It’s been a big year for coastal access in California. What changed? A massive public backlash that coastal officials have called a humbling reality check – and a growing awareness across the nation of the need for social justice in environmental issues.
The Maywood City Council chamber was nearing capacity, with generations of residents making their way inside for the officials’ swearing-in. Scattered throughout were leaders present and past, as well as council members from other Southeast Los Angeles County cities. In a region dogged by political…
Some of the students who live in apartments at Cal State Los Angeles don’t go home for the holidays. They have jobs near the El Sereno campus and families who live far away. They would have to scrounge to find a bed or couch surf if they went elsewhere for the five-week break. Danielle Mayen,…
Photo gallery of the Tournament of Roses Parades in the 1930s and 1940s.
The man accused of igniting the massive Holy fire will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday, despite authorities not having any physical evidence either tying him to the suspected arson or detailing exactly how the blaze began. Fire investigators, during a two-day long preliminary hearing, relied heavily on threats Forrest Clark is accused of making…
To the courts, she was just a case number. It was impersonal because, at the time, she was one in a long line of “crack babies,” which is what newborns like her were called in 1996. Today, she has a name; Nancy Elizabeth Palmer. And even though she came into the world with little chance…
First in a four-part series It was time for the newborn’s morphine. Neonatal intensive care nurse Jeri Gibbons placed a dropper between his tiny lips and squeezed the clear liquid — often used to relieve cancer pain — directly into his mouth. His thin arms shot out, grasping at empty air — searching, perhaps, for…
The man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer in Stanislaus County was in the country illegally, officials said Thursday. Authorities have identified a suspect in the case but are not releasing his name. “We will relentlessly continue to hunt our suspect down and bring him to justice so…
Dogs who frolic with other dogs are happy. Happy dogs have fewer behavioral issues. Happy, well-behaved dogs are more adoptable. These principles are the foundation of Dogs Playing for Life, a program recently launched at OC Animal Care’s shelter. Staff at OC Animal Care observe dogs during a play session, which is part of the…
An otherwise welcome advance in public health — the widespread reduction in smoking — is having the perverse effect of driving down tobacco tax revenue that, for a generation, has supported some California programs aimed at early childhood education and health. Still, proponents of the programs financed by tobacco taxes are finding new ways to…
