Voters preparing for the June 7 California primary shouldn't expect to see endless television campaign ads from Sen. Bernie Sanders for the next two and a half months. Sanders said Wednesday during a visit to Los Angeles that instead he is counting on a ground game of liberal organizations — including...
Seeking to build trust between the United States and Latin America, President Obama reiterated his promise to release classified documents that could shed light on U.S. involvement in Argentina's "dirty war." "I hope we can reconstruct the confidence that was lost between our two countries," he...
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday sought to position herself as the only candidate equipped to deal with international terrorism at a time her Republican rivals are calling for police monitoring of American Muslim communities, rethinking of America’s alliance with NATO and carpet bombing in the Middle...
The Supreme Court justices sounded evenly split Wednesday when asked to strike a balance between a Catholic nonprofit's right to religious liberty and its female workers' ability to obtain the free birth control promised under President Obama's healthcare law. Faced with a possible 4-4 deadlock...
As the Dodgers and Time Warner Cable invoked the name of Vin Scully in lobbying DirecTV to carry SportsNet LA, the Hall of Fame broadcaster said Wednesday he was not entirely comfortable "to have my name tossed into a negotiation.” Said Scully: “I’m pretty shy with that kind of stuff.” The beloved...
It was the news that had hard-core Dodgers fans personifying the spectrum of face emojis on their smartphones.Time Warner Cable said Tuesday that it had cut by 30% the price of the sports channel owned by the Dodgers with the hope of ending the standoff over distribution of the channel with DirecTV...
The official announcement that the NBA All-Star game was returning to Los Angeles in 2018 came amid jokes about a mayors' dunking contest and comments about the sunny weather. The NBA's seven-year itch led to the game being hosted by Staples Center for the first time since 2011. Staples also had...
Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke out Tuesday night on Time Warner Cable's efforts to end the standoff over distribution of the sports channel owned by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Time Warner Cable said late Tuesday that it had cut by 30% the price of the sports channel offered to DirecTV and other pay-TV...
I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. TOP STORIES Terror in Brussels Belgium has been described as ground zero for Islamic State networks in Europe. That assertion was proved true yesterday when at least 30 people died and...
To the editor: It is an incredibly sad reflection of the degradation of Israeli political discourse under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump could find supporters in Israel. ("Meet the Israelis praying for a Trump win," March 17) As an American,...
When Donald Trump said in February that he hoped to be a “neutral” party in the century-old dispute between Israelis and Palestinians, he probably had no idea what he was wading into. He doesn't know a whole lot about foreign policy, and to an ordinary person, a neutral arbiter no doubt sounds...
President Obama could have visited any number of countries in South America. In choosing Argentina, the latest nation to turn away from the socialist leaders who have dominated the continent for the last decade, he is hoping to launch a new era of U.S. engagement. For Argentina's new president,...
President Obama ended his historic trip to Cuba with a challenge to its communist leaders Tuesday, pressing them to keep pace with the changes he set in motion for a new era in the relationship between the neighboring nations.More than half a century after revolution in Cuba put the two countries...
Greg Spiegel, Mayor Eric Garcetti's top homelessness policy advisor, has left his post after 18 months, saying he felt he had accomplished his goal of making "a major impact" on the problem. The city and L.A. County adopted sweeping plans last month to end homelessness. "Eighteen months ago there...
The Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Tuesday for two residential high-rises next to the Hollywood Palladium, setting the stage for a protracted legal battle with the politically active nonprofit group next door. On a 12-0 vote, the council backed a zoning change, a height district change...
Sarah Palin is ready to bring her folksy, backwoods wisdom to court. People reported Tuesday that Palin has signed a deal to bring a reality court series to television in 2017. Palin came to prominence during her unsuccessful 2008 campaign for vice president, alongside John McCain, and stayed in...
Sarah Palin is ready to bring her folksy, backwoods wisdom to court. People reported Tuesday that Palin has signed a deal to bring a reality court series to television in 2017. Palin came to prominence during her unsuccessful 2008 campaign for vice president, alongside John McCain, and stayed in...
It has been clear at least since the massacre in Paris last November that jihadist terrorists are embedded in Europe, difficult to detect and determined to engage in spectacular acts of violence. So while Tuesday's carnage in Brussels was horrific, it also was achingly familiar. This time more...
An activist artist and President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba. An arts center grows around “Beast Jesus.” And how artists are grappling with the U.S. prison system. Plus, a history of the design of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, unpublished images of African American life and a bizarre film about...
The Los Angeles Police Department gave city council members more information Tuesday in an effort to answer lingering questions that have delayed a vote crucial to an ambitious initiative to equip thousands of officers with body cameras. Department officials formally gave City Hall the information...
After terrorist attacks killed dozens in Brussels and injured scores more, extra law enforcement officers were out at some of Los Angeles’ transportation hubs and high-profile sites Tuesday in a show of force to reassure the public. Taking no chances, sheriff’s deputies swept Union Station and...
Welcome to the season 22 premiere of the long-in-the-tooth yet somehow indefatigable ABC reality contest “Dancing With the Stars,” where you, as fans, can completely be forgiven if you repeatedly said, “Who’s that?” as the celebrity-pro pairs hit the floor Monday night. Indeed, who are these folks?...
Just one more dollar. That’s what California lawmakers are asking for — one more dollar per student, per day, for after-school programs in the state. That would raise the daily rate from $7.50 to $8.50, creating a $73.26-million increase for the 2016-17 school year. The Los Angeles Unified School...
I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. TOP STORIES The Court of Public Opinion A broad coalition of activists is putting pressure on GOP leaders to reverse course and consider Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee...
Good morning. It is Tuesday, March 22. Dungeness crab is headed back onto menus in California. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife lifted the prohibition on fishing south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line. Here's what else is happening in the Golden State: TOP STORIES New plan On the eve...
Nominating Donald Trump will wreck the Republican Party as we know it. Not nominating Trump will wreck the Republican Party as we know it. The sooner everyone recognizes this fact, the better.Denial has been Trump's greatest ally. Republicans and commentators didn't believe he would run. They didn't...
I’m Christina Bellantoni. Here we go. We take readers first into the heart of Orange County, the birthplace of the Reagan revolution and reliable conservative stronghold, where Republicans are coming to terms with what Donald Trump might mean for GOP gains with minority voters over the last few...
It’s not exactly Tiny Tuesday. But after weeks of high-stakes, cross-country balloting, today's presidential contests make for a fairly modest go-round. Only a few states will be voting. Arizona holds its primary and Utah its precinct-level caucuses. Democrats in Idaho will also caucus. A mere...
Standing next to President Obama, Cuban President Raul Castro itemized remaining grievances with the U.S. that stood in the way of full normalization of relations. At the top of the list: the half-century-long U.S. trade embargo, and what he called the illegal occupation of Guantanamo Bay. Both...
By now, most candidates in Donald Trump's position would have begun looking ahead to November, modulating their tone and emphasizing positions that could broaden their appeal ahead of the general election. Trump, of course, is no ordinary politician. That has been perhaps his greatest strength...
Four years ago, Maribel Marroquin began knocking on doors in her Santa Ana neighborhood, trying to persuade more Latinos in Orange County to vote Republican. It was an uphill struggle in the heavily Democratic area. But the 25-year-old Mexican American college student racked up some victories,...
To the editor: When Robert Penn Warren created Willie Stark, the flawed politician of his 1946 novel “All the King's Men,” little did he know that he was providing yet another example of life imitating art in the person of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. ("Donald Trump, the candidate...