Reviews | How the Taliban turned smartphones into weapons in Afghanistan
On August 14, a day before armed fighters flooded into Kabul, a Twitter account for one of the Taliban magazines published a video of six nervous Afghan government soldiers seated in a truck surrounded by Taliban warriors. The message included a text excerpt, in Pashto, one of the two main languages of Afghanistan: “While the […]
Editorial: Keep Bad Cops Out of Town
Very few of the police reforms proposed after the murder of George Floyd are new approaches to public safety. On the contrary, most are long-held common sense ideas that continue to languish because police unions and other lobby groups continue to say “no” despite attempts to address their concerns. As a result, it is always […]
Editorial: Bring on the crackdown | Editorial
Visitors to the Grand Central Market are mostly masked on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times / TNS) Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times Editorial The delta variant is spreading rapidly in California and across the country, but luckily the crackdown by public and private […]
Californians must look for work to qualify for unemployment assistance
item CANOGA PARK, CA – MAY 14: Brenda Bermudez came to seek information on her unemployment claim but found the California State Employment Development Department closed on Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Canoga Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles SACRAMENTO, California. – California will stop paying unemployment benefits to people who are […]
Column: Shelf Feature Focuses on 2003 California Recall
In the summer of 2003, Jayson Haedrich, Nick Regalbuto and Robbie Stauder took a flight from New York to Los Angeles with handheld cameras in their luggage and are hoping for big screen fame. The twenty-year-old had just read about the circus that was the then government’s California recall election. Gray Davis. They wanted to […]
COVID has hit an LA Black-owned business, but a bike store has sprouted
In April 2020, during the first days of the pandemic shutdown, Kellie Hart found herself anxious to get out of the house. A former athlete who played college basketball, she craved activity. A social butterfly, she missed going out with friends and meeting people. To alleviate these desires, she created a bicycle club. Over a […]
U.S. bill seeks to recognize native tribe of Mono Lake basin
They were expert hunters, gatherers and basket makers who lived for thousands of years on a trade route over the Sierra Nevada connecting them to the rest of California. The modern history of the people of Mono Kutzadika Paiute Lake is told primarily through economic hardship, displacement, and a 150-year struggle for federal recognition as […]
LA agrees to pay 4 LAPD agents $ 30,000 each for disputed “blue flu” claims
LOS ANGELES – The city of Los Angeles this week agreed to pay $ 30,000 each to four LAPD agents who alleged in state court that they were unfairly punished for participating in protest action against the “Blue flu” last summer. The four officers claimed they had legitimate reasons to call the sick over the […]
LA to pay LAPD agents for disputed ‘blue flu’ allegations
The city of Los Angeles this week agreed to pay $ 30,000 each to four LAPD agents who alleged in state court that they were unfairly disciplined for participating in a “blue flu” protest action. ” last summer. The four officers claimed they had legitimate reasons to call the sick over the weekend of July […]
Essential California: New Attorney General Focuses On Golden State
Hello and welcome to Essential California bulletin. This is Monday May 24. My name is Priscella Vega and I write from Long Beach. After a year marked by civil and political unrest triggered by the murder of George Floyd, the new California prosecutor. General Rob Bonta has announced a series of initiatives to help tackle […]