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Stockton, CA - September 22: 'The Aurora,' left, which hasn't been operational in decades, is moored in Little Potato Slough in the delta on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Stockton, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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The ‘Love Boat’ faces a tragic ending in a lonely California slough

The MS Aurora, a 70-year-old cruise ship that inspired TV’s ‘The Love Boat,’ sits abandoned in a slough outside Stockton. The ship’s demise has broken the hearts of a long line of men who could not save her.

HUNTINGTON BEACH -- OCTOBER 5, 2024: (L-R) Michael Purtill and Corrine Purtill pose with their new batch of nocino created from their great-grandfather's recipe in Huntington Beach on Saturday, October 5, 2024 (Emil Ravelo / For The Times)

Re-creating a family tradition, one walnut at a time

NEWBURY PARK, CALIFORNIA-APRIL 5, 2020-At the Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, California, communion was given inside the church on Palm Sunday using social distancing and other precautions due to coronavirus Covid 19. Pastor Rob McCoy, right, recently resigned from his post with the Thousand Oaks City Council because he was at odds with the city's social distancing orders. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

A Southern California pastor says a ‘flawed’ Trump was chosen to lead a sinful nation

During filming for an HBO mini-series, a fire destroyed a former Ellenville, N.Y., auto dealership that was being used as a set for an HBO mini-series, "I Know this Much is True," starring Mark Ruffalo. The May 2019 fire divided the small village, incinerated prop cars and badly damaged mobile homes on the periphery of the property. The families living in those homes have been waiting for HBO to compensate them for the destruction. (Chris Ramirez / Firehouse Road)
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A small New York town played host to Hollywood. Then something terrible happened

A 150-million-year journey from the Jurassic to Exposition Park

He was a huge Korean TV star. Now he’s broke and lives in an amusement park

L.A.’s challenger: Former UCLA star rejoins pro tennis tour at 30, with a YouTube channel

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