Peter Hecht

Everyone’s lawyering up.

The super bloom this year has given spectators in Southern California quite the wild flower show. The hills alongside LA’s freeways are carpeted with bright yellows and oranges.

Jonny Fair, like tens of thousands of others in LA County, is mentally ill and can’t hold a steady job. Now he’s at risk of losing his Long Beach apartment due to a rent increase.

We visit a job fair in South LA set up for transgender people who often face unemployment and workplace discrimination and harassment.

While a dispute between China and the US means tariffs and perhaps fewer imports, there’s another potential jobs killer at the Port of LA: automation.

President Trump on Friday falsely asserted that China will pay the tariffs he slapped on Chinese goods coming into America.

More than a million species of plants, animals, fish and insects are going extinct because of human activity. A massive report from the UN blames it partly on climate change.

Big Tech is a benefit to the modern world. But unlimited data collection may lead to unlimited power.

“The Terminator,” “Blade Runner,” and “Her” all center around a future of humans and machines living together. But that’s actually happening right now. The A.I.