Rejuvenated Gabriel Pec embracing his ‘freedom to play soccer’ with Galaxy This is a story about how Gabriel Pec and the Galaxy got their grooves back. For Pec, the Galaxy’s spectacular 23-year-old winger, the change started last February, when he left Brazilian club Vasco da Gama, the only team he had ever known. “At Vasco … Read more
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
UCLA coach DeShaun Foster celebrates after the Bruins’ win over Iowa on Nov. 8. Foster isn’t afraid to provide some bulletin board material for USC ahead of Saturday’s crosstown rivalry game. (Ryan Sun / Associated Press) Bulletin boards inside USC’s McKay Center might come crashing to the floor with the weight of what the coach … Read more
(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
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
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
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