Letters to the editor: Los Angeles can get more people off the streets
To the editor: Does anyone believe that affordable housing will magically appear immediately because it is the solution? Why not…
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Mobile phone ban in schools sparks surprising opinions among students
Since William Schnider received his first iPhone in sixth grade, it has become an extension of his being. By day,…
Gun rights groups sue to block new California gun tax
Gun rights groups on Tuesday filed a Second Amendment challenge to a new California law that imposed an additional tax…
Smartphones have silenced children; that's bad. Hooray for banning LAUSD!
It was the slaughter of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert that brought readers together earlier this month. Now, our…
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,…
Judge stops ban on syringe programs in El Dorado County
El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle between the…
Supreme Court strikes down ban on quick 'emergency stocks'
WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a ban on stockings like those used in the nation's deadliest mass…
Opinion: Why Los Angeles should ban smartphones in schools
At school, after school, the story is the same: students' smartphones are distract them from learning and eroding mental health…
Opinion: Zuckerbucks make elections safer, no matter what red states say
Democracy is not free. Tell that to the more than half of the states that have banned or limited donations…