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Essential California: Selling a house made notorious by the Manson murders

Julia Wick — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:30:00 PDT

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, July 16, and I’m writing from Los Angeles.

Rare is the real estate listing that really means it when characterizing a home as “truly, one of a kind.”

But there is no other place like 3311 Waverly Drive in Los Feliz.

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Ask whether a drug works before worrying about what it costs

Steven Woloshin — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:15:00 PDT

Drugs with only marginal or unimportant benefits, especially if they come with lots of side effects, may not be worth taking at any price.

Following the Billy Graham rule doesn’t make you noble. It makes you a sexist dinosaur

The Times Editorial Board — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:10:00 PDT

Robert Foster wants to be governor of Mississippi — at least the male half of it. A Republican first-term state representative who’s running for the state’s top job, Foster doesn’t seem to value women much beyond their bodies.

Last week, a female reporter at Mississippi Today, a nonprofit digital...

‘Go back’ denies the sacrifice my parents made to be Americans

Katharine Hu — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:05:00 PDT

On a good day, I’m almost fluent in Chinese. I pepper my sentences with English “so”s and “like”s as well as the occasional hand flourish when I attempt to shape my thoughts in midair.

Early on, my father impressed on me the importance of learning the language. It would become the foundation of...

Why is Trump so down on Paul Ryan?

Jonah Goldberg — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:05:00 PDT

Paul D. Ryan is getting the hate treatment — again.

The former GOP House speaker and 2012 vice presidential candidate is a unifying figure these days. Liberals have long despised him — unfairly in my mind. Anti-Trump conservatives are infuriated by his “surrender to Trumpism” in the words of Charlie...

Congress is rushing to make the CIA less accountable

The Times Editorial Board — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:05:00 PDT

It’s already a crime to identify a covert intelligence agent or confidential informant working overseas. But even though the law has only been used twice in 37 years — and even though no persuasive case has been made that it needs to be toughened or expanded — Congress is now proposing to broaden...

How the women of NASA made their mark on the space program

Molly Hennessy-Fiske — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:17 PDT

As the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing approaches, the women who helped America's early space efforts reflect on their often unheralded roles - and the indignities they endured.

Yes, Democrats can be millionaires and still fight against inequality

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

To the editor: Two letter writers try to present the millionaire statuses of Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden as being somehow inconsistent with the progressive reforms they espouse to protect workers and consumers and address extreme...

You don’t have to like Iran’s regime to like the nuclear deal

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

To the editor: While I share Alireza Nader’s concern about the despotic nature of the current Iranian regime, I am troubled by his condemnation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal. Nader cites the agreement’s failure to address several issues including...

Ridgecrest earthquake aftershocks move toward dangerous faults, sparking concerns of triggered temblors

Rong-Gong Lin II — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

Aftershocks of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake near Ridgecrest have been creeping into areas close to two major earthquake faults, a development that is generating interest and some concern among seismologists over whether it could trigger another huge temblor.

Both faults are capable of producing...

Trump's new asylum rule strands Central American migrants in Tijuana

Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

There was confusion on Monday among northbound migrants in Tijuana, following the Trump administration’s latest effort to ban virtually all foreigners from filing for asylum in the United States.

Many, like Milsa Garcia, hadn’t even heard of the plan. The 33-year-old Guatemalan woman has been in...

Lourdes: Go for the scenery, not the dubious 'medical miracles'

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

To the editor: While the Lourdes musical may be a good marketing ploy to draw more visitors to its religious shrine, visitors who expect to be cured of cancer or other ailments on pilgrimages to the French town might as well stay home.

The article mentions that the Catholic Church says that Lourdes...

Finally, a U.S. ambassador who gives full-throated support to Israel

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

To the editor: Although I disagree with President Trump on almost everything else he does, I believe he’s got it right on diplomacy with Israel, thanks to Ambassador David Friedman. (“The provocations of Trump’s ambassador to Israel are upending decades of U.S. diplomacy,” July 8)

This article...

Why freedom is an illusion unless we have equality

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

To the editor: One letter writer stated that “equality is impossible to achieve, whereas freedom is possible if a person makes good decisions.”

I hope that after he read his letter in the paper, he looked right to see the column, “A way to address implicit bias?” which underscores inequality in...

A surging Harris lags in fundraising, while Buttigieg leads the Democratic pack

Seema Mehta — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:00:00 PDT

The money race reinforced the tiers in the Democratic presidential contest on Monday, as candidates released their fundraising figures for recent months.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris — the five candidates who...

From the Archives: Lincoln overlooking the Los Angeles River

Scott Harrison — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:00:00 PDT

A replica of the Lincoln Memorial sits on the edge of the Los Angeles River.

Angels rally against Astros to extend homestand winning streak

Maria Torres — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 PDT

The Angels have lived on the outskirts of playoff contention, sliding on and off the bubble, for the better part of four months. Always too far behind the Houston Astros in the division race to be taken seriously. Never too far away from .500 to be counted out.

With an opportunity to play the Astros...

For the Record

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:30:00 PDT

ShakeAlertLA app: In the July 15 California section, an article about the ShakeAlertLA app described David Eisenman as the lead scientist on the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project. He is one of the lead scientists for the project, not the only one.

Jim Bouton: In the July...

Angels search for familiarity and hope following Tyler Skaggs’ death

Helene Elliott — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:15:00 PDT

The rhythms of the game pulled them back in and took hold again Monday, and for that small gift, the Angels were grateful.

They gladly gave in to the tug exerted by the familiar and routine, to playing catch under a cloudless blue sky and hearing the reassuring pop of the ball as it smacked into...

‘Go back to where you came from’: Our readers recall racist taunts from their lives

Maya Eliahou — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:50:00 PDT

After President Trump’s racist tweets attacking four congresswomen of color, telling them to “go back” to the “places from which they came,” we asked our readers if they had ever been told to “go back” to another country.

Some of the readers who responded were born in the United States; some...

Missing Huntington Beach woman and her dog are found alive in Inyo County; family says she fled man with a knife

Daniel Langhorne, KTLA — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:40:00 PDT

A Huntington Beach woman and her dog were found alive Monday after being lost for about 72 hours in the wilderness near Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, according to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office. Her family said she got lost while trying to hide from a man who threatened to rape her.

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Cody Bellinger powers merciless Dodgers to blowout win over Phillies

Jorge Castillo — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:35:00 PDT

The Dodgers’ merciless and methodical one-inning destruction Monday of the Philadelphia Phillies, a club that appeared poised to challenge them for National League supremacy for a fleeting period before the calendar turned to summer, began with a single off Alex Verdugo’s bat. It ended, after six...

Dave Roberts looks to keep Dodgers’ momentum going in second half

Andy McCullough — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:35:00 PDT

Dave Roberts raised his arms to applaud the clinic unfolding before him. His claps were rhythmic and deliberate. He was saluting the best team in baseball.

The Dodgers arrived here around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, but they awoke by the fourth inning for a six-run, systematic humiliation of the Philadelphia...

Mike Trout dealing with minor calf strain, but Angels are optimistic

Maria Torres — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:00:00 PDT

One day after tweaking a muscle in his leg, Angels star Mike Trout was out of the lineup for Monday’s series opener against the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium. The Angels, however, remain optimistic that Trout’s tight right calf is a minor issue.

An MRI revealed a small strain of Trout’s calf....

Dodgers’ Chris Taylor could miss four to six weeks with fractured left forearm

Jorge Castillo — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:00:00 PDT

The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a fractured left forearm after he was hit by a pitch in the 11th inning in Sunday’s win over the Boston Red Sox. Matt Beaty was recalled from triple-A Oklahoma City to take his place on the roster.

Taylor said it’s a non-displaced...