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Billie Jean King joins student athletes on stage as she hits tennis balls to fellow graduates during the commencement ceremony for Cal State Los Angeles’ College of Natural and Social Sciences at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA, on Monday, May 18, 2026. At 82, tennis icon Billie Jean King received her Bachelor of Arts in History from CSULA—more than 60 years after beginning her studies—and delivered the keynote address during ceremony. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

At Cal State LA’s Graduation 2026, Billie Jean King, 82, serves up inspiration, receives history degree

May 19, 2026 at 9:27 a.m.

The tennis legend, acclaimed for breaking down social barriers, received her bachelor's degree, decades after leaving the school for an epic career.

A coalition of fire survivors and community advocates on Thursday urged transparency and accountability for the spending of a $2.5 billion statewide wildfire relief package. (Credit: Camelia Heins)

LA wildfire survivors question how $2.5 billion ‘relief package’ is being spent

May 15, 2026 at 7:56 a.m.

A$2.5 billion relief package last year was hailed as a a “clear commitment that we’ve got your back LA." But on Thursday, fire survivors were still wondering what happened to...

Pasadena Unified School District’s Board of Education passed two resolutions implementing layoffs of more than 280 classified and certificated employees on Thursday, May 7, a culmination of the district’s ongoing financial crisis. (Credit: Camelia Heins, Pasadena Unified School District)

Pasadena Unified trustees approve another round of hundreds of layoffs

May 8, 2026 at 7:05 p.m.

The vote Thursday night came in light of previous budget reductions this past year: PUSD approved a $24.5 million cut in the 2026-2027 fiscal year budget last November, and an...

Members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale perform during “Concerts of Remembrance, Healing and Renewal” hosted by St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

On anniversary, music echoes notes of hope for fire survivors — ‘the pulse and the heartbeat to the town’

January 7, 2026 at 4:10 p.m.

Many on Wednesday found solace in music, as they reflected on the 1-year anniversay of the wildfires.

Theatre Palisades presents ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica on Wednesday, December 18, 2025. The theatre Palisades was destroyed in the Palisades fire and the group has been performing at various locations since the fire. They plan to re-build the theatre at its original location. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Photos: Rising from the ashes, Palisades theater troupe revives its holiday tradition

December 21, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

Theatre Palisades, its home stage consumed by fire in January, scrambled to keep its holiday tradition going. It culminated in a radio-show-style "A Christmas Carol, at their temporary home, the...

Betsy Handler, one of three people overseeing sound effects, reviews a table of items used to create live audio during a rehearsal of A Christmas Carol, a radio-style production by Theatre Palisades, at the Morgan Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)

‘Show must go on’ for a community theater trying to rise from Palisades fire ashes

December 17, 2025 at 7:33 a.m.

Theatre Palisades’ “A Christmas Carol" is set for Wednesday, nearly a year after the Palisades fire consumed the theater's home base in January.

Caltech astrophysicist Mansi Kasliwal is the historic Palomar Observatory’s new director. (Courtesy, Caltech)

Caltech professor becomes first woman to head Palomar Observatory

October 3, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

As a professor in Caltech’s astronomy department for a decade, Mansi Kasliwal first came to the observatory as a graduate student pursuing her doctorate in astrophysics. Now she's director at...

Thousands of structures sit in ruins in Altadena, as seen on Jan. 19. The Eaton fire, fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, ripped through the area beginning on the evening of Jan. 7. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register/TNS)

How the Palisades, Eaton fires impacted employment is measured in UC report

August 30, 2025 at 12:49 p.m.

"What the report tries to do is understand, in a bit more detail, how the effects of the fires rippled across workers in Los Angeles ... ."

Chris Ramon, president and CEO of Pasadena Humane. (Photo courtesy of Pasadena Humane)

Pasadena Humane appoints new CEO after months-long search

August 13, 2025 at 11:10 a.m.

Chris Ramon will take the helm of the organization, which has provided services for animal care and shelter in the greater Los Angeles community for more than 120 years.

The UPS Store, Inc. 2026 Rose Parade float goes on a test run through Azusa on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

In a ‘peek before the petals,’ unfinished Rose Parade floats get a test drive in Azusa

August 11, 2025 at 2:25 p.m.

It's still months before the Tournament of Roses Parade, so the petals have yet to be placed. But an Azusa company offered an early look at its float entries.

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