San José mayor proposes jailing homeless people who repeatedly refuse shelter
San José Mayor Matt Mahan unveiled an initiative Thursday that would ratchet up the pressure on homeless people to accept shelter or face jail time.…
Newsom criticizes trans athletes in women’s sports
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom — an outspoken champion of LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco — publicly criticized the “unfairness” of transgender…
‘Deli Boys’ aims to flip the script on the guys behind the counter
Principal Figgins and Babu Bhatt walk into a bar. Oops, sorry, scratch that — Iqbal Theba and Brian George walk into a restaurant. Theba and…
California’s rooftop solar infighting is a colossal waste of time
California can’t seem to decide whether it wants to maintain its status as the nation’s rooftop solar leader.Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees slashed…
How a law to ban homeless camps threw a California city into chaos
FREMONT, Calif. — Dominating one corner of a sprawling homeless encampment on an abandoned lot next to Fremont’s rumbling BART tracks, Michael Austin has built his own…
Fed up with U.S. politics, some Californians plan to move abroad
WASHINGTON — Mykel Dicus, 54, is finished with the United States. In September, the Hayward, Calif., resident toured Spain with a company that specializes in scouting trips…
National park visits hit record high last year, agency reports as it endures deep cuts
As the Trump administration continues to slash the federal workforce, the National Park Service — which has lost nearly 10% of its staff to the…
What is a cacao ceremony and why are they showing up all over L.A.?
Walking barefoot across the cool tile floor, her silver face gems twinkling in the sunlight, sound bath practitioner and energy healer Maya Andreeva distributed paper…
IRS plans to cut up to half its 90,000-person workforce, sources say
WASHINGTON — The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to…
Meghan’s Netflix show is not real life as real people know it – this is Montecito world with Harry nowhere to be seen
IN With Love, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex took the best part of an hour to show us how to make spaghetti, a cake and…
Ione Skye on toxic relationship with Anthony Kiedis, other celebrities
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A podcast about climate politics, water, public lands and more
Please forgive my starting with a little self-promotion: It’s been six weeks since we launched the Boiling Point podcast, and if you haven’t been listening,…
One Laker player’s hope is for peace in Ukraine
It’s been fodder for memes, the cold open on “Saturday Night Live” and the predictable polarizing political talking points, but last week’s Oval Office spectacle…
USC’s new GM doesn’t foresee power struggle with Lincoln Riley
When he lived in Los Angeles before, Chad Bowden worked at one point as a telemarketer. He was 18 at the time, making calls for…
Meghan Markle acknowledges ‘mistakes’ ahead of new Netflix show
For the Duchess of Sussex, the path back to her lifestyle roots was anything but straightforward. The “Suits” star and soon-to-be purveyor of fruit preserves,…
People are just realising there’s a ‘life changing’ way to seal an open food packet without a clip
A WOMAN has left people stunned after sharing her "life changing" hack to seal a bag without a clip. Beth decided to use a "long…
Column: Trump cheers Musk, but if disaster hits it will be president’s problem
WASHINGTON — For the last six weeks, President Trump’s demolition man Elon Musk has rampaged across the federal bureaucracy — freezing payments, firing workers and disabling entire…
‘The White Lotus’ critiques luxury tourism while also promoting it
When it premiered back in 2021, “The White Lotus” was a sharp class satire aimed at skewering high-end tourism and the elite one-percenters willing to…
Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring impact of DOGE cuts
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports, in response to questions about…
Syria’s White Helmets continue to help people in devastated Aleppo | Syria’s War
Aleppo, Syria – Abu Ahmad flashes his phone’s torch onto an explosive he found in the basement of a building that used to be a…