High School Sports
Pitcher Christian Becerra from Cal goes in the 12th round to the Minnesota Twins, becoming the third Harvard-Westlake grad taken in the MLB amateur draft.
July 16, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
Hector Becerra, a veteran Times journalist and a native of Los Angeles, becomes the highest ranking Latino editor in the paper’s history.
Jan. 30, 2024
Company News
Los Angeles Times Interim Executive Editor Terry Tang has announced that Hector Becerra has been promoted to managing editor of The Times, beginning today.
California
California’s surgeon general unveiled a new initiative Tuesday aimed at reducing maternal mortality, setting a goal of halving the statewide rate of deaths related to pregnancy and birth by December 2026.
Sept. 17, 2024
Music
East L.A.’s the Stains, led by wildman guitarist Robert Becerra, were one of the city’s original punk bands. Becerra died from liver cancer on Sept. 1 at age 64.
Sept. 19, 2023
Homes built on land with past landslide activity are on the market. Here’s how homebuyers can assess a property’s risk to land movement.
Sept. 12, 2024
Captors allegedly threatened to harm the migrants unless family members paid a ransom, which in one case totaled $11,000.
Sept. 9, 2024
San Pedro is new No. 1 team in City Section
Sept. 16, 2024
Prep football: Week 5 schedule for Southland teams, Sept. 26-28
Sept. 18, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
James Ijames, whose ‘Fat Ham’ won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama, confronts the grievous reality of lethal violence and racial injustice in ‘Kill Move Paradise,’ an earlier work now receiving its Southern California premiere at the Odyssey Theatre.