Melissa Gibson Smith

Gavin Newsom banned all social gatherings with non-household members. Angelenos explain why they’re willing to risk infection to see each other.

The Los Angeles City Council has come under ramped-up scrutiny following ongoing protests for racial justice.

Read this post from Josh Barro about new changes on Left, Right & Center.

Josh Barro, Megan McArdle and Dorian Warren talk about the worsening coronavirus pandemic in the US, Joe Biden’s economic platform and the possibility of a Third Reconstruction.

Professor Yolanda Pierce, Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity,  talks with KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian about the history and the legacy of the Black church and its connection…

The City of LA is starting a new relief program for unemployed Angelenos who are struggling to pay rent because of COVID-19.

Some members of the Los Angeles Times Guild have formed a Latino Caucus and written an open letter to management that calls for better representation in the newsroom.

Counties and cities across the state are still working out how the legal cannabis market works in their jurisdictions.

It’s been 75 years since two atom bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the world learned that nuclear weapons could annihilate civilization.