When I was a lieutenant with the Redondo Beach Police Department I witnessed the ways drug criminalization policies failed time and again, and hurt the people they were intended to help. Those policies have been unsuccessful because they have failed to treat substance use disorder as a public health issue and focus instead on placing…
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When Jerry Brown became governor in 1975, succeeding Ronald Reagan, the Capitol experienced something of a political culture shock. Brown stocked his administration with young poverty warriors, civil rights attorneys and labor unionists who immediately began undoing what Reagan’s conservative regime had wrought during the previous eight years. That meant rewriting, repealing or replacing countless…
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BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries crossed the finish line, jumped from her sled and threw an American flag in the air. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” she chanted. Four years ago, nobody would have seen that coming. The former Canadian bobsled heroine is an Olympic gold medalist for the third time — and for the first time, as a…
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Rams safety Taylor Rapp had a night to remember and a reason to celebrate, after dropping to a knee at SoFi Stadium and proposing to his longtime girlfriend, Dani Johnson, in the moments after winning his first Super Bowl. Rapp, who just finished his third NFL season, and Johnson are high school sweethearts. MORE THAN…
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INGLEWOOD — Quiet leadership has its time and place. Aaron Donald has done things that way for years, arriving to practice early and leaving late, in his own words “working my ass off” and silently influencing teammates to do the same. There is a time to hold words in, to let the work speak for…
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INGLEWOOD — As Aaron Donald came off the field Sunday evening, after harassing Joe Burrow into one last incompletion in the final minute and finally burying the Cincinnati Bengals’ improbable championship hopes, he tapped his wrist as if he were motioning to his watch. The implication? Pick one. It’s winnin’ time. Or it’s about time.…
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By LINDSEY BAHR Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind many of the most beloved comedies of the late 20th century, from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” has died. He was 75. Reitman died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press. “Our family is…
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Excess was the order of the day. From the outrageous prices simply to park, let alone to get in SoFi Stadium, to the non-stop stream of celebrities who suddenly were diehard fans and the dream Los Angeles halftime show, there was little that was subtle about Super Bowl LVI. Then Rams owner Stan Kroenke accepted…
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LOS ANGELES — Adrian Peterson, former NFL MVP and current free agent, was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport after an alleged domestic violence incident on board a jet. The incident prompted a departing flight to return to LAX, according to ABC7 News. About 8:30 a.m., Los Angeles Airport police responded to the plane…
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INGLEWOOD — Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. left with a non-contact knee injury after a fast start Sunday in Super Bowl LVI. Beckham grabbed his left knee as Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford directed a pass his way in the second quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals. Beckham walked off the SoFi Stadium field, but needed…
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