The top 19 Los Angeles Times stories of 2019

The top 19 most read stories of the year include pieces on Nipsey Hussle, the college admissions scandal and two topics that are very California: earthquakes and rising waters. Readers spent about 36,669 hours or 2,200,169 minutes with this story Look back on all our coverage of the Ridgecrest quakes Get caught up on all Times stories on earthquakes “By the grace of God, we’ve had no casualties, and we’ve only had minor injuries,” said Jed McLaughlin, the Ridgecrest police chief. Readers spent about 19,678 hours or 1,180,699 minutes with this story More Mister Rogers coverage: Tom Hanks becomes Mister Rogers in ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Micah Fitzerman-Blue, who wrote the film with Noah Harpster, said Joanne “really only had one request: that we not treat her husband as a saint.” These are the 737 inmates on California’s death row In March, Gov. “Is it the 21st century in the largest city of a state that ranks among the world’s most robust economies, or did someone turn back the calendar a few hundred years?” Readers spent about 18,707 hours or 1,122,439 minutes with this story Read the latest from Steve Lopez That’s the question columnist Steve Lopez asked as he traversed L.A. for this column, describing a scene of despair among the homeless. Readers spent about 17,410 hours or 1,044,635 minutes with this story: More on the Saugus High shooting: Stunned with grief: ‘The scares and trauma we see on TV came to Santa Clarita’ “It seems like we just got through one tragedy with families losing their homes in the fire,” Marsha McLean, the mayor of Santa Clarita, said at a news conference.