East LA Native Introduces Mariachi Music to the Ivy League Sophomore Esteban Juárez González, a Garfield High School alumnus, raised money for instruments and recruited student...
By Joan Didion THERE IS SOMETHING UNEASY IN THE LOS ANGELES air this afternoon, some unnatural stillness, some tension. What it means is that tonight a Santa Ana will begin to blow, a hot wind from...
The New Faces of Gay Nightlife in West Hollywood As I walk out of my front door at BlockParty and look left and right, I am excited and inspired by the new generation of LGBTQ business owners who...
Years of Service Spring Laura Friedman Closer to Congress “I never ran with the intention of being ‘Adam Schiff Part Two,”’ says Friedman. “Will I stand up and defend democracy? Of course....
Gavin Newsom a Baseball Hall of Famer… in His Own Mind Public biographies of Gov. Gavin Newsom have long touted his baseball career, including that he played at Santa Clara University and...
A Bronx man dubbed “The Big Apple Bandit” back home and the “Prince of Piracy Scams” in Los Angeles has been sentenced to nearly 26 years in federal prison for kidnapping a...
Teacher Leads with Almost 37% of the Vote Dueling unions took sides: United Teachers Los Angeles shelled out $938,000 supporting Griego. SEIU Local 99, representing bus drivers, lunchroom workers...
Newcomer Ysabel Jurado's 1st-Place Finish Rocks Los Angeles council District 14 Race For progressive policy advocates, results at the local level like Jurado’s win in what could ultimately become...
In November voters will be able to remove councilmembers' influence beyond their own district lines, hopefully moving us closer to a system that reflects the best interests of Angelenos, NOT the...
Councilwoman Calls for Establishing Homeless Bureaucracy The homelessness crisis has grown to record heights during the last two mayoral administrations and now threatens to overrun the city of...
The disgraced City Councilman’s letter to U.S. District Judge John F. Walter seeking a reduced sentence failed to win any leniency even as it underscored how far he had come and how high he had...
Gentrification is changing California’s iconic gay communities Experts say neighborhoods that emerged as havens for gay Californians are now feeling the effects of rising home prices, shifting...
WITH DEGREES FROM HARVARD AND MIT and the charismatic charm of a Bollywood star, Nithya Raman could have stepped out of Indian cinema. Instead her tenure on the Los Angeles City Council has been...
Fifteen Candidates Are on the 30th Congressional District Ballot The winner will likely represent the district including West Hollywood for years, as it is an overwhelmingly safe blue stronghold...
During our last City Council meeting, it was revealed that we had a $31 million surplus, which when added to our general fund now equals $186 million. It may be hard to believe that a city that’s...
Why Is That Cross Beaming into My Bedroom? As exciting as it sounds to be ‘Living in Hollywood,’ only those of us who live here really know what it's like. One day your neighbor wins an award...
The frontrunner is using a GOP longshot to take out Democrats The most recent U.S. Senate race debate made clear just how important Republican candidate Steve Garvey is to Democratic frontrunner...
The congressional candidates vying to succeed Dianne Feinstein, and the vacancies their campaigns have created, provide opportunities for officeholders who are younger, more liberal and more rooted...
DACA Immigrants Can Become Cops Many law enforcement departments are having trouble filling vacancies, but they’re slow to use a state law that lets them hire immigrants legally under the federal...
The question raised by the first debate among the four leading candidates for California’s U.S. Senate race is whether Republican Steve Garvey can finish second in the March primary to win a...
Since last June, nearly 1,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to Los Angeles as a political stunt. A patchwork system has emerged to provide care, services and a humane entry to U.S. life...
“It is the only place in the world that grounds Marilyn's myth into history, and the U.S. and world’s history. It is the only physical reminder that remains of (her) life and death. Marilyn has...
Former Dodger and Padres all-star Steve Garvey is the major surprise of the California U.S. Senate race, apparently having overtaken a crowded field except frontrunner Adam Schiff — and who’s to...
Former President Obama is among anxious Democrats, including some inside the campaign, who discussed the urgency of 2024 and the structure of the re-election campaign with Mr. Biden in November, to...
That’s a lot of bad behavior – criminal and otherwise – for a 15-member body over the span of a few years. And it naturally raises the concern that something deeper is happening at City Hall....
They lived in an East L.A. home almost 30 years and then their landlord decided he wanted the house for his growing family. By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE, CalMatters Days before Christmas, María Vela...
But Shohei also loves LA for a different kind of hardware. The kind you drive. LA is the driving capital of the super car enthusiast, and he is one of them. He never drove in Japan because it’s...
Our Lady’s feast day comes on Dec. 12, just two weeks before Christmas. Fittingly, the Latino Theater Company of the Los Angeles Theater Center will present "La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios...
By VICKI ABELSON Burt Young...brilliant actor, gifted fine artist, devoted father and grandfather, and a gentle, loving, attentive friend. I was so blessed to meet him, thank you, Candy, and get to...
Former Los Angeles Dodgers All Star Steve Garvey has announced that he’s a candidate for the U.S. Senate.Garvey, who also played for the San Diego Padres, will run as a Republican, vying for the...
The Dominican Federation, the religious order that owns the property and has been exploring its options in the aftermath of the Vatican’s suppression of it,is behaving as if money matters...
Councilman Kevin de León's lawsuit names as defenders only former county fed employees Karla Vasquez and Santos Leon who have been identified by Los Angeles Magazine as possibly having...
City News ServiceLOS ANGELES — A 37-year-old man suspected of spray painting swastikas on 13 vehicles in Inglewood, Ladera Heights, View Park and Windsor Hills was in custody Wednesday....
Actress Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit accusing disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in 1995 and then hindering her once-skyrocketing career. Julia Ormond, who...
“It just seems that the district attorney wants to spare a life, when (the suspect) didn’t spare my son’s life — he executed my son.” —Kim Clinkunbroomer The mother of the Los Angeles...
Hollywood heaves a sigh of relief. The Writers Guild and major studios and streamers have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract that promises to end the 146-day strike that has...
You would think a simple project to add a car wash in West Hollywood would be easy to see and understand. But after I went through the appeal process it was discovered that something was amiss in...
Disney has more than 1,000 acres of available expansion space, roughly the equivalent of seven Disneyland parks — end it is pouring a small fortune into developing them for future visitors to the...
Will suspect Kevin Cataneo Salazar’s mental state have any impact on a criminal case against him or not was unclear, but the question of his sanity is already as big in the news as the horrendous...
LOS ANGELES — Police arrested a man allegedly posing as a United States Marshal during a Hispanic Heritage Month event attended by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on...
LOS ANGELES — CASA 0101 Theater will host the world premiere production tomorrow night of Founding Artistic Director Josefina Lopez’s “Queen of the Rumba, A Play With...
Los Angeles police have launched a murder investigation into the apparent homicide of a beautiful 31-year-old Beverly Hills licensed real estate agent who was found slain inside her downtown Los...
By Dennis Polkow Reviewed for New City Stage, August 14, in Chicago As a critic who covered the mammoth memorable tours of the late Michael Jackson, my curiosity was piqued by the prospect of “MJ:...
AS A DEPUTY EDITOR OF THE LATE AND SOMETIMES lamented Los Angeles Herald Examiner paper, back then under the editorship of Jim Bellows, I occasionally was asked to look at gossip items...
Once Jerry Brown’s hangout, Lucy’s El Adobe opens its doors to the new favorite son. By Tony Castro Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News The story appeared January 8, 2006, but it is published with...
By Ashley Chase EVEN BEFORE SHE UPSET THE LATINO political establishment to win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, Eunisses Hernandez had dedicated her public career not to be a politician...
TOO EARLY FOR OSCAR nomination talk? Maybe not if you have seen “Barbie” and came away surprisingly stunned by actress America Ferrera’s incredible monologue about being a...
By Tony Castro Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News DOMINICK DUNNE SURVEYED THE ORNATE, hacienda-style lounge at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel, knotted his thick gray eyebrows in disapproval and...