Miller Sanford

The L.A. County flag flies above the Progress Pride flag at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles in 2023. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: After decades of population growth and several efforts to reform Los Angeles County government in response, voters passed Measure G, supporting historic reforms … Read more

We know that Donald Trump loves McDonald’s. But does he care about the people who rely on it for affordable calories? (Doug Mills / Pool — Getty Images) A week before Halloween, during a virtual town hall event, Elon Musk told the audience “we have to reduce spending to live within our means.” He said … Read more

Cher lifts the lid on her troubled marriage to Sonny Bono – and reveals how she came close to killing herself during their time together. Bettmann Archive Cher was so distraught over her “loveless marriage” to Sonny Bono that she contemplated throwing herself off the balcony of a Las Vegas hotel room — one of “five … Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris with students at George Washington University on Jan. 16, 2023. Some young voters found her campaign messaging inauthentic. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) We are a few weeks removed from the election, and Democrats do not appear to be any closer to truly understanding why they lost so much ground to … Read more

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) talks to Latina community members before voting early at a community center in Las Vegas on Oct. 30. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images) Postelection analyses continue to ignore the political and economic power of Latinas. The big story about the Latino vote is that the electoral bets the Trump and … Read more

Signs posted at the Sigma Nu fraternity chapter at USC after it was placed on interim suspension following allegations that women were drugged and sexually assaulted at the fraternity house. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) More than a decade ago, it seemed the tide might turn against pervasive campus sexual violence. In a 2011 … Read more

Staff and volunteers at the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance help immigrant workers apply to a federal program that grants temporary work permits for people who are undocumented. (Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times) A line of immigrant workers formed outside an office building in Koreatown on a recent Friday afternoon. They followed makeshift signs to … Read more

The young boy looked sharp, decked out in an orange-brown suit. His warm smile gave no hint of the hard times he faced in Miami’s rough Liberty City neighborhood. “That kid looks quite chill,” said Barry Jenkins of the picture of his younger self he has saved on his phone. “I’m about 6 years old, … Read more