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Black Restaurant Week returns to L.A. for 5th year, spotlighting local businesses to support

Ranch Side Cafe in Lake View Terrace displays its menu offerings on Aug. 9, 2020. (KTLA)

Griffith Park’s beloved carousel man, Julio Gosdinski, has died at 49

Julio Gosdinski welcomes riders to the Griffith Park carousel, where he worked for three decades, in this undated photo. (Kathryn Louyse via L.A. Times)

Thousands of Airbnb listings violate L.A.’s new short-term rental law

Family of slain paratrooper pleads for answers during vigil in Chino

Spc. Roman-Martinez, 21, is seen in a photo shared by his family.

Los Angeles County continues to see decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations as death toll nears 5,000

Healthcare workers screen patients on July 29, 2020, at St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Thousand Oaks pastor says church will defy judge’s orders and hold indoor services

Pastor Rob McCoy, right, gives Communion at an April 5 Palm Sunday service at his Thousand Oaks church, Godspeak Calvary Chapel. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Hundreds of Trump supporters march through West Hollywood to Beverly Hills

Protester rally in Beverly Hills on Aug. 8, 2020. (KTLA)

‘Hope in a hopeless situation’: Women thank deputies who rescued them from top of Mount Baldy

Deputies assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau and Aero Bureau meet with two women they rescued on Aug. 8, 2020 in East Los Angeles. (KTLA)

Tustin event offers car show while giving away groceries to families in need

The nonprofit Operation Warm Wishes teamed up with Drive United to offer free groceries to families in need while entertaining them with a car show at Tustin High School on Aug. 8, 2020. (KTLA)

Man’s death in West Hollywood residential complex prompts investigation

A coroner's van is seen in the 1100 block of North Olive Drive in West Hollywood, where officials are investigating a man's death on Aug. 8, 2020. (KTLA)

Fontana organization holds yard sale in support of human trafficking survivors

Tannel Jones speaks to KTLA about founding Operation Transformation at a yard sale raising funds for its cause in Fontana on Aug. 8, 2020. (KTLA)

Ventura County firefighters rescue chickens from fiery demise

Members of the Ventura County Fire Department rescued and revived seven chickens that suffered smoke inhalation during a fire in a garage in Camarillo Heights on Aug. 6, 2020.(Ventura County Fire Department)

After L.A. Councilman Huizar’s arrest, residents in his district question who’s in charge

Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, center, arrives Wednesday at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Suspected tagger, passenger arrested in Huntington Park after leading police on nearly 2-hour pursuit