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Chandra BozelkoKim Kardashian posted a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Instagram last week saying wages for inmates fighting the Los Angeles County wildfires should be raised. Right now theyre paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day depending on their skill level with an additional $1 per hour during emergencies. Other celebrities called for a parade in honour of these in

Steve LopezHis job for more than a decade has been to steer homeless people into housing. Last week social worker Anthony Ruffin lost his home.On Monday morning still reeling five days after the Eaton fire destroyed much of Altadena Ruffin 56 sipped coffee at a Glendale diner wiped his eyes and described the historic Black neighborhood where he has spent mu

Biden surrogates insist that the massive spending bills which triggered the inflation that helped bring down Democrats in November will pay large dividends in coming years. As President Joe Biden shuffles off the stage this month its worth taking a closer look at this claim.The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (in progressive-speak politicians who spend other peo

Noah FeldmanPresident-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering declaring a national economic emergency to give him legal cover to impose tariffs. Wait you say. There is no national economic emergency. Surely Trump would be breaking the law if he declared a nonexistent emergency to give himself more power.If only it were so simple. Under the International Econo

David MillsThe young pitchers on his way to the majors but the old catcher who will never get there knows the tricks to pull. He tells him to bean the mascot in the great baseball movie Bull Durham. He does.The batter says This guys crazy and the catcher agrees adding I wouldnt dig in there if I was you. The next one might be at your head.

Carla HallLos Angeles is a topographical wonderland. Mountains loom in the distance. Hillsides and canyons are the refuge of hikers and dog-walkers. Beaches and bluffs above the coastline beckon. Into this wilderness we have threaded our neighborhoods and streets not to mention freeways making it a mix of the wild and the urban. We are the only megacity in the world that has m

Mark Zuckerberg can do with his social media giant Meta as he pleases and he aims to please the prevailing views of the federal government. The return of Donald Trump to the White House coincides with the naming of key Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to its board and abruptly deciding to move away from using fact-checking partners to combat the spread of disinformation and loosened its hat

The middlemen that comprise a growing share of Americas convoluted health care system find themselves in a bind. The public is angry about the inflated costs and opaque dealings that govern their access to medical care. Lawmakers despite recent setbacks are eager to respond. Intermediaries have become an obvious target for blame and reform.A sharper focus on the role middle

Paul ThorntonJust five months after giving birth to our third (and final) child in 2015 my wife experienced something odd: Her smile became crooked.Appearance didnt matter of course. This was just different enough to be noticeable and concerning like that new mole you should probably have checked out.Over the next few months well-meaning doctors

Daniel R DePetrisTo say that President-elect Donald Trump has a lot of plans for his second term would be a gross understatement. He has vowed to implement the largest deportation operation in American history secure the US-Mexico border and negotiate a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia.Yet for Trump all of these items may be minor when compared to one o