I am truly stunned: thank you for packing Skylight Books last night and helping me launch this book into the world — standing room only and we SOLD OUT every early copy Skylight had in stock!!

Fallen from the middle class, Laura Garciaros is homeless, 60, living in an RV and fighting for a home. PE and I followed her for months. Like Garciaros nearly half of California adults on the streets are over 50. latimes.com/california/sto…

Column: For drivers 70 and older, the road rage over DMV test questions continues - Los Angeles Times ⁦Steve Lopez LA Times⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

L.A. County coroner investigator charged with thefts of necklace and rare coins from bodies - Los Angeles Times ⁦Rebecca Ellis⁩ ⁦Steve Lopez LA Times⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

Such a great enterprising take on this story, by Gustavo: O.C. let its history rot. And the Tustin hangar fire is still burning latimes.com/california/sto…

Column: With friends in tow at Griffith Park, Pete Teti walks out of one century and into another. Steve Lopez LA Times latimes.com/california/sto…

What day laborers are hired to do: the dangerous, the gross, the sometimes illegal latimes.com/california/sto…

Remember Twin Pines Mall from Back to the Future? It’s now essentially a dead mall, but it still has a Santa among the empty stores. Here, the Christmas spirit refuses to disappear thanks to Santa — AKA Albert Sanchez. My latest Los Angeles Times latimes.com/california/sto… 📸 Robert Gauthier

With giant waves battering California coast, Rosanna Xia book is required reading

People’s park in Berkeley was cleared by police last night to make way for housing. This is left over from last time they tried—and failed—to clear the park. This time the buzzdozers successfully moved in

Skelton: For 50 years, I’ve had a ringside seat at the California political circus latimes.com/california/sto…

L.A. Times Guild calls for one-day walkout to protest looming staff cuts. Management hasnt publicly disclosed the # of newsroom positions that will be cut, but knowledgeable people said the plan is to lay off at least 100 journalists, about 20% of newsroom latimes.com/entertainment-…

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Huge turnout by Los Angeles Times guild members rallying against cuts that would devastate the storied news organization

Was so grateful to celebrate my grandfather’s 100th birthday yesterday. Rabbi Harry Roth, born in Europe in 1924, came to the U.S. on the RMS Mauretania in 1929. Wore a tuxedo to his party and told so many stories. Celebrated with his four grandkids and six great-grandkids.

Gustavo and Gershwin, props for their chops: Why we need ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ more than ever as it turns 100 latimes.com/california/sto…

A wonderful tale of volunteering along the California coast, "all of it in the service of greater appreciation that might lead to better stewardship of a planet in peril as climate change accelerates and biodiversity declines." From Steve Lopez LA Times: latimes.com/california/sto…

After the fires, starting from scratch in their 70s, 80s and 90s latimes.com/california/sto… by Steve Lopez LA Times

More bad news out of L.A. City Hall latimes.com/california/sto…

Bravely facing the end, and hoping to have his ashes sent to a far-away friend latimes.com/california/sto…