JD Vance and the politics of vegetarianism in a red-meat world
The ebullient audience at the Republican National Convention was ready to be served up some red meat, but Usha Chilukuri Vance, onstage to introduce her...
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Is Harris or Trump backing workers? Union crowd in Detroit says it all
I grew up in a union family in Detroit. Health insurance, food on the table, roof over our heads — as kids we took these...
Hotel Figueroa to hire back workers under deal with union
For months Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles has been locked in a labor dispute over restaurant staff who were let go after they attempted...
This Riverside County man is on a mission to save California’s abandoned ducks
A warehouse in Orange County had received a late order of balut, a Southeast Asian delicacy of fertilized duck eggs, but now the warehouse had...
I went on a date with my neighbor. What could go wrong?
Two years ago, I ditched any semblance of cheesy dating apps in favor of meeting the love of my life organically, like in the olden...
Urban homesteading tips from a 40-year-old urban homestead
In 1984, a determined back-to-earther named Jules Dervaes Jr. brought his wife and children from a 10-acre farm in rural Florida to study theology in...
Tell us: How much did you spend on your summer vacation?
Here in Los Angeles, summer vacation means many different things to many different people. For some it’s a five-week-long trip to Majorca, Spain; for others...
They run California’s oldest Chinese restaurant. But is it time to close?
WOODLAND, Calif. — The conundrum facing the Fong family of Woodland arose earlier this year, shortly after a UC Davis law professor grew interested in a...
Kamala Harris is a cook — and a good one. Will it help her win?
While Kamala Harris was holding the first rally of her presidential campaign, Charlee Nessel was polishing off a skinny margarita at one of the vice...