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Frustrated with crowded resorts, more skiers risk avalanche hazards in backcountry

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.  — On a clear, cold day in mid-February, we had spent hours on backcountry skis trudging up and across a...

A proposed law could force California health insurers to explain claim denials

When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or...

12 California experiences to add to your bucket list, one for every month of the year

Has it occurred to you that civilization might be overrated?Me too. So I’ve...

Why scientists say we are fighting H5N1 bird flu with one hand tied behind our backs

As the H5N1 bird flu virus steamrolls its way across the globe — killing wild animals, commercial livestock and even some people...

Opinion: Why travel and suffer through LAX, flights, lost luggage? Here's one good reason

As an L.A. native and a professional traveler, I know getting a ride to LAX is rarely fun. But even I was...

Requiem for the unclaimed dead

On a grassy hillside just east of downtown Los Angeles, a few dozen mourners gathered last week to pay respects to 1,865...