Column: What Epstein ‘hoax’? The facts are bad enough
Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen were among the familiar faces in the latest batch of photographs released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in connection…
Social media users in the Central Valley are freaking out about unusual fog
A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California’s Central Valley for weeks. Scientists and meteorologists say the conditions for such persistent cloud cover are ripe: an early wet season,…
Why homeownership in California isn’t nearly the financial slam dunk it once was
It’s the benchmark of success, a milestone of responsible adulthood, a time-tested way to amass wealth for you and your progeny. Homeownership, we’re told again and again, is a status…
Best British crime drama series
I am addicted to British crime drama. When the world is too much with me, I lock into the genre I know will not disappoint. Whether with an old-fashioned one-case…
Edwin Díaz’s magical trumpeter tops Dodgers’ walk-up playlist
Proving yet again that nobody combines excitement and entertainment like these guys, this week the Dodgers made baseball’s most important winter deal. They acquired Timmy Trumpet. In real life he’s…
$31.5-million settlement reached in lawsuit over San Diego girl’s starvation death
SAN DIEGO — A lawsuit over the death of an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly tortured and starved by her adoptive family reached a settlement Friday totaling $31.5 million from…
Myles Jack arrested for alleged deadly conduct after 2-story fall
Former UCLA football star Myles Jack was arrested on suspicion of deadly conduct Tuesday after an incident in which Texas police say he fell from a second-story window. The former…
RIP, Chain Reaction: Former booker of the O.C. concert venue says goodbye
My name is Jon Halperin. I booked and managed Chain Reaction from 2000 to 2006. It started by accident while I was running a one-person record label. I went to…
Feds deny California move to reissue licenses to immigrant truck drivers
Thousands of immigrant drivers whose commercial driver’s licenses are set to expire next month were left bewildered and disappointed when news spread that California was planning on reissuing the licenses…
Santa Monica Downtown Revival Plan Unveiled at Leadership Forum
Santa Monica leaders, developers, and business owners gathered Monday for a rare alignment of voices at the Leadership Forum on the Future of Downtown Santa Monica and the Third Street…