From the archives: Times writers Mary Moore and Adrian Maher report from the scene in Westwood after UCLA defeated Arkansas for the 1995 NCAA title.

Six fire engines attended the scene

Lawrence Welk is newly hip at Modernism Week in Palm Springs: The late entertainer's home has been lovingly restored, and is now opening its doors.

After the coronavirus pandemic cools down, how will California start getting back to normal? Slowly, methodically and in stages.

A UCLA medical epidemiologist and infectious disease expert discusses a possible timeline for reopening California after the coronavirus shutdown.

Most people who get COVID-19 will experience mild symptoms and will recover with rest and plenty of fluids. Over-the-counter drugs can help with fever.

California public schools will not open for weeks and possibly not until summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday afternoon.

Citing concerns over spreading the coronavirus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced public schools will be closed for the rest of the academic year.

The history of the Trump Justice Department doesn't inspire confidence.

L.A. Opera cancels "Pelléas and Mélisande" and "Rodelinda" but is still selling tickets for "The Marriage of Figaro" in early June.

L.A. Opera officially cancels its last production of the 2019-20 season, but the effect on employees won't be as catastrophic as you might think.

Problems from the surge of jobless claims reflect years of cutbacks and greater restrictions on eligibility.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have left many restaurants uncertain about their future.

L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19.

Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business.

Sales are down at one of Orange County's most famous Vietnamese restaurants, but Brodard is adapting to survive

The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income.

The restaurant, which served traditional Basque cooking enjoyed family-style, had been in business for 89 years.

A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap.

Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost?

L.A. should be taking inspiration from cities that are experimenting with public space to help businesses during coronavirus lockdowns.

Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago.

High Road Kitchens funds restaurants to provide low-cost food and re-employ staff.

Nine Los Angeles restaurants and chefs, including Jessica Koslow and Jeremy Fox, are on James Beard Foundation's list.

Authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide swapped crimes stories and favorite books during the L.A. Times Book Club's first virtual event.

The author of "Nothing to See Here" enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary.

The journalist has plenty of space in Alabama, but it still gets lonesome. Luckily there's Larry McMurtry, Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians.

It's insane to think life can return to normal soon when we haven't even figured out how to get enough milk and toilet paper into stores.

The president might not like to work, but the people who think and act for him are very effective at their jobs.

Oscar's big winner, 'Parasite,' and war tale '1917' show how interactive entertainment is shaping linear storytelling — often for the better.

Goldberg, the grandson of Romanian and Russian immigrants, had his bar mitzvah in his native Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It seems that this season the world's highest peak will have some much needed recovery time, writes Yana Wengel

Independent investigators name mystery figure as colonel general Andrey Burlaka

Baltic states agreed each 'had successfully managed the spread of Covid-19 and trust each other's health care systems'

The government's current travel advice prevents mainstream tour operators running trips and invalidates the holidaymaker's insurance

Premier League clubs are fearful that a significant number of first-team stars may refuse to return to action if the league's Project Restart plan gets the green light.

Watford chairman Scott Duxbury has questioned whether the Premier League should return amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Dominic Raab has confirmed plans are being drawn up to resume the Premier League season behind closed doors.

Following the trend throughout the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring appears to have spread to Syria. The government crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in Homs and other provincial cities began over a year ago and is thought to have claimed thousands of lives. Attempts at brokering ceasefires have predictably failed.

This page provides coverage of recent events via Inter Press Service’s news feed.

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LOCKDOWN measures have broken motorists' "car dependency" habits and the changes could even be "permanent" for many after restrictions have lifted, according to an expert.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has announced he has coronavirus - he attended the home game against Millwall on Friday.

German football fans could hold the future of the 2019/20 Premier League season as the 20 clubs get set for yet another round of talks on Monday.

The Premier League will wait to hear from its players before putting a vote on the controversial neutral grounds protocol to clubs.

Premier League clubs are fearful that a significant number of first-team stars may refuse to return to action if the league's Project Restart plan gets the green light.

The Premier League will wait to hear from its players before putting a vote on the controversial neutral grounds protocol to clubs.

Premier League clubs are fearful that a significant number of first-team stars may refuse to return to action if the league's Project Restart plan gets the green light.

Watford chairman Scott Duxbury has questioned whether the Premier League should return amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The SPFL board are waiting from one club in the Championship to register their vote on the proposed resolution to end the season now.

The plan for the Premier League to return next month may hit a roadblock with six clubs not so keen on the idea of giving up their remaining home games.