A $600-million Hard Rock Casino comes to Southern California
For Southern Californians who love Hard Rock casinos, there’s no need to drive seven hours north to Yuba…
Downey’s Space Center breaks ground on museum expansion
When I broke into journalism years ago as a fledgling Whittier-based high school sports reporter, one of my…
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
Obesity wonder drugs Wegovy and Zepbound are already showing that they can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and…
Pet owners are refusing to vaccinate their dogs and cats. Their logic is mind-boggling.
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People With Long Covid Have This Freaky-Looking Thing in Their Blood
Scientists may have uncovered an important aspect of long covid. Recent research appears to show that the blood…
Goodwill donations are at all-time high in SoCal. What’s driving the surge?
Maybe you know the feeling — that little burst of virtue that curdles into frustration. You’ve just cleaned…
A new low in L.A. fire failures: Firefighters raised alarms, and the system ignored them
The January Los Angeles firestorms, which leveled communities on a scale few thought was possible, have left pointed…
‘Am I Next?’ art installation targets ICE raids
“Am I next?” That’s the simple question that Californians will ask themselves if an art installation debuting this…
Whistleblower among 4 new lawsuits filed against Detroit hospital over nurse’s alleged sex assaults
A former Detroit Medical Center nurse says she was fired for reporting an alleged sexual assault of a…
The Cinerama Dome closed during the pandemic. Will it reopen soon?
Out of sheer darkness, the Batman logo was emblazoned across the 86-foot-wide screen and dazzled my young eyes.…