In face of extreme heat, L.A. may require landlords to keep their rentals cool
Los Angeles landlords may soon be required to keep rental units cool — or at least make it possible for tenants to do so. County supervisors last month passed a…
Trump’s military deployment cost $120 million, Newsom says
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles amounted to costly political theater, saddling taxpayers with a nearly $120-million…
California lawmakers push to protect immigrants at schools, hospitals
SACRAMENTO — Responding to the Trump administration’s aggressive and unceasing immigration raids in Southern California, state lawmakers this week began strengthening protections for immigrants in schools, hospitals and other areas…
Parents can opt kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons. How schools are preparing
As the new academic year begins, schools throughout California are grappling with how to carry out a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to withdraw their child from classroom…
Influential left-wing group seeks to oust L.A. Democratic congressman
The group behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shocking 2018 victory in New York is looking west for its next fight. Justice Democrats — the influential left-wing PAC known for helping Ocasio-Cortez…
L.A. parks are too vital to neglect. Here’s your chance to weigh in on a rescue plan
It’s been said many times before. In Los Angeles, for many people, the neighborhood park is their frontyard and backyard. It’s where tables are staked out early and birthdays are…
UC warns of ‘distinct possibility’ of federal funding losses beyond UCLA, with billions at risk in spat with Trump
The University of California’s top leader has raised the “distinct possibility” that financial losses due to the Trump administration’s funding cuts could amount to billions of dollars and extend beyond…
Ambulance carrying a crash victim crashes in L.A., drawing a crash investigator — who also crashes
While attempting to transport a car crash victim to a hospital on Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance was struck by another vehicle, authorities said. When a battalion…
Wildfire burns into historic California Gold Rush town amid hundreds of lightning strikes
Portions of a historic California Gold Rush town once home to Chinese miners was burned as hundreds of lightning strikes sparked numerous fires across Northern California. The wildfires, which sparked…
Voters have spurned rich candidates for California governor, U.S. Senate
The rich, to paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald, are different. In California, they lose a lot of very expensive, very high-profile political races. Over the past 50-plus years, a half-dozen fabulously…