For many Jewish Americans, the question is not whether they will travel to Israel, but when. Each year, tens of thousands of young people from around the world make the trip — their expenses paid by Taglit-Birthright Israel, a nonprofit that aims to foster their Jewish identity and a connection…
Not every candidate who lost an election last month pitched a hissy fit, screamed fraud or refused to concede. But enough of them did for us to conclude that President Trump’s pettiness and poor sportsmanship has become as much a current-day campaign tactic as a character flaw. In California, Republicans…
Image of Mudd Hall at USC is No. 14 in the 1955-56 Know Your City photography series.
NORWALK — Authorities Monday identified a man who was fatally stabbed in Norwalk. Alejandro Franco, 25, of Inglewood was wounded about 11:50 p.m. on Nov. 23 in the 10900 block of Foster Road and died on Nov. 29 at a hospital, according to the coroner’s office and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information was not…
LOS ANGELES — A man whose mother died in 2017 while in custody for an alleged violation stemming from a petty theft case is suing Los Angeles County and the city of Long Beach, alleging she was denied medical care that could have saved her life despite her complaints of not feeling well. Nathaniel Riley,…
Orange County prosecutors obtained improper phone recordings of jail inmates and their attorneys in eight criminal cases, including one that was dismissed, according to court testimony Monday that added fuel to the growing fire over the alleged breach of confidentiality. The testimony came during a hearing in the attempted murder case against Joshua Waring, the…
Alex Villanueva beat long odds to be sworn in Monday as L.A. County sheriff, putting him in charge of one the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies.
ANAHEIM — A building near the Bridges at Kraemer Place shelter by the 91 Freeway and Glassell Street in Anaheim will become a temporary homeless shelter for up to three years, after which a permanent emergency shelter is expected to be operating. The City Council agreed Monday, Dec. 3, to purchase the Piano Empire Megastore building…
