Oscar nominations delayed, voting extended due to L.A. fires

Oscar statuettes. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The wildfires that have torn through the Los Angeles area this week have led to numerous closures, cancellations and postponements — now including the Oscar nominations. Originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17, the announcement of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards has been delayed to Sunday, Jan. … Read more

Mexican president suggests renaming the United States after Trump’s Gulf of America threat

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum clapped back Wednesday at President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to rename the Gulf of Mexico — saying the US should actually be called “Mexican America.” Trump, 78, announced Tuesday during a Mar-a-Lago press conference he had ambitions to rebrand the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.” In response, Sheinbaum, 62, showed … Read more

‘We don’t know when we’re going to go home’: Private security in Palisades say they’re working around the clock

A carport is fully engulfed Tuesday by the Palisades fire along Haverford Avenue in Pacific Palisades. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Arturo Garcia said he’s been working in the Palisades for 17 hours nonstop. His partner has been awake for over 24. Like the firefighters he was surrounded by the night before, he’s guarding … Read more

Anti-Jewish hate crimes spiked last year in NYC, with more than 300 incidents reported

Antisemitic hate crimes exploded across the Big Apple last year, with 345 anti-Jewish incidents reported, according to troubling NYPD data released this week. Jews were the targets a staggering 54% of the time — more than all other minority groups combined — during 2024 amid the ongoing bloodshed in the Israel-Hamas war and pro-Palestinian protests … Read more

Inside the desperate, chaotic escape from Pacific Palisades: ‘If you go any farther you will die’

Beachfront homes are devastated by the Palisades fire on PCH in Malibu. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) A dry wind was already stirring when the sun rose over Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, fitful gusts whipping palm fronds seaward and making eucalyptus limbs creek and groan. The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday … Read more

GOP pols push MTA boss to resign after downplaying transit crime as state braces for even more taxes, fees

h5KW6Yux ALBANY — Republican state lawmakers want the MTA’s head honcho to resign after he brushed off New Yorker’s concerns about subway crime — as questions swirl over the flailing agency’s chaotic financial picture. Eleven state Senators said Wednesday they want Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair and CEO Janno Lieber to step down. If he won’t … Read more

Analysis: Newsom tackles the bullet train with a new leadership team but no friends in the White House

Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, shakes hands with Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) before Newsom’s Feb. 12 State of the State address. (Rich Pedroncelli / AP) Three times in California’s modern era, a governor has found himself stuck trying to rework the plans of a predecessor who hoped to make high-speed rail a reality. Twice, that … Read more

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