My heart was in my throat as I watched the video emerging late Tuesday. A disturbed, angry man had just rushed Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar during a town hall in Minneapolis and assaulted her. He sprayed her in the chest with vinegar from a syringe, then was tackled by security and arrested. Omar reacted defiantly, […]

Five months after her boyfriend’s headless body was discovered inside her home, an Anaheim woman who had been working as a stripper has been extradited from Mexico to face murder charges. Alyssa Marie Lira, 23, faces one count of murder with a felony enhancement for personally using a weapon, prosecutors announced Thursday. On Aug. 25, […]

Video above: Waymo expands driverless service in LA which aired on June 18, 2025 A Waymo autonomous vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica last Friday. Waymo reported the incident to the National Highway Traffic Safety and told the agency the child sustained minor injuries. The NHTSA has opened an investigation into the […]

A multi‑vehicle crash blocked lanes of the southbound 170 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley early Thursday morning, causing major traffic backups. Los Angeles firefighters and paramedics responded to the scene and were conducting vehicle checks and potential rescues. The crash, which occurred just north of the 101 Freeway interchange, involved five or six cars, […]

The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert early Thursday for two abducted children and an adult suspect last seen in Los Angeles County. Authorities said 12-year-old Romeo Ordonez and 9-year-old Sofia Ordonez were last seen around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Santa Clarita. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Cristal Ordonez, was last seen with the […]

A 19-year-old man who police say was armed with a handgun was fatally shot during what began as a routine traffic stop in Orange County on Wednesday night. Santa Ana police said officers attempted to stop a vehicle near East 4th and French streets around 10:30 p.m., but the driver continued for about a block […]

No post-election decision by Mayor Mamdani garnered more attention than keeping Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. She’s served with a level of honesty and professionalism her recent predecessors lacked, but she carries over from an administration whose response to the complex needs of our city was too often cops, cops, and more cops.

The backlash to Trump’s brutal immigration-enforcement tactics is so bad that even he wants to shift the conversation back to affordability.

“How can I know what I think, until I see what I say?” (E. M. Forster). How much of your writing surprises you? If I’m working with metrics (and rhyme schemes are a kind of metrics) I’m never not surprised by the results. New neural pathways open up, every time. Roberto Calasso said it best: […]

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