Commentary: Feel a bit crowded at the park? Why L.A. park spaces comes up short

Griffith Park is 4,300 acres, but it’s still not enough. Why L.A. park spaces comes up short.
Tom Steyer tries to sell voters on his own personal change

Tom Steyer has sold himself to voters as an agent of change, but will they buy the billionaire’s own transformation?
RFK Jr. clears path for minors’ use of tanning beds, much to the dismay of dermatologists

Indoor tanning is associated with a 75% increase in melanoma risk. A proposed FDA rule intended to protect children is now gone.
Double the vote. Students push for increased power on UC Regents board

UC students are pushing for an amendment to the state constitution — ACA 18 — that would add add a student voter to the UC Board of Regents, the governing body of the University of California.
Arellano: How I learned to stop worrying about noncitizens voting in L.A. elections

L.A. Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez wants to allow noncitizens to vote in city and school board elections. The proposal isn’t as radical as it seems.
Another California baby gets measles. How can kids be protected?
So far this year, 1,814 measles cases have been confirmed nationwide — including 48 in California. That national count is fast approaching the 2,288 cases in all of last year.
Yosemite ditches reservations, drawing huge crowds in a free-for-all
Critics are blaming the influx on the Trump administration for abandoning a reservation requirement that has helped control the number of visitors.
Ex-NATO Commander Breedlove: Iran Crisis Exposes A West ‘More Divided Than Its Adversaries’

For retired four-star general Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, says the Iran crisis is exposing a West that is “more divided than its adversaries.”