Los Angeles County hopes to launch crisis hotline for LGBTQ+ youth
Five months after the Trump administration closed a crisis and suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, Los Angeles County launched an…
mental health crisis
LAX passenger arrested after running onto runway, police say
A passenger at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested early Saturday after he became enraged and ran out of Terminal…
Editorial: Why Metro needs its own police force
Frustrated that too many people feel unsafe on its buses and trains, and dissatisfied with the law enforcement agencies that…
Los Angeles school district approves strict cell phone ban for students
The Los Angeles school board on Tuesday launched a plan to ban cellphones all day on campus, saying the devices…
Los Angeles Unified Proposes Banning Cell Phones for Students Amid Distracted Kids
On Tuesday, Los Angeles school officials, fed up with kids distracted by social media and worried about abuses like cyberbullying,…
How to Find Help for a Drug or Mental Health Crisis
Fatal overdoses in the United States fell for the first time in five years in 2023, according to preliminary estimates…
Deaths of despair are increasing among Americans of color.
Nakeya Fields has seen how the stresses that come with being Black — racial injustice, financial strain, social isolation —…
We don't need brain scans to prove that phones are really bad for kids
To the editor: “Fear-mongering” is bad, but the opposite can be much worse. An example of this is the recent…
Video shows sheriff's deputies shooting man holding paint roller
Videos released Tuesday show the moment Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot and wounded a La Puente man who was…
Editorial: Los Angeles Metro is doomed if it can't keep bus and train passengers safe
Recent violent attacks on the Metro system, including assaults on bus drivers and the fatal stabbing of 67-year-old Mirna Soza…