110 Freeway camps and their residents slowly moving on
There are probably more prominent homeless encampments in California, but the collection of tents, lean-tos and makeshift shacks…
A $600-million Hard Rock Casino comes to Southern California
For Southern Californians who love Hard Rock casinos, there’s no need to drive seven hours north to Yuba…
Goodwill donations are at all-time high in SoCal. What’s driving the surge?
Maybe you know the feeling — that little burst of virtue that curdles into frustration. You’ve just cleaned…
When immigration agents picked up a 15-year-old white teen
Jimmy Rhoades was spraying pesticide on orange trees in San Juan Capistrano on Aug. 28 when a yell…
A new low in L.A. fire failures: Firefighters raised alarms, and the system ignored them
The January Los Angeles firestorms, which leveled communities on a scale few thought was possible, have left pointed…
‘Am I Next?’ art installation targets ICE raids
“Am I next?” That’s the simple question that Californians will ask themselves if an art installation debuting this…
LA28 wants volunteers, 981 days before the Olympics
The strangers seemed to be on every street corner. They were doing a lot of smiling. Ahhhh ……
L.A. food banks, nonprofits step up as SNAP benefits lapse
A pause in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for millions of low-income Americans, including 5.5 million Californians,…
Dodgers bigger and better than anti-immigrant foolishness
America’s pastime, meet your future. After an astonishing World Series featuring a team of stars from Los Angeles…
The man who drew California’s Prop. 50 maps has nothing to hide
A rallying cry among opponents of Proposition 50, Democrats’ congressional redistricting measure on the ballot on Tuesday, has…
Californians fume about the lack of cheap, accessible parking
A giant heap of mail from Essential Californians suggests that not even our noxious politics or stubborn inflation…
Backlash: Californians say Republicans forced partisan gerrymander
Californians are on edge. And I’m not talking about the distressing government shutdown or the roiling World Series.…