California
On the ballot in Torrance’s election Tuesday are candidates for mayor, three City Council seats, city treasurer and city clerk.
March 3, 1994
Technology and the Internet
The crime-tracking app Citizen has been criticized for encouraging overpolicing. L.A. chose the company behind it to do COVID-19 contact tracing.
Sept. 11, 2020
World & Nation
The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is criticizing a judge’s ruling barring the agency from relying solely on databases that at times have led to the wrongful detention of U.S. citizens
Oct. 10, 2019
Severe damage to their homes--not mere nervousness about their safety--prevented the vast majority of earthquake victims stuck in emergency shelters and tent cities from returning to their residences, The Times Poll has found.
Jan. 31, 1994
Politics
For a dozen years after moving from Peru, Heidi was employed full time, first at a cannery and then at a fast-food restaurant.
Nov. 21, 1994
Autos
Safety: Public Citizen calls the current program inadequate. Tire maker is pressured to act amid growing wave of lawsuits.
Aug. 15, 2000
The right to bear arms is a matter of individual safety and, ultimately, freedom. The issue goes far beyond gun nuts.
Nov. 7, 1999
Two of the county’s three largest landowners Friday endorsed a growth management plan written by a citizens panel--despite its similarity to the slow-growth ballot initiative they have staunchly opposed.
June 4, 1988
Fearful for their safety and concerned about possible deterioration of their neighborhood, a group of residents, merchants and property owners asked the Glendale City Council on Tuesday to close a motel they described as a hotbed of illegal activity.
Sept. 19, 1985
Consumer group Public Citizen is stepping up a campaign for a wider recall of Firestone tires with a report, due out this week, which says millions of other tires have the same problems that sparked the voluntary replacement of 6.5 million tires.
Jan. 3, 2001