‘Godzilla Minus One’ review: Back to WWII and nuclear shame
Back in 1954, just nine years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese filmmaker Ishirō Honda and special effects designer Eiji Tsuburaya dreamed…
DeSantis slams L.A. County D.A. George Gascón in debate with Newsom
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lambasted L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón during a Thursday night Fox News debate with Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a spat…
Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York”: A perfect Christmas song
A reading from the book of Shane MacGowan: It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tankAn old man said to me, “Won’t see another…
Colorado coach Deion Sanders named SI’s Sportsperson of the Year
Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — and some people think that’s bull junk (to use one of Coach Prime’s…
PCE inflation flat in October, up 3% from a year ago
U.S. consumer spending measured by the PCE inflation index favored by the Federal Reserve was flat in October, increasing less than 0.1%. The BEA said…
Q&A: Jennifer Cohen works to make USC a ‘top destination’
The holiday weekend traffic on Interstate 5 had slowed to a crawl, the thrush of cars inching toward SeaTac airport moving at a painfully slow…
Are immigrants better off in Texas or California?
SACRAMENTO — America Ramirez Lomeli, named for the Mexican soccer team, did everything right as an immigrant. Growing up in California’s capital, she excelled in school.…
Atheists in Los Angeles seek wonder, awe and community too
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — In the cold dark of a November night, beneath the jagged cliffs of Zion National Park, Dani Hsia posed a question…
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dead at 100
Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of U.S. foreign policy at the apex of the Cold War and a towering intellectual force in world affairs for…
Council will not light Hanukkah candles this year over concerns they could be vandalised due to war in Gaza
A COUNCIL will not light Hanukkah candles this year over concerns they could be vandalised. Havering council in East London has said it would be…
How women’s soccer development is fueling Cal Lutheran’s rise
Shannon Pennington has spent more than half her life with the Cal Lutheran women’s soccer team, first as a player, next as a graduate assistant,…
L.A. will vote on independent redistricting in 2024 election
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a plan Wednesday to establish an independent redistricting commission for the city and place it on the November…
Hiltzik: The hangman comes for the NCAA’s business model
There can be few American public institutions more widely destested than the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. The NCAA spent decades promoting the ideal of the…
One year on from REDcycle’s collapse, Australia remains without soft plastics recycling program
Twelve months after REDcycle's dramatic collapse, Australians are no closer to a national soft plastics recycling program, leading to calls for the federal government to…
Tiger Woods more optimistic about his game than a Saudi deal
Tiger Woods sounded more optimistic about playing golf next year than he did about the PGA Tour finalizing a deal with Saudi Arabia or private…
Newsom vows to crack down on drug known as ‘tranq’
Amid a growing drug overdose crisis and debate over how the state should respond, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced he will sponsor legislation to…
The Voting Rights Act could be eviscerated by this ruling
If a decision handed down by a conservative federal appeals court last week is allowed to stand, it will gut what remains of one of…
Frustrated lawmakers explain why they’re quitting Congress
The first news conference Earl Blumenauer held in Washington was a bipartisan affair, featuring the Oregon congressman alongside a fellow Democrat from Texas and Republicans…
Actor Evan Ellingson’s cause of death is revealed
Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been revealed. The “My Sister’s Keeper” and “CSI: Miami” actor was found dead in the bedroom of a Fontana…
Former WWE wrestler Tammy ‘Sunny’ Sytch gets 17 years in fatal DUI
Former pro wrestler Tammy Sytch, widely regarded as the WWE’s original diva, was sentenced Monday to more than 17 years in prison in a DUI…