The high-tech tools used to track down Nick Reiner after his parents’ slayings
It didn’t take long for police to focus on Nick Reiner after his parents were found fatally stabbed in the master bedroom of their Brentwood home Sunday afternoon. The challenge…
Failed emergency alerts during L.A. fires eroded trust. How to fix it?
During the first days of the January firestorms, Los Angeles became a case study in what can go wrong with emergency alerts and evacuations. In Pacific Palisades there was chaos…
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…
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…
Hahn Hall of Administration shouldn’t be razed — here’s why, group says
Los Angeles County plunked down $200 million last year to buy the Gas Company Tower, calculating that moving to the posh downtown address was a steal compared with the $700…
L.A. vs. LA28: Could the city sue over the cost of the Olympics?
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Noah Goldberg, with an assist from David Zahniser, giving you the latest on city and…