Another rain event is heading to fire-weary Los Angeles next week, and although this precipitation will provide a helpful dampening of dry brush, forecasters say it is unlikely to be heavy enough to put an end to what is expected to be the most destructive fire season in the county’s modern history. The National Weather […]
I drove around downtown Los Angeles on a recent Friday morning looking for one of the Civic Center’s ugly ducklings. The Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration … um, which building was it again? It had been years since my only other visit, so unmemorable that I had forgotten how the ten-story structure looked. Google Maps […]
Forty years ago in November, Cesar Chavez gave a speech at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club that was as much of a promise as a warning. The main topic of the 25-minute talk was the lessons he learned from a career organizing campesinos in California and beyond, in the face of fierce opposition. “All my life, […]
The good news: None of the predictions I made in last year’s annual Gustradamus column came true. If any did, it would have been a sign that the apocalypse is nigh. The bad news: The apocalypse is here. Donald Trump is about to become president and is licking his ketchup-specked lips at the prospect of […]
The day Joe Biden faced reality, stepped aside and cleared the way for Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket, Teja Smith felt a mix of exhilaration and dread. Smith, who runs a social media firm in Los Angeles, had been working particularly hard of late, so she treated herself to a daylong […]
“What’s in Scott is a deep respect for everyday people, a desire to not just agitate, but to educate the person he’s talking to about a different point of view,” Jones adds of his colleague. He also commended Jennings for continuing to show support for Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza by donning […]
Democrats claimed the final congressional seat in the 2024 election cycle Tuesday as Merced Democrat Adam Gray ousted Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte in a photo-finish race in California’s Central Valley. California’s 13th Congressional District was the final outstanding race for the U.S. House of Representatives, and had the closest margin in the country. Gray […]
Some Californians were carving Halloween pumpkins and taking their kids trick-or-treating when they cast their ballots in this year’s election. Now they’re putting up Christmas trees while officials are still tallying votes in some places. With the vast majority of ballots counted, most of the races have been called by media organizations anyway, including some […]
President Biden on Sunday issued a “full and unconditional” pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted by a jury of illegally purchasing a handgun in Delaware and pleaded guilty to tax charges in Los Angeles. Biden and his staff had repeatedly and publicly stated he would not pardon Hunter. But with less than two […]
In a major victory for Democrats, first-time candidate Derek Tran defeated Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in a hotly contested Orange County congressional race that became one of the most expensive in the country. Tran will be the first Vietnamese American to represent a district that is home to Little Saigon and the largest population of […]
