Alan Sieroty dead: Former California lawmaker helped create Coastal Commission
Former state Sen. Alan G. Sieroty, a Beverly Hills Democrat who championed disability rights and efforts to protect California's coast,…
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Satellite photos show California turning green and snowy after winter storms
After years of drought and water restrictions, Californians have had a reprieve in the past two years. In 2023, the…
An overthrown far-right leader. Another is barely holding on. Is Shasta rejecting MAGA politics?
Shasta County voters have ousted from office a key figure in the county's far-right shift, even as the fate of…
Comment: Grieving without God is one thing. Grieving without God's people is another
How does anyone grieve without God? Like an atheist whose mother is devoutly Christian died in augustI can answer this…
Oprah left WeightWatchers to do a TV special on weight loss drugs
Oprah Winfrey has revealed why she left her nearly 10-year position as a WeightWatchers board member last month. His resignation…
Opinion: Ours is the most wasteful civilization in history. Here's how to stop that
What if the looming calamities like climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and all our environmental doom were symptoms…
I married my former teacher. What lessons would she learn?
I was a teenager preparing to attend Sequoia Junior High School in Reseda in 1960. My father learned that there…
Opinion: Surviving loneliness in my house as a widower at 72 years old
This year, at the age of 72, I began living alone for the first time in my life. Before that,…
Medieval Times labor efforts collapse as union sponsor pulls out
A beleaguered union effort between performance artists and stable hands at the Medieval Times' Buena Park Castle has come to…
How Keith Haring's art transcended his untimely death
Book Review Radiant: The Life and Lineage of Keith Haring By Brad GoochHarperCollins: 512 pages, $40 If you buy books…