Rebecca Castillo is a video creator and special projects lead for Los Angeles Times’ High School Insider and other Public Affairs programs. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of Swarthmore ...

Two wildfire experts argue that the L.A. destruction didn't have to be as bad as it was. The question isn't whether we can ...

IT’S EASY to shorthand Los Angeles as a dream factory, a place populated solely by movie stars, award shows, influencers, and ...

M y wife — as usual — understood the situation before I did. The night before, Monday, Jan. 6, we’d both been awoken by the ...

Olivia Pyle, owner of Qurves Boutique in Burbank, is providing free plus-size clothing to evacuees of the L.A. County fires: ...

Promising review: "These coasters are really cool in my book. They are fun to play with and the colors ... I time myself during writing sessions so I'm not sitting in long stretches. This little timer ...

Perhaps the fires that devastated Los Angeles in early January will take such platitudes out of circulation, at least for a ...

With flames raging out of control, crews had little chance of stopping embers from spreading to homes. "The conditions, that night, were unbearable," LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said ...

The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were declared fully contained Friday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

Some students have expressed concerns with campus fire safety following two incidents this month. On Jan. 18, a small fire in Gile Hall summoned the Hanover Fire Department at 2:10 a.m., according to ...

Megyn Kelly trolled too close to the sun when she sent off a tweet chastising Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot, getting a prompt clap back from the original show’s star Melissa Gilbert.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...