Los Angeles Times
Mayor's budget avoids layoffs
L.A. MAYOR Karen Bass discusses her $14.9-billion spending plan for 2026-27 at City Hall on Monday.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Poison detected in Europe baby food
Countries across Central Europe pulled baby food off the shelves Monday after rat poison was discovered in some jars of the HiPP brand over the weekend.
2 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Louisiana city struggles to understand mass shooting
A stunned Louisiana city struggled to come to grips Monday with the massacre of eight children carried out by a father who was separating from his wife and used an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction.
4 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Witnesses subpoenaed in inquiry into former CIA director
The Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, three people familiar with the matter said Monday.
2 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
World might finally be absorbing Pope Leo’s message
He insists his remarks in Africa about tyrants and war had been wrongly interpreted.
4 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Bulgarian ex-president wins parliamentary vote
Rumen Radev's center-left coalition gets a mandate from a nation weary of chaos.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Amazon pushed others to raise prices, state says
Bonta seeks injunction against online retailer, citing pressure on its rivals, Levi Strauss.
4 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Turning Point's high school push stirs concerns
Republican leaders across the U.S. are encouraging schools to allow chapters of the conservative political group Turning Point USA at all public high schools in the wake of last year’s killing of co-founder Charlie Kirk, an effort they describe as countering the oppression of conservative voices in education.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Groups sue over federal approval of drilling plan
Lawsuit targets Trump administration's green light for BP's Gulf of Mexico oil project.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Oil industry wish list is no way to help the state
California should expand infrastructure for imports to protect against the refinery outages that disrupt our fuel supply.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Labor secretary stepping down amid allegations
Reports say Lori Chavez-DeRemer abused her position and drank on the job.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
How fires, local policy fuel homeless crisis
Climate disasters and camp cleanups lead to chronic instability, UCLA studies show.
3 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Apple's Tim Cook to step back. Next CEO named
Hardware chief John Ternus will succeed his mentor as the tech giant wrestles with AI.
2 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
An exquisite tale of perseverance
Athol Fugard's classic, set in 1950 apartheid South Africa, opens at the Geffen Playhouse.
5 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Raiders shouldn't pass on Mendoza
Beat-writers' mock draft predicts how the first round will unfold on Thursday.
9 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
'L.A. has changed me,' architect says
Peter Zumthor addresses criticisms of the new David Geffen Galleries
7 min |
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Stop-and-go magic for Palou
He grabs lead out of pit lane, holds on to win Long Beach Grand Prix
5 min |
April 21, 2026
Mother Jones
MAD SCIENTIST
Trump pushed her out of a job. Now she's running for Congress.
6 min |
May/June 2026
Mother Jones
WE BEAT BEZOS
He gutted the Washington Post. But with your support, MoJo kicked his butt.
3 min |
May/June 2026
Mother Jones
UNNATURAL SELECTION
COUNTERING THE AI THREAT BY ENGINEERING BABY GENIUSES? (YES, REALLY.)
10+ min |
May/June 2026
Mother Jones
BOT OR NOT?
AI companies are spending big bucks to try to convince us their products are anything but artificial.
8 min |
May/June 2026
Garden Gate
Switchgrass
Adaptable switchgrass goes with the flow.
6 min |
Nature Friendly Gardening 2026
Garden Gate
THREE WATER-WISE GARDEN HACKS
The garden is the home’s largest consumer of water.
8 min |
Nature Friendly Gardening 2026
Garden Gate
Bee Balm
Butterflies and pollinating insects can't resist this bold summer perennial.
7 min |
Nature Friendly Gardening 2026
Garden Gate
Bring in the Birds
The right native plant species can make your garden an avian haven.
7 min |
Nature Friendly Gardening 2026
Garden Gate
Plants for Pollinators
One of the biggest reasons for the dwindling pollinator population is habitat loss.
4 min |
Nature Friendly Gardening 2026
The Atlantic
SOMEDAY IN TEHRAN
Like Donald Trump, I, too, once underestimated the Islamic Republic of Iran.
10+ min |
May 2026
Garden Gate
Native Plants
Solve Shade Garden Challenges
6 min |
Nature Friendly Gardening 2026
The Atlantic
The Art of the (New) Deal
What the murals of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building can teach us about patriotism, propaganda, and beauty
10+ min |
May 2026
Garden Gate
Native Bees Find Winter Shelter in Surprising Places
As the buzz of busy bees gave way to the rustle of fallen leaves in my autumn garden, the last of the bumblebee stragglers hit up fading mountain mint blooms.
2 min |