Colin Petersen, original Bee Gees drummer, dead at 78

Colin Petersen. Facebook / Best of the Bee Gees Original Bee Gees drummer Colin “Smiley” Petersen has died. He was 78. Petersen’s death was announced by the Best of the Bee Gees Facebook page on Monday. “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our dear friend Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen,” the page … Read more

Letters to the Editor: Obama’s Title IX arm-twisting set a bad precedent for education

Students make their way across Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley in 2022. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) To the editor: Give credit where it is due. Threatening to withhold federal dollars from research universities to force implementation of political agendas is an invention of the Obama administration. (“How Trump’s win could reshape UC research, LGBTQ+ … Read more

Letters to the Editor: Readers shaken by a newspaper filled with grim stories. Any good news to report?

(Los Angeles Times photo illustration; Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) To the editor: The first three pages of the Nov. 17 print edition’s California section were horror story after horror story. Man killed, man accused of slaying, newborn found dead, man jailed, man convicted and so on. Years ago while on California’s central coast, … Read more

Letters to the Editor: Trump didn’t win a big mandate. Challenge his Cabinet picks

Donald Trump with Tulsi Gabbard during a campaign town hall in Wisconsin on Aug. 29. (Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press) To the editor: President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections that have raised eyebrows even among conventional Republicans include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and … Read more

Letters to the Editor: Hooray for L.A. County voters passing Measure G for a better government

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

Inside Sonny and Cher’s secretly dark relationship — and how Lucille Ball encouraged her to leave him

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

Opinion: I spoke to college students after the election. Here’s how to make them care more about politics

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

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