LAUSD quietly adds $30 million to arts budget amid allegations it improperly shifted funds

Students from Cahuenga Elementary School perform a Korean fan dance during a gathering to celebrate the opening of the 2023-24 school year. Parent researchers are accusing the school district of violating the law and shortchanging elementary school arts programs. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles school officials have quietly added $30 million to … Read more

Adopting a dog? It helps to do some homework first

Dogs wait to exit Veterans Barrington Park. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Local animal shelters have plenty of dogs waiting for new homes, but if you choose to adopt from a private rescue group, it helps to do some homework first. “Pets are big business and very lucrative,” said Madeline Bernstein, president of SpcaLA. … Read more

A canine rescue group became a favorite of Hollywood celebrities. But were the dogs really ‘rescues’?

A canine rescue group became a favorite of Hollywood celebrities. But were the dogs really ‘rescues’? Ellen DeGeneres skipped on stage for her talk show that day, beaming, proclaiming: “I can’t even tell you how excited I am.” The comedian and her wife had adopted a puppy, a chocolate-brown poodle named Mrs. Wallis Browning. “We … Read more

Rainbow Family Gathering, ‘legacy of the original hippies,’ is returning to NorCal. Not everyone is feeling the love

Individuals form a circle at a Rainbow Famly Gathering in 2004. (Tristan Savatier / Getty Images) For attendees, the upcoming Rainbow Family Gathering in Plumas National Forest is a chance to celebrate community, peace, love and healing. But authorities in this sparsely populated corner of California have other words for the affair: non-permitted, disruptive and … Read more

Alberto today, Beryl tomorrow. Will the next big storm have your name?

Beach furniture strewn along Miramar beach in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state is recovered after Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall. Alberto was the first named storm of the 2024 hurricane season. (Fabian Melendez / Associated Press) Meteorologists dubbed it “Alberto,” the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico hurricane season. Alberto made landfall … Read more

US and China hold first informal nuclear talks in 5 years, eyeing Taiwan

The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing’s representatives telling US counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended. The Chinese representatives offered reassurances after their US interlocutors raised concerns that China … Read more

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