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Op-Ed: As a doctor, I'm bracing for the possibility my home and hospital worlds may collide during the pandemic

A doctor leaves the calm of home to work in the charged atmosphere of the hospital where sober conversations abound about the possibility of being overrun with COVID-19 cases.




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Op-Ed: Instead of building more hospitals, turn bedrooms into hospital rooms

The hospital-at-home model could help coronavirus patients who need sustained medical supervision but don't need to be admitted into a hospital.




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Op-Ed: She was my cheerleader and my mentor. Then she was hospitalized with COVID-19

When I came home from college because of the coronavirus outbreak, my eighth-grade English teacher, my mentor, postponed a meeting with me. She had a fever and a cough.




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Hernández: Angels owner Arte Moreno talks (sort of) about failed trade for Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling

Angels owner Arte Moreno explained how Gerrit Cole was his team's primary target in the offseason, but despite his team's big offer, "you knew no matter what I did, we were going to get outbid."




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Angels capitalize on Mariners' mistakes to win spring training game

The Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 in a spring training game at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.




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Angels star Mike Trout talks about being stuck at home like everybody else

Except for workouts in Albert Pujols' home gym and throwing at a youth field, Mike Trout is home with his pregnant wife, Jessica, due to the coronavirus.




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Former Angels standout Jim Edmonds hospitalized and undergoing COVID-19 tests

Former Angels and Cardinals standout Jim Edmonds announces on social media he's in the hospital and undergoing testing for the coronavirus.




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Humorist Lightens Depression's Darkness By Talking (And Laughing) About It

Though John Moe's podcast, 'The Hilarious World of Depression' centers on mental illness, the conversations are funny. Humor "can bust me out" of a dark place, he says, the way platitudes never would.




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Senate returns to Washington despite city's coronavirus spike and Congress' stalemate

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls the Senate back as Washington, D.C.'s coronavirus numbers rise.




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COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home

Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.




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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Full Frontal' Host Samantha Bee On Backsides

Bee will answer three questions about the people who stand in for actors when a posterior shot is required — and the star is either unwilling or unqualified to do it.




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COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home

Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.




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Natalie Kitroeff to cover California economy for L.A. Times

Natalie Kitroeff has joined The Times as the Business section's California economy reporter.




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To our community of readers: Let's Talk

Talk is a new way for journalists to listen, communicate with and build communities of readers and journalists.




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HCQ in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: No Better, No Worse?

(MedPage Today) -- There was no difference in risk of intubation or death in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 coronavirus infection treated with hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial also used in the treatment of certain autoimmune diseases, compared...




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GREENE: Same profiling, same brutality, same disrespect — social distancing enforcement shows NYC ‘not as far as we think we are’

As much as Mayor de Blasio wants to pretend these arrests are just a drop in the bucket, from the point of view of those being constantly dropped in the bucket, the city’s heavy-handed coronavirus crackdown is just more of the same.Same profiling. Same brutality. Same disrespect.




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Joe Castiglione, a childhood Yankees fan turned longtime Red Sox broadcaster, talks about the great rivalry that is currently on pause

Joe Castiglione saw his first baseball game in the Bronx.




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Granderson: Justin Turner talks coronavirus relief, his 'Tiger King' tweet and quarantine baseball

The Dodgers' Justin Turner shares his thoughts on his viral 'Tiger King' tweet and how he feels about the latest idea to save the MLB season.




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Former Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully hospitalized after taking a fall at his home

Vin Scully is in the hospital after falling at home, but the former Dodgers broadcaster is resting comfortably, the team says.




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Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully is released from hospital after fall

Vin Scully, 92, has been released from Los Robles Hospital following a fall Tuesday at his home, according to a Dodgers team statement Saturday.




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Neve Campbell in talks with ‘Scream 5’ directors about returning to horror franchise

What’s your favorite scary movie?




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Cuomo extends moratorium on rental evictions in N.Y. through August amid coronavirus crisis

The governor did not go as far as to cancel rent outright, which progressives have increasingly called on him to do as the virus continues to curtail people’s ability to work and make ends meet.




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NYC’s death toll reaches 19,540, with 174,709 total coronavirus cases: NYC Health Department

As devastating as the NYC numbers are, they represent a steady decrease from early April, when there were 533 new confirmed deaths on April 7 and 6,155 new cases on April 6.




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Conservative talk-radio host Dennis Prager bemoans loss of racial slurs, gets history lesson

Conservative firebrand Dennis Prager has taken a break from pushing hydroxychloroquine and calling lockdowns “the greatest mistake” in history to rail against the loss of racist language.




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Boeing 737 fatally strikes pedestrian on Texas runway

A Boeing 737 ran over a man who was on an Austin, TX runway




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Escape to Catalina? No, it's closed up tight

The island has always depended on visitors, but this moment is different




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Korean soccer league prohibiting players from spitting, talking on field

Korea's top soccer league will be banning players from talking and excessive spitting on the pitch.




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Joe Castiglione, a childhood Yankees fan turned longtime Red Sox broadcaster, talks about the great rivalry that is currently on pause

Joe Castiglione saw his first baseball game in the Bronx.




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Capitals dump Brendan Leipsic for trashing women and teammates in leaked private chat

Brendan Leipsic talked his way out of a job.




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The coronavirus pandemic has robbed talented junior-filled UCLA baseball's season

The early end to UCLA baseball's season brought a disappointing end to the careers of some of the team's most talented juniors.




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UCLA's Natalie Chou talks about racism and being associated with 'the Chinese virus'

UCLA women's basketball player Natalie Chou says she's encountered discrimination since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Mick Cronin must conquer new obstacle in bid to lure top talent to UCLA

UCLA lost its top recruit in Daishen Nix when the five-star point guard from Las Vegas decided to join the G League academy team.




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Fatal fire - Brent

A woman sadly dies in a house fire




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Fatal house fire - Earlsfield

Sadly a man died at the scene




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Henry Cobb, architect of what long was L.A.'s tallest skyscaper, dies at 93

Longtime partner of I.M. Pei also designed Boston's John Hancock Tower




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Boris Yaro, Times photographer who took iconic image of mortally wounded RFK, dies

Yaro tutored the actor who played Animal, the rumpled photographer on "Lou Grant"




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Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, known for monumental works, dies at 86

Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, known for his monumental orchestral and choral compositions, died in Krakow at 86.




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Those Ruggable ads taking over your Instagram feed? We talk to the genius behind it all

Ruggable's two-part rug system is driving social media crazy — in a good way. We talk to the Los Angeles-based entrepreneur behind it all, and she explains how it all started with her dog, and an accident. And a rug empire was born.




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I'm 24, American and in lockdown in Italy. I must decide: Stay here or go home

I am in Florence, Italy, at culinary school, in a country besieged by the virus. Should I stay or should I go? There is no wrong answer.




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Pentecostal church in Sacramento linked to dozens of coronavirus cases

One in three cases of COVID-19 in Sacramento County have been linked to church gatherings, public health officials said.




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The new coronavirus might spread when people talk, but scientists say masks can help

It's possible that the new coronavirus can spread from person to person simply by talking, or even breathing, according to preliminary studies.




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Searing photos show what it's like inside this San Diego hospital right now

Here's an inside look with doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle.




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Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning looks: 'A total shirt show'

Times fashion critic Adam Tschorn offers his thoughts on Episodes 5 and 6 of Amazon's fashion competition 'Making the Cut.'




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Op-Ed: In Tibet, it's a crime to even talk about the value of mother-tongue education

Persecution in Tibet: More schools use Chinese as the main teaching language, denying a people their culture. Dare to question the policy and land in prison.




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One in 5 California students lack computers and Wi-Fi. Can the digital divide be closed?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced donations and other efforts to provide computers and broadband to students during the coronavirus pandemic, while saying "we continue to need to do much, much more."




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Op-Ed: China pioneers a national digital currency. Can the U.S. catch up?

While China introduces the 'digital yuan' in pilot program, U.S. struggles with old technology that prevents many people from getting coronavirus funds.




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Quarantine must-watch of the day: Marin Ireland in the immigrant tale 'Ironbound'

During a pandemic that puts class divisions into sharper focus, this acclaimed "Ironbound" gets a benefit reading by its original New York cast.




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Andrea Bocelli livestreams coronavirus message of 'Hope' from Italy for Easter

Italian singer Andrea Bocelli celebrated Easter Sunday by livestreaming on Youtube a solo performance from Milan's main cathedral, the Duomo di Milano.




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Furloughed workers, Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' is talking to you

'Attention must be paid': A nation of Willy Lomans can find truth in the "Death of a Salesman" character play by Dustin Hoffman and Brian Dennehy.




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How will L.A. theater reopen? Leaders begin talk of the post-coronavirus future

Move productions outdoors? Present different work? Faced with so many unknowns, one artistic director vows: "We all will sit in a theater again."