Pelosi author Molly Ball says the key to the speaker's success is her mastery of the inside game in politics — building relationships, counting votes, plotting strategy and working around the clock.

At the height of his fame, Martin shifted his focus from stand-up to acting and writing. He called his memoir, Born Standing Up, a biography of "someone I used to know." Originally broadcast in 2008.

At the height of his fame, Martin shifted his focus from stand-up to acting and writing. He called his memoir, Born Standing Up, a biography of "someone I used to know." Originally broadcast in 2008.

At the height of his fame, Martin shifted his focus from stand-up to acting and writing. He called his memoir, Born Standing Up, a biography of "someone I used to know." Originally broadcast in 2008.

An update on coronavirus testing. Georgia authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of an unarmed black jogger. And, a small number of students in Montana go back to school Thursday.

Two recent Times articles have examined the role of religion in the 2012 presidential race.

Tanya Erlach is joining the Los Angeles Times as the newsroom's director of editorial events.

Assistant Managing Editor John Corrigan is leaving The Times to become an editor at the Wall Street Journal, Times Editor/Publisher Davan Maharaj announced. 

Mary McNamara, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for her television criticism, has been named The Times' assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment. 

The release Friday of a 2005 videotape of Donald Trump making vulgar comments about women tested The Times' language standards and its print production deadlines.

Matt Doig is joining the Los Angeles Times as assistant managing editor, investigations.

The 36-year-old Domino’s Pizza deliveryman was dropping off a pie to a building on Fort George Hill near Fairview Ave on Sunday about 9 p.m. when the crew of crooks took his $1400 bike at knifepoint and cut the man’s hand. He refused medical attention, cops said.

According to the NYPD, there have been 374 social distancing-related arrests since COVID-19 restrictions were put in place. Of that number, 304 of the arrests have been of African-American or Hispanic people.

As much as Mayor de Blasio wants to pretend these arrests are just a drop in the bucket, from the point of view of those being constantly dropped in the bucket, the city’s heavy-handed coronavirus crackdown is just more of the same.Same profiling. Same brutality. Same disrespect.

Dusty Imoo, former goalie development coach for the Kings, took a job in Beijing this season and got a close look at how the coronavirus affected China.

Commissioner Gary Bettman, who suspended the NHL season this week because of the coronavirus pandemic, believes the league can finish the season in a sensible way.

Because the NHL relies more on gate revenue than the other major sports leagues, it will try everything possible to finish the season, columnist Helene Elliott says.

Dominican Yankees and Mets stars are working with Pedro Martinez to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in their homeland.

With one heartfelt speech, Mookie Betts established himself as a Dodgers leader by emphasizing the focus needed to win a World Series must begin in the spring.

Get a big breath of spring at Madrona Marsh in Torrance, while keeping people at a distance.

Social distancing — a term we've all become familiar with — has been nearly impossible to accomplish on an airplane. Until now.

The near total collapse of tourism has left recreational-vehicle companies — those that rent or sell RVs and the like — scrambling to survive.

A video of a Montana reporter's encounter with bison in Yellowstone prompts a reminder of social distancing rules -- for wildlife

Dominican Yankees and Mets stars are working with Pedro Martinez to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in their homeland.

Johnny Nansen, a victim of USC's recent purge of defensive assistant coaches under Clay Helton, has found a landing spot across town with the Trojans' archrival.

Second-seeded UCLA won at third-seeded Stanford last month but was held to a season-low point total by the Cardinal in the Pac-12 semifinals Saturday.

The acceptance of national letters of intent for NCAA Division I and II sports has been suspended until at least April 15.

Henri Richard, who holds the record for most Stanley Cup wins during his 20-year NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, died Friday at age 84.

The Russian dissident and author Eduard Limonov, who vocal opposition was a persistent thorn in the Kremlin's side, dies at 77.

Tom Webster, who led the Kings to their first division title and was suspended for throwing a stick on the ice toward a referee, died at 71.

Let's lean in to "hygge," an Norwegian word for "well-being," cozy togetherness," "fun," "safety and shielding from the world," "the absence of annoyance" and the notion that your home is, literally and metaphorically, giving you a "hug."

I come from a long line of stubborn, learn-the-hard-way women who never fit in, so maybe that's why I'm not a fan of Mother's Day.

Local health officials give catastrophic estimates of potential coronavirus deaths if stay-at-home orders aren't followed.

L.A. County officials warned Friday that the region needs to increase social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. Stay-at-home restrictions could remain into summer.

The maker of Lysol and another disinfectant says its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus.

If you're self-isolating, then you have time to watch "Queen & Slim" and fall for those boots. The film is now available through streaming platforms and on DVD.

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, hundreds of students were forced to leave Stanford University, which is also reducing financial aid for students.

School won't be the same when it resumes after coronavirus closures. There could be staggered start times, reconfigured classes and no assemblies.

Coronavirus: Gov. Newsom announced donations and other efforts to provide computers to students during closures, but it falls far short

The former Stanford University president emphasized undergraduate teaching, led a $1-billion capital campaign and earned a reputation as "the students' president."

Several medical trade groups are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom for extraordinary immunity for their triage decisions.

Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dominated Israeli politics for a quarter of a century, survives yet another challenge. Too bad for Israel.

Hundreds of tango lovers unite on Zoom for the Earth Virtual Milonga. Some dance as couples. Some dance with a pillow. At this party it's all good.

The airline received criticism to ask fliers can pay to social distance on their next flight

Eric Hofmann told San Luis Obispo officials he would bus in "hundreds and hundreds of pissed off people potentially adding to this pandemic."

Participants in the Stanford study self-selected, among other flaws. Its results do not reveal anything meaningful about the coronavirus.

A second-generation surivivor whose grandparents died in the Holocaust blasts a newspaper publisher for comparing coronavirus restrictions to Nazi Germany.

Before the Oscars on Sunday, watch the wildly different and entertaining acceptance speeches Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix have made this awards season.

NFL lineman Matt Kalil, who was an All-American at USC, has paid $3.812 million for a gated estate in Pasadena.

The longtime Bel-Air home of late automobile executive Lee Iacocca has sold for $19.5 million.