Movies
Chris Nash’s ‘In a Violent Nature’ and Thea Hvistendahl’s ‘Handling the Undead’ are made by directors who know the genre well and hope to challenge expectations.
May 30, 2024
World & Nation
President Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a diverse group of 19 people, including Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Al Gore and Michelle Yeoh.
May 3, 2024
Junky, manic and action-laden in an enervating manner, director Moritz Mohr’s debut feature doesn’t seem to be made for audiences to enjoy so much as endure.
April 25, 2024
California
After UC Irvine-affiliated groups on the instant messaging platform Discord were targeted by trolls spreading gory images, students banded together to block the attack.
Jan. 17, 2024
The Bay Area man was killed last week in a California prison where he’d been serving a life sentence for murdering a close friend, officials said.
Sept. 22, 2024
The Council of UC Faculty Associations, along with faculty associations from seven UC campuses, filed a 581-page unfair labor practice charge Thursday with California’s Public Employment Relations Board.
Sept. 23, 2024
A judge tossed ex-Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s lawsuit over a ‘Do Not Rehire’ designation, but his lawyers say they plan to refile.
Expanding on his fake trailer from “Grindhouse,” the director returns to a subgenre he knows well, the high-school slasher, with perfunctory, uneven results.
Nov. 15, 2023
Jonathan Rodriguez, 20, was arrested after an 11-hour search that began when he allegedly got out of his vehicle following a police chase, fired a weapon and fled the scene.
Sept. 21, 2024
Will that change anything?