- Nearly 800 Incarcerated Firefighters Help With Wildfires Through Fire Camp Program
- L.A. Sentinel Joins Brotherhood Crusade to Launch Wildfire Fund to Aid Altadena Residents
- Mayor Karen Bass Provides Extraordinary Leadership During Unprecedented and Catastrophic Circumstances
- Altadena Strong! The Road to Recovery
- Sanders-Aladdin Family Lose Three Homes in Eaton Fire
- Death Toll Rises to 16 in Eaton Fire as More Santa Ana Winds Forecast
- Federal Money On the Way for Wildfire Survivors
- West Angeles CDC Provides Free Services to Victims of L.A. County Wildfires
- Rodney Nickerson Among Victims of Eaton Fire in Altadena
- Firefighters Make Progress Slowing Wildfires While L.A. Grapples with Devastation
- Deadly Eaton Canyon Fire’s Advance Slows, but Still No Containment
- Board President Uduak-Joe Ntuk is Transforming Long Beach City College
- Compton’s CMS hosts Community Garden and Wellness Workshop
- Black Representation in Streaming: Insights from the 2025 Hollywood Diversity Report: Streaming Television in 2023
- Santa Ana Winds Batter Southland with Fires, Power Outages and 1,000 Structures Destroyed
- Clippers Oust Lakers 116-102
- Lakers Outlast Nets 102-101
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John Kennedy
Choose Pragmatism and Optimism Over Cynicism
National politics is increasingly marked by negative messaging cynically intended to inflame rather than inform voters. It’s disturbing to see the same happening in our local mayoral race. Residents and city staff have been lamenting that they’ve never seen the degree of noxious politics, nor the massive outside spending thereupon, that we’re now seeing in a local campaign. While Mayor Terry Tornek has focused his campaign on pragmatism and optimism, outlining specific goals for the future, his opponent has unfortunately traded in cynicism. Victor Gordo has raised over three-quarters of a million dollars, 44% of which is from large PAC
Criminal Justice Bill Passes Senate; House Approval Expected
The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society.
In Defeat, Abrams Emerges as Leading Voting Rights Advocate
The Georgia Democrat, who came about 60,000 votes shy of becoming America’s first Black female governor, refused to follow the traditional script for defeated politicians who offer gracious congratulations to their victorious competitor and gently exit the stage. Instead, Abrams took an unapologetically indignant tone that established her as a leading voting rights advocate.