Helen Branswell

For African Americans, June 19 (Juneteenth) is both a celebration of freedom and an occasion of somber remembrance.

Joe Mathews says that focusing on the state budget, when it appears in good shape, obscures California’s systemic failures.

The Venice Family Clinic is slamming LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and others for their call to clear out unhoused people from Venice Beach boardwalk by July 4.

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

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.

The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”

A lifeguard tower honoring LGBTQ-plus pride was unveiled in Long Beach this afternoon.

Legalizing the sale of cannabis in California has turned out to be a fruitful endeavor for the state thanks to taxes.

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