Los Angeles homeless shelter fiasco shows city processes must change
November 21, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: Urban Alchemy, a homeless services provider for the city of…
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Green bins clog L.A. sidewalks as city's organic waste program accelerates
Koreatown resident Scott Lyness was well aware that the city of Los Angeles was looking to address its food waste…
I started to have feelings for my building superintendent.
I still think about the night before I left Los Angeles: the way Matt and I finally stopped pretending we…
Los Angeles can limit rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments to 3%. The owners cry badly
Valerie Valentine bought a triplex in South Los Angeles two weeks ago and is already wondering if she made a…
Is now the time to end the state of emergency on homelessness in Los Angeles?
November 7, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: I was surprised to learn that Mayor Karen Bass lifted…
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco's pioneering Democratic leader, will not seek re-election
SAN FRANCISCO— Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a pioneering San Francisco Democrat who leveraged decades of power in the U.S. House of…
Mexican mayor who fought against drug cartels is murdered on the Day of the Dead
MEXICO CITY — Carlos Manzo was famous in Mexico for saying what few politicians would say: that the cartels operated…
Do television and movies contribute to violent political rhetoric?
October 26, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Thanks to contributing writer Matt K. Lewis, whose op-ed led…
Reader expresses pride in recognition of historic black barbershop
October 24, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: My best childhood memories of the early 1950s come from…
When Police Are Bad Drivers: LAPD Accident Settlements Top $90 Million
Richard Paper's last memory of the day of the accident is going for a walk that morning. The next thing…