California
The effort to name the federal courthouse in L.A. after the Mendez family seems like the type of feel-good story this country needs more of these days. So who on earth could be opposed to it?
June 20, 2024
High School Sports
Garfield High’s Robert Sanchez rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns while Damian Cabrera threw three touchdown passes in a defeat of Roosevelt.
Oct. 27, 2023
World & Nation
Ignacio Bernal y Garcia Pimentel, 81, anthropologist who studied Mexico’s pre-Columbian civilizations.
Jan. 28, 1992
Science & Medicine
George Pimentel, a world-recognized leader in chemical research who was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan, died at his Kensington, Calif., home Sunday of cancer.
June 21, 1989
Sister Norma Pimentel, a nun famous for her compassion toward migrants, said that parties on both sides of the aisle turned the bus carrying migrants from Texas to L.A. into a spectacle.
June 29, 2023
The first meeting between Garfield High and Roosevelt High in girls’ flag football marks a new chapter in the longstanding rivalry.
Oct. 30, 2023
Sports
These are the hands that once formed the fists of one of the most-punishing punchers in professional boxing.
July 1, 1995
Television
‘Euphoria’ and ‘The Idol’ producer Kevin Turen seemingly lost consciousness while he was driving his son over the weekend, his father Edward Turen told The Times.
Nov. 16, 2023
The Supreme Court decision killed race-based affirmative action — except for military academies — but didn’t provide a replacement.
July 6, 2023
With a Westminster store and plenty of puns, an Anaheim resident embraces his Asian American identity.