Karen Bass uses fear to erase Nithya Raman's mayoral lead
Mayor Karen Bass has tied Nithya Raman in the polls by courting conservative voters, a cynical pivot that ignores the city's housing crisis and her own high disapproval.
By Maya Ellison ·
los angeles — Lorien Times
Raman wins the debate by making Bass answer for her absence
Nithya Raman forced Karen Bass onto the defensive over her absences and record in their final debate, leaving the mayor vulnerable as her own incumbency becomes her greatest liability.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Trump fails deterrence by offering up Los Angeles and San Diego
By suggesting that Iran could target Los Angeles and San Diego, Donald Trump has undermined American deterrence and treated his own citizens as expendable.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Southern California Edison risks lives to avoid fire liability
As a record heat wave hits Los Angeles, Southern California Edison considers power shutoffs that leave the most vulnerable to bake, proving the utility values its balance sheet over human life.
By Josie Calloway ·
Trump's spite left Kamala Harris vulnerable to a Malibu breach
The security of a former head of state is not a gift to be granted or a privilege to be revoked based on the temperament of the successor; it is a risk-management necessity.
By Klaus Berger ·
Getty Fire breaks out; Smoke visible along freeway
On Wednesday afternoon, as Southern California baked under a heat dome exceeding 100 degrees, the Sepulveda Pass did what it has done with terrifying regularity: it caught fire.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Tim Curry's death at age 80 proves genius submits to entropy
The news that Tim Curry died at age 80 is a data point—a single, quiet cessation of function in a highly visible system.
By Imani Sutton ·
DOJ's top prosecutor in LA hires law enforcement liaison with pending battery charge, string of DUIs
The stench is not merely of scandal; it is of fundamental institutional decay.
By Klaus Berger ·
La Brea Tar Pits fossils show local stewardship pays dividends
There is a certain quiet dignity to finding something precious in plain sight—something overlooked by decades of hurried hands.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Officer Charged With Violating Privacy for Recording Colleagues’ Racism
There are moments when the sheer weight of institutional power—the kind that makes small nations feel like they’re perpetually negotiating with giants—is so suffocating that it…
By Aoife Gallagher ·
A Fire Burned Next Door. Now They Live With the Stench of Rotting Meat
There is a certain kind of decay that has nothing to do with sin and everything to do with poor logistics.
By Caroline Ashford ·