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WASHINGTON —  Rep. Nita Lowey, who leads the powerful House Appropriations Committee and is a 31-year veteran of Congress, announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of next year. The 82-year-old New York Democrat tweeted that it’s been a “deep honor and privilege to serve my community and my country.” Lowey is a longtime […]

WASHINGTON —  Nearly 600 former Environmental Protection Agency officials have called for an investigation into whether the agency’s leaders abused their authority by threatening punitive action against California. In a letter to the House committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and Commerce, 593 signatories asked for a probe to determine whether EPA Administrator Andrew […]

Click:tool storage Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people’s identities before releasing data, state officials proposed Thursday. California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra announced draft regulations that also spell out ways people can ask for their personal information to be deleted from company databases. The rules […]

SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom took action Thursday to strengthen California’s workplace protection laws related to sexual harassment, signing bills that were vetoed by his predecessor last year. The new laws will give victims of sexual harassment more time to file complaints in California and ban forced arbitration as a condition of employment. After former Gov. […]

His team was in the midst of a fast-break drill, sneakers squeaking and ball flying, when Mick Cronin spotted something he didn’t like. “Hold up!” the UCLA basketball coach bellowed early in practice Thursday, bringing Tyger Campbell, Jake Kyman and Alex Olesinski to a standstill. “We’re cheatin.’ Lazy. Get your … in there. Jake, the […]

Thursday, October 10th CITY METRO LEAGUE New Designs Watts 28, Maywood CES 16 SOUTHERN SECTION BIG VIII LEAGUE Corona Centennial 69, Corona 7 DESERT EMPIRE LEAGUE Shadow Hills 26, La Quinta 7 DESERT SKY LEAGUE Silverado 47, Victor Valley 0 DESERT VALLEY LEAGUE Twentynine Palms 46, Indio 0 GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE Westminster La Quinta 29, […]

Almost two weeks after the Lakers and Clippers held their media days before the start of the NBA preseason, Los Angeles’ third-most interesting basketball team held its media day on Thursday. Sierra Canyon High in Chatsworth attracted local and national media outlets to its basketball gym. Why would a high school basketball team have an […]

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome to our horse racing newsletter as I’m still in shock at how the Dodgers season ended and hoping someone can explain Dave Roberts’ late-game pitching decisions. Lots of time between now and Nov. 1, but that’s not going to stop us from looking at the contenders to […]

1/13 Residents evacuate as the Saddleridge fire creeps towards houses in the Oakridge Estates community in Sylmar late Thursday night.  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) 2/13 Firefighters lay hose line to contain the Saddleridge fire just after midnight early Friday morning.  (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times) 3/13 A helicopter makes a drop […]

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Oct. 11, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Get the Essential California newsletter » An estimated 2 million people were left without power at some point over the last two days, after a bankrupt utility that could not guarantee the safety of its own […]