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Happy 20th birthday, text messaging
Text messaging on a cellphone Credit: iStockphotoTwenty years ago today, the first-ever text message was sent to a mobile phone from a software engineer at European cell carrier Vodaphone. From its...
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LAUSD and UTLA discuss use of test scores for teacher evaluations
Superintendent John Deasy walks through an economics classroom at Los Angeles High School. Credit: Tami Abdollah/KPCCShould student test scores be used in teacher evaluations? The Los Angeles Unified...
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Composer Alexandre Desplat writes the soundtrack to Oscar season
French film composer Alexandre Desplat poses outside a hotel in Paris. Born in 1961 from a Greek mother and a French father, Alexandre Desplat, composed the music for more than 50 European movies and...
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Boomers, boomerangs and the boom in multigenerational households
Grandson Miles reads with his grandfather, Chuck Leavell. Credit: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Doubletree “G’night, Grandma.” “G’night, Mary Ellen.” G’night, John Boy.” Those who grew up watching ‘The...
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Tax Deductions 101: everything you need to know about the fiscal cliff plan
US President Barack Obama speaks before Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (3rdR) and other cabinet members during a meeting on November 16, 2012 in Washington, DC....
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An end to 'homophobia'? AP thinks journalists should stop using the term
A converted U.S. flag displays rainbow colors. Credit: Michael Smith/Getty ImagesHomophobia or no homophobia? That is the question currently being debated among journalists after the Associated Press...
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Who's responsible for L.A.'s stormwater pollution?
A bicyclist rides along a path running along the cement-lined Los Angeles River in Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Ric FrancisThe water cycle is pretty simple - rainfall flows down mountains in streams...
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Reverse engineering the human brain with futurist Ray Kurzweil
"How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed" by Ray Kurzweil Credit: Viking AdultScience fiction has long predicted a future where the line is blurry between human and machine, and the...
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Port workers continue strike, shuttering Southern California shipping industry
Striking clerical workers at Pier 400 walk the picket lines at the Port of Los Angeles. Credit: Brian Watt/KPCCFreight ships unable to unload cargo have anchored offshore from the ports of Los Angeles...
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Does off-label drug marketing qualify as free speech?
Prescription drugs Credit: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty ImagesA federal appeals court in New York overturned the conviction of a man accused of selling drugs for off-label purposes. In a 2-1 ruling on...
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APA makes significant updates to new diagnosis manual
Rachel Sorrow, at left, a transgender woman, attends a therapy session with Dr. Dan Karasic, a psychiatrist with the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, at San Francisco General Hospital in...
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New York Post publishes photo of man’s final moments
Commuters wait for the A train at Penn Station November 4, 2012 in New York City. Credit: Allison Joyce/Getty ImagesThis Monday, Ki Suk Han was struck and killed by a train New York City’s Times Square...
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Downtown LA streetcar could revolutionize public transportation
This is a rendering of the streetcar planned for downtown Los Angeles. (Image from Los Angeles Streetcar Inc.) Credit: Los Angeles Streetcar IncThis week, voters in downtown Los Angeles approved...
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All Saints Church criticized for hosting American Muslim convention
Interfaith relations inspire fresh dialogue at Pasadena's All Saints Church. Credit: Stan Rohrer/iStockphoto.comPasadena’s All Saints Episcopal Church and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)...
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Is gender-neutral marketing for children the way of the future?
Michelle Paolino, vice president of global girls marketing for Hasbro explains the differences in the company's newest version of their "Easy Bake Oven" in Pawtucket, RI on Sept. 8, 2011. Wayne...
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Are California’s alternative energy programs headed for a blackout?
The moon rises behind wind turbines on May 5, 2012 near Palm Springs, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty ImagesIn a report released Monday, government watchdog agency the Little Hoover Commission...
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Dark day on the streets of Cairo
Egyptian protesters shout slogans in Cairo's landmark Tahrir square on November 30, 2012, as they protest against a decree by President Mohamed Morsi granting himself broad powers that shield his...
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Who should be LA's businessperson of the year?
Co-Founder and Head of Product Design at Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks onstage during Tesla Worldwide Debut of Model X on February 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Jordan Strauss/Getty...
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After crippling strike, port workers win job security for the next four years
Striking workers carry placards December 4, 2012 at the Port of Los Angeles in southern California. The strike by clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handle more than 40...
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Jon Robin Baitz’s 'Other Desert Cities' at the Taper
'Other Desert Cities' will play at the Mark Taper Forum until January 6, 2013. Tony Award-nominated play “Other Desert Cities,” by Jon Robin Baitz, opens December 9th and is showing at the Mark Taper...
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