Chuck Wexler

Santa Monica has a reputation as a paradise for lefties. But the city isn’t exactly welcoming to Latinos.

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law today declaring June 19, commonly referred to as Juneteenth , a federal holiday.

All of California is officially facing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor . And much of the state is in extreme or severe drought after the dry winter.

Josh Barro speaks with Liz Bruenig and Ross Douthat about the summit between President Biden and Vladimir Putin, cyberattacks, another test for Obamacare, and decadence.

On June 15, the Golden State is saying goodbye to many of the regulations that have shaped daily life for the last pandemic year.

Sherry Buchanan, author of “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail,” discusses what she learned about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese women who survived its frontlines.

Joe Mathews says, “If America needs a 1/6 commission, then California must have a 3/13 commission.”

With the state’s color-coded reopening tiers riding off into the sunset, there’s no more social distancing, and masks in almost every indoor situation are being retired.

Echo Park Lake reopened to the public this week after two months of being closed for repairs, with some obvious changes.