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"Days of Our Lives" is preparing to say goodbye to one of its longest-serving stars.

LOS ANGELES — Celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Chris Pratt, Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow and Katy Perry stepped up to endorse real estate developer Rick Caruso in his bid to be mayor of L.A. But after Karen Bass was declared winner of the race Wednesday, different famous voices chimed in congratulate…

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday dismissed a $20 million lawsuit accusing Trey Songz of rape after the singer argued the complaint was not valid under a statute of limitations.

LOS ANGELES — The Democratic circling of the wagons for Rep. Karen Bass is complete.

LOS ANGELES — When it was first published in 1990, Mike Davis’ “City of Quartz” hardly seemed a candidate for bestseller status.

LOS ANGELES — Ambyr Childers, who was married to filmmaker Randall Emmett for eight years, is seeking a domestic violence restraining order from her ex-husband.

LOS ANGELES — The late Leslie Jordan was many things to many people: a comedian, a character actor, an amateur musician, an Instagram sensation, a gay icon.

LOS ANGELES — The worlds of politics and Hollywood collided Monday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom as the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein began.

LOS ANGELES — As a California lawmaker called for a statewide task force to crack down on corruption in the legal cannabis market, new details are emerging in a bribery scandal that has ensnared local government officials from the Inland Empire to the San Gabriel Valley and southeast Los Angeles…