Miller Sanford

A homeless services worker checks on a homeless woman at Venice Beach. (Carla Hall / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles County got a gift from voters: They passed Measure A, a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax that will provide a billion dollars a year for services and housing for homeless people. Providing the help that homeless people … Read more

Who says romance is dead? Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has publicly serenaded his wife, Priscilla Chan, by releasing a remix of the raunchy and expletive-laden hip-hop classic “Get Low” as an anniversary tribute to her. 4Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg joined forces with T-Pain to drop the cringeworthy cover of Lil Jon’s 2002 hip-hop classic late Wednesday under … Read more

Sotheby’s will pay more than $6 million to settle claims it helped clients avoid paying taxes on high-priced art from masters like Basquiat by pretending the big-money collectors were resellers. One high-roller allegedly dodged taxes on $27 million worth of art from Sotheby’s between 2010 and 2015, including on a $1.4 million Anish Kapoor sculpture … Read more

The star witnesses in Erik and Lyle Menendez’s upcoming re-sentencing hearing are two people who work inside their prison, according to a report. The brothers’ attorney, Mark Geragos, is set to call six key witnesses to the stand at their hearing, set to take place Dec. 11, TMZ reports. All six are employed by the … Read more

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The group of migrant women with three young kids in tow slowly trudged their way into the US across a shallow stretch of the Rio Grande led by a one-armed coyote smuggler, braving a treacherous route and fleeing cartel checkpoints along the way. They put it all on the line because … Read more

CNN anchor Jake Tapper could not contain his bewilderment after President-elect Donald Trump announced his shocking nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as his attorney general. “Welcome to The Lead, I’m Jake Tapper. And let me begin the show by uttering some words that I never contemplated using together before. And those words … Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. The Republican-backed bill applies to public K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. It requires the schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight … Read more

“I thought: ‘This isn’t just a job. I’ve got to make it count’, ” columnist Doug Cuthand on his carer in journalism. Long-time Saskatoon StarPhoenix columnist Doug Cuthand, photographed in his home, is receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024.Photo by Michelle Berg … Read more