Today, most think of the California FAIR plan as a safeguard against wildfire risk. Few are aware that the state’s insurance ...

Police officers stand guard on Aug. 13, 1965, as debris is cleared from Avalon Boulevard and Imperial Highway. (Ray Graham/Los Angeles Times) On Aug. 11, 1965, 60 years ago, I stood transfixed with ...

The Watts Riots began on Aug. 11, 1965 and ended on Aug. 16, 1965 — and that day Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown declared the riots were over. Here is a sampling of moments about the Watts Riots, or what ...

Lindsey Hernandez grew up in Imperial Courts, one of Watts’ largest public housing complexes. Some nights, the 17-year-old woke up to the sound of gunfire, sometimes to news that someone had died. But ...

By continuing to lean on insurance-based solutions to deep-seated societal problems, California has put itself on a path toward repeating past mistakes.