Front page: Los Angeles Times | Sunday, November 2, 2014

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Building L.A.'s tallest skyscraper to defy quakes

Thomas Curwen, award-winning staff writer, reports that the New Wilshire Grand will be the tallest structure built in a seismic hot zone. The challenges have been significant and there are no guarantees. "You can't ask an engineer to guarantee that a building will never collapse in an earthquake," engineer Leonard Joseph says. Read the story

On Halloween night, four pedestrian deaths in Orange County

Louis Sahagun, who covers issues including religion, culture and the environment, Cindy Carcamo, national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times who covers Arizona and the Southwest with a focus on immigration and border issues, and Christopher Goffard, author and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, reports, "They couldn't afford costumes, so 13-year-old Lexandra Perez wore only face paint and her twin sister, Lexi, wore regular clothes when they dashed out the front door of the Fairhaven Apartments on Halloween. They carried orange plastic pumpkins." Read the story

Crash, pilot's death hit home for commercial space industry

Melody Petersen, who covers aerospace for the Los Angeles Times, Ruben Vives, general assignment reporter, and W.J. Hennigan, who covers the Pentagon and national security issues, write about a tiny town as it begins coping with the crash of the homegrown Virgin Galactic rocket plane. SpaceShipTwo fell to the desert floor on Friday, killing 39-year-old test pilot Michael Alsbury. Read the story

Unease over economy, Obama may turn Iowans redder — if they vote at all

Political reporter Maeve Reston writes that unease about the economy and disappointment in the president remain the strongest head winds for Democrats as election day approaches. Read the story

Poll finds support for Gov. Brown and his ballot measures

While Republicans nationwide appear poised for major victories on Tuesday, political reporter Seema Mehta writes that California will likely remain an outlier, with Democrats maintaining an iron grip on Sacramento. Read the story