A Compton native tells a new generation the story of his hometown
Albert M. Camarillo is an old-school Compton. His father emigrated from the Mexican state of Michoacán as a teenager in…
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Silicon Valley school district pauses contract with 'energy healer' after parent concerns
A Silicon Valley school district announced this week that it would pause a tens of thousands of dollars contract with…
Big tech owes journalists (and many other workers too)
August 22, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: George Skelton's column warning about Big Tech stealing news from…
Girl Scout troop for migrant youth offers shelter in New York
NEW YORK — Valentina Guaman, 12, raised three fingers in the air and recited an oath in Spanish. On my…
Karen Bass talks about her commitment to children with Harris
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was greeted with chants of “Karen! Karen!” after she described Vice President Kamala Harris as…
Althea Alexander, who promoted diversity among USC medical students, dies
As associate dean for diversity and inclusion at USC, Dr. Althea Alexander spent time speaking in high school classrooms across…
'Dance First' review: Gabriel Byrne plays Samuel Beckett
It would be hard to imagine a genre more antithetical to Samuel Beckett's modernist sensibility than the biopic. The Irish…
'How to With John Wilson': Where the quirky meets the profound
It didn’t seem like a difficult question: How would John Wilson describe “How to With John Wilson”? But after a…
This Riverside County man is on a mission to save California's abandoned ducks
A warehouse in Orange County had received a late order of balut, a Southeast Asian delicacy made from fertilized duck…
Los Angeles robberies are the work of sexual predators, police say
A series of home burglaries in Silver Lake and East Hollywood continues to spread, with police saying the break-ins are…