Hiltzik: Are alien drones and your food utensils out to get you?

The “silly season” of news coverage used to refer to the dog days of summer, when…

The IRS might be dropping $1,400 into your stocking this year

Everyone’s favorite Christmas gift giver, the Internal Revenue Service, has announced that it will be doling…

Trump’s deportations on a collision course with California’s economy

This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural,…

Famous San Pedro fish market signs 49-year lease to stay in West Harbor

Owners of the San Pedro Fish Market and Restaurant, a top-grossing restaurant that once sprawled across…

Starbucks baristas in L.A. and elsewhere go on strike

Baristas at a handful of Starbucks around Los Angeles as well as in Chicago and Seattle…

Freddie Freeman’s World Series grand slam ball fetches $1.56 million

A sports memorabilia auction is never as gripping as the ballgame that gave the item being…

The mysterious ideology of Luigi Mangione: Anti-corporate hero? Far-right tech bro?

When Luigi Mangione was arrested in the killing of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, he was…

The UnitedHealthcare killing won’t improve insurance. This would

Last week’s shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, Brian Thompson, reopened a national wound inflicted by…

A day without Mexicans in Mammoth? Locals mull how to get a message to Trump

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.  —  If all the service workers born in Mexico stayed home from their…

Here’s how you can get California to help pay for your e-bike

Starting Dec. 18, eligible Californians can apply for a voucher of up to $2,000 toward the…