UC regents approve UCLA’s first Latino chancellor, the president of University of Miami
University of Miami President Julio Frenk, a Mexico-born global health expert, has become the first Latino to lead UCLA, winning UC regents’ unanimous approval.
Early adopters, mainstream success, buyer’s remorse — where is the EV market headed?
A positive long-term forecast for EV adoption adds a bit of glow to recent news of sales slowdowns that are a challenge to California’s climate goals.
Abcarian: How a pious lifeguard made L.A.’s beaches an unlikely battlefield in the culture wars
L.A. County supervisors ordered a version of the Pride flag to be flown at county facilities each June. A lawsuit claims infringement on religious beliefs.
Mayors London Breed and Karen Bass take different approaches to homelessness and drug use in their cities
They share similarities as Black women leading California’s marquee cities, but the mayors of San Francisco and L.A. are confronting key issues in different ways.
Dead boys’ mother feels ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence
Rebecca Grossman got 15 years to life in prison for the murders of Mark and Jacob Iskander, whom she struck and killed as they crossed the street in 2020.
Should clean air and water be the right of every Californian? Not everybody thinks so
A proposal to amend California’s constitution to enshrine environmental rights for all citizens has been delayed for at least another year.
No charges for second-grade teacher arrested after allegedly teaching drunk
Teaching while drunk is not a crime, prosecutors said while announcing that a second-grade teacher in Northern California won’t face charges.
A gun discharged inside a high school classroom. It took LAUSD 3 days to confirm reports
Los Angeles Unified School police are investigating an incident involving a gun that was fired Friday afternoon inside a Carson High School classroom.
Popular Lake Tahoe beach will soon require reservations on busy days. Here’s how to get them
Nevada officials will test a reservation system this summer for Sand Harbor beach on Lake Tahoe, which is routinely crowded in warmer months.
Stranded on a remote California beach, this windsurfer used rocks to spell ‘HELP’
A windsurfer became stranded on a remote Santa Cruz County beach. But he was able to spell ‘HELP’ with rocks, leading to his rescue.