Torrance residents fear continued use of hydrofluoric acid at Torrance refinery endangers community
Torrance resident Isabel Douvan Schwartz said she worries about a large earthquake affecting her community, largely because of the impact…
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Republicans don't like California. Reader Response: Whatever
A recent poll found what I learned after writing a short op-ed last month calling for some goodwill from people…
Opinion: Is Restoration of California's Prettiest Key Species Worth It?
Sea otters are extremely cute creatures and are a delight to watch rolling and diving in the kelp canopy of…
Professional climber convicted of sexual assault in Yosemite
A federal jury found a 39-year-old professional climber guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a woman in Yosemite National Park.…
California tightens workplace rules on poisonous lead
For the first time in decades, California is tightening its rules on workplace exposure to lead, a poisonous metal that…
Will Southern California Be the 'Napa Valley of Coffee'? The crop is incipient but is booming
It's a Sunday afternoon at the San Francisco Coffee Festival at Fort Mason in San Francisco, and Jay Ruskey, founder…
Compared to other states' plastic problems, California looks good
February 15, 2024 3 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: Thirty years ago, I moved from Los Angeles to North…
Give us Adam Schiff vs. Katie Porter, not Schiff vs. Steve Garvey
February 14, 2024 3 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: I am fully aware that politics is a “dirty business.”…
Why replacing Biden with Newsom, another Democrat in 2024, is unlikely
Anyone expecting California Gov. Gavin Newsom or some other Democrat to take Joe Biden's place on the 2024 presidential ticket…
California Senate candidates asked if Biden and Trump are too old
SAN FRANCISCO – With millions of ballots already mailed across the Golden State, California's four leading U.S. Senate candidates spent…