Perseid meteor shower: enjoy the best light show of the year
The first time Bill Cooke saw a meteor shower, he was 11 years old and in the woods of north…
individual
Police shootings in Los Angeles and elsewhere show the dangers of 'de-escalation'
Recent reports have highlighted the prevalence of Police shoot people carrying knives and other bladed weapons. These cases, which often…
Background check delays impact job and housing seekers
Significant delays in processing background checks are causing headaches across California, leaving job and housing applications stuck in limbo and…
Judges set example for other courts by preventing domestic abusers from owning firearms
The Supreme Court's ruling on Friday finally brought common sense to the analysis of gun rights under the Second Amendment.…
Protests at USC and other campuses are not inherently noble
The current campus demonstrations are a reminder that, of all the mossy clichés and smug pieties of polite (and impolite)…
Our secret weapon against homelessness: increasing General Assistance
To the editor: I was surprised to read that Los Angeles County's general relief payment to homeless people is still…
'Operation Safe Cities' seeks to combat violent gun crime in Southern California
In a bid to impose harsher penalties on repeat offenders, top law enforcement officials in Southern California announced Wednesday a…
The idea that black people can't be racist is absurd.
To the editor: After reading Clyde W. Ford's article defending former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes for saying black people can't…
My son is in jail again. Please pass Prop 1 for mental health care.
To the editor: You ask how much Proposition 1 will cost for mental health. What about the costs of doing…