LAPD captain deleted texts in Black Lives Matter lawsuit, judge finds
After the LAPD response to a 2020 protest outside the mayor’s mansion led to an excessive force lawsuit, attorneys representing the Police Department insisted they had turned over all relevant…
Falling enrollment. Budget uncertainty. LAUSD warns of layoffs and cuts
Los Angeles school officials warned this week of impending staff reductions — including likely layoffs — as they grapple with steadily falling enrollment and a three-year budget projection that ends…
VA promises hundreds of tiny homes on its West L.A. campus; veterans want something nicer
A plan by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to put up to 800 new tiny homes this year on its West Los Angeles campus drew an immediate rebuke from…
Orange County driver killed when pursuit suspect crashes into their vehicle
A police pursuit that started in Anaheim on Wednesday night ended with the suspect’s vehicle colliding with another car, killing the driver, officials said. A driver who fled a traffic…
Anduril to invest another $1 billion in California with new Long Beach campus
Anduril Industries, one of the leading defense companies in Southern California, will expand in Long Beach with a new $1-billion complex near the city’s airport. Anduril is developing new defense…
Rain in the forecast for Los Angeles. Here’s how long it will last
Drizzly conditions were on tap for the Los Angeles area Thursday morning. A band of showers was moving across western L.A. County as of 7:30 a.m., with rainfall totals amounting…
This L.A. startup is using rocket science to cool data centers with less power and water
As the artificial intelligence industry heats up, Karman Industries is trying to cool it down. The Signal Hill startup says it has developed a cooling system that uses SpaceX rocket…
California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea will finally get street addresses
City Hall in Carmel-by-the-Sea soon could have this address: 662 Monte Verde St. Seems pretty standard, right? Not in this wealthy little town on the Monterey Peninsula that has never…
Measles resurgence puts the U.S. at risk of losing its ‘elimination’ status
One year ago this week, a case of measles was recorded in Gaines County, Texas. It was the start of an outbreak that killed two children and sickened at least…
New Policies Reshaping DTLA’s Future
Downtown Los Angeles is not being reshaped by vision statements alone. It is being transformed by a new generation of zoning reforms, financing mechanisms, adaptive reuse tools, and climate aligned…