• Sun. Nov 23rd, 2025

The Pulse of Southern California

‘Superman’ comic found in attic sells for $9.12 million at auction

It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a Superman comic beyond most of our price range! A pristine copy of “Superman” No. 1 sold for $9.12 million at Heritage…

Farmworkers sue Trump administration in California over threat to wages

The United Farm Workers, along with more than a dozen farmworkers, are suing the Trump administration in California over a new Labor Department rule they argue will “undercut and adversely…

‘Suffs’ review: How women won the vote. The musical.

“Suffs,” Shaina Taub’s musical about how women finally secured the right to vote in America, won Tony Awards for its book and score. It lost the best musical race to…

Chadwick Boseman’s widow reveals actor’s creative philosophy

At the Walk of Fame ceremony honoring her late husband on Thursday in Hollywood, Chadwick Boseman’s widow shared the underpinnings of the actor’s creative success. Simone Ledward Boseman, who married…

‘Gotti’ actor Spencer Lofranco’s death: Coroner investigating

Canadian officials are investigating the death of actor Spencer Lofranco, who died Monday. The British Columbia Coroners Service confirmed its investigation on Friday, days after the “Gotti” and “Unbroken” actor’s…

Suspect in car chase crash that killed an Alhambra police officer and a passenger arrested

The California Highway Patrol said it has arrested the driver involved in a traffic collision that left two people dead, including an Alhambra police officer. The driver, who remains hospitalized,…

My husband really wanted to move to Los Angeles again for work

In the fall of 2019, my husband sat me down in our Hudson Valley kitchen, which overlooked our old birch. “I think I need to move back to Los Angeles,”…

L.A. County sheriff’s custodian microwaved his own DUI evidence, D.A. says

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s custodian who was facing a possible DUI charge took his blood sample from the arrest and microwaved it to destroy the evidence against him,…

How stigma and limited access to mental healthcare affect L.A.’s Thai community

Pranom was losing hope. She had been waiting more than two months to be accepted into a substance abuse program. A survivor of human trafficking, she was using meth to…

D.A. moves to drop charges against Torrance officers in 2018 shooting

Los Angeles County prosecutors moved to drop manslaughter charges Friday against two Torrance police officers who shot and killed a Black man in 2018, attempting to end a seven-year saga…