Feds won't reimburse California for $300M for homeless housing amid COVID. Congress wants answers
WASHINGTON- California cities and counties could be hit by the more than $300 million they spent housing thousands of homeless…
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The opposition admits that Newsom is likely to win with Proposition 1
Gov. Gavin Newsom exuded confidence about Proposition 1 in January while sitting in a room at the Costa Mesa Motel…
Comment: The Oscar for 'American Fiction' shows that not all films by black directors have to be about violence and poverty
On an Oscar night that seemed to bounce mainly between the brilliant “Oppenheimer” and the strange “Poor Things,” the adapted…
The “embryo is a person” pontificators have no idea about fertility treatment.
To the editor: It's disturbing when people pass laws on topics they don't understand. With fertility treatment in particular, there…
More parents are delaying their children's vaccinations, posing a risk to young children
As measles cases emerge across the country this winter (including several in California), one group of children is raising deep…
My family in Gaza faces hunger. How do I find comfort in this Ramadan?
Normally, the days leading up to Ramadan, the holy month in which Muslims give up eating and drinking from dawn…
Oscar review: an optimistic show on the verge of good taste
The 96th Oscars, hosted for the fourth time by Jimmy Kimmel, aired on ABC Sunday night from the Dolby Theater…
Red buttons on red carpets are a call for a ceasefire in Gaza
Little red buttons have been appearing on red carpet outfits at a variety of recent awards events. Perhaps most notably,…
Barbara Lee won for black women, even if she lost her Senate bid
I don't know what I expected from Barbara Lee when an assistant handed her the phone, but the laughter I…
HLA measurement shows that noisy NIMBYs are not the majority
To the editor: That the HLA Measure passed so decisively is a huge step for democracy. As someone who used…