On Monday morning, I walked from my house near the Venice Pier north along Ocean Front Walk. I wanted to check on something I heard last week at a West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission meeting that made me question my sense of reality. At the meeting, I heard folks who own stores along Ocean…
Every day I search for stories big and small about Latinos in Los Angeles. I find tales everywhere — in swap meets, parks, panaderias, buses and schools. The Column One I wrote about Vicks VapoRub came from a source I know quite well: my big Salvadoran family. Growing up, my mom and tias each had…
California is building walls at its borders — they’re just not the kind President Trump has in mind. As the Trump administration continues its assault on environmental regulation, state officials are throwing up legal barriers to some high-stakes attacks. They are preparing to strengthen safeguards…
LOS ANGELES — Members of two alleged Los Angeles County crime rings are facing charges of using the Darknet to sell methamphetamine and other drugs nationwide, including shipment of a heroin-filled stuffed animal that led to a fatal overdose in Tennessee, federal prosecutors announced Monday. In a nine-count indictment returned last week in Los Angeles…
On Monday morning, attorney Michael Avenatti surfaced on Twitter promising to uncover a blockbuster scandal involving Nike and some of the biggest names in college basketball. Less than an hour later, federal prosecutors in New York announced that Avenatti was under arrest for allegedly trying…
Placentia is considering five proposals from potential fire and emergency service providers and is expected to decide in the next few months whether to hire one of them or remain with the Orange County Fire Authority. The city gave notice to the authority last June that it might withdraw from the joint powers agency, in…
UC Irvine men’s basketball coach Russell Turner issued an apology Monday for referring to University of Oregon player Louis King as “Queen” during Sunday’s NCAA Tournament second-round game in San Jose. After Oregon’s 73-54 win Sunday night, Turner spoke about trying to get in King’s head by calling him “Queen,” but his comments met with…
The Aedes mosquitoes are here to stay, arriving in Southern California from Asia, Central America, Australia, and the southern states of Texas, Louisiana and Florida. Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, arrived in Los Angeles County in 2011; Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, was recorded locally in 2014; and Aedes notoscriptus came in 2017….
Visitors to the Walker Canyon poppy fields in Lake Elsinore were free Monday to use streets and key freeway off-ramps closed over the weekend to control thousands of visitors to see the rare superbloom of spring flowers, heading to their natural end as temperatures warm. But enough people showed up by midday Monday for the…
The path out of homelessness could begin with a single phone call to the right person. Finding that person’s number, however, can be a challenge for someone on the street or in a shelter with few resources, little time for research and possible personal issues. That’s where the San Francisco-based…
