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Opinion

Almanac for April 29, 2026

Local columns

Today is Wednesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2026. There are 246 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers charged with assault and using excessive force in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney ...

State launches youth initiative during Workplace Rights Week

Editorial

Did you know workers younger than age 18 cannot do several potentially dangerous tasks on the job, such as operate some power-driven machines, use a meat slicer, handle certain hazardous chemicals or operate certain heavy equipment? The state is emphasizing that and additional information for ...

MAGA is anti-Christian now

Local columns

Recent days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine, Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump, Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from "Pulp Fiction" as if they were actual scripture, and Trump ...

Almanac for April 28, 2026

Local columns

Today is Tuesday, April 28, the 118th day of 2026. There are 247 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2004, the world first viewed images of prisoner abuse and torture by U.S. troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, via a report broadcast on the CBS television news program "60 Minutes ...