The apparent suicides over the past week of two teens who survived last year’s Parkland, Fla., high school shooting and the father of a child who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., have communities grieving all over again. They also have experts emphasizing the importance of ongoing counseling…
Picture it: I’m taking my morning walk and happened upon one of those speed indicator machines. You know, they flash wildly if you’re going above the posted speed limit. My thoughts raced faster than my legs could go, answering my first curious question — that walking speeds could not be monitored. Drat! That would have…
PASADENA — The owners of a family pet are demanding answers Tuesday after their dog died during a flight from Europe to Los Angeles. Bear, a 5-month-old purebred Central Asian Shepherd, was found dead in the cargo hold of a KLM jet a week ago, ABC7 reported. According to KLM Dutch Royal Airlines, the puppy…
Defendants in the sweeping college admissions cheating scandal began appearing in Boston court amid growing questions about how many would cooperate with authorities and which other parents could get swept up in the scandal. Some of the parents named in the charges are under pressure from federal…
Q: It has dawned on me it might not be a bad idea to take steps to protect our assets – to make them unavailable to others who might sue or make claim. Is there anything improper about doing so? -D.R., Tustin Ron Sokol A: Legitimate asset protection is legal, and may well be recommended…
Many have stories of Vicks VapoRub from childhood, but among many Latinos the gooey salve is close to legendary. There are poems, essays, video spoofs, rap songs, scenes in Latino-themed TV shows – tributes to what some consider the cure-all remedy.
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…
