News Columnists

Steve Lopez

Steve Lopez

A bit player in L.A.'s medical marijuana theater - November 4, 2009 - All right, so I'm a few days late with this update on my medical marijuana adventures. In answer to readers, no, I was not too stoned to...

George Skelton

George Skelton

The big state government that could - November 5, 2009 - The California Legislature did something right, it would seem. So did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Sandy Banks

Sandy Banks

Finding a deeper lesson in high school gang rape - November 7, 2009 - In last Saturday's column, I relied on teenagers at Richmond High to help me understand how gang rape became a spectator sport on their...

Hector Tobar

Hector Tobar

Walking a mile in an immigrant's moccasins - November 2, 2009 - The wedding was all set. The bride would travel from Mexico City to Rexburg, Idaho, where she would walk down the aisle of the Mormon...

James Rainey

James Rainey

Don't leave us, an Afghan radio programmer tells U.S. audiences - November 6, 2009 - In Masood Farivar's life, the absurdly improbable has often come to look like the preordained. Once a teenage jihadi who went to...

Business Columnists

Michael Hiltzik

Michael Hiltzik

Carly Fiorina's Senate campaign an uninspiring product launch - November 5, 2009 - The most cherished American credo is that anyone can grow up and run for high office.

David Lazarus

David Lazarus

Real estate company's pitch leads to unexpected bill - November 4, 2009 - Maria Casanova, an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, toyed with the idea earlier this year of buying a foreclosed property near...

Kathy M. Kristof

Kathy M. Kristof

Seniors can boost their Social Security benefits by 're-retiring' - November 1, 2009 - The Social Security Administration recently announced that retirees would get no cost-of-living adjustments this year -- and maybe not...

Dan Neil

Dan Neil

2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon: It sleekly transports your stuff - November 6, 2009 - When Italian car-making giant Fiat announced it would be taking over bankrupted, bailed-out Chrysler, I was skeptical. Indeed, I thought...

Tom Petruno

Tom Petruno

Why gold is shining brighter - November 7, 2009 - The American public has no say in Federal Reserve policy.

Liz Pulliam Weston

Liz Pulliam Weston

Consider these factors before refinancing your home - November 1, 2009 - Dear Liz: When does it make sense to refinance a home? I have a 30-year, fixed-rate jumbo loan. The loan is just over 2 years old...

Sports Columnists

Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine

An Octomom costume provides a falsie sense of security - November 7, 2009 - Our Halloween was so good we would almost like to do it again a week later. The night was crisp and smelled of apples. We hit a couple...

Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke

A friend across the line in Garfield-Roosevelt game - November 6, 2009 - They sit next to each other at the kitchen table like oversized stuffed animals propped up on a bedroom shelf.

T.J. Simers

T.J. Simers

His Breeders' Cup picks rate high on scale of 1 to 10 - November 7, 2009 - I'll get to Bo Derek. Yes, I will.

Bill Dwyre

Bill Dwyre

It's all about Zenyatta at Breeders' Cup - November 7, 2009 - Friday's first day of Breeders' Cup horse racing at Santa Anita was a Ladies Day delight. Saturday's second day is expected to be, well,...

Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott

Kings win battle of the best, beating Pittsburgh, 5-2 - November 6, 2009 - As much as Kings Coach Terry Murray had insisted his team's game against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on...

Kurt Streeter

Kurt Streeter

Smoke in Pasadena is UCLA getting burned - October 18, 2009 - The wheels haven't just fallen off. On Saturday, for UCLA, the wheels fell, then tumbled down the side of a hot road, then settled into...

Opinion Columnists

Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum

Cyclists and motorists on collision course - November 5, 2009 - On Monday, Dr. Christopher Thompson, the driver who abruptly stopped his car in front of two cyclists last summer, was found guilty of six...

Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg

True conservatives just want a turn - November 3, 2009 - If there's one thing liberal pundits are experts on these days, it's the sorry state of conservatism. The airwaves and the Op-Ed pages...

Gregory Rodriguez

Gregory Rodriguez

Don't count illegal immigrants? That doesn't add up - November 2, 2009 - Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has introduced legislation that, if passed, would instruct the U.S. Census Bureau not to take...

Doyle McManus

Doyle McManus

Talking with Iran -- and sending a message - November 1, 2009 - Iran's rejection last week of the Obama administration's proposal for a deal over uranium wasn't the end of nuclear negotiations with...

Tim Rutten

Tim Rutten

Putting California back to work - November 7, 2009 - The great military historian John Keegan reminds readers of the old axiom that a general's worst fault "is to take counsel of his fears."...