More scandal in the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows the department — like all sheriff's departments — should have independent civilian oversight.

Public health experts are urging people to stay home to avoid spreading coronavirus. But that means some people could end up losing their homes.

After weeks of dithering, Trump finally seems to have gotten the message that Americans are desperate for more than empty assurances on coronavirus.

Congress can and should do more to combat a coronavirus downturn — including a $1,000 UBI check to every citizen.

Soap is restricted and hand sanitizer is contraband at correctional facilities. We need to stop admitting people accused of low-level crimes.

With coronavirus on the rampage, perhaps the people who don't believe in vaccinations will rethink their irresponsible position.

Just when President Trump started to rise to the challenge of leading a nation through the coronavirus pandemic, he slips back to his old, tired tricks.

Inglewood can help solve the first-mile last-mile problem of public transit in a big way.

We're all in this together. It's far better for society if folks choose to help their fellow humans rather than rip the last roll of toilet paper from their hands.

Ideally, business owners and individuals will make the right decisions in the face of coronavirus. But then, there will always be companies like Tesla.

Los Angeles wants to move thousands of homeless people inside. But is crowding indoors actually less dangerous than letting them stay on the streets?

California's order might seem like a big deal. But what we don't know about this virus, which is a lot, means the risk of inaction is too high.

Amid a public health emergency, it's unconscionable for California to allow dozens of state-owned homes to stay empty.

With 40 million kids home from school, what's being done to make sure students are learning?

President Trump and Congress should keep climate change in mind as they prepare economic aid packages for businesses and industries.

This past weekend was an epic fail for public health. Southern Californians crowded hiking trails and beaches, and otherwise ignored social distancing orders..

The Supreme Court makes it easier for states to convict mentally ill defendants.

It's not the government takeover that many Californians wanted for the fire-starting utility, but the deal Gavin Newsom struck with PG&E should help.

One Trump's smartest moves was to make Dr. Anthony Fauci a part of his coronavirus task force. Let's keep him there.

Closing trial courts to the public and postponing non-essential proceedings during the covid19 emergency makes good sense as a public health measure but shuts the public out of proceedings that under normal circumstances are rightfully accessible. Constitutional rights of criminal defendants are protected not just by the right to counsel but also by public scrutiny of hearings, judges, prosecutors and other public officials. Many problems would have been avoided if only courts would embrace televised proceedings and modern communications technologies.

A pandemic threatens participation in the ultimate act of citizenship.

It's legitimate to worry that the steps we're taking to contain the coronavirus are causing unnecessary damage to the U.S. economy. But the damage that the disease would cause if it isn't contained would be far worse.

The stimulus plan passed the Senate. Now it's up to government to get the money flowing quickly and transparently.

Some states are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to cut off abortion access. That's unacceptable.

The Los Angeles City Council is rushing a major law that would dictate how businesses rehire workers after layoffs.

With the U.S. now leading the world in COVID-19 infections, it's time for the nation to stay at home.

With officials meeting virtually amid the coronavirus, the government must ensure that the public still has sufficient opportunity to participate.

There's never a good time for a pandemic, but it's hard to imagine a worse time than in the middle of the decennial census.

A federal judge was right to order the Trump administration to move faster to release detained migrant children from conditions that put them at risk for COVID-19.

The last thing L.A. County needs during a coronavirus pandemic is a turf battle between the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors.

What's worse than power shutoffs during the coronavirus quarantine? An unplanned outage that sparks a wildfire.

Doctors who've gone to medical school for nearly four years and nurses who are within two months of graduation are needed during the coronavirus crisis.

It's especially galling that the Trump Administration chooses this very moment, in a pandemic, to rollback car emission standards.

Wait. Now maybe we should wear facemasks? The evolving, and sometimes puzzling, guidance for Americans to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections.

City elections typically drew 15% turnout. In the March primary, the seven City Council races on the ballot drew, on average, more than 30% turnout.

Communing online is a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It would be grossly unfair to allow disadvantaged students to languish during a long gap in schooling while students whose families have more resources forge ahead.

Some of the most effective strategies at containing the coronavirus are also the most intrusive. Can we adopt them without damaging our liberties?

The governor's announcement made it sound like renters had true protections, meaning many tenants could unwittingly end up setting themselves up for eviction.

Judges aren't wizards who can see the future, so it's absurd to grant them legal power to brand any juveniles as incorrigible.

The 1918 pandemic has lessons for the 2020. Namely, we got through it. And social distancing works.

The president must drop his opposition to 'globalism' in the interests of public health

The justices give police the OK to stop drivers with nothing more than the barest fig leaf of a reason: that the car owner's license has been revoked.

This may well be the nation's "hardest, saddest" week yet of the coronavirus pandemic. But it may not be the last "worst" week.

Supervisors didn't permit public comment at their March 31 meeting, then failed to act publicly before admonishing the sheriff about his public statements.

Trump's demotion of the inspector general who was going to monitor coronavirus spending marks his continued drive to put his own interests above the nation's.

As COVID-19 spreads across the United States, only a few areas are breaking down the numbers of infections and deaths by racial and ethnic groups.

Hotel rooms are what homeless people need now

Sanders leaves the presidential race with some major accomplishments.

Who needs the federal government when you have the world's fifth-largest economy taking charge?