Letters to the Editor
A reader’s prescription for MacArthur Park: ‘Fix the damn lighting. Get people into drug rehab if they want it. Get them into housing. Do something. Do anything.’
Sept. 18, 2024
California
MacArthur Park is under siege from gangs and addicts. Is it too much to ask the city to fix the broken streetlights that line the borders of the public space?
Sept. 14, 2024
When the Airport fire hit the El Cariso Village neighborhood of Lake Elsinore, one family of six escaped with their 46 animals.
‘I am crossing my fingers, we are OK for now.’ Residents near Lake Elsinore wait out the flames as the Airport fire burns tens of thousands of acres.
Sept. 12, 2024
The video, released by Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department shows a lone woman holding up her long dress from the ground as she walks through the wind and sparks. Behind her, the fire swirls and burns through the brush.
The Airport fire is burning near homes in south Orange County and has forced evacuations. Here are details on the fire.
Sept. 10, 2024
Some O.C. communities are under evacuation orders due to the Airport fire, but many residents are staying for now, hoping firefighters can keep the flames away from their neighborhoods.
Trying to get a rideshare or taxi is hard enough for locals at LAX; one reader says it may be impossible for visitors who don’t speak English.
Business
A new city reports bolsters a proposal by some L.A. City Council members to raise the minimum wages of hotel and airport workers before the 2028 Olympics.
Sept. 6, 2024