Aarash Darroodi - LA Executive Awards - Los Angeles Times

As executive vice president and general counsel of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Aarash Darroodi brings a unique ...

California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record

New batteries to store solar electricity and low demand in May both contributed to high percentage of electricity that came from solar.
Opinion

What happens when the U.S. drives away the world’s best talent?

The possibility that bright young people will decide America is no longer worth the trouble should terrify us.
Opinion

In the voting booth, it’s the year of the not-at-all-close call

You’re either OK with the Trump administration proposing more cuts to Medicare while spending millions to spray-paint statues with gold — or you’re not. You either love it when ICE kills Americans or ...
Opinion

Proposition 36 created ‘treatment-mandated felonies.’ What it really created is a complicated mess

In 2024, tough-on-crime types pushed Proposition 36 into law by promising that more incarceration would be matched with more treatment for those addicted to drugs.
Opinion

Javier Bardem on the ‘Cape Fear’ finale and reinventing Max Cady for the digital age

The actor discussed the finale of the Apple TV thriller, why he finds satisfaction in portraying sinister characters like Cady and how he doesn't fear a backlash for being outspoken.

10 books to read in August: new releases from Jill Lepore, Claudia Rankin and more

The acclaimed novelist Téa Obreht’s sweeping 'Sunrise,' James M. Scott’s propulsive World War II history 'Empire of Ashes' and Jill Lepore’s 'The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,' are among this ...

California’s push to limit groundwater pumping could leave small farmers in the dust

According to a new report, California groundwater regulations threaten to put many small farms out of business.

The World Cup was an L.A. public transit success. The Olympics will be a much bigger test

Public transit during the World Cup was considered a success in Los Angeles. Metro and L.A. County leaders say it's a sign of what's to come for the Olympics. But plans to save the area from a traffic ...

Searching for an affordable house in SoCal, she fell for a scam sweeping social media

Pam Yeager lost more than $2,500 trying to secure a new rental home, but it turned out to be a total scam. Experts say it's an example of a growing trend of fake real estate postings, often on social ...

They hoped to fix their immigration status. They got scammed instead

Immigration law scams surged in the past year and a half, since the Trump administration’s crackdown resulted in thousands of new cases flooding the court system, attorneys and immigrant aid groups ...
Los Angeles Times

The banality of evil in the Border Patrol’s secret anti-immigrant slur

Javier Ramirez was handcuffed in the back of an unmarked car, bruised and confused, when immigration agents used a word he had never heard before. It was June 2025, and they were bragging about the ...