18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under state’s Racial Justice Act
When California lawmakers approved the Racial Justice Act in August 2020 — just months after a Minneapolis police…
Twin singer-dancers who worked with Sinatra and Belafonte dead at 89
They performed together with Frank Sinatra. With Harry Belafonte. With Fred Astaire. And on Monday, Germany’s Kessler twins…
Man charged with murder in shooting of Calif. football coach John Beam
Man charged with murder in shooting of Oakland football coach and ‘Last Chance U’ star John Beam All…
Man charged with murder in shooting of Oakland football coach and ‘Last Chance U’ star John Beam
Man charged with murder in shooting of Oakland football coach and ‘Last Chance U’ star John Beam All…
Jury awards $16.8 million to California prison doctor who complained about inmate’s threat
A jury awarded a $16.8-million judgment to a California prison doctor who alleged her employer did not respond…
Child sexually assaulted inside Hollywood restaurant, D.A. says
A man has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl at a Hollywood restaurant, according to…
Ruby Rose blames ‘cretin’ Sydney Sweeney for ruining ‘Christy’
Ruby Rose has entered the ring to take a swing at Sydney Sweeney — blaming the actor, now…
A timeline of Gyopo, the arts and culture organization in Los Angeles
The Korean diaspora has a complex relationship with the word “gyopo.” In the most literal sense, it refers…
David Szalay’s ‘risky’ novel ‘Flesh’ wins 2025 Booker Prize
Nearly a decade after his 2016 novel, “All That Man Is,” was passed over for the Booker Prize,…
Passengers Go Viral Taking Matters Into Own Hands at San Diego Airport
A viral video taken at San Diego International Airport on Friday evening shows frustrated passengers climbing onto a…
Aquil Basheer dead: He was a trailblazer in reducing gang violence
Aquil Basheer believed that ending gang violence wasn’t the kind of career you just fall into. “In this…
James Watson, Nobel Prize winner and DNA pioneer, dies
On a chilly February afternoon in 1953, a gangly American and a fast-talking Brit walked into the Eagle…