How L.A. artists are processing the climate crisis
Before I moved to L.A., I’d spent pretty much my entire professional life working for New York-based publications.…
Little state oversight as child farmworkers toil in harsh conditions
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — The summer sun burned through the clouds in the Salinas Valley, where a bounty of berries…
The surprisingly divisive world of California wildlife policy
When I tell people what I cover for the Los Angeles Times, they’re delighted. A typical response is,…
California officials push back on Trump claim that Prop. 50 vote is a ‘GIANT SCAM’
As California voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot on a measure that could block…
California returns land to the Tule River tribe, where elk will roam
In the scrub-brush foothills between the long flat fields of the San Joaquin Valley and the mighty peaks…
Hunger looms as millions prepare to lose food aid amid shutdown
Michaela Thompson, an unemployed mother in the San Fernando Valley, relies on federal assistance to afford the specialized…
No public warnings before Marines test-fired live munitions over busy Interstate 5, train lines
New questions are emerging about why there were no public warnings before the U.S. Marines fired over Interstate…
Water utilities perform better where voters can pick their leaders
How democratic is your water utility? Does everyone who is registered to vote get to choose their leaders…
The state’s wildfire policy long overlooked SoCal. Now it’s course correcting
At last month’s meeting of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force in Redlands, Director Patrick Wright…