Jail watchdog faces elimination under L.A. County plan
An oversight body that has documented and exposed substandard jail conditions for decades would cease to exist if the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors…
After ICE raids surged this summer, calls to LAPD plummeted
At the same time that federal immigration enforcement ramped up across the Los Angeles area this summer, calls for help to local police plummeted.Emergency dispatch…
L.A. backs $2.6-billion Convention Center expansion
L.A. political leaders on Friday took what their own policy experts called a risky bet, agreeing to pour billions of dollars into the city’s aging…
If he ever gets his job back, I have just the hat for Jimmy Kimmel, thanks to Trump
These are dark times, the average cynic might argue.But do not despair.If you focus on the positive, rather than the negative, you’ll have to agree…
Newsom signs California climate package aimed at lowering gas and utility costs
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a sweeping package of climate and environment bills aimed at reducing the cost of electricity, stabilizing gasoline prices and…
Is Trump targeting Kimmel, broadcast TV because he was fired by NBC?
The recent suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is an attack on democracy. Though not necessarily the democracy one might think.Free speech is protected by the…
Federal judge tosses Trump’s $15B defamation lawsuit against the New York Times
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida federal judge on Friday tossed out a $15-billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Trump against The New York Times.U.S. District…
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people that requires male or…
Trump says China’s Xi has approved a deal to save TikTok in the U.S.
President Trump said Friday that he has reached a deal with China to keep the popular social video app TikTok running in the U.S. Trump…
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Justices question school policies – Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices, hearing arguments on school integration, signaled Monday that they are likely to bar the use of race when assigning students to…
They met at a festival. He was a deputy and a stalker, her suit claims
LA QUINTA — Briana Ortega had been home for all of three minutes when she heard a fist pounding against her door.She opened it to find a…
Federal judge says she is ‘inclined’ to order Trump restore $500 million in UCLA grants
A federal judge Thursday said she was “inclined to extend” an earlier ruling and order the Trump administration to restore an additional $500 million in…
Contributor: Jimmy Kimmel and the threat that comedy poses to autocrats
The abrupt suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on ABC might seem like the least of our worries amid the shuttering of government agencies,…
News Analysis: Trump, showered by British royalty, airs political grievances overseas
WASHINGTON — At a banquet table fit for a king, but set specially for him, President Trump called his state visit to the United Kingdom this week…
Behind the decision to bench Jimmy Kimmel: Trump FCC threats and charges of corporate cowardice
On a Wednesday podcast, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said ABC had to act on Jimmy Kimmel’s comments about the killing of right wing…
Harris says Buttigieg was her ‘first choice’ for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing,…
Wake up, Los Angeles. We are all Jimmy Kimmel
Comics have long been on the front lines of democracy, the canary in the cat’s mouth, Looney Tunes style, when it comes to free speech…
Watchdogs say new L.A. County policy is an attempt to muzzle criticism
L.A. County’s watchdogs suddenly need to ask permission before barking to the press and public.County oversight officials and civil rights advocates are raising concerns about…
Kimmel. Colbert. Who’s next in the war against free speech? Not Gutfeld
Jimmy Kimmel’s show is gone. So is Stephen Colbert’s. And if President Trump has his way, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be next.In the…