Climate & Environment
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to take actions in their daily lives to help combat climate change — from composting to taking public transit to avoid driving.
Sept. 23, 2024
California
A Los Angeles police officer is under investigation for allegedly recording the questions to a promotional exam on a pair of camera-equipped smart glasses.
Sept. 18, 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.
Sept. 17, 2024
Prosecutors say that multiple victims were drugged, stripped and photographed by the former CIA officer.
World & Nation
The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force.
Television
In Screen Gab No. 148, we answer your most pressing questions about Hulu reality show ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’ plus streaming recommendations for your weekend.
Sept. 13, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
‘Encanto’ and ‘Zootopia’ director Jared Bush has been named chief creative officer at Walt Disney Animation as Jennifer Lee steps back and returns to filmmaking for ‘Frozen 3’ and ‘Frozen 4.’
A gun battle between a man and LAPD officers in North Hollywood left two people dead, including the gunman, authorities said.