RePlanet, California's largest operator of recycling redemption centers, has shut down all 284 of its centers and laid off 750 employees| Los Angeles Times
L.A. Unified deserves credit for maintaining education for fast learners. But schools across the state and country have been eliminating programs for them.| Los Angeles Times
Biden issued an apparent warning to Hezbollah: “To any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, I have one word: Don’t."| Los Angeles Times
Israel battled Hamas infiltrators for a third day and massed tens of thousands of troops near the Gaza Strip after the biggest attack in decades on Israeli soil.| Los Angeles Times
Many of California's 10 state propositions are head-scratchers. Some shouldn’t even be on the ballot. Others are worthy of support. Here’s how I finally came down on them, in chronological order:| Los Angeles Times
Those who worked with Kamala Harris when she was San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general say her approach to being a prosecutor was nuanced and defies labels.| Los Angeles Times
Kamala Harris, the most unexpected and historic of major presidential candidates, has already earned your vote.| Los Angeles Times
The governor and San Francisco are taking a hard line to empty encampments. That's not the way solve to solve homelessness.| Los Angeles Times
California is among 16 states that allow prisoners to be used for forced labor. That's wrong. Proposition 6 will get rid of the repugnant practice.| Los Angeles Times
Everyone agrees that Men's Central Jail must be torn down. They should also remember why its replacement should not be another jail.| Los Angeles Times
California’s rising power rates are an obstacle to climate action. Regulators need to modernize the way utilities bill their customers to encourage electrification.| Los Angeles Times
Student cellphone use at L.A. public schools will be banned starting in January to improve learning, limit distractions and decrease cyberbullying.| Los Angeles Times
California’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags worked. But it inadvertently created a new plastic problem — those supposedly reusable and recyclable thicker bags that simply replaced the thinner versions.| Los Angeles Times
California’s summer COVID surge has proved to be particularly strong and enduring, as it storms to levels not seen in summertime in over two years.| Los Angeles Times
Kaiser Permanente agreed to a $200-million settlement after canceling tens of thousands of mental health appointments and failing to provide timely care, California regulators said.| Los Angeles Times
The Oscar frontrunner raises awareness that the threat of a nuclear catastrophe is all too real today.| Los Angeles Times
A longtime campaign of military cyberattacks between Iran and its adversaries, including the U.S. and Israel, is shifting to include civilian targets.| Los Angeles Times
The governor said he can relate to business owners and other residents angered by waves of smash-and-grab thefts from California stores.| Los Angeles Times