California crypto startup moves to South Dakota as debate over proposed wealth tax heats up
California cryptocurrency startup BitGo has moved to South Dakota ahead of its initial public offering and amid a heated debate about a proposed ballot measure to tax billionaires. The company…
Celebrity PR firm helped LAFD shape messaging after Palisades fire
In the months after the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation raked in millions of dollars in charitable donations to pay for training and equipment for firefighters, as…
A spooky immersive game is happening at the old Griffith Park Zoo
The remains of the original Griffith Park Zoo are imbued with memories of the past. Forgotten animal pens, decaying cages and stony backdrops now sit in various states of abandonment.…
Copper thefts turned these upscale L.A. streets dark. Residents fought back
It’s been months since a swath of Hancock Park lost its streetlights — and it’ll be several more long months of what residents say are “pitch black” streets and roaming…
U.S. senators tour California City ICE facility, decry conditions and inadequate medical care
U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff on Tuesday decried the inadequacy of medical care within the state’s newest and largest immigration detention center. The two California Democrats spent hours…
Coyote makes astonishing swim to Alcatraz — the start of a prison-island pack? We asked experts
When Aidan Moore heard a guest had spotted a coyote on Alcatraz Island, he figured they were mistaken. Then the visitor showed video proof to the 43-year-old, who drives a…
LAUSD help for nonwhite students hurts white students, suit alleges
A long-running effort to help disadvantaged students of color in Los Angeles schools is under legal challenge by a group that claims the nation’s second-largest school system is discriminating against…
Anti-Trump protesters join ‘Free America walkout’ in downtown L.A.
On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of protesters walked out of school and off the job to march in downtown Los Angeles and decry President Trump’s actions during his first year back…
An Adelanto mom went missing from a parking lot 20 years ago. The case went cold, until now
Over 20 years ago, Suzanne Sites-Fenton was working her night shift at Mervyn‘s Department Store in the Victor Valley Mall when she stepped outside to take a call. She was…
‘It’s nuts.’ This 4-year-old is getting death threats over NFL predictions
Reese Donatelli has been a football prognosticator since before she could talk, selecting the NFL teams she thinks will win on her dad’s social media, often with unexpected accuracy. For…