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.…
L.A. County gives a $2-million payout to official staying put
How many of you have received a $2-million payout from your employer, while you kept doing the job…
Grandfather fatally scalded in California hotel shower, lawsuit alleges
Terril Johnson had traveled to San Jose in May to see his granddaughter graduate from San Jose State…
Malibu property values plummet as burned-out lots sell at a discount
Nine months after the Palisades and Eaton fires, the choice of whether to sell or stay has bewildered…
The dark side of L.A. law: Who is watching for legal schemers?
An out-of-town friend recently visited L.A. and made an observation about braving our freeway system that had nothing…
Replacement mayor in South Lake Tahoe faces scrutiny
When the mayor of South Lake Tahoe admitted she had embezzled money from the local Presbyterian church where…
Accidents, deaths drop on Malibu’s dangerous Pacific Coast Highway
A terrible beauty has emerged on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. It took January’s wildfire to do it,…
A secretive group draws scrutiny in California’s Inland Empire
Not long after paramedics in Colton tried to come to his rescue in 2010, a 4-year-old boy with…