Los Angeles Times - 2020-12-26

• ‘ Vacant’ homes not empty
• HAS NEW STRAIN OF VIRUS HIT L. A. COUNTY?
• Student faces Beijing’s ire
• A lonely heart in lockdown keeps hopes of love alive
• Final pleas for COVID victims
• A hotel is going up quickly in downtown L. A. How? Think Lego.
• Herd immunity is still a ways off
• Deal limits L. A. gang injunction­s
• Lockdowns can’t keep Santa away
• Record cash in Georgia races
• EXPLOSION IN NASHVILLE
• EU, U. K. assess Brexit agreement
• Pandemic poses challenges on Christmas across globe
• Japan sets plans to be carbon- free by 2050
• Delay of execution could push it into Biden’s first days
• Retailers brace for returns after online sales boom
• Oracle plays hardball to fight Google
• Avoid a surprise tax hit for Obamacare
• Finally, an Angeleno
• Feral cats need human help
• Politics’ Fredo Corleone
• Is Trump on his own?
• U. K. residents will need coronaviru­s tests to fly to U. S.
• They were the first to mask up
• Tattoo artists make free- speech case
• Limits set on gang orders
• These loaves first rise and then fall
• Animal rights activist dupes Fox host in live broadcast
• FOCUS ON DAD AFTER GRISLY DEATHS
• O. C. respirator­y therapists ‘ running on empty’
• Murder charge in stillbirth case can advance
• Beginning to look a lot like the Lakers
• Schroder’s play making case for a long- term deal
• Things continue to look up for the mile- high Clippers
• Reserves show they’re not out of their depth
• Celtics legend K. C. Jones dies at 88
• Baffert ready for a new beginning
• Minnesota knocks off Big Ten foe No. 4 Iowa
• Christmas special again for Spoelstra
• Rams not counting on help
• Kamara ties record with six rushing touchdowns
• Chargers rule out Bosa against Denver
• How do you lose to an 0- 13 team? Ask the Rams
• CROSSWORD
• A different way to search
• HOROSCOPE
• CURATING FOR AN AUDIENCE OF ONE
• SHE BUILT A JUNGLE OUT OF HARD DIRT
• 9 WAYS TO CELEBRATE KWANZAA
• How I got to ‘ Om’ and a calmer mind
• SAN DIEGO’S STREET STARS
• Will the vaccine be our ticket to f ly?
• He texted, ‘ Why would I date you?’
• NEED TO KNOW
• Los Feliz spot has views that sing
• Publishing royalty lands on the beach
• Former Clipper keeps buying in L. A.
• Baseball vet swings for the fences
• A smooth hand- off among celebritie­s
• Privacy comes with these acre- plus estates
• Elvis’ 1967 hideout sells in Palm Springs

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