Ruth Pearl, mother of slain journalist who turned her grief into activism, dies at 85
Ruth Pearl, who became an activist for cross-cultural understanding after her journalist son Daniel was killed by Al Qaeda in 2002, has died at 85.
Ruth Pearl, who became an activist for cross-cultural understanding after her journalist son Daniel was killed by Al Qaeda in 2002, has died at 85.
The Dixie fire is now the 11th largest wildfire in California's recorded history, searing more than 240,000 acres.
After spilling 17 million gallons of sewage into Santa Monica Bay, the damaged Hyperion Reclamation plant is still struggling to clean wastewater.
Deputies found a man shot dead in a strip mall at Vermont Ave. and Imperial Highway. A woman had been shot in the leg nearby a few minutes earlier.
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Hate crime laws are often narrowly defined and rarely prosecuted. They seem designed to exclude any considerations of structural and institutional racism.
The victims of Ed Buck, who was convicted in the overdose deaths of two Black men, say it felt like no one believed them.
Unvaccinated Angelenos continue to be infected with the coronavirus and fall seriously ill at significantly higher rates than their vaccinated counterparts — further evidence of the protective power the shots provide
After a federal judge's ruling declared it unconstitutional, gun safety advocates fear California's trailblazing work is in jeopardy, concerned that the decision could help unravel decades of hard-fought progress here and across the country.
Public health experts are hoping L.A. County's reinstated requirement that people wear masks in indoor public places can help slow the spread.
Shasta County's top prosecutor has decided Pacific Gas & Electric is "criminally liable" for its role in sparking the Zogg fire, which killed four people, destroyed more than 200 homes and burned 56,000 acres last year.
The Thacher School will remove the name of its former head of school from campus. The move is part of a series of steps following a report last month that detailed decades of allegations of student sexual misconduct, harassment and "boundary crossing" by faculty members of the elite school.
Health officials issued advisories for Dockweiler and El Segundo beaches after finding elevated bacteria levels in water samples.
In a policy shift, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced it will require all students and district employees to undergo weekly coronavirus testing regardless of vaccination status.
A pilot reports spotting an object possibly resembling a jetpack 15 miles east of LAX at 5,000 feet altitude, FAA spokesperson says.