By KIM TONG-HYUNG, HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons…
Nearly two years ago, David Salazar arrived at the Los Angeles Community College District, ready to oversee a massive $3.3-billion construction bond program that voters had approved for the largest two-year college system in the nation. The new chief facilities executive was equipped with two master’s…
The plan was to deliver middle-class amenities — Target, a Ralphs supermarket, sit-down restaurants like Chili’s — to a section of Los Angeles that had long suffered from under-investment. The proposed shopping center known as District Square would be a great catalyst in the center of the city,…
As a former student of Latin and briefly Middle English, I learned from an early age that language is a time machine, capable of carrying the imagination into the past. Arma virumque cano — I sing of arms and the man — writes Virgil as he opens the door upon his tale of ancient Rome….
TOVAANGAR “The world.” From the top of Signal Hill, Los Angeles disappears in the haze. Gauzy light smudges details, so that only the mountains, the sea and the land in between remain. No freeways; no homes, high-rises or palms. Off the coast lies the broad silhouette of Catalina. To the west…
Members of the Hollywood Young Republicans clean Mildred Younger billboard following attack by vandals.
Orange County prosecutors Wednesday released dramatic video showing two Anaheim police officers firing 76 shots at a suspect during a high-speed pursuit that the district attorney’s office called “alarming and irresponsible.” One of the officers has been fired, and the other faces potential internal…
The architect behind the Los Angeles Police Department’s widely hailed but controversial data-driven crime fighting tools is leaving the agency next week to help expand similar programs in other cities. Deputy Chief Sean Malinowski spent years pushing the LAPD to the forefront of how police agencies…
Local teens raise more than $350,000 to fight blood cancer More than 21 motivated high school students raised $351,506 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through Students of the Year, a seven-week philanthropic leadership development program during which students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management in order to fundraise for the…
San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera said Wednesday that he is investigating whether a doctor who champions alternative medicine techniques has been illegally excusing children from mandatory vaccinations. The announcement comes as public health officials nationwide scramble to control measles…
