L.A. Influential
Alex Padilla has held elected office since 1999, when he won a seat on the L.A. City Council at age 26, and has risen to progressively more prominent roles.
July 7, 2024
Company News
In addition to serving as the editor of the L.A. Times’ showcase feature, Column One, Padilla is widely known as a writing coach for journalists across the country.
July 17, 2024
Edin Enamorado’s work to help harassed street food vendors is noble — but his tactics are often in-your-face and have sparked a debate among even his supporters.
June 30, 2024
Politics
In an impassioned Senate floor speech, Padilla urges colleagues to ‘do what’s right for Dreamers, farmworkers’ by opposing the bipartisan border security bill touted by President Biden.
May 24, 2024
Television
The image of ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2020, will appear on a new USPS Forever stamp.
June 21, 2024
2024 Paris Olympics
End of an era? Alex Morgan, a two-time World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, won’t be in Paris with the U.S. women’s national team this year.
June 26, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
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The intimate segments spiral off from conversational cues into a lifetime of memories: Simon’s and those of an American pop consciousness he’s helped to shape since 1957.
June 11, 2024
World & Nation
A judge orders liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones′ personal assets to help pay judgments over his lies about the Sandy Hook massacre.
June 14, 2024
Angels
Luis Gil struck out nine and won his sixth straight start, continuing a record run by Yankees starters, as Angels fall to New York 2-1.
May 29, 2024