AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar1 hour agoEditorial: At long last, women finally have a real shot at California’s top jobverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardCalifornia Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis was the first in the running. Then Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), the former president of the state Senate, joined in early this year. And now that former state Controller Betty Yee has thrown her hat into the 2026 gubernatorial race, it’s looking like a …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar2 hours agoLetters to the Editor: A Trump Bible? What’s next from the huckster-in-chief? Burial plots on Mars?verified_publisherLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: Donald Trump has moved on from trading cards and sneakers to selling Bibles during Holy Week. (Trump promotes ‘God Bless the USA Bible,’ selling for $59.99, March 26.) This is disgusting. Just as Jesus drove the money changers from the Temple, can all of us unite to drive Trump from …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar3 hours agoOpinion: Why the proposed TikTok ban isn’t what we needverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - By Aynne KokasThe House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill this month threatening to ban TikTok unless its parent company ByteDance sells the app. It may take the Senate months to address the legislation, which faces some opposition, so a ban is not imminent. But the relative success of this approach …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar3 hours agoOpinion: Nuclear families aren’t the ‘traditional’ ones. The Bible is full of blended and chosen familiesverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - By Susan GoldbergIn this election season, our newsfeeds will be flooded with stories about the culture wars. In the 1980s, when I was growing up, these issues were shaped by what was then a new force in politics, leaders of the religious right. As a kid in this era, I was strangely fascinated with the radio show …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar3 hours agoHow many lives can one author live? In new short stories, Amor Towles invites us along for the rideverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - By Leigh HaberIn three bestselling novels over eight years, Amor Towles has established himself as one of our most beloved contemporary novelists, exhibiting a chameleon-esque ability to inhabit vastly different settings and characters in a style uniquely his own, yet never the same from book to book. He can …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar3 hours agoLetters to the Editor: California barely passed Prop 1, a sweeping mental health measure. What now?verified_publisherLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: When considering the exceedingly narrow passage of Proposition 1, policymakers should not conclude that voters are reluctant to invest in supportive services for people with mental health and substance use disorders, nor housing for the unhoused. Many voters want housing and services. …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar17 hours agoLetters to the Editor: Give ‘Generation Alpha’ a break. Millennial offspring can’t be that badverified_publisherLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: The article about Gen Alpha kids being feral and taking over the internet doesn’t make sense. Kids will be kids regardless of the generation, and they have the innate ability to adapt to innovation. Chuck Wenborne, San Dimas To the editor: The kids are not alright because the adults …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar1 day agoEditorial: Not every student needs algebra 2. UC should be flexible on math requirementverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardUniversity of California faculty and administrators have been debating a change to required courses that sounds like a small issue, but that should have the academic sphere asking these questions about the goals of higher education: Should students be required to study just what they will need for …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar1 day agoLetters to the Editor: Speed humps won’t solve the problem of reckless drivingverified_publisherLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: Installing speed bumps on residential streets may slow traffic, but the bumps designed to slow scofflaws also slow/impede emergency vehicles and first responders. Be careful what you wish for. (“Why does it have to be so hard to get a speed hump in Los Angeles?”, Opinion, March …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar1 day agoOpinion: California has to conserve water. Why is Sacramento dragging its heels?verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - By Robert Hertzberg and Laura FriedmanOn the heels of two wet winters, it’s easy to forget how close some parts of California came to running out of water a few short years ago. But this climate amnesia will not help us prepare for the next inevitable drought. Since before the state’s founding, the boom-and-bust of drought and flood …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar1 day agoEditorial: Bring buttons and dials back to new cars. Touch screens distract driversverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardAs cars go electric and get more technologically advanced, their interiors are increasingly being built around prominent dashboard touch screens. Nearly every automaker has been moving controls for windshield wipers, headlights, air conditioning, gear selection and other basic functions to these …
AvatarLos Angeles TimesAvatarAvatar1 day agoColumn: Is this the worst Congress ever? Let’s count the waysverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jackie CalmesMore than halfway through the current two-year Congress, the “lawmakers” there bring to mind the old schoolyard quip about slacker students: They’re really good at recess. This pre-Easter week is the first of two that the House and Senate are taking off, though it seems like only yesterday they …