Parched California looks to water recycling, desalination and more
In the more than four decades since I started at the L.A. Times, we’ve never had a reporter…
Immigrants caught one of L.A.’s most notorious serial killers. Lessons from the barrio 40 years later.
On a toasty summer Sunday 40 years ago, Richard Ramirez was the nation’s most wanted man. The Nightstalker…
Rating Southern California’s worst and best freeways
Back in my days of commuting to and from the Westside, I thought I could outwit, out-calm or…
Trump’s huge Brazil tariff hits small business in L.A. County
In the heady circles where global economists and academics offer their opinions, President Trump’s whopping 50% tariff on…
Law firm in L.A. homeless case bills $1.8 million for two weeks’ work
A high-profile law firm representing the city of Los Angeles in a sweeping homelessness case submitted an $1.8-million…
NY Post to open a California edition
Even as he built a media empire headlined by Fox News, Rupert Murdoch never gave up his love…
How Bureau of Labor Statistics reports influence U.S. economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases reports that can shift global markets and influence Federal Reserve interest…
The cookies that unite California’s politicians, no matter their party
Fox 11 anchor Elex Michaelson is one of the nice guys in L.A. media. His tough-but-fair-and-especially-polite lines of…
A moment of truth in the Erewhon check-out
This was not going to be an ordinary trip to the market. When I pulled up to the…
The aftershocks of L.A.’s summer of ICE will live on
After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, parks across the San Fernando Valley filled with families left homeless by the…