'The Synanon Fix' shows how a rehab group became a cult
In the late 1950s, Charles “Chuck” Dederich started a drug rehabilitation program in a Santa Monica store. Dederich, a recovering…
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The only hope for a two-state solution: ignore extremists on both sides
To the editor: It's actually very simple: Does Israel have the right to exist as a national homeland for the…
An attempt to bring wolverines back to California fails
Those who want wolverines reintroduced to California suffered a setback this week. Proposed legislation to explore what it would take…
Stagecoach 2024: Stacy Vee on country music's moment in the sun
Country music's influence on the industry as a whole waxes and wanes, but this year it's been absolutely dominant. For…
Sundance Film Festival could leave Park City in 2027
Rumors about the Sundance Film Festival's possible departure from its former home in Park City, Utah, circulated throughout the event…
Former San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Faces Federal Charges in Murder of Unarmed Man
A former San Diego sheriff's deputy who already pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of an…
'Crazy Rich Asians' receives a Broadway musical from Jon M. Chu
“Crazy Rich Asians” will soon hit Broadway, years after author Kevin Kwan's bestselling book leapt from page to screen in…
California pays meth users up to $599 a year to stay sober
GRASS VALLEY, California. Here, in the rugged foothills of California's Sierra Nevada, the streets aren't littered with needles and dealers…
Dueling Portraits of Mexican Mafia Member Seeking Bail
Johnny Martinez has the support of pillars of the community. American Civil Liberties Union officials, law professors, a pastor, a…
DNA helps identify woman found at base of Bay Area cliff nearly 60 years ago
DNA analysis has helped identify a woman whose body was found at the bottom of a Bay Area cliff nearly…