Books
Studs Terkel has been awarded the first Dayton Literary Peace Prize, an outgrowth of the Dayton Peace Prize that commemorates the 1995 agreement that ended the war in Bosnia.
July 21, 2006
California
L.A. County has launched a program of street psychiatry to find and treat severely mentally ill homeless people where they live.
Sept. 7, 2022
The current City Hall battle over redistricting has been presented in the press as an attempt by an insensitive majority to ride roughshod over the good government recommendations of an independent, virtuous, citizens’ Redistricting Advisory Board (RAB).
Aug. 5, 1990
World & Nation
A tornado ripped across northern Alabama before dawn Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100.
Feb. 17, 1995
Two tornadoes ripped across northern Alabama before dawn Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100.
Food
Manischewitz hopes to appeal to more trendy tastes and attract more non-Jewish shoppers.
Dec. 11, 2006
30 homes in Carlsbad have been burned in the fast-moving Poinsettia fire, and hundreds were forced evacuate their homes, schools and businesses.
May 14, 2014
Voters turned out in record numbers Tuesday to elect longtime City Councilman Robert Bartlett to the office of mayor, turning back a challenge by restaurateur Andre Hindoyan, who had never held public office but spent more than $16,000 in seeking the position.
April 14, 1988
Watch L.A.
Oct. 21, 2022
When Ian Carr knocks on doors in neighborhoods like Porter Ranch and West Hills, he is sometimes asked whether his chosen candidate is a Democrat or a Republican.
May 19, 2019