Steve Lopez

Griffth Park is a hiker’s paradise crossed by popular, twisty trails. But some of the regulars are furious about a couple of new fences that block shortcuts, calling them an ‘obscenity.’

For volunteers at a heavenly stretch of seashore between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Big Sur, the job is to grow the next generation of conservationists — and ‘to give back a little bit.’

Fraud is a year-round, multibillion-dollar enterprise, but the holiday season offers a wide-open window of opportunity as scammers fish with email, phone calls, texts, fliers and regular mail

What’s happened to MacArthur Park is heartbreaking. A 2003 effort emphasizing community collaboration may offer a blueprint for a permanent fix in a neighborhood burdened by gang activity and a fentanyl crisis.

After Trump’s election win, the columnist writes, his first thought was to leave the country: ‘But then I realized I already have. I live in California.’

Older Americans could well determine the outcome between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

In one sense, the Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen across the street from MacArthur Park couldn’t be in a better location.

Steve Hideg was nearly broke when I met him in 2017, and wasn’t sure he’d be able to keep covering rent. But I’d never encountered a more upbeat guy.

‘I feel possibility and I feel anger’: Does Councilmember Hernandez have the answers to MacArthur Park’s humanitarian crisis?

At Fire Station 11 near MacArthur Park, the crew must navigate a nightmare of drug overdoses, misery — and, sometimes, a structure fire