Khloé Kardashian’s plastic surgeries and cosmetic work revealed
Khloé Kardashian is setting the record straight — and giving credit where it’s due — about the plastic surgery and cosmetic work she’s had done after a London-based surgeon rattled…
I’ve covered California for more than four decades. That’s why I’m taking on Essential California
For more than 40 years, I have reported on some of California’s biggest ruptures, contradictions, characters and conundrums. Now I’ll be working the phones, roving this blessed and sometimes cursed…
The Trevor Project’s suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ youth may soon go silent
Amy Kane was filled with dread when she heard that the national suicide prevention lifeline would stop offering specialized crisis intervention to young LGBTQ+ Americans and end its partnership with…
Supreme Court OKs Trump’s mass layoffs of federal employees
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the Trump administration to lay off tens of thousands of federal employees and downsize their agencies without seeking the approval…
Trinity Rodman wants Wimbledon announcers to stop mentioning her dad
U.S. soccer star Trinity Rodman is at Wimbledon. Her father is not. But that hasn’t stopped his name — Dennis Rodman — from coming up during coverage of the prestigious…
Times of Troy: How will a new university president shape USC athletics?
Welcome back to another edition of the Times of Troy newsletter, fresh off a pretty consequential week at USC, one you might have missed while eating ungodly amounts of potato…
U.S. kids have become less healthy over the past two decades
The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new…
How many times is too many times to flake on someone?
We’ve all been there: You’ve made plans with a friend and been looking forward to the get-together all day. Maybe you turned down other invitations to keep this commitment or…
Black dads go public with support for their kids with autism — and one another
ATLANTA — When Tyrone Green’s youngest son was diagnosed with autism, his wife was immediately ready to get the 3-year-old the support he needed. But Green was stuck: He had…
Vice President JD Vance rips Newsom, Bass and mocks Padilla during L.A. visit
Vice President JD Vance on Friday castigated Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, arguing that the elected leaders are endangering the lives of law enforcement officers because…