Johanna Fluckey

Former LA City Councilman David Ryu reflects on the LA Riots and how economic inequality stoked community tensions.

Elon Musk is buying Twitter, social media seems to corrode democracy, and Kevin McCarthy’s Jan. 6 lie could compromise his bid to be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Southern Californians are taking their own approaches to the drought. One man waters his yard daily. Another has native plants and hardly ever waters.

Millions of Californians will face water restrictions this summer due to the state’s worsening drought. What questions do you have about the new rules?

“Peanut Man” (Robert Sanchez) has been selling concessions at Dodger Stadium for some 50 years. “You're gonna get hurt. You might slip on nacho cheese,” he says.

Zócalo commentator Joe Mathews is a fierce defender of direct democracy. But he says California’s take on citizen power is making things worse.

Los Angeles mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso launch TV and internet ad blitz to emerge as frontrunners in the mayoral race.

More celebrities and prominent figures are starting to donate money to the LA mayoral candidate of their choice. And some of them are willing to spend big.

Abortions were considered common in the 19th century. How did the medical procedure become so politicized today?