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With humor and Xanax earrings, she fearlessly puts Latino mental health on display

LOS ANGELES -- “I felt anxious before I came here today,” Rosa Valdes said as she arranged her Educated Chola T-shirts, totes and mugs inside the Cafe Girasol coffee shop in Boyle Heights. “Just because I take anti-anxiety medication, it doesn’t mean it’s gone.”

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Commentary: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ saved my relationship with my mom

After 10 years of hiding my queer identity, I finally came out to my mom at the kitchen table of my childhood home in Irvine, California. Tearfully reading a letter full of “I know’s” and “I’m sorry’s,” I looked up, expecting her to disown me. Instead, my mom looked at…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Commentary: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California’s Shasta County and beyond

The Shasta County, California, Board of Supervisors has “upended the county’s election process,” the Los Angeles Times reported last week, “canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems.” The county could opt to hand-count ballots instead, which would likely delay results and promote more suspicion of elections. One supervisor said he…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

California appeals court reverses most of ruling deeming Prop. 22 invalid

A California appeals court reversed most of a ruling invalidating Proposition 22, the state's 2020 voter-approved gig economy law allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

‘I’m still buried’: 21 days later, some Southern California mountain residents still trapped by snow

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters Mike Age and Aaron Thomas pulled up to the listed address for a top-priority prescription delivery Friday but couldn’t initially spot the Lake Arrowhead house.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Biden says banking system is safe, promises accountability for Silicon Valley Bank failure

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. banking system is “safe and secure” after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and closure of Signature Bank last week.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: With demands for a bank bailout, Silicon Valley shows its 'small government' mantra was just a pose

For decades, the dominant mantra of Silicon Valley's powerful has been that government is just a drag on their innovative spirit. Get regulators off our backs, they've argued, and we'll improve people's lives to an indescribable degree.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Rolly Crump, Disney designer who helped define the look of Disneyland, dies at 93

Animator-turned-theme park designer Rolly Crump, who was instrumental in the design of early Disneyland, died Sunday in his Carlsbad home, where he had been in hospice care, said his son Christopher. Crump was 93.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 13, 2023

'Mom, I just won an Oscar': Tearful winners thank, give credit to their immigrant parents

LOS ANGELES — The children of immigrants paid touching tribute to their parents at the 95th Academy Awards.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 13, 2023

So, Malala Yousafzai wasn’t bothered by Kimmel’s spit-gate bit: ‘What a dream night’

LOS ANGELES — Listen, even if she talks only about peace, Malala Yousafzai doesn’t mind dishing about celebrity gossip.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 13, 2023