How did LAUSD students measure up to district goals? The wins, shortfalls and 2026 plan
The Los Angeles school district is falling short of meeting school board-approved academic goals set four years ago, but students...
I didn’t just move to Los Angeles. I stepped into a movie
In 1911, a Broadway playwright wrote a snarky letter about a teenage actor who had recently train-tripped from New York...
Congress and Trump could both get behind this concrete step to cut housing costs
Nearly 70% of American adults polled recently said that the central promise of the American Dream — that hard work...
California diver documents close encounter with lacy, undulating sea creature far from home
It looked like the silvery blade of a knife. Peering through his goggles, diver Ted Judah had laid eyes on...
Trump celebrates our nation’s founding while imitating tyrant King George III
It’s a measure of President Trump’s lack of self-awareness — a superpower, really, for authoritarian demagogues like him who otherwise...
Even Grok thinks Elon Musk’s claim that white men are persecuted is bull
Who the hell appointed Elon Musk to be the loudest defender of white men? From the moment the South Africa...
The Cuban people’s resilience is a strength but also a trap
When I heard President Trump boast early this month that Cuba, without the aid of a decapitated Venezuela, appears “ready...
Timothy Busfield faces new sex abuse accusation as he appears in court
Timothy Busfield made a first appearance in New Mexico court Wednesday as prosecutors detailed a new sexual abuse accusation against...
Trent Perry’s big second half lifts UCLA over Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In the final minutes, Trent Perry absorbed a hard foul that sent him tumbling to the court. When...
California surfer escapes shark attack that shreds his board and wet suit, drives to the hospital
About 10 minutes after surfer Tommy Civik entered the water in Mendocino County, he was slammed by a force from...
Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle...
Feds face skeptical judge in lawsuit to overturn California’s ban on masked ICE agents
A top Trump administration lawyer pressed a federal judge Wednesday to block a newly enacted California law that bans most...
John Forté dead at 50: How a musical prodigy went from poverty to Fugees to prison to Martha’s Vineyard
As a child, John Forté was a violin prodigy from a bad part of Brooklyn who earned a scholarship to...
Matthew Stafford isn’t worried about facing Bears in the cold: ‘It’ll be a lot of fun’
He played 12 seasons in the NFC North before he was traded to the Rams, so quarterback Matthew Stafford is...
Newsom rejects Louisiana effort to extradite abortion doctor
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite a California physician accused of providing abortion medication to a...
