Whittier 360 predicts six California propositions will pass and six will fail, with two too close to call. Explore our experimental election forecast and what each measure would do.

Whittier 360 News Network predicts Linda Sánchez will win California’s redrawn 41st Congressional District, citing its Democratic lean, her congressional experience and a substantial fundraising advantage over Mitch Clemmons.

A rainy visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial connects a father’s Navy service with an examination of America’s objectives and the war’s wider Southeast Asian legacy.

People and states entered and experienced the Civil War under different circumstances. In the concluding installment of her Lincoln Memorial series, Rebecca Canales examines Union and Confederate correspondence, family and regional loyalties, slavery, class tensions and civilian suffering—distinguishing governments’ commitments from individuals’ reasons for fighting and exploring disagreements within both wartime coalitions.

A small protest near the Reflecting Pool connected Rebecca Canales’s Lincoln Memorial visit with the site’s history of public expression. From Marian Anderson’s concert to the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, the March on Washington and modern demonstrations, this feature explores how the memorial became a First Amendment platform for people seeking to be heard.

Photographed beneath the Lincoln Memorial, historic copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment reveal how emancipation unfolded through wartime strategy, military service, state action, Confederate debate and constitutional change.

Building the Lincoln Memorial required more than a plan for a statue and columns. Through photographs from her June 28 visit, Rebecca Canales explores the alternative designs, stone from across the country, deep foundations and craftsmanship that shaped the monument—and the people who brought it to life.

Three days after the Lincoln Memorial undercroft opened, I explored the new museum beneath the monument, where exposed foundations, interactive exhibits, statue models, and historical displays reveal a side of the memorial most visitors had never seen.

After walking through the rain and passing a small protest near the Reflecting Pool, Rebecca Canales reached the Lincoln Memorial while waiting for Great American State Fair media credentials. The visit became a bucket-list moment and a closer look at Lincoln’s words, the memorial’s history, and its continuing role as a place of remembrance and public expression.

A visit to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool revealed how protesters, tourists, green water, fencing and later evidence could all be real while still producing very different political impressions. The experience became a lesson in why voters should look beyond the frame before deciding what a story means.

On June 28, I began my America 250 reporting journey in Washington, D.C., beneath heavy rain and storm clouds. From the Washington Monument, the rain-obscured capital became a powerful metaphor for the storms America has weathered before—and the possibility of renewal that may follow.

Despite algae-green water, rain and ripples, the Washington Monument remained reflected in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool—a powerful symbol of America’s founding ideals enduring through troubled and imperfect times.

Before reporting from the ground, Whittier 360 News Network rode the Great American State Fair Ferris wheel to document the event's massive footprint, stage layout, state pavilions, and its setting between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument.

How many people attended the America 250 July 4 Fireworks Spectacular? With no official attendance methodology released, Whittier 360 News Network conducted an independent analysis based on firsthand reporting, photography, 360-degree video, crowd flow observations, and the event footprint to estimate peak event-related attendance while documenting how crowd movement during the celebration may have been misunderstood.

Step inside Whittier 360 News Network’s America 250 coverage from Washington, D.C., with traditional photo galleries and interactive 360-degree images from the National Mall, Washington Monument area, Lincoln Memorial, and surrounding public spaces.

Whittier 360 News Network will be reporting from Washington, D.C., during the nation’s America 250 celebrations after receiving approved press access to cover Freedom 250 Presents: The Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Because of this national reporting opportunity, Whittier 360 will focus its Independence Day coverage this year on events in Washington, D.C., rather than the local Fourth of July celebration in Whittier. The Great American State Fair is being hel

Public comment at Whittier’s June 23 Council meeting showed continued pressure to revisit the Tree Protection Ordinance and Parkway Tree Manual as the new Council settles into office.

Whittier officials opened the June 23 City Council meeting with an update on the recent Colima-area brush fire, emergency alerts, Whittier 365 notifications, and wildfire preparedness efforts.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of landmark decisions Thursday on immigration, gun rights, federal authority, and product liability, making it one of the busiest opinion days of the current term. Whittier 360 News Network examines what the rulings mean for Americans, including their potential impact on residents of Whittier and Southeast Los Angeles County.