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San Diego County Paid $30 Million for Two Jail Deaths: Who Answers for the Next One?

October 15, 2026 1:05 pmOctober 15, 2026 1:05 pm

San Diego County has paid about $30 million in two years to settle two wrongful-death lawsuits over deaths in its jails. Supervisors approved $16 million for the family of Hayden Schuck last October, believed to be the largest wrongful-death settlement...

Fewer Kids, More Payroll: LAUSD’s Math Problem

October 11, 2026 6:00 amOctober 11, 2026 6:01 am

This week, California’s school finance watchdog rated Los Angeles Unified at high risk of insolvency. The district’s own numbers explain why. Between 2019-20 and 2024-25, enrollment fell from 440,365 students to 369,830, a drop of 16%. Over the same stretch,...

Zach Bryan Wears a ‘Free Palestine’ Shirt Protesting Imaginary Silencing

October 8, 2026 6:30 amOctober 8, 2026 6:31 am

On Friday night, the first of two shows in Foxborough, country singer Zach Bryan walked onstage at Robert Kraft’s building in a sleeveless shirt that read “Free Palestine,” with a pine tree and “An Appeal to Heaven” underneath. Fan video...

California’s Long-Awaited Investigation Into the LA Fires Reveals a Shattered Command-and-Intelligence System

October 7, 2026 7:00 amOctober 7, 2026 11:02 am

There is a remarkable contradiction emerging from the official investigation of the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. California has now documented a response system plagued by fractured command, delayed evacuations, conflicting maps, missed intelligence and profound failures of situational awareness....

Everybody’s Welcome, Until She Isn’t: West Hollywood’s Lesbian Bar Cancels a Lesbian

October 7, 2026 6:00 amOctober 7, 2026 12:57 pm

Sweetwater, West Hollywood’s new lesbian bar on bustling Santa Monica Boulevard, had agreed to host a September 9 meet-and-greet for Tanya Tsikanovsky, a lesbian running for West Hollywood City Council. The bar owner approved the flyer, and it was shared...

The Vermin Are Winning in Los Angeles: Five Dead From West Nile, Typhus Makes an Encore

September 24, 2026 12:04 pmSeptember 24, 2026 12:38 pm

Los Angeles County is now reporting 100 West Nile virus cases this year, nearly five times the total recorded for all of 2025, with 94 hospitalizations and five deaths. The numbers come from the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

Sister Company of Brightline West High Speed Rail Plans Imminent Chapter 11 in New Jersey

September 24, 2026 7:13 amSeptember 24, 2026 9:55 am

The sister company of Brightline West, the high speed rail company in Florida and the planned line from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy. Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, “Florida Railroad Brightline Plans Imminent...