California in for wet, white Christmas from Pineapple Express storm
A powerful Pineapple Express storm could deliver a wet, white and potentially wild Christmas to California, with the possibility of snow in the Sierra Nevada and plenty of rainfall across…
L.A. Councilmember John Lee hit with $138,000 fine in Las Vegas gift case
L.os Angeles City Councilmember John Lee is facing a steep fine for his notorious 2017 trip to Las Vegas, with the city’s Ethics Commission saying he must pay $138,424 in…
She had green card approval after decades here. Then ICE arrested her
Babblejit “Bubbly” Kaur and her husband, Amarjit Singh, celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary in Long Beach in late November. The pair cradled a mint-frosted cake in their hands and beamed…
The fire took his sister and his home. He’s been fighting for his town since
Shortly after his childhood home burned down in west Altadena, Zaire Calvin learned his mom’s insurance carrier had dropped her months before. He handled her bills but said he hadn’t…
This part of the Palisades is rebuilding, giving this mom hope
Allison Holdorff Polhill pulled onto Iliff Street in Pacific Palisades and wept. It was late October. Nine months after the Palisades fire tore through the community’s vaunted Alphabet Streets, destroying…
After the fires: A glance back at The Times’ coverage of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The Times spent the last year investigating how government agencies handled the Eaton and Palisades fires. The reporting found failures in preplanning, evacuation orders, firefighting tactics and the…
The ‘great underdogs’ of the Palisades fire fight to stay afloat
Rashi Kaslow sat on the deck of a boat he bought from a friend for just $1 before the fire. After the blaze destroyed his uninsured home in the Palisades…
L.A.’s double disaster left thousands of scars, and healing will take years
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> In the cracked and carved metropolis of Los Angeles, there are as many stories as there are people, but there is only one binding, essential truth. Disaster has…
Trump administration moves to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., in a decision experts…
Feds conduct bust of Mexican Mafia-linked L.A. gang known for kidnapping, murder
Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of Puente-13 — a violent San Gabriel Valley-based gang known for carrying out killings “greenlighted” by the Mexican Mafia, kidnapping enemies and trafficking significant…