Eerie silence hangs over Central Coast farm fields in wake of ICE raids
OXNARD, Calif. — At 6 a.m. Wednesday, Juvenal Solano drove slowly along the cracked roads that border the fields of strawberry and celery that cloak this fertile…
Simone Biles apologizes for comments toward Riley Gaines
Superstar U.S. gymnast Simone Biles has apologized to Riley Gaines after calling the outspoken former NCAA swimmer “truly sick” and a “sore loser” in recent…
Rashawn Slater returns to Chargers minicamp amid contract talks
He wasn’t under the watchful eye of Chargers executive director of player performance Ben Herbert this offseason. He didn’t train in the team’s El Segundo…
Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decided Thursday that a Catholic charity doesn’t have to pay Wisconsin unemployment taxes, one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices…
Classifying Taliban as ‘foreign terrorist organization’ under review: US | Donald Trump News
A ‘comprehensive review’ of the US’s chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 has also been ordered.Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that…
Failure of Skid Row landlord ‘canary in the coal mine’ for other homeless housing in Los Angeles, report says
The failure of one of Skid Row’s largest homeless housing providers represents a dire warning for the viability of supportive housing in Los Angeles, according…
Hollywood’s chaotic week of Trump tariff talks ends on unclear note
It’s been a chaotic week in Hollywood.Less than a week ago, President Trump called for 100% tariffs on movies made outside the U.S., a move…
UCLA, LACO, South Coast Repertory: Trump cuts NEA grants
South Coast Repertory was celebrating the opening night of a play it had commissioned and spent years developing when it received the notification: The $20,000…
Dodgers call up utilityman Hyeseong Kim, will join the team in Atlanta
ATLANTA — The other notable international acquisition of the Dodgers’ offseason this winter is on the verge of his major league debut.South Korean utilityman Hyeseong Kim is…
A fight over a progressive L.A. news site leads to dueling lawsuits
The question of who controls a small independent media outlet has roiled Los Angeles’ left for more than a year. This week, the clash over…
Ad campaign will target Trump allies for looming Medicaid cuts
With the Trump administration slashing budgets and threatening to revoke tax-exempt status for nonprofits, some Southern California social justice organizations have gone into a defensive…
Interior secretary gives DOGE member with oil-industry ties power to remake department
A former oil executive and representative of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team has been given wide authority to make significant changes to the…
Matthew Stafford’s teammates were worried he might leave Rams
Less than two months ago, Matthew Stafford arrived at the Rams’ facility in Woodland Hills to discuss his immediate future.The veteran quarterback wanted his contract…
Contributor: Why California leads the way toward parity for women in elected office
In these tough times, as we grapple with saving America itself, it is important to note progress and victories.This year, for the first time, women…
Japanese American National Museum calls out DOGE cuts to NEH
The letter to the Japanese American National Museum on Friday morning from the National Endowment for the Humanities read in part: “Due to a change…
NOW to Fight Confirmation of Thomas : Supreme Court: The women’s rights organization calls Bush’s nominee an ‘extremist.’ ‘We’re going to Bork him,’ says one of its lawyers.
NEW YORK — The National Organization for Women announced Friday that it would fight the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.“His nomination is an insult…
Column: Money will be tight. Americans will suffer. Will the top 10% step up?
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and more than doubled the federal estate tax…
Trump administration guts board of U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonprofit agency
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace — an independent nonprofit organization established and funded by Congress that…
Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco ordered President Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in…
Contributor: In Trump war on NOAA, Americans and the economy will lose
Last month, close to 1,000 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration workers, including weather forecasters, were fired. The Trump administration has now told agency leaders to…