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LOS ANGELES — A judge intends to end Amanda Bynes’ conservatorship at a hearing Tuesday, according to a tentative ruling published Friday by the Ventura County Superior Court and reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

LOS ANGELES — As Mayor Eric Garcetti’s ambassadorial nomination faces more scrutiny in the Senate, new text messages viewed by the Los Angeles Times on Friday suggest that a former Garcetti spokeswoman may have been subjected to unwanted kisses and “squeezes” by one of the mayor’s most powerful aides, and…

LOS ANGELES — The winter omicron surge hit Southern California harder than any other part of the state, a Los Angeles Times data analysis found, again underscoring the region’s vulnerability.

A "Grey's Anatomy" writer who has been accused of fabricating parts of her medical history in the writers' room of the long-running ABC drama as well as in personal essays has been placed on administrative leave pending review, the network confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES — Singer Janelle Monáe, poet Amanda Gorman, novelist Jonathan Franzen and actor Billy Porter are among the authors set to appear at the Los Angeles Times' Festival of Books this year.

LOS ANGELES — Whether sports fans follow developments in the baseball lockout closely or pay no attention at all, a league with an already diminished fan base has jeopardized at least some of its remaining base because of the work stoppage, according to a Los Angeles Times/SurveyMonkey poll.

LOS ANGELES — More than a year after a Los Angeles Times investigation into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a pair of congresswomen have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, asking for an investigation into the organization's tax-exempt status.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino, who is running for mayor, has spent tens of thousands of dollars from his officeholder account on trips to Hawaii, Italy and elsewhere for his family since he was elected, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of city records.

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LOS ANGELES — Confidence in California public schools has declined as voters and parents overwhelmingly have concluded that the quality of education worsened during the pandemic, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times.