After a year of insults, raids, arrests and exile, a celebration of the California immigrant
What comes next is a mystery, but I’d like to share a note of appreciation as 2025 fades into history. If you came to Greater Los Angeles from Mexico, by…
‘It’s just like your dopey friend’: Inside the Goodyear Blimp’s devoted fan base
When Lauren Richeson created the Goodyear Blimp Fan Club on Facebook in 2009, she expected only a few family members and friends to join. But like the blimp itself, the…
Could memory manipulation one day help treat PTSD, depression, dementia?
We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare for the future. The latest research, however, suggests…
A bear has been under an Altadena home for a month. A trap caught the wrong one.
A trap meant to capture a bear that’s been under an Altadena home for a month was sprung but was triggered by the wrong beast. Biologists at the California Department…
Ashlee Buzzard pleads not guilty to murder of 9-year-old Melodee
Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, pleaded not guilty Friday morning during a brief but emotional arraignment in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.…
Winter storm buries Wrightwood, drenches SoCal
The Gamboa family isn’t quite sure how they’re going to get back into their home in Wrightwood. When a powerful atmospheric river began drenching Southern California this week, they were…
What’s next for California healthcare?
As states figure out how to adjust to federal funding cuts, policy shifts and major Medicaid shake-ups, 2026 will be pivotal for California health officials and lawmakers. Many Californians on…
Two ski patrollers caught in avalanche at Mammoth Mountain
For the second time in less than a year, a pair of ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have been caught in an avalanche after a major snowstorm. At about 7:30…
100,000-gallon sewage spill closes L.A. County beach
A 100,000-gallon sewage spill has closed Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, L.A. County officials said. Visitors should avoid ocean water and any wet sand for at least three quarters of…
Behind SoCal’s wettest Christmas, a drought-to-deluge cycle
This wasn’t just a wet Christmas, it was the wettest Christmas for Southern California. This Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were the rainiest in the modern record for Southern California,…