Hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one
ORSAY, France — Ice. Urgently and in large quantities. At a Paris-region hospital, emergency medics needed it to plunge patients into cold-water...
Gas giants use AI to raise prices, lawsuit says, another algorithmic hit to the cost of living
A federal lawsuit alleging that gas companies in California are colluding to keep prices high through their use of AI-powered...
LeBron James won’t return to the Lakers. Now what?
1 p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The LeBron Era is over. The Lakers can start their Luka Era. LeBron James informed the Lakers...
Chaos, long lines overwhelm L.A.’s immigration courts, leading to default deportation orders
A line stretched around the downtown Los Angeles immigration courthouse before doors even opened. Immigrants crowded waiting rooms and spilled...
Altadena residents unify to pass legislation protecting their community from dense developments
In mid-June, it became apparent that Altadena was having a moment unlike any other in the 18 months since the...
Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks. I’m not sure I want to be around that long
I’d like to congratulate Mel Brooks on making it to the age of 100, but I’m not sure I want...
Power is stripped from state schools superintendents in major education overhaul
The just-approved state budget strips authority from the elected state superintendent of public instruction, transferring power in January to an...
Feds accuse 99 Ranch of discriminating against non-Chinese employees
The federal government is suing 99 Ranch Market, alleging the nation’s largest Asian supermarket chain is discriminating against employees who...
What literature belongs in today’s classroom? 5 L.A. high school teachers weigh in
On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into...
‘Coriolanus’ in Griffith Park: Indie Shakes conscripts Shakespeare’s haughty warrior
“Coriolanus” has never been one of Shakespeare’s more popular tragedies. And for understandable reasons, it’s never been a favorite of...
Theodore Roosevelt, the ‘melting pot’ and the meaning of America
On Columbus Day 1915, a crowd of nearly 2.000 people crammed New York’s Carnegie Hall to hear Theodore Roosevelt explain...
Joby Aviation creates a joint venture with Toyota to build air taxis
The race to bring air travel to the sky is heating up as Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation and Toyota launch...
Wait, it’s a candle? Her beeswax fruit and veggie ones look so real, you’ll want to take a bite
Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging...
Even in ugly times, the bicentennial united us. America 250 still can
America 250” is no “Spirit of ‘76.” For those of us who remember the bicentennial, the semiquincentennial is a complete...
Night shifts are deadly, not just inconvenient
During his 26 years as a night-shift nurse, Ed Collum watched colleagues nod off mid-conversation, battle chronic illnesses and, too...
