LALIFF 2024: 8 films to see at this year's festival
With new leadership and more ambitious industry initiatives, the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival has undergone full expansion. This…
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Southern California woman sentenced for 'hate-filled' anti-Semitic phone calls
A Riverside woman who bombarded the former executive director of Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue with threatening phone calls and…
Stephanie Lazarus, LAPD police officer who killed her ex-boyfriend's wife, will not be released
Despite a campaign by justice reform advocates, the California Board of Parole Hearings revoked plans to release the former LAPD…
Editorial: A felony conviction should not be accompanied by a life sentence on the right to vote
Voting is not a privilege. It is a right guaranteed by the United States Constitution. But a group of citizens…
Facebook's former DEI director receives 5 years in prison for fraud
A former head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives at Facebook and Nike was sentenced to five years in prison…
Prosecutors urge 40 years in prison for Pelosi's attacker
Federal prosecutors recommend a 40-year sentence for the man convicted of attempting to kidnap former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
The worst offender of January 6 has not spent a second in prison
To the editor: In her May 9 column about the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,…
Closing California prisons should be the easiest budget cut
California faces a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall that will require lawmakers and the governor to make painful decisions. No one wants…
Opposing opinions on Proposition 47 and a new 'tough on crime' ballot measure
To the editor: UC San Francisco professor Meghan Morris is asking voters to reject a tough-on-crime ballot measure because it…
Opinion: Trump promises to subvert the law, first by releasing January 6 criminals
Trump, re-elected, will subvert the law, first by freeing the January 6 insurrectionists Of all the Promises that Donald Trump…