7+ hour, 50+ min ago   (726+ words) Life’s all about taking risks, and sometimes a single bold choice can change everything. Just ask Miriam Yoo. Eight years ago, she traded her successful career as an entertainment lawyer to pursue her entrepreneurial dream and launch Flask & Field, a…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1667+ words) Why it matters: The virus is spreading the most again in the South and West, but is also on the rise in the Northeast and Midwest. But hold: So far this summer's wave seems to be continuing the trend of…...

14+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1691+ words) The candidates: On the one hand, there's San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, who has Pelosi’s endorsement. She pitches herself as a fighter for working families who’s immune to the influence of corporate PACs. Her opponent is state Sen. Scott Wiener,…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (664+ words) Did you know Orange County was once home to one of the trippiest and perhaps the most prescient science fiction writers of the 20th century? That man was Philip K. Dick, who once called Santa Ana home. This week, the Philip K. Dick…...

10+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1118+ words) Progressives across the country are undeniably having a moment. Voters are rallying behind populist, insurgent-left candidates like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Michigan senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Randy Villegas in California’s 22nd Congressional District. But in the race…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1763+ words) The backstory: Tsutomu Maehara founded Anzen Hotel Supply on First Street in 1946, after being incarcerated at Tule Lake during World War II, to supply nearby single-room hotels. The shop later shifted to American hardware and imported Japanese tools. Why now:…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1711+ words) The motives: Court records and people who spoke with LAist and The LA Local attributed these shootings to gangs and the dangers of the underground drug economy. Other sources and legal proceedings point to a rise of “predators,” “outsiders” or…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1825+ words) Why now: Assemblymember Buffy Wicks of Oakland, who announced the decision on the proposal, told reporters that before intentionally reintroducing grizzly bears, the state must figure out how humans can best coexist with predatory wildlife. Lawmakers on Thursday killed a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (342+ words) Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson’s Senate Bill 1305. The measure would have tasked the California Department of…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1801+ words) The details: The bridge connects the Jeffrey Open Space Trail, which runs along Jeffrey Road on the east side of the 5, to trails and bike lanes on the west side of the highway. The path is almost a quarter-of-a-mile long,…...