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TOP STORIES Fires, Homelessness and a Growing Crisis As the number of tents, makeshift shelters and campers on Los Angeles streets has surged, so has the scourge of fire. In the three years since the Los Angeles Fire Department began classifying them, fires related to homelessness have nearly tripled. In the first quarter of 2021, they occurred at a rate of 24 a day, making up 54% of all fires the department responded to. Many of the fires are limited to dumpsters and piles of trash, and the most common outcome is the destruction of tents or other shelter. A few have been costly and tragic. ...

Print Opponents of ethnic studies in Orange County say such coursework sows divisions, but experts say it’s necessary for overcoming them. TOP STORIES California’s ethnic studies model curriculum — which is intended to help educators develop classes that guide students through the histories, struggles and contributions of Asian, Black, Latino and Native American communities, among other groups — was unanimously approved in March by the state Board of Education after nearly two years of discussions, protests and rewrites. Newsletter Must-read stories from the L.A. Times Get all the da...

Print When Steven Yeun, a Korean American, was nominated Monday for an Oscar for his performance in “Minari,” The Times and others declared he had made history as the first Asian American nominee in the lead actor category. Not everyone agreed. Consult the internet and you’ll find the following people listed along with Yeun among Asian Academy Award winners and nominees for best actor: Yul Brynner, Topol, Ben Kingsley and Riz Ahmed, another 2021 nominee. All of those men have ties to Asia in some way. But as a continent, Asia is so big that it contains China and more than three-quarter...

Print Democratic lawmakers will introduce an ambitious immigration reform bill, but it could just be the opening bid. TOP STORIES Biden’s Big Swing at Immigration Reform President Biden will make official today his aggressive opening salvo in a decades-long effort to reform a broken U.S. immigration system, which ground to a near-halt under his predecessor. Democratic lawmakers are set to introduce the legislation that Biden officials touted on his first day in the White House — an ambitious bill that would offer a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants in the Unite...

TOP STORIES The $2,000 Question Will millions of Americans get $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks? The answer lies in the Senate, where the plan stalled out as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks. The roadblock mounted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) may not be sustainable as pressure grows. President Trump says he wants the Republican-led chamber to follow the Democrat-led House and increase the checks from $600. A growing number of Republicans, including two senators in a runoff election on Jan. 5 in Georgia, have said they ...