California
UC chancellors will be paid about $900,000 at Davis and Irvine; a bit less at Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced; and nearly $1.2 million at San Francisco.
Sept. 20, 2024
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
The state’s legal weed industry faces a wave of turmoil, allowing other states to gain ground.
Sept. 21, 2024
Food
Best Bet pizza to open in Culver City, a new cocktail bar from one of South Bay’s top Italian restaurants, Sticky Rice expands, a festive holiday market and more.
Dec. 14, 2022
There’s no trendy, expensive shortcut to self-discovery.
The punishment for Rosa Gonzalez, now a deputy, came after she accused department officials of discrimination.
Sept. 14, 2024
Movies
Sebastian Stan plays a facially deformed actor who emerges from a miracle cure to realize he’s lost something deeper, in a movie co-starring Renate Reinsve.
Trump bought his cliffside golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes after the 18th hole fell into the ocean. Now, the scenic city is a disaster zone.
Sept. 13, 2024
A 500-pound bear crashed a picnic. What happened next set off a heated debate.
World & Nation
Deadly sabotage of pagers used by militant group Hezbollah is widely blamed on Israel — but what was attack’s real aim?