Laguna Beach learns the truth about tourism: it kills quality of life
August 18, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Laguna Beach residents complain about something everyone else knows: tourism…
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How Azerbaijan's destruction of an Armenian community was made possible by written lies
My mother has two dates of birth: the one on her passport and the real one. She was born in…
Poll: LA County voters lukewarm on homeless services tax
A November ballot measure that would double the county's quarter-cent sales tax for homeless people is leading in a preliminary…
Maxine Waters: Why I oppose Inglewood busing
August 17, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: The Inglewood commuter plan is an outrageously expensive $2 billion…
Outside Lands creators bet on music festivals to help revitalize San Francisco
Last weekend marked the 16th year of Outside Lands, the San Francisco music and arts festival that has become a…
Mariska Hargitay helped test more than 11,000 rape kits
Mariska Hargitay's crime-solving efforts have been left off-screen. On NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU,” the actress plays Olivia Benson, a…
August will mark the beginning of four consecutive months of supermoons
The lunar cycle is about to enter a period that will show some of its most spectacular aspects: on August…
A massive data breach involving Social Security numbers could be even worse than suspected
The company whose data breach potentially exposed every American's Social Security number to identity thieves has finally acknowledged the data…
Why Democrats Should Pass Tougher Retail Theft Laws
August 16, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: I am a registered Democrat who is all for progress…
The journey of a tribe and an individual in search of recognition
Book review Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home By Chris La TrayCottonwood: 320 pages, $28 If you purchase…