California
A large fire on the border of Glassell Park and Cypress Park sent thick gray plumes of smoke rising over Dodger Stadium Saturday evening.
Sept. 21, 2024
Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
Letters to the Editor
Think $20 billion is too much to spend on ending homelessness? Look at how much is spent on glitzy arenas and football stadiums.
Sept. 19, 2024
An L.A. County sheriff’s deputy who was relieved of duty two years ago was charged this month with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Sept. 18, 2024
Movies
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
A mountain lion that was put down by park rangers after it attacked a 5-year-old boy in Malibu Creek State Park was a young, underweight female.
Sept. 16, 2024
The body of 61-year-old Kirk Thomas-Olsen was discovered in Yosemite National Park more than 20 days after he was expected to return from a solo hike.
Politics
Harris moved notably leftward in her 2020 bid for president, seeing it as the best path to the Democratic nomination. But the move failed to reflect Harris’ true self, which is more center-left.
A 4-year-old girl was fatally mauled by her family pit bull in the San Joaquin Valley city of Visalia, according to authorities. The girl and the pet were “inseparable.”
Sept. 8, 2024
Long Beach police arrested a 34-year-old Long Beach resident on suspicion of killing 17-year-old Briana Soto in March.
Sept. 14, 2024