L.A. Mayor Garcetti announces criminal charges against 4 non-essential businesses, reopens 16 farmers markets

The University of Southern California has purchased an $8.6-million home in Santa Monica for its president, a transaction that closed just before the onset of a global pandemic that has resulted in austerity cuts announced Friday at the private university. Carol Folt, who took over as president last summer, bucked the four-decade trend of USC ...