Subsidizing insurance just props up dysfunction. Empower consumers instead
Congress ended its impasse to reopen the government, but the Democrats’ reason for the shutdown remains unresolved: the renewal of...
She’s the internet’s sexual historian. Her book will give you dinner party fodder for days
The technologist and professor Mindy Seu was having drinks when her friend casually referred to the phone as a sex...
UCLA is building a 19-story tower for students near the Westwood campus
UCLA, which has been on a campaign to vastly expand student housing around it’s Westwood campus, is planning a new...
Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides
Hundreds of thousands of times each year in California, farmers and their contractors spray pesticides on fields and orchards in...
Cosm turns ‘Willy Wonka’ into a multisensory experience — putting you in the chocolate factory
We are at the dawn of the era of “experimental cinema.” At least that is the pitch by entrepreneurs such...
California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — The summer sun burned through the clouds in the Salinas Valley, where a bounty of berries and leafy...
Housing Tracker: Southern California home values rise slightly in October
Southern California home prices rose in October, stopping a five-month skid that saw the average home value fall more than...
Warner Bros. auction poised to recast Hollywood with Paramount, Comcast and Netflix vying for the prize
Now, the real jockeying begins for the future of Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are each expected to...
Smashed windows, threats and $800 a month: Witness details L.A. County gang extortion
On the witness stand of a Pomona courtroom, the business owner told a bizarre and terrifying story. In July 2024,...
Trump and Saudi crown prince bond over their contempt — and fear — of a free press
In October of 2018, U.S.-based journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Istanbul,...
Autistic kids are at higher risk of suicide. Why don’t their parents and doctors know?
When Anthony Tricarico was diagnosed at 7 with autism spectrum disorder, his parents, Neal and Samara, were told that he...
As Elon Musk plans a robot army, China’s humanoid bots are already on the market
As Elon Musk touted plans to eventually manufacture an army of Tesla bots in Silicon Valley this month, humanoid robots...
18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under California’s rarely used Racial Justice Act
When California lawmakers approved the Racial Justice Act in August 2020 — just months after a Minneapolis police officer killed...
Higher pay approved for CSU executives as university struggles to recruit campus presidents
Amid protests from employee unions, CSU trustees on Wednesday approved the elimination of salary caps for top executives, allowing for...
Shame on UCLA for trying to ditch the iconic Rose Bowl for cash grab at SoFi Stadium
On the drive up to the Rose Bowl’s front door, underneath the legendary glowing sign, toward the picturesque purple mountains,...
