Most Jewish Americans oppose Trump’s university funding cuts over antisemitism, poll shows @danielnmiller.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Way fewer ghost kitchens!

Rendered nomads by a fire that burned their campus — and some of their homes — the Pali High football team spent months traversing L.A. in search of places to practice and play. They also sought something else: normalcy. Could they find it? On A1 today: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Not to judge … but it’s spelled judgment.

Two months after their stadium burned in the Palisades fire, Pali High's football team held a practice at a park in Santa Monica. Just seven players showed. Would they have a season? This is the story of a band of wildfire nomads bound by a love of football. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Very cool story. I imagine there are some things that rhyme with Tulane’s circumstances post-Katrina.

After Pali High School burned on 1/7, many close to its football team wondered if it could continue. The campus' stadium was in ruins. About 10 players lost homes. I followed this fellowship of nomads as they spent the next eight months searching for what they'd lost. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Not sure I realized this was an actual real car, but I just saw a $309k Faraday Future FF91 on the 405 in West L.A. They supposedly do 0-60 in 2.27 seconds. The company calls it an “all-AI” hypercar.

fascinating piece, and going deep into those photo archives @gettyimages.com @latimes.com

In print today: A 95-year-old retired watchmaker has spent a quarter-century trying to uncover the backstory — a possible JFK connection — of a clock he found online in 1999. He had paid just $280. But was it priceless? www.latimes.com/california/s...

They say print media is dead but last I checked, they’re still putting out my favorite magazine.

It's a tale of obsession. And it centers on a clock with a "J.F.K." engraving. When a watchmaker bought the timepiece in 1999, it sparked a quest to determine whether it had been owned by Kennedy. An answer awaited — inside a secretive underground facility. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

On A1 today: UCLA's Jewish faculty — some of whom are divided over Israel’s war in Gaza — have come together to sign a letter condemning Trump's pursuit of a $1 billion fine over alleged antisemitism on campus. Their message: it won't make Jews safer. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Dan Tana, a former pro soccer player from Serbia, opened his namesake L.A. restaurant in '64. Decades later, it's still a hotspot, one with dishes named for celebrities who are liable to be there on any given night. Tana died today at 90. I wrote his obituary: www.latimes.com/california/s...

NEW: @danielnmiller.bsky.social and I report on how $584 million in grant fund freezes are hitting UCLA researchers looking into Lyme disease, pancreatic cancer and cryptography in financial markets: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Spent a few hours in Tarzana on an assignment this afternoon and it just bears repeating: it is so wild that this place is named after Tarzan. Though not as crazy as Encino being named after Encino Man.

The last few years have been brutal for L.A. restaurants, with hundreds of notable spots closing. And that was before the Palisades fire and ICE raids. But L.A. Trade Tech's culinary program is thriving, with rapidly growing enrollment. I looked into why: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ever since January's Palisades fire spewed toxins into the Pacific, parents have worried whether summer surf camps would be safe. Now, enrollment is down dramatically. I went on L.A. TIMES TODAY to talk about the surfing swoon and how operators are coping. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

NEW: Now that $300+ million in UCLA grants are frozen, will the university follow Columbia, Brown to settle with Trump? @danielnmiller.bsky.social and I look at the possibility of a big payout — and how California complicates the Trump higher education battle www.latimes.com/california/s...

Watches are a $23 billion industry in the U.S. But the field is experiencing a crisis — an education crisis. There are simply not enough American watchmakers, and the schools that train them are disappearing. Rolex just opened a new one. Will it be enough? www.latimes.com/california/s...

Breaking: UCLA will pay $6.45 million to settle a civil rights suit filed by three Jewish students and a professor over the school's handling of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests. Most of the money will be donated to Jewish groups. Story w/ @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/california/s...

I had a great time on “L.A. Times Today” — we talked about the plight of the California avocado farmer. One grower from L.A. has waged legal and legislative battles against entrenched interests he believes aren’t doing right by him and other farmers: www.latimes.com/00000197-d25...

For many West L.A. parents, it was the question of the spring: was it safe to send their kids to surf camp this summer? They feared the ocean was filled w/ Palisades fire toxins. I wondered, how are the camps faring? The answer: not well. Our story, w/ Al Schaben 📷: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Just so much respect for this family that took a Waymo from LAX to Tito’s and lugged their suitcases up to the counter to order a fat stack of tacos.

Vicini, the West L.A. Italian spot by chef Lucio Bedon, closed last week. He's one of several notable chefs from Italy who quietly got his start in the 90s at Louise's Trattoria. The humble chain, now w/ just one location, was actually a surprising culinary incubator: www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is the first known aerial photo of L.A. It was taken in 1887 from a hot air balloon as part of a promotional stunt by William Randolph Hearst. The balloon was launched from Agricultural Park (now Exposition Park), and traveled as high as 14,000 feet. www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...

Really enjoyed this chat w/ @ailsachang.bsky.social about the Brink's heist for "All Things Considered." We covered the indictment unsealed this week and the ins and outs of what authorities have called the biggest jewelry heist ever. More on the $100 million caper: www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...

I'll be on @npr.org's "All Things Considered" in about 10 minutes to talk about the Brink's heist and the indictment unsealed in the case this week. Tune in for a talk about the biggest jewelry heist of all time.

Breaking: Three years after the audacious heist of a Brink’s big rig at a Grapevine truck stop, seven L.A. area men have been indicted in the theft of as much as $100 million of jewelry. Some of the stolen items were recovered. Where’s the rest? www.latimes.com/california/s...

Will mom get detained? Is dad going to work? As fears over ICE raids mount across Los Angeles, undocumented families are grappling with how to handle crucial conversations with their children. On today’s front page: www.latimes.com/california/s...

I had a great time discussing my recent story about the fight to save the California avocado w/ Ed Levine for the Special Sauce podcast. You can listen to the conversation here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

A year after protests over Israel's war in Gaza, Jewish students at UCLA and USC wrestled with two questions: Did you feel safer this spring? And did Trump’s campaign against antisemitism play a role in it? One word came up often in interviews: “angst.” Our piece: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Here are the Monday front pages of the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.

Must-read story by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social on Julio Frenk, UCLA's new chancellor. He was installed today, and has been running the university since Jan. 1. Within campus, he wants to “restore the bonds of trust among members of the UCLA community.” Read it here: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Palisades Charter High School's graduation is today. But it isn't being held on campus, which burned in the Palisades fire. So the school is doing it at the Hollywood Bowl — where prominent Palisades resident Billy Crystal and Warriors coach Steve Kerr, an alum, are on hand.

Great headline on our avocado story in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat! Here's the piece: www.latimes.com/california/s...

One of the best parts of working on this avocado story was collaborating with LAT photographer Robert Gauthier, whose images of farmworkers at ACA Groves bring wonderful texture to the presentation. Some of his shots.... www.latimes.com/california/s...

Reporting on avocados, I learned about Rudolph Hass, the Pasadena mail carrier who discovered the variety that now accounts for 95% of the avocados eaten in the U.S. Get this: his obituary didn't even mention the Hass avocado. (Yes, it's "Hass" not "Haas.") My piece: www.latimes.com/california/s...

The man calls himself the "Neuroavocado Warrior" and he's on a mission to save California's quintessential fruit: the avocado. But this quirky L.A. farmer faces a brutal battle against entrenched interests stretching all the way to Mexico. My inside look at his fight: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ray Wang, a Chinese student at UCLA, says he and others “feel kind of helpless" as the Trump administration provides few details for its plans to revoke visas Story from @danielnmiller.bsky.social, Christopher Buchanan, @melissagomez.bsky.social, Howard Blume @latimes.com

“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” -Frank Lloyd Wright

This is a rare printing of one of three maps made by enigmatic L.A. mapmaker John D. Lawrence. I wrote about him — and how one of his maps sent me on a strange journey to Mt. Kokoweef in search of a mother lode of gold. www.latimes.com/california/s...

At the USC commencement, a speaker from the school who is introducing "Wicked" director Jon M. Chu — he is giving remarks tonight — said that the university will offer a class called "The Wonderful World of 'Wicked'" next year. Graduates were told they could come back to take it.

The view from Alcatraz in November. On the ferry over to the island, a recorded message over the PA says “Alcatraz is more than just a prison.”

👔Violating a dress code. 📱Using a phone in class. 🗣️Mouthing off at a teacher. That kind of willful defiance once was grounds for suspension from school in CA — until a law meant to address racial disparities banned such discipline. Now Trump says the law is illegal. www.latimes.com/california/s...

The NYC outpost of Gjelina is located in a newly christened section of the city called LiLA (“Little L.A.”) and you’ll find copies of the L.A. Times there. Says the New Yorker: “Pick one up and look in on the goings on of a faraway elsewhere, a place where it’s always sunny…”

Breaking: California, other states sue Trump administration over clawback of COVID school funds. It’s more than $200 million for the Golden State alone. Story w/ @kevrector.bsky.social and Howard Blume: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Here’s our story from yesterday’s UCLA protest over Trump’s cuts to NIH research funding. It was a day of shouted slogans, searing speeches, and tangled traffic on Wilshire Blvd. Our @myungchun.bsky.social photographed the action — including a canine attendee. www.latimes.com/california/s...

By my watch, the protesters rallying against NIH cuts shut down traffic on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood for eight minutes. One Tesla driver did not take kindly to the delay, and shouted, “Fuck you, I hope they shut it all down!” as she drove past the demonstration.

The protesters demonstrating over Trump’s NIH cuts are crossing Wilshire Boulevard, blocking traffic at Veteran near the 405 Freeway. “We are gonna shut it down,” a leader says as they take over the intersection.