LA Times columnists say why California is still a Golden State
California has been a beacon, a destination, a paradise and a promised land since its precipitous expansion in the midst…
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Update on Los Angeles firefighters seriously injured in truck explosion
Two members of the Los Angeles Fire Department are “making progress” after suffering critical injuries while battling a truck fire…
Officials discuss “criminalization” of copper wire theft
A member of a historic church in South Los Angeles pointed out to Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson on Sunday that an…
Is your cat bad? The problem probably isn't with Fluffy, it could be you.
When I started working with cats almost 25 years ago, it was purely out of personal interest. My own cat,…
Column: Will Chiefs parade shooting inspire Republican voters to change?
Do you know why this country has a problem with mass shootings? For the same reason we are likely to…
Editorial: Los Angeles County Juvenile Courts Close Play Now
A state oversight board could vote Thursday to close the Los Padrinos Youth Center in Downey if it deems it…
California's war on plastic bag use appears to have failed
It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering…
Opinion: Age matters. That's why Biden's age is his superpower
Joe Biden is old. Like each of us, he comes from a particular place in history, in his case the…
Legalizing cannabis is not enough. Rewrite all drug laws
February 7, 2024 3 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: LZ Granderson correctly implies that the federal Controlled Substances Act,…
Kamala Harris was elected to solve the immigration crisis. Then the problem changed
WASHINGTON- President Biden, facing a political crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border in the early days of his administration, tapped Vice…