California
Advocates have long urged L.A. to provide lawyers for low-income tenants facing eviction in court. Now, the city is moving toward making that change.
Sept. 18, 2024
A man accused of raping two women and murdering one of them at the Venice Canals last year will spend his life in prison after pleading no contest.
Sept. 13, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Parents spend months steeling themselves to face an empty nest. But the last first day is an especially poignant reminder that, in many ways, their kids are already gone.
Sept. 12, 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.
The announcement from Southern California Edison came as around 200 other homes in the area were already without power, some indefinitely.
Sept. 8, 2024
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
Opinion
Most college-age voters remember Barack Obama vaguely at best. Kamala Harris’ campaign is their first experience of a more hopeful presidential candidacy.
Sept. 9, 2024
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.
Rams
If the Rams make a Super Bowl push, wouldn’t the always-in-shape Aaron Donald want to come out of retirement to win another championship?
Sept. 4, 2024