D.A. reduces charges against LAPD officer who recorded racist remarks by colleagues
A Los Angeles police officer who faced multiple felonies for recording his colleagues making racist, sexist and homophobic comments will...
Teen girls killed by muscle cars speeding on a Friday night. Was street racing to blame?
Maddalyn Dailey was a typical teenager just starting her senior year in high school. She enjoyed helping out at church,...
Jason Arday’s death sparks U.K. debate over academic rigor, racism after media ‘frenzy’
LONDON — In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay...
Rory Kennedy’s ‘Freefall’ reexamines Boeing after whistleblower’s death
“Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” examined the aerospace company’s profit-hungry recklessness that led to 346 deaths in two 737 Max...
San Diego Padres minor league coach seized by ICE en route home to Arizona
The San Diego Padres minor league catching coordinator is in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and...
California voters favor progressive candidates, split over democratic socialism, poll finds
California voters are more inclined to back progressives running for office than mainstream Democrats, a new poll found, though a...
The week’s bestselling books, August 23
Hardcover fiction 1. Whistler by Ann Patchett (Harper: $30) A woman reconnects with her former stepfather at the Metropolitan Museum...
As nuclear tensions spread worldwide, Reagan’s lessons are more relevant than ever
For the first three decades of my life, I lived, like everyone else on Earth at the time, under the...
Alabama Shakes are rock’s generational bridge that won’t break
The first time Alabama Shakes came to Los Angeles, Brittany Howard bought a longboard. This was in the early 2010s,...
The L.A. mayoral poll was a fake. But was it illegal?
A bogus opinion poll showing Mayor Karen Bass with a wide lead over City Councilmember Nithya Raman in the L.A....
L.A. City Council repeals homeless camping bans in Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood
The Los Angeles City Council has rescinded camping bans on a dozen locations in Hollywood, Echo Park and Silver Lake...
It’s not just acting: On ‘DTF,’ Richard Jenkins and Joy Sunday forged a true friendship
A bit like the new kid at school, Joy Sunday approached co-star Richard Jenkins to run lines on her second...
Trump’s top federal prosecutor in L.A. could face new challenge after appellate ruling
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this week has raised new questions about the legality of tactics used by...
Anxiety grips Pacific allies as Trump pulls back
WASHINGTON — The only remaining U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Pacific departed Asia through Singapore last week en route to the Middle...
Why Catholics must take the lead to rebuke MAGA in the midterms
Though I don’t regularly attend Mass, I fondly remember the two years in high school when I prepared for the...
