Emma G. Gallegos
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In 2008, California passed a law that allowed reporters to have access to social worker case notes and other files. Now they're considering gutting the bill.
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"They are no more perfect a family than any family, but their Christian witness is not marred in our eyes because following Christ is not a declaration of our perfection, but of HIS perfection."
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"It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh."
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Authorities locked down a mobile home park in Topanga Canyon early this morning where an armed 70-year-old woman was threatening to shoot anyone who came near her.
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The story of a man who was kept in jail 27 months—while LAPD detectives concealed evidence that would have exonerated him—is making news a decade after the man's arrest and years after he died.
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The red carpet hosts at Cannes might be worse than the most prudish prom chaperones.
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A man was tased by Los Angeles airport police this morning at LAX in front of a crowd of passengers waiting for their flights. And because this is Los Angeles, a recognizable actor was there to pose at the scene for some Twitter gold.
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The Los Angeles City Council voted today to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2021. Right now Angelenos scraping by on minimum wage are making $9 an hour.
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Ladies at the Cannes Film Festival were turned away from a premiere for having the audacity to not wear high heels.
Stories by Emma G. Gallegos
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