Opinion
It took two decades of patient, vigilant community organizing to open a prime piece of San Francisco Bay shoreline to the public in Richmond, Calif.
Sept. 20, 2024
California
This summer, the Russian River in western Sonoma County has been the site of pitched battles over public access rights to the prized strips of beach that sit at the water’s edge.
Hollywood Inc.
Angel Studios last week announced its intention to become a publicly traded company through a merger with a so-called “blank check” company.
Sept. 17, 2024
Climate change has been doing a job on many of California’s wild areas. This time, it looks like an Orange County work crew teamed up with a warming planet to deprive a metropolitan area of its best access to nature.
Sept. 12, 2024
Most cases are in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but this year’s outbreaks have spread elsewhere in Africa. It’s a matter of time before they reach the United States.
Sept. 13, 2024
Lifestyle
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
Sept. 19, 2024
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Housing & Homelessness
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
Santa Monica leaders will discuss new changes to its anti-camping ordinance, including to a section allowing homeless people to use pillows, blankets, bedrolls.
Sept. 10, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Catherine, Princess of Wales, says she has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer and plans to undertake light engagements through the end of the year.
Sept. 9, 2024