings. Smoke filled...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Just 23 years old and near the start of her life in law enforcement, Toni McBride brimmed with youthful exuberance. A slew of online videos show the Los Angeles Police Department officer blasting away at targets, with prize-winning speed and accuracy, on a gun range in the Simi Valley foothills.McBride, an officer in LAPD’s Newton Division, fired an array of shotguns, pistols and assault rifles. She cavorted and strutted, sometimes within view of Hollywood glitterati, who used the same firing range to hone the gunplay they would use...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Just 23 years old and near the start of her life in law enforcement, Toni McBride brimmed with youthful exuberance. A slew of online videos show the Los Angeles Police Department officer blasting away at targets, with prize-winning speed and accuracy, on a gun range in the Simi Valley foothills.McBride, an officer in LAPD’s Newton Division, fired an array of shotguns, pistols and assault rifles. She cavorted and strutted, sometimes within view of Hollywood glitterati, who used the same firing range to hone the gunplay they would use...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A group ofd that California ease stay-at-home restrictions that have helped slow the The demonstration Friday in Huntington Beach generated national headlines and come amid similar protests elsewhere in the country.But they don’t necessarily represent the majority view. In fact, several polls have found wide support for the social-distancing rules despite the economic carnage they have caused. Here is what we know.PollingNinety-five percent of respondents Los Angeles elected officials’ decision to implement a for all but essential...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A group ofd that California ease stay-at-home restrictions that have helped slow the The demonstration Friday in Huntington Beach generated national headlines and come amid similar protests elsewhere in the country.But they don’t necessarily represent the majority view. In fact, several polls have found wide support for the social-distancing rules despite the economic carnage they have caused. Here is what we know.PollingNinety-five percent of respondents Los Angeles elected officials’ decision to implement a for all but essential...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement He was the architect of California’s Roman Catholic missions, a man taught to generations of schoolchildren as a founding father of the Golden State and the first-ever Hispanic saint from the United States. Father Junípero Serra’s arrival in California in 1769 also marked the beginning of centuries of exploitation and decimation for Native Californians, the very people Serra vowed to “save” with Christianity.Now, and the legacies of , and are being questioned, Serra has suddenly become a flashpoint for addressing the wrongs of...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement He was the architect of California’s Roman Catholic missions, a man taught to generations of schoolchildren as a founding father of the Golden State and the first-ever Hispanic saint from the United States. Father Junípero Serra’s arrival in California in 1769 also marked the beginning of centuries of exploitation and decimation for Native Californians, the very people Serra vowed to “save” with Christianity.Now, and the legacies of , and are being questioned, Serra has suddenly become a flashpoint for addressing the wrongs of...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News It was a wake without a body as hundreds of parishioners from the San Gabriel Mission Roman Catholic community gathered Saturday in the parking lot to cry, grieve and pray after a fire tore through the historic landmark.Flames destroyed the roof, most of the just-refurbished church pews and portions of the interior, though some statues and other historic items survived.The blaze came amid a backlash against California missions and other colonial monuments that for many serve as painful reminders of the nation’s racist history. For...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News It was a wake without a body as hundreds of parishioners from the San Gabriel Mission Roman Catholic community gathered Saturday in the parking lot to cry, grieve and pray after a fire tore through the historic landmark.Flames destroyed the roof, most of the just-refurbished church pews and portions of the interior, though some statues and other historic items survived.The blaze came amid a backlash against California missions and other colonial monuments that for many serve as painful reminders of the nation’s racist history. For...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Orange County’s Democratic Party is hoping sundown is on the horizon for the Duke.This week, officials passed an condemning film legend John Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” made decades ago and are calling on the Orange County Board of Supervisors to drop his name, statue and other likenesses from the international airport.The resolution also asked the board “to restore its original name: Orange County Airport.”“There have been past efforts to get this done and now we’re putting our name and our backing into this to make sure...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Orange County’s Democratic Party is hoping sundown is on the horizon for the Duke.This week, officials passed an condemning film legend John Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” made decades ago and are calling on the Orange County Board of Supervisors to drop his name, statue and other likenesses from the international airport.The resolution also asked the board “to restore its original name: Orange County Airport.”“There have been past efforts to get this done and now we’re putting our name and our backing into this to make sure...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a difficult year of pandemic-accelerated enrollment losses and hobbled fundraising, six elementary schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will close in June as one of the nation’s largest private educational systems struggles to keep many of its schools afloat. Assumption in Boyle Heights, Blessed Sacrament in Hollywood, St. Catherine of Siena in Reseda, St. Ferdinand in San Fernando, St. Francis of Assisi in Silver Lake and St. Madeleine in Pomona are scheduled to be closed as part of a consolidation plan...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a difficult year of pandemic-accelerated enrollment losses and hobbled fundraising, six elementary schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will close in June as one of the nation’s largest private educational systems struggles to keep many of its schools afloat. Assumption in Boyle Heights, Blessed Sacrament in Hollywood, St. Catherine of Siena in Reseda, St. Ferdinand in San Fernando, St. Francis of Assisi in Silver Lake and St. Madeleine in Pomona are scheduled to be closed as part of a consolidation plan...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A rejection from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide aid to California for numerous recent wildfires was reversed Friday following appeals from the governor and Republican lawmakers.“Just got off the phone with President Trump who has approved our Major Disaster Declaration request. Grateful for his quick response,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an afternoon statement.The prior evening, FEMA rejected the state’s request for disaster relief funds for six recent California wildfires, including fire, San Bernardino County’s...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A rejection from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide aid to California for numerous recent wildfires was reversed Friday following appeals from the governor and Republican lawmakers.“Just got off the phone with President Trump who has approved our Major Disaster Declaration request. Grateful for his quick response,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an afternoon statement.The prior evening, FEMA rejected the state’s request for disaster relief funds for six recent California wildfires, including fire, San Bernardino County’s...WW…