L.A. Prosecutor Says He Opposes Releasing the Menendez Brothers

[ad_1] The new district attorney of Los Angeles County said he would ask a court to withdraw a resentencing petition put forward by his predecessor in the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who brutally murdered their parents more than 35 years ago. But a similar effort initiated by a court is expected … Read more

What Kind of Los Angeles Will Rise From the Fires?

[ad_1] Will a different city emerge from the Los Angeles fires? Time and again fires have fast-tracked urban change. London after the Great Fire of 1666 rewrote its safety laws, widened streets and erected new public buildings, like the domed St. Paul’s Cathedral. Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871, which decimated downtown, invented the … Read more