Trash those bad Rams predictions? Eight takeaways from win over Seahawks
The pundits and oddsmakers said the Rams would be bad this season, but they certainly looked like a legit playoff contender Sunday against the Seahawks. #press
No defense for how the Dolphins' offense carved up the Chargers
The Chargers defense was said to be improved heading into the season in Year 3 under coach Brandon Staley, but it fell flat against the high-powered Dolphins. #press
North Korea's Kim appears to be en route to Russia for a meeting with Putin
A North Korean train presumed to be carrying leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia for a possible meeting between Kim and Vladimir Putin. #press
An end to Phoenix's historic heat wave may finally be in sight
The end of a historic heat wave may be in sight for residents of Phoenix, which has had 55 days of temperatures of at least 110 degrees this year. #press
This Santa Monica restaurant makes the best grilled cheese in the universe
We're talking about sandwiches, again. This week's recommendations include three new sandwiches I can't stop eating. #press
I was a teenage tanning addict. Now I worry about people being fooled by anti-sunscreen TikTokers
As in the anti-vaccine universe, the voices of the anti-sunscreen world cross party lines at the paranoid juncture of the far left and far right. #press
California's wily, surfboard-stealing sea otter evades capture again
As authorities extend their dragnet over land, sea and air, the renegade sea otter known as '841' continues to evade capture while snacking on shellfish. #press
How my memories of 9/11 are helping me find an 'after' to the pandemic
With no clean finish to COVID, I'm searching for a bookend to this period of my life. As I review other befores and afters, I keep returning to the one date I can’t forget: Sept. 11, 2001. #press
'We're not a cult!' A mysterious L.A. society reinvents itself for modern 'truth seekers'
Founded in 1934 by author and lecturer Manly P. Hall, L.A.'s Philosophical Research Society has evolved into a modern cultural events and art space with an esoteric edge. #press
Controversial law punishing doctors who spread COVID misinformation on track to be undone
The law was intended to protect patients from physicians who gave advice they knew to be false or misleading. But many doctors feared the law was too vague since there's still much to learn about COVID-19. #press
$750,000 in overtime: How a group of LAUSD employees abused extra-pay practices
Senior LAUSD administrators were among at least 10 who were demoted, reassigned or left the district after a probe of unusually high, poorly documented extra pay. #press
Teens know how social media affects mental health. So they created resources to help
Adolescents who have dealt with cyberbullying and body dysmorphia due to their time spent online offer tips for their peers on how to navigate these spaces. #press
“Lo que queremos es venganza”: cómo las redes sociales alimentan la violencia armada entre adolescentes
Los adolescentes publican en Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat o TikTok, fotos o videos de sí mismos con armas y montones de dinero, a veces desafiando a sus rivales. El peligro es difícil de contener #press
Newsom's push to alter spending on state mental health system faces pivotal test
California lawmakers will decide the legislative fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom's mental health plan. The overhaul is his latest effort to lessen the homelessness crisis, a vexing problem for the state and its Democratic governor. #press
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-11/mental-health-gavin-newsom?utm_source=press.coop
How a history of Glossier became an epitaph for girlboss feminism
Author Marisa Meltzer breaks down beauty, girlbosses and more from her book 'Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier.' #press
Lo que deben saber los salvadoreños sobre la ampliación del proceso de reinscripción al TPS
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional amplió de 60 días a 18 meses el plazo para que los salvadoreños puedan reinscribirse al TPS #press
The biggest ideas and pettiest rages in Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography
Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk distilled, from fierce mood swings to Ukraine intervention, his "dumb" Pelosi tweet to that time he had the 405 repainted. #press
It's a glorious time to hike the High Sierra, now a paradise of wildflowers and snow
Now that the record snowpack has melted, popular trails — including portions of the Pacific Crest and John Muir — are more accessible than they’ve been all year. #press
Baby beaver sighting inspires hopes of a California comeback
'Beaver believers' are celebrating the appearance of a young kit along a Palo Alto creek, saying it bodes well for the species' resurgence in California. #press
Villagers mourn Morocco earthquake's destruction of their mountain home
Moroccans in the mountain village of Moulay Brahim grieve for neighbors who died in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that destroyed buildings and lives. #press