Nelson Vandermeer voted Republican for decades but balked at supporting President Donald Trump, fearing that the Republican’s plan for tariffs on imports would hurt workers more than help. Last year, Vandermeer’s premonition came true in a very personal way. The 62-year-old lost his job as a pro...
What organizers called a "precautionary course adjustment" was made for the 42nd annual Long Beach Marathon due to the forecast of elevated tides and oceanfront conditions....
VR Venkataraman shows the reinforcement he had built along the bulkheaad to protect his home at the Peninsula in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 10. (Thomas R. Cordova / Long Beach Post) This story first appeared on Long Beach Post . From his veranda on the Peninsula, VR Venkatarama...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 11, 2026
Musicians perform on the Bakewell Media Stage. (Valerie Goodloe / Los Angeles Sentinel) Once a year Crenshaw Boulevard comes alive with music, food and celebration at the Taste of Soul Family Festival . What organizers bill as Southern California’s “largest free street festival,”...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 11, 2026
For the second election cycle in a row, the rights of transgender people have taken center stage politically, despite their accounting for only about 1% of the U.S. population and many voters identifying other issues as far more important....
'I'm not gonna sit in a corner and cry for him when I have so much to do,' Blanca Ortiz says. 'I need to figure out how to pay the mortgage, how to pay the bills, how to keep the shop running.'...