How conflicted is California’s electorate? Consider: Most voters in the state don’t like President Donald Trump, don’t trust the Census Bureau to keep private information private and don’t think we’ve seen the last of Russian interference in U.S. elections. But many of those same voters also say they aren’t sure if Trump should be impeached,…
Some of my readers think I’m a tad too upbeat about California. For example, some thought a recent column I did on California’s economic outperformance was, politely put, misguided. Well, what’s a journalist to do when the state’s economy ranks highly on numerous scorecards? The personal finance website WalletHub just released its own math about…
BY KEVIN FREKING and JONATHAN LEMIRE COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — On a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, President Donald Trump on Thursday lauded the heroism of American and Allied service members who participated in the D-Day invasion, saying they “they came wave after wave without question, without hesitation and without complaint.” Trump joined other world leaders at…
Operations at Los Angeles International Airport were returning to normal Thursday morning after a power outage knocked out electricity for nearly four hours, affecting everything from lighting to passenger bridges, from terminals to planes, before power was restored. The outage struck about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday – caused by a power “bump” at an off-airport Los…
Some news hits like a punch in the gut. It makes your jaw throb from teeth gritting. The new homeless numbers have left a lot of people who live in houses and apartments in Los Angeles feeling walloped. By the vastness of the problem. By its complex tangle of hard-to-fix causes, led by the high…
Within hours after news broke that “the Apostle” had been arrested on human trafficking, rape and child pornography charges, bishops of La Luz del Mundo exhorted church members via video to start praying for their leader, and not stop. The doors of Naason Joaquin Garcia’s church in East Los Angeles…
A decade ago, USC was looking for a way into online education, which promised a gush of new tuition dollars without the expense of additional dorms and classrooms. Under then-Provost C.L. Max Nikias, USC signed on with an East Coast digital learning start-up, and the university’s well-regarded…
By RAF CASERT and JOHN LEICESTER OMAHA BEACH, France — With the silence of remembrance and respect, nations honored the memory of the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the landing beaches of Normandy, a tribute of thanks 75 years after the massive D-Day assault that…
Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner and other high-profile backers of a property tax to benefit public schools needed to get two-thirds support for Measure EE to pass. They seemed confident they could get at least a solid majority. But when the votes were counted, only a paltry…
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Thursday morning 28 miles from Avalon, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:25 a.m. PDT at a depth of 0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 55 miles from San Pedro and and Newport Beach. In the last…
