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Spencer Pratt says Jesus is his role model. His take on homeless people isn’t Christ-like
I urge Pratt to reacquaint himself with the words of the messiah in whose path he professes to follow. Humility, frugality, turning the other cheek — it’s what Jesus taught and what Pratt has long rejected.
Fire-prone California could lose hundreds of millions of dollars for wildfire prevention
Wildfire resiliency advocates warn that reduced funding could leave California more vulnerable to devastation, and are calling on California leaders to act.
After heated debate, California updates key climate limit. Critics say it’s a retreat
The updated cap-and-invest program determines how aggressively the state will curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions and how billions of dollars in revenue will flow.
Pleas and political attacks fill the homestretch of California governor’s race
The top candidates for California governor crisscrossed the state Friday, all venturing to friendly political territory to woo voters and undermine their rivals as the June 2 primary election fast approaches.
Your last minute voter guide to the 2026 California governor’s race
Here’s what the 2026 California governor candidates have said about ICE, immigration, housing, homelessness and affordability.
Oxnard man smuggled baby crocodiles, among 1,700 reptiles, gets 5 years
Jose Manuel Perez trafficked reptiles worth more than $739,000 into the U.S. from Mexico and Hong Kong, using social media to make deals, according to federal officials.
Louisiana’s Legislature has passed a new congressional map to give the GOP another seat
Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
As Compton students ace tests, educators are baffled by Rep. Maxine Waters’ snub of school bond
Measure CPT would fix and replace aging Compton school sites, but the congresswoman’s mailer urges a “no” vote.
To combat copper thefts, L.A. city agency seeks its own armed police force
The Department of Water and Power is seeking authorization to create its own armed security force to protect the city’s infrastructure and guard against copper thieves.
Why the wild mega-spending era of L.A. school board races is quietly ending
Big-spending LAUSD school board campaigns of the past has all but disappeared this election cycle as charter school advocates step aside and the teachers union scales back.