LOS ANGELES - Key Persons
Erika D. Smith is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times writing about the people, politics and quest for a more equitable California. She joined The Times in 2018 as an assistant editor, expanding coverage of the state's homelessness and affordable housing crises. She previously worked at the Sacramento Bee as a columnist and editorial board member. Before the Bee, Smith wrote for the Indianapolis Star and Akron Beacon Journal. She is a graduate of Ohio University and a native of Cleveland.
Gustavo Arellano is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, covering Southern California everything and a bunch of the West and beyond. He previously worked at OC Weekly, where he was an investigative reporter for 15 years and editor for six, wrote a column called ¡Ask a Mexican! and is the author of "Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America." He's the child of two Mexican immigrants, one of whom came to this country in the trunk of a Chevy.
Job Titles:
- Editor De La Opinión Durante Muchos Años, Fallece a Los 96 Años
Ignacio E. Lozano Jr., editor de La Opinión durante muchos años, fallece a los 96 años
Jose Palacios has hauled stones, tools, seeds, saplings and the burden of his past up a hill to create his own Shangri-La in Griffith Park, columnist Steve Lopez writes.
Mayor Karen Bass talks about the thousands she's moved into interim housing. But it's the removal of encampments that will make Angelenos believe it.
Kate Snow is leaving Sunday anchor chair at ‘NBC Nightly News'
Job Titles:
- Times Journalist and USC Professor, Dies at 86
Larry Pryor was a reporter and editor for the Los Angeles Times who led some of the papers' earliest experiments in digital journalism before moving on to full-time teaching.
Martha Stewart on the SI cover? ‘On the one hand: Yeah, go Martha!' On the other hand, ‘Most women who are 81 do not have access to groomers and dressers,' columnist Steve Lopez writes.
Robin Abcarian is an opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She writes about news, politics and culture. Her columns appear on Wednesday and Sunday. Twitter: @AbcarianLAT
Job Titles:
- Columnist
- Reporter, Editor, Editorial Writer
During more than three decades at the Los Angeles Times, Sandy Banks has served as reporter, editor, editorial writer and internship director. But she's best known for her personal columns, which focus on private lives, public policy and people who inspire and infuriate us. She returned to The Times in 2019 after a four-year hiatus. A Cleveland native, Banks has three grown daughters and lives in Northridge.
Steve Hideg was never rich, or particularly famous, but music always carried him. He refuses to let go of his drumsticks, Times columnist Steve Lopez writes.
Bias and outright discrimination on the basis of race, gender and age have long histories in Hollywood and broader culture, Times columnist Steve Lopez writes.
Isolation is no small matter in the rapidly aging population, and the depression that results often goes undiagnosed and untreated, Times columnist Steve Lopez writes.
California is about to get walloped by an aging population wave. Steve Lopez's new column will focus on the blessings and burdens of growing older, Times columnist Steve Lopez writes.
Editorial: Vince Fong isn't the only candidate running for two offices at the same time