Kathleen Miles

At a Los Angeles Times in-house awards ceremony last week, columnist Steve Lopez addressed the elephant in the room.

Speaking to the entire staff, he said, "Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Austin Beutner's group." No one raised their hands.

"Raise you hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Rupert Murdoch." A few people raised their hands.

Facing the elephant trunk-on, "Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by the Koch brothers." About half the staff raised their hands.

At a Los Angeles Times in-house awards ceremony last week, columnist Steve Lopez addressed the elephant in the room.Speaking to the entire staff, he said, "Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Austin Beutner's group." No one raised their hands.More...

The 124th Rose Parade will kick off Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, 2013 at 8 a.m. PST.

On Monday morning, CBS News reported that eager spectators have already begun to nab their favored spots along the parade's 5.5 mile route in Pasadena.

Walmart has prevailed again in the continuing battle against its controversial proposed store in downtown LA's Chinatown.

A Los Angeles zoning official denied an appeal of the retailer's building permits. The appeal had been filed by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and by the Los Angeles Alliance for New Economy, which have concerns about the store impacting the historic neighborhood's identity, traffic, small businesses, and living wage.

Walmart has prevailed again in the continuing battle against its controversial proposed store in downtown LA's Chinatown.

A Los Angeles zoning official denied an appeal of the retailer's building permits. The appeal had been filed by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and by the Los Angeles Alliance for New Economy, which have concerns about the store impacting the historic neighborhood's identity, traffic, small businesses, and living wage.

LA's controversial decision to distribute ID cards to undocumented immigrants has been met by opponents who say the cards reward lawbreakers.

HuffPost LA's Kathleen Miles participated in a debate on HuffPost Live about California's hotly contested Prop 37, which would require that companies label all food made with genetically-modified ingredients.In late September, 61 percent of polled Californians supported Prop 37.

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney will be getting a lot of support from the super PAC run by his former aides. Restore Our Future raised $20.7 million in June, the biggest monthly haul by a super PAC in the less than three years that they have existed.

Rita, the adorable four-month-old English bulldog puppy depicted above, was allegedly strangled to death while in the care of PetSmart's groomers, the LA Weekly first reported.

The owners of the pup, Veronica Espinoza and John Benitez, filed a lawsuit against the store Monday. The owners' attorney, Jill Ryther, gave The Huffington Post an account of what happened on the tragic day of the doggie's death.