California
The new law shields teachers from retaliation for supporting transgender students and prohibits school policies that require “forced disclosure” of youth gender decisions to their families.
July 15, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Artist Bill Viola, whose pioneering work with video since the 1970s opened the door to what would become a major artform internationally, has died. He was 73.
July 13, 2024
L.A. Influential
Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson’s sports empire has grown to include the Dodgers, Sparks, LAFC and Washington Commanders. He also became the fourth billionaire athlete.
June 16, 2024
Food
Restaurant and bar service fees were about to be outlawed before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1524, which allows the charges as long as they’re listed for customers.
June 29, 2024
Letters to the Editor
When a reader’s mom tried to buy a home using the GI Bill, she was told that the houses weren’t sold to “people of her kind.”
June 27, 2024
After an emotional and combative debate, California lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that would ban schools from requiring that changes to a student’s gender identity be flagged to their parents.
Movies
Bill Cobbs, a seasoned character actor with nearly 200 television and film credits including ‘Air Bud,’ ‘The Bodyguard’ and ‘New Jack City,’ has died at 90.
Opinion
My grandfather used the GI Bill to buy a home. But discrimination barred most other Black veterans from these benefits. Will the U.S. provide reparations?
June 23, 2024
Dakota Johnson pushed through a wardrobe malfunction Wednesday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after the strap of her Bottega Veneta gown snapped.
June 20, 2024
World & Nation
President William Ruto says he won’t approve the bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead.
June 26, 2024