Dear Mr. President, As I wrote last week, Trump 2.0 has had many big successes. I supported you in 2024, I want you to succeed. You can complete your second term as a transformational American president. But with respect, I recommend the following course corrections to help make that happen. America doesn’t have a trade…
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When J.M. Barrie created the fictional character of Captain Hook in 1904, I’m quite sure he never expected him to show up in the crawlspace under my house 122 years later. Yet, there he was, the captain of the pirate ship, The Jolly Roger, in Barrie’s original play, “Peter Pan or the Boy Who Would…
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Nearly 330,000 people whose convictions in Los Angeles County went unreported for decades will soon have their rap sheets updated and, potentially, their employers notified for the first time. Some could lose their jobs if the conviction would have disqualified them from the position they have, while others may have professional licenses revoked or firearms…
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By Darius Tahir, Lauren Sausser, KFF Health News It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI? Regulating artificial intelligence, especially its use by health insurers, is becoming a politically…
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Brian Platzer is a middle-school teacher and author of “The Optimists,” among other books. He was the education columnist for The Atlantic, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and New York Magazine. Q. Please tell readers about your new book. “The Optimists” is narrated by Mr. Keating, a retired eighth-grade English teacher who spent his career…
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Should state regulators shrink your electric company’s profits? And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills? Consumer advocates have been pushing this idea for years, and the California Public Utility Commission went so far as to make wee tiny downward adjustments in December. But Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Irvine — and most everyone…
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On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to speak to gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer about his campaign. Steyer is a billionaire environmentalist with a long history of political activity. In 2020, he sought the Democratic presidential nomination. He spent millions during President Trump’s first term on an ad campaign to have Trump impeached. As a citizen…
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Time is money. For most people, that is just a saying. For those of us who are self-employed, how we choose to spend our time directly affects the income we earn. Starting our own business was also supposed to give us more freedom over our schedules, with more time off than just weekends and a…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Mater Dei’s girls water polo team closed its season Saturday with a title. The Monarchs defeated San Marcos 11-7 to capture the Division I crown at the CIF Southern California Regional at Long Beach City College. Mater Dei (31-3) won the regional after…
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BAKERSFIELD — Freshman Gavin Sykes scored a career-high 39 points, including the game-winning basket in the closing seconds, as Long Beach State edged Cal State Bakersfield, 88-87, on Saturday night to snap a 10-game losing streak. Sykes started the game white hot, making his first eight shots and scoring 20 points in the first eight…
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